Can I sponsor the development toward iOS 11 support?

2018/11/21 Update: iOS 11 APP has been reviewed by AppStore.

iOS 11 is now supported through AppStore.

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2018/10/11 Update:

Sponsorship goal has been reached. iOS 11 porting is entering planning phase.

We'd like to express our appreciation to our sponsors M. A., M. R., D. K., BMC, especially BMC, who sponsorship $475 at 2018/10/10 01:31:01 GMT+08 to this project. (Therefore BMC is considered to be our primary sponsor who contributed a deciding factor for this project. )

We will be preparing for this project to kick-off, soon after some urgent tasks at our hands are tidied up. We will post updates to a this Facebook entry (as comments).

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A sponsorship of the amount $700 should be enough for us to purchase a iPad to continue the development. However, this should not be construed as an offer, just for informative purpose.

Currently accumulated sponsorship: $700

iOS 11 support information is explained in this article. There are two ways to achieve sponsorship toward iOS 11 development (1) through the Patreon platform (2) directly through PayPal, as explained respectively as follows:

Sponsor through the Patreon platform (recommended)

In addition to directly sponsor us through PayPal (as explained below), you can alternatively become a patron of Genius Vision NVR CmE with the Patreon platform, and help us to reach the first goal of monthly $2,000.

How to sponsor iOS 11 support (directly with PayPal) ?

Please use sponsorship page, and select an amount you wish to sponsor. For example, you can choose the $100 item and enter the quantity of 7, when entering PayPal page, as illustrated below.

When you completed the process, please send an Email to us: partners@geniusvision.net, so we know that this sponsorship is intended to support iOS 11 development, and it will also allow us to update you with latest status.

You do not have to be the sole sponsor of this task, but we need to accumulate the amount to $700. We will keep an updated accumulated sponsorship in this page. So please do send an Email to indicate the purpose of your sponsorship, otherwise we could not know it.

Sponorship list

Why should not this be construed as an offer?

Very simple, because "the lack of a new testing device" is the currently visible blockage we can see, but there may be more blockages after current blockage is removed.

For example, Apple may choose to require the developer to use the latest version of Xcode, which may require an updated MacOS, which in turns, may require a newer MacBook than we currently have. If this happens, then we're afraid the aforementioned sponsorship will not be nearly enough, because obviously MacBook is much more expensive than an iPad.

We promise we will "give it a try" if we receive the sponsorship. However, we cannot predict when and how will Apple's policy change. Just like we cannot predict that Apple will suddenly announce their dropping support to 32-bit APPs.

Anyway, there are many things in the world we cannot predict, and we should learn to live with the changes. In our humble opinion, PC have managed to keep 32-bit support over 20 years, we are not sure why Apple is so eager to drop 32-bit support within just a few years. This is particularly painful for developers like us, who need to purchase at least an MacBook, and an iOS device, just in order to "enter the game". Without purchasing the two items, developing for iOS is not even possible. Well, we did purchased and entered the game, and now we are asked to purchase more, and so this is what we have decided.

See also

• iOS 11 Support information