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> You can't force a user to upgrade

Sure you can. Netflix will sometimes have to do this. The old software just isn't allowed to talk to the server anymore.




Which would be handling thins server side.


You can do this app-side by checking the version versus what's in the app store via itunes webservice. For example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2221436/can-i-force-an-ip...

I don't recommend that unless you have a mission critical bug, and even then I'd discourage it. A user is in charge of his/her device. I version APIs on the backend and then simply push out updates like any other software. If they choose not to use it then not much I can do. Eventually I'll turn the older API versions off and they'll either have to upgrade or stop using the app.




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