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iPhone : How to prevent screen stretching into 4-inch display

I just want my app to be seen in 3.5-inch area even though it is on iPhone 4-inch display. I unchecked 'Autolayout' all of the views in IB files but it still uses fullscreen. Is there any other options for it? How can I prevent my app to use 4-inch fullscreen?

Solution

  • By default iPhone apps run letterboxed on iPhone 5 (4-inch display), unless you add a Default-568h@2x.png launch image.

    If you added a Default-568h@2x.png image (or it has been added by XCode) and you want to go back to the letterboxing mode, you will need to

    • remove the Default-568h@2x.png file
    • run a clean build (⌥⇧⌘ + K)
    • remove the app from the device/simulator

    Now build and run the application and it should run letterboxed again.