iPad Air/mini should run iPhone apps in 16:9 window

Originator:rileytestut
Number:rdar://26924060 Date Originated:6/21/16
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:10
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
iOS 10 drops support for 3.5” iPhones, which is wonderful! We no longer have to accommodate for those screen sizes!

Except, what if we want our iPhone app to be able to run on iPad, but we don’t have the time to make a full iPad version? Now we have to spend time working on a screen size used by almost no one just so the app will still function on iPad.

It would be really really great if iPad Airs and minis just ran the app in a 16:9 window, you know, to match the iPad Pro and also so the 3.5” screen size can finally die.

Steps to Reproduce:
Run an iPhone-only app on an iPad Air or iPad mini (NOT iPad Pro)

Expected Results:
Runs in a 16:9 window to match every single other iPhone screen aspect ratio.

Actual Results:
Still uses the 3:2 aspect ratio!!!!

Version:
iOS 10

Notes:
Please, end this. I will love you forever.

Configuration:
iPad Air, iPad mini

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