IOS – Is 64-bit a requirement for publishing to the iOS App Store

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iOS developers recently received an email from Apple stating that

Starting February 1st, new apps and app updates submitted to the App
Store must be built with XCode 4 and iOS 7 SDK

The email included a link about building apps for iOS 7.

One of the item on this page, is about 64-bit compilation.

So the question is, should I deduce that 64-bit is now a REQUIREMENT, or is it still a recommendation?

Best Answer

Apple just announced that starting 1. February 2015, apps have to support 64 bit. Source: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=10202014a. So, it will then be a requirement.