UIRequiresFullScreen in iPadOS 26

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Our app includes the UIRequiresFullScreen plist key, but the iPadOS 26 betas seem to ignore this. The window handle is still displayed, and while the window aspect ratio seems to be constrained, you can still adjust it and arrange it alongside other apps. We do not want to support windowing or multi-tasking, and the WWDC sessions indicated there would be a way to opt out of the new windowing system. Has UIRequiresFullScreen been silently deprecated, or are we missing something in our implementation?

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Answer 1

anils OP

1w

UIRequiresFullScreen is deprecated, as mentioned in multiple WWDC 25 sessions.

Make your UIKit app more flexible, What’s new in UIKit & What’s new in SwiftUI.

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Simone Pasetto OP

6d

i have the same issue... my application have over 600 views objc + xib what the way for adapt the app fullscreen? we cannot rewrite all views

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Simone Pasetto OP

6d

i found a UIDesignRequiresCompatibility for plist, but i don't understand if is temporary until beta or will works in the future

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l00 OP

5d

I do have the same issue, UIRequiresFullScreen does not seem to be working any more. Also adding UIDesignRequiresCompatibility does not help with that.

I understand that many apps are great when supporting all orientations and sizes, but there are also legitimate specific use cases where fullscreen portrait only is all that is needed and wanted.

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l00 OP

5d

Specifically, I also wonder how games are supposed to handle this?

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