App Thinning shrinks iOS 9 app footprints
by from Techreport on (#ASSV)
As users of 8GB and 16GB iDevices can surely tell you, installed app sizes have been ballooning over the years. That's because an app's installer has to include all of the possible variations of executables and assets for different models of iPhones and iPads, like Retina and non-Retina graphics. Despite going unused, those extra assets take up precious space.
That's all changing in iOS 9. With App Thinning , developers will ...