iphone - Upgrade live Universal App to iPad only

Question

We have a live universal app in the AppStore. Our client changed his mind and doesn't want the app to be universal anymore, he wants it to be iPad only.

Since the app was submitted some time ago, there are users who use the iPhone version.

What happens if we submit an upgrade that is iPad only?

Will the review team reject it?

And if it goes live, will the iPhone users receive a notification about the update? If yes in what form?

Or will the iPhone users just be unable to reinstall the app?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Yes, if you try to submit an application that supports fewer platforms than a previous version of the same app, it will be rejected during the upload process.

e.g. if version 1 supports ipad and iphone

version 2 cant support just ipad or iphone