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copied!<p>EDIT - Note that it is <strong>not possible</strong> to force an app to use the iOS 6 interface on an iOS 7 device using Xcode 5 (unless you make custom graphics). It is also <strong>not a good design approach</strong>. Users on iOS 7 expect a certain UI style, that's why they updated; so give it to them, don't force them back into an older interface.</p> <p>If you <em>really</em>, <em>really</em> need the pre-iOS-7 interface, you can download a copy of Xcode 4 and build with that. However, starting February 1, 2014 Apple will stop accepting apps built with anything earlier than Xcode 5.0 (I think I saw something about that in the iOS 7 dev docs, but can't find the reference again).</p> <hr> <p>Keeping the iOS 6 UI in your app, but building for iOS 7 is fairly straightforward. Make sure that you've set your Deployment Target as iOS 6.1 or earlier. Your Base SDK can still be set as iOS 7 though. Now, just follow the instructions below for each of your interface files:</p> <ol> <li>Open your storyboard file or XIB file </li> <li>Open the Utilities Panel on the right side. </li> <li><p>Click on The File Inspector Tab. You should now see something like this:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wsSlB.png" alt="Xcode 5 Utilities Panel and File Inspector"></p></li> <li><p>Next go to the Interface Build Document Section and change the <code>Builds For</code> setting to <em>iOS 6.0 and Later</em> or whatever version you need.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TRM4n.png" alt="Xcode 5 Utilities Panel Interface Build Document Section"></p></li> <li><p>Then change the <code>View As</code> setting to <em>iOS 6.1 or earlier</em>:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Co2MK.png" alt="Xcode 5 Interface Build Document Section - View As Setting"></p></li> <li><p>Xcode will prompt you, just confirm that you want to convert to the older UI.</p></li> </ol> <p>Make sure to run your project in the iOS 6 Simulator. Otherwise, the iOS 7 Simulator will override it's own iOS 7 UI style. To download the iOS 6 Simulator, go to the Xcode Menu Bar. Select Xcode, Preferences. Then click on the Downloads tab. Finally, click on the Simulator(s) you need to download:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FOCfL.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Then Run your app on the iOS 6 simulator: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/N994t.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Unfortunately, even disabling the iOS 7 UI in Xcode does not override it on the device / simulator. Unless you design custom UI elements, <strong>there isn't a way to maintain your iOS 6 UI on iOS 7</strong>. But as I showed you, <strong>you can continue to edit it in iOS 6 and build for iOS 6</strong>.</p>

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