Clarification on Swift Student Challenge 2024

I'm looking through all the latest posts to clarify a doubt I have, I noticed @eskimo's response claiming that the app must be built and run on iPadOS 16 or later. So I suppose it's okay to create an app that has SwiftData as the framework even if that dictates that the app will run on iOS 17; Also because when you create a new project in Swift Playgrounds 4.4.1 (latest version available at the moment) the target is set to iOS 17.2 automatically and technically you can't edit Package.swift file manually.

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Playgrounds may be built to target iOS 16/iPadOS 16 or later. This includes the use of iOS 17/iPadOS 17 only.

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  • So I can't use SwiftData since it won't work on iOS 16, right? Also do I need to change Package.swift and set the iOS version to 16.0 or can I leave it as it is set to iOS 17.2?

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  • @aboutzeph "This includes the use of iOS 17/iPadOS 17 only. " This leads me to believe that making an iOS 17-only Playground should be fine.

    Also, I mentioned editing the Package.swift file in previous threads since you can't currently modify the minimum target version in Xcode. You are right, I also recently noticed that this is possible in the Swift Playgrounds app.

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  • @CMDdev Exactly I think the same thing, but I hope that @aivanovski or an apple moderator will respond to be sure of this thing. I kindly ask only for a clear and concise answer 'yes you can target iOS 17 as minimum' or 'no you can’t'.

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