Your analogy barely applies to the iPhone / iPad situation. You're talking about APIs accross many generations of an OS, while I'm talking about apps for the same , current OS not supporting different layouts.
edit: rewording my previous comment, yes I am using iOS 11 ... and the AIR 2 is not that much behind anyway.
edit: rewording my previous comment, yes I am using iOS 11 ... and the AIR 2 is not that much behind anyway.