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My entity has a startDate (NSTime) attribute where I use the date and time in my detail display of the entity. And in my list, I need to group my entities by day (YYMMDD) based on the start date; and I want to ensure that it can adapt to the region where the user is currently (e.g. if user travels or migrate, the YYMMDD should be adapted based on the current region). Does Core Data SectionedFetchRequest supports strftime() functions from SQLite (https://sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html) or what is an effective alternative sectioned fetch in my case?

Hello, I’m having trouble enabling Background Location updates on my iOS app. Xcode: 26.0 beta Team: Individual Developer Program (paid, activated recently) Device: iPhone (physical device, registered and provisioned) Problem When building to device, I get the error: Provisioning profile iOS Team Provisioning Profile: com.mybundle.id doesn't include the com.apple.developer.background-modes entitlement. Automatic signing failed. On the simulator the build succeeds, but on device the signing fails unless I remove the background-modes entitlement from .entitlements. What I tried Enabled Background Modes → Location updates in Signing & Capabilities (UI only). Info.plist contains UIBackgroundModes = location and the required NSLocation…UsageDescription keys. Cleaned Derived Data, removed cached provisioning profiles (~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/Provisioning Profiles). Changed Bundle Identifier to force regeneration of provisioning profiles. Deleted and recreated provisioning profiles from Xcode. Tried b

When preparing SwiftUI code that uses List with .listStyle(.plain) for iOS 26, the by-default sticky section headers combined with the new translucent top-bars often causes unpleasantly overlapping text: Two questions here: Is there a modifier to make section headers non-sticky? This would be helpful for cases where the translucent bar is a good fit and the section titles don't need to be sticky/pinned. I found .listStyle(.grouped) can be an alternative in some cases, but this adds a gray background / additional padding to the section titles. Is there a way to get a blurry material behind the section headers when they are sticking to the top bar? This would be good for cases where the section header is important content-wise (like in the two-column example above or for a data list categorized using sections that should be always visible as a point of reference) I found the scroll edge effects and .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(.hard, for: .top) does the trick for the top bar but doesn't affect attached stick

What is the recommended way to obtain the concentric corner radius for views within grouped UICollectionView cells? In the most basic example, a UICollectionView with one section and one cell, we observe the cell takes almost the shape of a capsule, but it is indeed not a capsule. What is the way to obtain the radius of the grouped area from within the cell or its registration? I would like to layer elements on top that are concentric to the cell's clip shape. I've tried using custom views with .concentric UICornerConfigurations, setting .cornerConfiguration on the cell and on a custom backgroundView and I've even tried obtaining the .effectiveRadius of the cell after layout (returns 0.0). As of Xcode 26.0 Beta 7, nothing works. This seems like a huge omission; what am I missing here?

I can't accept a TestFlight invitation. I seemed to have gotten myself into some situation that I have been unable to resolve. Here's what I did: Added my work Apple Account to TestFlight. Received an email for TestFlight invitation. Opened link in browser to view invitation code. Entered that code on a device that was signed into a different Apple Account (my personal account on my personal iPhone). The app did install on my personal iPhone, but now I can't accept the invite on my test device, which is signed into the Apple Account that is actually part of the TestFlight group in App Store Connect. I have tried deleting/re-adding/re-inviting my work Apple Account to TestFlight several times. On my personal iPhone, I have tapped on Stop Testing in the TestFlight app and deleted the app I installed there. But I still cannot accept the invite on the test device signed into my work account. When I enter the invite code to redeem, it says: This invitation cannot be accepted because your Apple Account, ,

Hello Apple Developer Community, We are developing a full-tunnel VPN app for macOS that utilizes a packet tunnel network system extension (via NEPacketTunnelProvider). We're committed to using a system extension for this purpose, as it aligns with our requirements for system-wide tunneling. The app is sandboxed and intended for distribution on the Mac App Store. Here's the workflow: The app (running in user context) downloads a VPN profile from our server. It generates private keys, appends them to the profile, and attempts to save this enhanced profile securely in the keychain. The packet tunnel system extension (running in root context) needs to access this profile, including the private keys, to establish the VPN connection. We've encountered challenges in securely sharing this data across the user-root boundary due to sandbox restrictions and keychain access limitations. Here's what we've tried so far, along with the issues: Writing from the App to the System Keychain: Attempted to store the profile in th

I'm implementing Apple Pay in my Flutter web app and I'm following the guidelines for domain verification using the apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association file. When I access the file at https://mydomain.com/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association through my web app, the browser silently downloads the file instead of displaying its content on the webpage. My question is: Is this the expected behavior for the apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association file? Should the browser download the file silently, or is there another step required, such as displaying the content on the webpage for verification purposes? I've consulted some resources and they indicate that the file download is the correct behavior. However, I'd appreciate confirmation from the community to ensure I'm implementing the verification process correctly. Summary is how do we know if apple has verified it?