I want to release a Framework F, containing several other frameworks (such as Realm, Appetitive, Cocoalumberjack, PhoneNumberKit) for use by app A. According to this article: https://medium.com/@bittudavis/how-to-create-an-umbrella-framework-in-swift-ca964d0a2345 They write, without referencing a source: Although Apple discourage creating umbrella framework. Is that true, do Apple discourage umbrella frameworks, if so why and is it a very strong discourage or a mild one? If not discouraged, then how can this be achieved with Xcode 16? I've been attempting to follow a few tutorial to achieve this, such as https://medium.com/john-lewis-software-engineering/adding-a-third-party-framework-inside-a-first-party-framework-in-xcode-3ba58cfd08da however so far without any success. This last article mentions the Link Binary With Libraries section, which doesn't exist in Xcode 16. There's the Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content section where I have been attempting to add the frameworks into my Framework F (choos

I've got a few years old app which was created using an Xcode template type of app. I'd like to split the model part of the code (model as in model-view-controller) out into a framework. Removed the view/controller source files to leave the model code is quick and easy, however the model code is large and complex with a couple of hundred of source files. Rather than create a new Xcode template type of framework and move the source files into there, is it possible to simply just change the template type of the existing project from app to framework?

If I define some values in an .xcconfig then I can use those to supply a value to an element within Info.plist, but if I try to do the same for a .plist with any other name then it doesn't work. Is this some sort of hard-coded constraint? (I can't move the elements out of the custom .plist into Info.plist as its being read by a 3rd party framework)

The documentation for a text filter extension states that receiverISOCountryCode is a field the extension receives https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/ilmessagefilterqueryrequest/3979257-receiverisocountrycode The ISO Country Code of the receiving phone number However, if the extension defers to its text server, then the payload sent to the server doesn't contain the iso country code: POST /server-endpoint HTTP/1.1 Accept: */* Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 148 { _version: 1, query: { sender: 14085550001, message: { text: This is a message } }, app: { version: 1.1 } } from: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/ilmessagefilterextensioncontext/2880240-deferqueryrequesttonetwork Why does the payload sent to the text server not contain the country code?

I've got a few questions about device check, and would be grateful if anybody knows the answers: why is DC not reset when the device transfers between users? The canonical example of why an app might use DC is if it offers a promotion and to stop user's from getting that promotion multiple times. However, using the same example scenario yes you've stopped the first user from getting multiple promotions but then if that device is transferred to another user you've stopped them from getting any promotions at all? how can you test things when the bits can't be reset? If once you've set the bits on a device then you can no longer ever use that device again to test the apps behavior in the situation when the bits are unset. does the app have complete freedom to set the timestamp to whatever it wants? For example, could the app set a bit with a timestamp of epoch? if the bits are shared between all apps from the same developer, then supposing that developer have more apps in the App Store then there are bits? If th

When a user gets added to the Apple developer account, its possible to specify specific or all apps. However if they are added as a developer, they don't have access to the certificates/profiles etc. for the app(s). The only way to do that is to give them app manager status and then its possible to tick the box that grants access to the certs/profiles. But giving them manager status rather than developer status gives them access to all apps, not a limited sub section. Is there anyway to add somebody to the developer account with elevated privileges which are restricted to just a single app?

I'm getting literally hundreds and hundreds of these lines appearing in the Xcode console when running the app. What's the cause? Too much logging? (if so this didn't used to appear with earlier version of Xcode, I'm currently running Xcode 16.2) How to do this: set IDELogRedirectionPolicy to oslogToStdio in the environment of the executable. And what does doing that do? 1 log/signpost messages lost due to high rates in live mode recording. To guarantee delivery of all logs, set IDELogRedirectionPolicy to oslogToStdio in the environment of the executable. 1 log/signpost messages lost due to high rates in live mode recording. To guarantee delivery of all logs, set IDELogRedirectionPolicy to oslogToStdio in the environment of the executable.

Hello the documentation for message filtering has been offline for a few days now, is it possible to get it back, or is there somewhere else it can be viewed in the meanwhile? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering (I just chose topic/tags at random, there aren't any relevant for this)

If I run an app with a Message Filter Extension on a handset with iOS 18.2 then it runs fine, however if I run the exact same app with no changes on a different phone which has iOS 17.6.1 installed then the following error occurs when the extension is enabled within Settings: dyld[631]: Symbol not found: _$sSo40ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponseC14IdentityLookupE21promotionalSubActionsSaySo0abI6ActionVGvs

I've got an app with several app extensions (call extension, action extension, notification service extension, message filtering extension, notification content extension). If I need to interactively debug these then I can select the scheme and run the extension within Xcode for all of them except for the notification content extension, with that I get an error dialog summary saying: Failed to install the app on the device / The provided item to be installed is not of a type that CoreDevice recognizes. Which when expanded has the blumpf posted below. Why can I not run the notification content extension, when I can run any other type of app extension? Failed to install the app on the device. Domain: com.apple.dt.CoreDeviceError Code: 3002 Failure Reason: The provided item to be installed is not of a type that CoreDevice recognizes. User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = 2024-12-27 16:39:54 +0000; IDERunOperationFailingWorker = IDEInstallCoreDeviceWorker; NSURL = file:///Users/Me/Library/Developer/Xcode/Derived

I've noticed issues with logging in the Mac's console app for a very long time now (from Xcode 15?) but have just spent several hours trying to objectively observe and monitor what's going on and try to set up reliable logging. But I've totally been unable to and my conclusion is that logging just absolutely cannot be relied upon at all, its so chronically bad as to be unusable. If I for example add some logging lines right at the start of didFinishLaunchingWithOptions() and use a variety of logging mechanisms NSLog(), print(),os_log_with_type(), OSLog() (AppDelegate is in Obj-C and calls Obj-C logging, then calls a swift function for Swift logging), then none of them are reliable. If the app is build/installed via Xcode then logging is reliable within Xcode's console and also within the Mac's console app. But then if the app is uploaded/installed via Testflight it's a very different matter. Sometimes, but not very often, the logging is as expected, but more often than not, some of it is missing. How much is

One of the questions Apple ask regarding iOS apps is Does your app provide end-to-end encryption? But without defining exactly what they mean by end-to-end encryption specifically. Isn't HTTPS basically etee? Therefore any app that contacts a server using https provides end-to-end encryption? Or does the question mean something additional above and beyond https?

In the documentation for a Message Filter Extension it states: If you have servers that can help your app extension determine how to handle a message, you must add the Associated Domains capability to your Xcode project and specify those domains. (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering/creating_a_message_filter_app_extension) The words servers and domains are in the plural. If it's possible to specify multiple servers/domains for a Message Filter Extension then how is that done? There's no documentation nor reference for that. If multiple domains can be added to the info.plist then what is the iOS behavior in that case? Can the extension supply/change which domain is used at run time?

I'm attempting make to make a distribution build of an app. In the Xcode target the supported destinations has only iPhone and build active architectures only is set to NO. I created an archive, then selected Distribute App/ Debugging, but then got this error: Provisioning profile iOS Team Provisioning Profile: com.abc.def doesn't include the currently selected device DT-iPad-XXXX (identifier YYYY-YYYYYY). I've no idea what this device is, it's nothing to do with me, somebody must have added it to the provisioning profile. But that should be beside the point shouldn't it? Because this device has never ever been connected to my Mac/Xcode and so can't be the currently selected device. So I tried again. I changed build active architectures to YES and connected an iPhone to the Mac/Xcode and created an archive again. But it was the exact same error. What's going on, why is Xcode saying this iPad is the currently selected device when attempting to make a distribution?

I can sucessfully send pushes to an app (which has been installed/run via Xcode) when the pushes are going through the Apple sandbox server. However I want to test the server is configured correctly to send them through the Apple production server. In the Xcode scheme I tried to change the build configuration to release (and ticked debug executable off) ,however the pushes still only work when sent through the sandbox. Is there a way of installing/running the app using Xcode such that its compatible with the push production environment? Does the APS Environment entitlement come into play here? this only ever says development. (The app is on behalf of a 3rd party company, they've added me to their apple developer account but with limited powers, I can't upload to Testflight nor make an ad-hoc release with with to test with)