A Summary of the WWDC25 Group Lab

Hi I'm setting up Sign in with Apple on my app, and also want to offer it on the web-app version. I get the idea of grouping the app and website in the Identifiers section so the user doesn't get asked to ok things twice - that makes sense, but how do I give my website an ID in my apple dev account so that I can group it with the app please? Or am I misunderstanding the process? Thank you for your time and help.

Hey there 👋 I know it is possible to add a beta tester to an external tester group via this call. But what I didn't find out is how to add an User to an internal tester-group like App Store Connect Users. This gets even more a topic since Apple announced that we can create multiple internal tester groups in future. Is this possible with the current state of the ASC API?

I am unable to add Internal Groups to the builds. Tried it twice with two different builds, but after the processing and compliance confirmation, I am unable to add groups. They are disabled. Is there someone who is facing the same issue?

Is there a way to remove Subscription groups? I am new to IAP and created a bunch of subscription groups that I no longer want to use. To prevent all the clutter, I would like to remove the unused groups.Same with IAP entries. I can delete them but it continues to show as deleted. Would like to start afresh/clean slate with IAP. Is there a way to do this?

I am designing a watchOS calculator app. I would prefer to utilize hierachical navigation. I would like to be able to scroll vertically through the buttons, but keep the numeric display fixed at the top of the of the watch display below the status bar. Is there a way to pin either an interface object or group to the top of the watch display, so that it does not scroll off the screen?

When searching for the answer to an issue, I found it very useful in the old forums to see how many responses there were for a certain topic (i.e. > 0), so I wouldn't waste time in opening an unanswered topic. Is it possible to add it to the new forums?

These questions are community-driven. I am also not the original questioner, I'm just posting them with permission. Thank you to the anonymous folks who helped gather this information.DEP / deployment / general related:- ASR restore on AFPS: it will be a Thing of some sort. The engineer spoken to hinted that they didn't even know internally exactly how it would work yet, but they fully expect to support asr restores in the future, even with APFS.- System Image Utility: the team that writes it knows it is broken, and wants it to be fixed, and expect to have it resolved with APFS support, but maybe not until seed 3 at the earliest- APFS on the Mac in general: they know it's still kinda broken. Not a single person I talked to sounded confident about using it for anything _right now_ and that it will likely take multiple seed iterations until it's in the state they feel like it should be. NOTE: This is my interpretation of the subtext of what they were saying. No one flat out stated that.- NetBoot / NetInstall su

My understanding is that iOS app group names must begin with group., but macOS group names must begin with the team identifier. If I check a group. name in the iOS section, it's also added to the macOS section, despite being invalid. If I add a team-id: name in the macOS section, it's also added to the iOS section, and marked in red as invalid. If I uncheck it from the iOS section, it also gets removed from the macOS section. Is there a way to define the equivalent group names in the two sections? Xcode 14.1b3 screenshot:

Hi,does apple allow apps for a Closed Group of Users ?I want to create an app for a private club for managing club events and registrations therefore.I will only allow users with valid credentials when acessing the App. For other users this App will have no value.Are those kinds of (private) apps allowed in the iStore or will they be rejected ?Thanks for any information

We're in the process of moving our app's storage from the app container to an app group container so that the data can be accessed by app extensions (such as share extensions) as well. However, we found that Xcode does not backup app group containers via the Devices and Simulators window. How can I include the app group in the backup and restore process? Similarly, could you confirm that app groups are indeed included in the iCloud backup and restore process?

I'm ready to submit a new app with 3 subscription plans. But the status of the group remains 'Prepare for Submission.' And it won't change. All the individual subscription plans have the 'Ready to Submit' status. I have triple-checked individual plans to see if there is anything missing. No. Nothing is missing. There are no pending business contracts to review, either. I have even deleted an existing group and created a whole new subscription group. And I still end up with this prepare status. Am I the only one having this subscription group difficulty? One thing that I realize is that the status appears as 'Ready to Submit' on individual subscription plans. But their respective localization pair of display name and description get the Prepared status. The display name and the description fields are both filled for all three plans. What a nice, merry, merry Christmas. I don't know what else I can do to resolve this Prepared madness. I've been stuck for 4 hours.

Hello, I have a question about subscription groups in in-app purchases. Suppose I create a subscription group like this: Subscription Group A Subscription Item A1 (one month) Subscription Item A2 (one week) Subscription Item A3 (one year) The documentation mentions, A subscription group is made up of subscriptions with different access levels, prices, and durations so people can select the option that best fits their needs. Since people can only buy one subscription within a group at a time. Does this mean that if a user purchases Subscription Item A1 in Subscription Group A, they can only purchase other subscription items in Subscription Group A after the one-month period ends, when that subscription expires?

Hi folks, I'm trying to build communication between the main app and its helper via inter-process communication. I found here that it is possible if the apps are in the same app group. But I really cannot make it work, and cannot understand what I do wrong. It works all good if I add com.apple.security.temporary-exception.mach-lookup.global-name entitlement, so the setup seems to be correct? Where should I look to fix it? Also because having that entitlement means that it is gonna be tricky to get through the App Review.