iPadOS 17.7.7

I am developing an iOS/iPadOS application and have encountered some behavior regarding Files App and security-scoped bookmarks that I would like to clarify. Additionally, I would like to report some behavior which might include a potential issue. Question1: Accessing deleted files via bookmark (Specification clarification) Our app saves file URLs as bookmarks, which file that user has selected on Files App or app-created so to open a file which user has modified previously in the next launch. When a user deletes a file in Files App (moves a file to Recently Deleted), the app can still resolve the bookmark and access the file for read/write operations. Is this behavior intended? In other words, is it correct that a bookmark can access a file that has been deleted in Files App but not permanently removed? Question2: Overwriting a file in Recently Deleted (Potential bug) We noticed that overwriting a file in Recently Deleted behaves differently depending on the method used. Current implementation 1.Crea

There is a problem with the launchscreen of my application on iPadOS 26. After release of the windowed mode feature the launchscreen of my fullscreen landscape-only application is being cropped and doesn't stretch to screen's size when the device is in the portrait mode. How can I fix this?

The default app menu on iPadOS 26 includes an Edit menu with items (among others) Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste and Match Style. I want to remove the last one. I tried the following but nothing worked: let configuration = UIMainMenuSystem.Configuration() configuration.textFormattingPreference = .removed UIMainMenuSystem.shared.setBuildConfiguration(configuration) { builder in builder.remove(action: .pasteAndMatchStyle) if let command = builder.menu(for: .edit)?.children.first(where: { ($0 as? UICommand)?.action == #selector(UIResponderStandardEditActions.pasteAndMatchStyle(_:)) }) as? UICommand { command.attributes.insert(.hidden) } }

Dear Apple Support, We are experiencing an issue where iPhone-only apps (marked as Designed for iPhone in the App Store) are not appearing at all in the App Store on newer iPads running iPadOS 26.2 (A16 chip model), including in managed distributions via Apple Business Manager. The app in question is X App, and it works fine on older iPads with previous iPadOS versions. Is there a policy change or stricter enforcement starting from iPadOS 18 or later that prevents iPhone-only apps from being searchable, visible, or assignable on iPad devices (especially supervised/managed ones)? If yes, does the developer need to update the app to Universal or add explicit iPad compatibility in App Store Connect for it to become available again? We would appreciate any official reference or confirmation on this behavior. Thank you for your assistance.

Hi, I am implementing a sidebar navigation using UITabBarController with the new UITabGroup API on and above iPadOS 18. I’ve encountered an issue where selecting a child UITab within a group does not seem to trigger the child's own viewControllerProvider. Instead, the UITabBarController displays the ViewController associated with the parent UITabGroup. The Issue: In the snippet below, when I tap Item 2A or Item 2B in the iPad sidebar, the app displays the emptyVC (clear background) defined in the section2Group provider, rather than the teal or cyan ViewControllers defined in the individual child tabs. let item2A = UITab( title: Item 2A, image: UIImage(systemName: a.circle), identifier: tab.section2.item2a ) { _ in self.createViewController( title: Section 2 - Item 2A, color: .systemTeal, description: Part of Section 2A group ) } let item2B = UITab( title: Item 2B, image: UIImage(systemName: b.circle), identifier: tab.section2.item2b ) { _ in self.createViewController( title: Section 2 - Item 2B, colo

Hi guys, I need some help with an issue. When I submit my testing app to TestFlight, it gets uploaded successfully, but I'm not able to download it from TestFlight. I'm getting this error: SDK version issue: This app was built with the iOS 18.2 SDK. Starting April 2026, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 26 SDK or later, included in Xcode 26 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution. It’s obvious that we all need to update to the iOS 26 SDK before April 2026, but my question is: Why is TestFlight already blocking builds 3 months before the actual enforcement date? Is anyone else facing this issue, and is there any known resolution or workaround? Your help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Hello, following Apple docs and guidance from WWDC I'm trying to set a minimum size for my scene, for example I want it to minimally be 3/4 the width and height of the device. I've removed the UIRequiresFullScreen Info.plist property. The app does run in windowed mode and does have a resizing handle. I've implemented this UISceneDelegate: var window: UIWindow? var cameraWindow: UIWindow? func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) { window = UIWindow(windowScene: scene as! UIWindowScene) // setup root view controller let rootViewController: MainViewController = MainViewController(nibName: Main, bundle: nil) let navController: NavigationController = NavigationController(rootViewController: rootViewController) navController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen // set reasonable minimum sizes for WindowScene if let windowScene: UIWindowScene = scene as? UIWindowScene { if #available(iOS 16.0, *) { let windowSize: CGSize = windowScene.c

Are there tools to inspect why a drag-and-drop drop is not triggering in a SwiftUI app? I've declared .draggable on the dragging view, and .dropDestination on the receiving TabContent Tab view. This combination of modifiers is working on a smaller demo app that I have, but not on my more complex one. Is there a means to debug this in SwiftUI? I'd like to see if the drag-and-drop pasteboard actually has what I think it should have on it. Notably: TabContent has a far more restricted list of modifiers that can be used on it.

Hello everyone, I have an app that is used in the education sector for high stakes assessment testing. I reviewed a lot of the WWDC2025 information in June, however, it seems we missed something critical in the What's new in UIKIt presentation. That would be the deprecation of UIRequiresFullScreen. We currently use this in our app and have been using it since iOS/iPad OS 9 when our app was written. The deprecation of this property has caused some major issues in our layout. Keep in mind we are a hybrid app so our mobile app is self-hosting a fullscreen version of WKWebView under the hood. This is common across assessment developers in the education sector. I removed the property and went through the migration guide (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3192-migrating-your-app-from-the-deprecated-uirequiresfullscreen-key) and it doesn't appear to be straight forward on how to lock the orientation in landscape. I tried several different approaches: Requesting the screen orientation lock we had