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This is a topic that’s come up a few times on the forums, so I thought I’d write up a summary of the issues I’m aware of. If you have questions or comments, start a new thread in the App & System Services > Networking subtopic and tag it with Network Extension. That way I’ll be sure to see it go by. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = eskimo + 1 + @ + apple.com Network Extension Provider Packaging There are two ways to package a network extension provider: App extension ( appex ) System extension ( sysex ) Different provider types support different packaging on different platforms. See TN3134 Network Extension provider deployment for the details. Some providers, most notably packet tunnel providers on macOS, support both appex and sysex packaging. Sysex packaging has a number of advantages: It supports direct distribution, using Developer ID signing. It better matches the networking stack on macOS. An appex is tied to the logged in user, wh

I'm having a crash on an app that plays videos when the users activates close captions. I was able to replicate the issue on an empty project. The crash happens when the AVPlayerLayer is used to instantiate an AVPictureInPictureController These are the example project where I tested the crash: struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { VStack { VideoPlaylistView() } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity) .background(Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()) } } class VideoPlaylistViewModel: ObservableObject { // Test with other videos var player: AVPlayer? = AVPlayer(url: URL(string:https://d2ufudlfb4rsg4.cloudfront.net/newsnation/WIpkLz23h/adaptive/WIpkLz23h_master.m3u8)!) } struct VideoPlaylistView: View { @StateObject var viewModel = VideoPlaylistViewModel() var body: some View { ScrollView { VideoCellView(player: viewModel.player) .onAppear { viewModel.player?.play() } } .scrollTargetBehavior(.paging) .ignoresSafeArea() } } struct VideoCellView: View { let player: AVPlayer? @State var isCCEnabled: B

Problem Summary Apple's provisioning servers are not generating the com.apple.developer.storekit entitlement for App ID com.driftnotes.app (Team ID: 43Y6AG5NPY), making it impossible to build iOS apps for physical devices despite all configurations being correct. Environment macOS: 15.3.1 (24D70) Xcode: 16.1 (xcode-select version 2409) Flutter: 3.35.2 • channel stable Account: Individual Developer (Kazakhstan) Bundle ID: com.driftnotes.app Team ID: 43Y6AG5NPY Error Message Error (Xcode): Provisioning profile iOS Team Provisioning Profile: com.driftnotes.app doesn't include the com.apple.developer.storekit entitlement. /Users/vyacheslavkuzin/Desktop/FlutterProjects/DriftNotesDart/ios/Runner.xcodeproj Steps to Reproduce Configure App ID with In-App Purchase capability (✅ verified in Developer Portal) Add In-App Purchase capability in Xcode project (✅ done) Configure entitlements file with StoreKit keys (✅ done) Enable automatic signing in Xcode (✅ done) Run: flutter build ios --release Build completes

Hi, We have a app with some auto-renewing subscription in a group of subscriptions. When a user upgrade from a subscription to another, the user receive a refund of the prorated amount of their original subscription (https://developer.apple.com/app-store/subscriptions/). How is the prorated calculated ? Example : subscription to 14,99$ / month. If subscriber upgrade after 10 days, is the refund calculated 10/30 of 14,99$ (so ~5$) ?

Hi! Short time lurker, and first time poster, but I will try to be as descriptive as possible. I have had my HomePod mini since 2021, and have been loving it. Recently, though, I am facing issues which have paralyzed it. Background: Running two HomePod Minis under a stereo pair on the same network in a room. Devices worked well, with the odd dropping of the sound once a while, not too big of an issue. Started running HomePod OS26 beta in July to see what the new updates have, and maybe if the audio issues would be resolved. Issue: Two weeks ago, the after the (then) latest update, there was a no response issue in the app. No big deal, let's just restart the HomePod pair. After restart, no bueno. I also got a new beta software update notification, so decided if I updated them both, the issue will probably be resolved. No dice. The issue persists. So I decided to pair the HomePods and factory reset them. Both HomePods disappeared from my home app. Regular behavior. Going to reset them with the old unplug for 30

I'm currently I'm working on an iOS app + custom keyboard extension, and I’m hoping to get some insight into how to best architect a workflow where the keyboard acts as a remote trigger for dictation, but the main app handles the actual microphone recording and transcription. I know that third-party keyboards are sandboxed and can’t access the microphone directly, so the pattern I’m following is similar to what Wispr Flow appears to be doing: What I'm Trying to Build The user taps a mic button in the custom keyboard (installed system-wide). This triggers the main app to open, start a recording session, and send the audio to my transcription endpoint (not using Speech.framework). Once the transcription result is ready, it's stored in an App Group shared container. The keyboard extension polls for or receives the transcribed text and inserts it into the current input field via textDocumentProxy.insertText(...). Key Questions Triggering App Dictation from Keyboard Is there a clean system-native way to t