Hello,
In our game we enforce an age gate before showing Game Center sign‑in. Only after the user passes the age gate do we call GKLocalPlayer.localPlayer.authenticateHandler.
The reason I’m asking is that we want to reliably detect if the game was launched from a Game Center activity in the Games app (iOS 26+). If the user prefers to enter via activities, we don’t want to miss that event during cold start.
Our current proposal is:
Register a GKLocalPlayerListener early in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: so the app is ready to catch events.
Queue any incoming events in our dispatcher.
Only process those events after the user passes the age gate and authentication succeeds.
My questions are:
Does player:wantsToPlayGameActivity:completionHandler: ever fire before authentication, or only after the local player is authenticated?
If it only fires after authentication, is our “register early but gate processing” approach the correct way to ensure we don’t miss activity launches?
Is there any recommended pattern to distinguish “activity launch” vs. “normal launch” in this age‑gate scenario?
We want to respect Apple’s age gate requirements, but also ensure activity launches are not lost if the user prefers that entry point.
Sorry if this is a stupid question — I just want to be sure we’re following the right pattern.
Thanks for any clarification or best‑practice guidance!
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Leaderboards working fine in iOS 26.1 but seem to be broken in 26.2 and also in the 26.3 developer beta. Players cannot submit scores and neither can they view scores on Apple's default leaderboards. Custom leaderboards that rely on pulling information using GameKit APIs also fail.
Is there a workaround or patch for this?
I'm developing a game that supports GameKit turn based matches. What I don't understand is this:
Is tapping on the Game Center notification push messages the only way for the GKTurnBasedEventListener to trigger? What if someone misses the push message (swiping it away by accident or something like that) but still wants to join? Is there some inbox somewhere where the pending messages can be seen or fetched?
Also it was mentioned in a very old WWDC video (from 2013, I think that's the latest with information about turn based matches) that the notification also includes a badge for the icon. However, I do not understand how to implement that. Is there any documentation for that?
I'm developing a turn based game. When I present the GKTurnBasedMatchmakerViewController players can opt in for automatch instead of selecting a specific friend as opponent.
How exactly does the matching work if a player doesn't specify anything explicitly?
Does Game Center send push notifications in a round robin fashion to all friends and the first one to accept is then matched as opponent? Is this documented somewhere?
Around 2012, we developed an Apple app. Due to the team's lack of technical maturity at the time, my partner eventually gave up on further development. Later, around 2019, I logged into one of my Apple IDs, and it showed that the registration was in progress with the button grayed out. Today, in order to register as a developer, I specifically bought a new iPhone 17 from JD.com. The process went smoothly at first, but after filling in my name and address, completing the facial verification, it just logged me out. Now, when I open Developer, the registration button is grayed out again. It’s quite frustrating. I had hoped the new phone would solve the issue. Back in 2019, I encountered the same problem—I tried logging in on different devices, including my wife’s phone and an iPad, but none worked. Could it be that even a newly registered account would face the same issue today? As someone eager to publish an app, this is truly disappointing. I’m not sure if it’s a system problem or something else. I remember that in 2012, we didn’t do anything wrong, but the team wasn’t technically mature enough, and I urged my partner to keep working on it, though he eventually gave up. Now, as I try to register again, I’ve filled in everything today—my bank card (a debit card), completed facial verification, entered my ID card details, and provided my address. But I never reached the payment step. In the end, when I open Developer, the registration button is grayed out. I hope to find out why this is happening, but I haven’t gotten any answers—just like years ago when customer support simply suggested re-registering without a clear explanation. However, registering with someone else’s information could lead to issues later on. I hope to find a solution.
Hello,
I hope you are doing well.
I recently submitted my app for review, and it was rejected. However, I am still unsure about the exact reason for this decision.
I carefully reviewed the feedback provided, but some points remain unclear to me. Could you please clarify which specific guidelines were not met, or which parts of the app need to be changed or improved?
My goal is to fully understand the issue so I can fix it properly and ensure that the app complies with all App Store Review Guidelines in the future.
Thank you in advance for your time and support.
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After authenticating the user I'm loading my Game Center leaderboards like this:
let leaderboards = try await GKLeaderboard.loadLeaderboards(IDs: [leaderboardID])
This is working fine, but there are times when this just returns an empty array. When I encounter this situation, the array remains empty for several hours when retrying, but then at some point it suddenly starts working again.
Is this a known issue? Or am I hitting some kind of quota maybe (as I do it quite often while developing my game)?.
Edit: My leaderboards are grouped in sets if that makes any difference here.
I do not understand how offline leaderboard submission is supposed to work in Game Kit:
While the documentation briefly states that offline submission is supported, how is that even possible when you first have to fetch a leaderboard object in order to then call its submitScore function? How can I get the leaderboard object in the first place when offline?
Can anyone enlighten me how this works? Or maybe point me to some relevant documentation?
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I have implemented the Game Center for authentication and saving player's game data. Both authentication and saving player's data works correctly all the time, but there is a problem with fetching and loading the data.
The game works like this:
At the startup, I start the authentication
After the player successfully logs in, I start loading the player's data by calling fetchSavedGames method
If a game data exists for the player, I receive a list of SavedGame object containing the player's data
The problem is that after I uninstall the game and install it again, sometimes the SavedGame list is empty(step 3). But if I don't uninstall the game and reopen the game, this process works fine.
Here's the complete code of Game Center implementation:
class GameCenterHandler {
public func signIn() {
GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler = { viewController, error in
if let viewController = viewController {
viewController.present(viewController, animated: false)
return
}
if error != nil {
// Player could not be authenticated.
// Disable Game Center in the game.
return
}
// Auth successfull
self.load(filename: "TestFileName")
}
}
public func save(filename: String, data: String) {
if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated {
GKLocalPlayer.local.saveGameData(Data(data.utf8), withName: filename) { savedGame, error in
if savedGame != nil {
// Data saved successfully
}
if error != nil {
// Error in saving game data!
}
}
} else {
// Error in saving game data! User is not authenticated"
}
}
public func load(filename: String) {
if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated {
GKLocalPlayer.local.fetchSavedGames { games, error in
if let game = games?.first(where: {$0.name == filename}){
game.loadData { data, error in
if data != nil {
// Data loaded successfully
}
if error != nil {
// Error in loading game data!
}
}
} else {
// Error in loading game data! Filename not found
}
}
} else {
// Error in loading game data! User is not authenticated
}
}
}
I have also added Game Center and iCloud capabilities in xcode. Also in the iCloud section, I selected the iCloud Documents and added a container.
I found a simillar question here but it doesn't make things clearer.
I have two devices (iPod, iPhone), each using a different Apple ID. I have an existing game to which I'm adding TBM. When the iPod invites the iPhone, it sends an iMessage invite to the iPhone; when I click on that message, I get "Retrieving", then Game Center in Settings is opened, not my App (same version installed on both devices). I start my App on the iPhone and that match is not shown in the Matchmaker View Controller.
When I send an invite from the iPhone to the iPod and I click on the iMessage invite, the app starts but the match isn't listed in the MatchMaker ViewController on the iPod (but is on the iPhone).
In addition, when I click on the info circle on the iPhone, it who's the two players and "App Store" under the Game Center name. However, When I do the same on the iPod, it has a "Play your turn" there.
Any ideas?
I'm encountering a build failure when trying to install the Game Porting Toolkit via Homebrew. The installation fails during the game-porting-toolkit-compiler dependency build phase with a CMake compatibility error.
Error Message:
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (cmake_minimum_required):
Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.
Update the VERSION argument <min> value. Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.
Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Environment:
macOS: 15.6.1 (Sequoia)
Homebrew: 5.0.1
CMake: 3.20.2
Architecture: x86_64 (via Rosetta)
Formula: apple/apple/game-porting-toolkit-compiler v0.1
Source: crossover-sources-22.1.1.tar.gz
Steps to Reproduce:
Install x86_64 Homebrew for Rosetta compatibility
Run: arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install apple/apple/game-porting-toolkit
Build fails during dependency installation
Root Cause:
The LLVM/Clang sources included in crossover-sources-22.1.1.tar.gz contain a CMakeLists.txt file that specifies a minimum CMake version lower than 3.5. Modern CMake versions (3.5+) have removed backward compatibility with these older version requirements.
Potential Solutions:
Update the Homebrew formula to patch the CMakeLists.txt with cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) or higher
Update to newer CrossOver sources with updated CMake requirements
Add the -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 flag to the CMake build command in the formula
Is this a known issue? Are there plans to update the formula or the source package to resolve this compatibility problem? Any guidance on a workaround would be appreciated.
Full log available at: /Users/kentarovadney/Library/Logs/Homebrew/game-porting-toolkit-compiler/02.cmake.log
Thanks for any assistance!
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My app is live but the leaderboards still aren’t updating. App was built with unreal engine 5 with blueprints. I have the leaderboard stat info entered into the node for write integer to leaderboard and a node for show platform specific leaderboard. The leaderboards are shown as live on app connect.
When I run the app, the Game Center login functions and the leaderboard interface launches as expected but it just lists a group of friends to invite. There are no scores listed and it says number of players 0 even though I have scored on two different devices and accounts. I have the Game Center entitlement added in Xcode. Not sure where else to look.
In a Unity game, if the assetBundle.Unloadinterface is called very frequently during normal gameplay, it can cause the game application's screen to freeze, although the background music continues to play normally. This issue only occurs on iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 models, with no problems on lower-version phones. How can this problem be resolved?
I am using the latest version of the Game Center plugin for Unity and have noticed that my game will crash on launch when trying to authenticate.
I've tried this in an empty project with just the plugin and it still crashes with this exception.
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1; jobified=0
Initializing Metal device caps: Apple A14 GPU
Initialize engine version: 2022.3.62f2 (7670c08855a9)
GameKitException: Code=-7 Domain=GKErrorDomain Description=The operation couldn’t be completed. (GKErrorDomain error -7.) (UnsupportedOperationForOSVersion)
at Apple.GameKit.DefaultNSErrorHandler.ThrowNSError (System.IntPtr nsErrorPtr) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0
Rethrow as TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Apple.GameKit.GKGameActivity' threw an exception.
And the area in the native code that is triggering the crash is this inside the GKLocalPlayer_SetAuthenticateHandler function
`_onAuthenticate!(tid, _mostRecentAuthenticatePlayer!.passRetainedUnsafeMutablePointer());
I am using Unity 2022.3.62f2 and MacOS 15.6 with iOS 18.6.2 which based on the min specs for the plugin we should be within spec.
I have also included this message because I thought it might help too
`terminating due to uncaught exception of type Il2CppExceptionWrapper
Could not import Swift modules for translation unit: failed to get module "GameKitWrapper" from AST context:
error: 'GKErrorCodeExtension.h' file not found
in file included from :1:
error: could not build Objective-C module 'GameKitWrapper'
warning: Ignoring missing VFS file: /Users/james/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GameKitWrapper-dzawbtxqdxdviiakfxmfunexppqv/Build/Intermediates.noindex/GameKitWrapper.build/Release-iphoneos/GameKitWrapper-bc72bd3638f4d2956cac9b00e84c1a7d-VFS-iphoneos/all-product-headers.yaml
This is the likely root cause for any subsequent compiler
errors.warning: Ignoring missing VFS file: /Users/bill/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GameKitWrapper-dzawbtxqdxdviiakfxmfunexppqv/Build/Intermediates.noindex/GameKitWrapper.build/Release-iphoneos/GameKitWrapper iOS.build/unextended-module-overlay.yaml
This is the likely root cause for any subsequent compiler errors.warning: TypeSystemSwiftTypeRef::GetNumChildren: had to engage SwiftASTContext fallback for type $syyXCD
I've also attached the script that I am using for authentication, this script runs on the first scene.
GameCenterManager.cs
Matchmaking rules
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/matchmaking-rules?language=objc
AppStoreConnectApi rules
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/rules?language=objc
・Environment
Unity 6000.2.2f1
XCode 16.1
iOS 26
3 iPhones
・AppStoreConnectApi rules
"type": "gameCenterMatchmakingRuleSets",
"id": "f6a88caf-85db-42bf-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"attributes": {
"referenceName": "co.mygame.RuleSets.GvERandom34",
"ruleLanguageVersion": 1,
"minPlayers": 3,
"maxPlayers": 4
},
"type": "gameCenterMatchmakingRules",
"id": "6afa68ce-4d2c-496f-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"attributes": {
"referenceName": "GameVersion",
"description": "Check Game Version. GvERandom34",
"type": "COMPATIBLE",
"expression": "requests[0].properties.gameVersion == requests[1].properties.gameVersion",
"weight": null
},
"type": "gameCenterMatchmakingQueues",
"id": "7fb645ef-4eca-4510-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"attributes": {
"referenceName": "co.mygame.que.GvERandom34",
"classicMatchmakingBundleIds": []
},
・Objective-C Execution code
queueName = "co.mygame.que.GvERandom34"
keyStr = "gameVersion "
valueStr = "1.0"
- (void)MatchQueueParamStr1Start:(NSString*)queueName keyStr:(NSString*)keyStr valueStr:(NSString*)valueStr
{
if (@available(iOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, macOS 14.2, visionOS 1.1, *) == NO)
{
DBGLOG(@"MatchQueueParamStr1Start Not support.");
return;
}
self->_matchMakingFlag = YES;
self->_matchFinishFlag = NO;
self->_myMatch = nil;
GKMatchRequest *req = [[GKMatchRequest alloc] init];
if (@available(iOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, macOS 14.2, visionOS 1.1, *))
{
req.queueName = queueName;
req.properties = @{keyStr: valueStr};
}
[[GKMatchmaker sharedMatchmaker] findMatchForRequest:req withCompletionHandler: ^(GKMatch *match, NSError *error)
{
if (error)
{
[self SetupErrorInfo:error descriptionText:@"findMatchForRequest"];
}
else if(match)
{
self->_myMatch = match;
self->_myMatch.delegate = self;
}
self->_matchMakingFlag = NO;
self->_matchFinishFlag = YES;
}];
}
・
I'm trying to match with three devices.
Matching doesn't work.
5 minutes later times out.
What's the problem?