Due to massive amount of shared state in my project I cannot really use swift testing parallelization in my tests, so my idea was to embed all suites into single one with .serialized and then run them on several simulators to speed up the tests. I ran tests with xcodebuild ... -parallel-testing-enabled YES -parallel-testing-worker-count 2, but swift testing suites seemed to be executed on just one simulator. Is it possible to run swift testing tests in parallel on multiple iOS simulators, but serially within each of them? Or the only way is xctest?

On iOS 18.0+ simulators, tap any share link button from any app, select "Save to Files", the "Save" button is disabled. In all previous simulator versions this works. This behavior even happens with default Apple apps like Photos. Simulator: Version 16.0 (1037) XCode: Version 16.1 beta (16B5001e) macOS: 14.6.1 (23G93)

When switching to a SwiftUI app (built with Xcode 26.5) from an app with an active keyboard, the target app's tab bar incorrectly floats above the keyboard safe area. This layout issue occurs even though the target app does not display a keyboard and contains only a tab bar and scroll views.

Every time I submit a new iOS build, I need to switch to each supported language and paste an update about what's new. This takes so long! Is there any way to speed up the process? Google Play translates everything automatically; why doesn't Apple do that? I hate to completely remove support for most languages but I feel like I must sacrifice user experience due to App Store Connect design.

Hello Apple Developer Community, My name is Chris, and I’m an independent developer building games, educational tools, and utility apps for Apple platforms. I’d like to share some of the applications I have released so far: ADVENT Text Game for Mac A retro-inspired text adventure designed specifically for macOS. View on the App Store ADVENT Text Game for iPhone and iPad Explore mysterious caves, discover hidden passages, collect treasures, and solve puzzles in a classic-inspired text adventure. View on the App Store iFrappe View on the App Store China Driving Exam Trainer A study and practice application for learners preparing for the Chinese driving licence theory examination. View on the App Store Ur: The Royal Game A digital interpretation of the ancient Royal Game of Ur. View on the App Store I’m also currently developing Steel Maze, a retro maze-based tank battle game for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Each project has helped me explore different parts of Apple development, including SwiftUI, SpriteKit, Mac Catalyst, responsive layouts, Game Center, gameplay design, and App Store distribution. I would be happy to receive feedback from other developers and connect with people working on similar independent projects. You can find my current app portfolio here: CK My Apps Thank you for taking a look!

Our company enrolled in the Apple Developer Program as an Organization. Apple successfully created our D-U-N-S Number, but our enrollment has remained "Being Processed" for an extended period. I have contacted Apple Developer Support three times regarding this issue. Each time, I received only the automated acknowledgment email, and the same Case ID was referenced every time. However, I have never received any response from a support representative. At this point, our company is completely blocked from publishing our iOS application. Has anyone experienced the same issue recently? If so, how was it resolved? If an Apple Developer Support representative sees this post, I would sincerely appreciate it if you could review my case or advise on the next steps. Thank you.

Since iOS 27 beta we are seeing a behavior change in our video streaming app and I would like to know whether others can reproduce it. Behavior on iOS 27 beta: Fully opening the Notification Center pauses playback. Audio continues for about 5 more seconds, then the app is suspended. Closing the Notification Center leaves the player paused. On iOS 26 the same build keeps playing in this situation. Setup: AVQueuePlayer playing video with audio, not muted audiovisualBackgroundPlaybackPolicy = .automatic (default) AVAudioSession category .playback, UIBackgroundModes: audio entitlement AVPictureInPictureController attached with canStartPictureInPictureAutomaticallyFromInline = true Filed as FB23893965 Questions: Can anyone reproduce this on iOS 27 beta? Is this intentional or a regression?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice because I'm not sure if this is normal or if there is currently a delay with App Review. Here is my situation: My app was initially rejected under Guideline 5.6. The issue was fixed immediately. The fix only required changing my Firebase Remote Config (no code changes or new binary were necessary). I replied to the App Review message explaining the fix and resubmitted the same version for review. Since then, the app has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" for more than 72 hours. I have already: Requested an expedited review. Contacted Apple Developer Support. Received no response so far. My questions are: Is anyone else currently experiencing unusually long "Waiting for Review" times? Does replying to a rejection with the same build place the submission in a different review queue? Would submitting a new build (with a higher build number) help, or would that simply restart the waiting time? Is there anything else I can do to get the review moving? For those who have experienced this before: How long did your review stay in "Waiting for Review"? What ultimately resolved the situation? Any advice or recent experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Issue Description: On iOS 26 and later, a CoreGraphics crash occurs when rendering images using -[UIImage drawInRect:blendMode:alpha:]. Based on the call stack, the crash happens inside CoreGraphics. Under what circumstances does the function upscale_provider_get_bytes_at_position_inner in the stack get called? When attempting to reproduce locally, this code path is never reached even when scaling images. Steps to Reproduce: There are a large number of crash reports in production, but the issue cannot be reproduced locally/offline. Expected Results: Explain under what conditions calling -[UIImage drawInRect:blendMode:alpha:] will reach the upscale_provider_get_bytes_at_position_inner logic. Ideally, provide a code example or demo. Provide the root cause of the crash and a workaround/mitigation. Current Behavior: Calling -[UIImage drawInRect:blendMode:alpha:] causes intermittent crashes in production. Xcode Version Used: Xcode Version 26.0 (17A324)

I want to use features described in the background assets WWDC22 session (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/110403/). In earlier versions of Xcode 14 beta there used to be a background asset extension target type, however this got removed in beta 5 and has still not been put back even though Xcode 14 RC is released. With Xcode 14 beta 4, if the background asset target was chosen then a bunch of template code was created, same as happens with any extension type. But if the background asset extension target type isn't even present in the Xcode 14 RC, how is one supposed to create an extension and use this new feature?

We are building a KPI(Telemetry) analytics reporting feature in our iOS app that requires recording and publishing reliable timestamps back to our backend server. Standard system time (Date()) is not suitable for our use case because it is susceptible to manual user changes (system clock manipulation) as well as clock drift over time. We are considering clock_gettime_nsec_np(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW ) as a potential solution for iOS 10+. However, we want to confirm: Is clock_gettime_nsec_np a reliable, drift-free source for this purpose? Does the underlying OS handle NTP synchronization for these clocks, or can user-level time changes still impact them? Additionally, we recently came across Apple's official swift-ntp client library to fetch true NTP time directly. For production KPI reporting, is relying on an NTP library like swift-ntp the recommended approach, or is clock_gettime_nsec_np sufficient on modern iOS? We’d appreciate any insights or past experiences from the community. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm exploring an app idea that would help users organize their Home Screen, the app would move or rearrange other apps' icons on the user's behalf (for example, auto-grouping apps or repositioning them based on how often they're used). My question is twofold: Is there currently any entitlement, API, or permission that lets an app programmatically move or rearrange other apps' icons on the Home Screen? From what I can tell, the sandbox model prevents an app from touching anything outside its own container, so I suspect this isn't possible today but I'd be glad to be corrected if I've missed something. If it genuinely isn't possible, is this something Apple would consider adding? For instance, a user-granted permission (similar to how Notifications, Screen Time, or Accessibility permissions work) that the user could explicitly enable to let a trusted app manage their Home Screen layout. The user would stay in full control and could revoke it at any time. I understand there are solid privacy and security reasons behind the current restrictions, so I'm not looking for a workaround, I'm asking whether a supported, user-consented path could exist. Has anyone run into this or found any official guidance? And if this is better filed as a feature request through Feedback Assistant, I'm happy to do that too. Thanks!

Dear Apple Developer Support, I am requesting assistance regarding my Organization enrollment, which has been stuck in "Being Processed" for an extended period. I have already contacted Apple Developer Support three times through the Contact Us page. Each time, I received only the automatic acknowledgment email with a Case ID. Unfortunately, I have never received any follow-up from a support representative. Because of this, our company is currently unable to complete Organization Verification and cannot publish our iOS application on the App Store. Could you please: Check the status of my enrollment. Confirm whether my previous support requests were actually received by the Enrollment team. Escalate this case to the appropriate team if necessary. For your reference, my previous Case IDs are: Case ID: 102916885584 If you require any additional information or documentation from our company, please let me know. I will provide it immediately. Thank you for your time and assistance. I would greatly appreciate any update regarding the status of our Organization Verification. Kind regards, Dev UXUI Enrollment ID: WDF7RSUZ7P Company: Patana Intercool Company Limited

Hello - My new Build Version keeps entering on its own into an old Build Version Build Box under DISTRIBUTION. So I cannot add the new Build version to my New Build Version under Distribution. I tried to delete the older Build version so no mix up but ASC will not allow this to happen. Any way to clear this mess up? Nobody to call either so have written many emails to Support but I cannot wait for a month as this app is for the summer season which is NOW.

We are developing a system consisting of two iOS apps from the same developer (same Team ID): ・App A acquires data from an external accessory. For regulatory/compliance reasons that we cannot detail here, App A must have no networking capability at all. ・App B is intended to receive data from App A and upload it to a server. Two important environmental constraints: ・The deployment environment is a closed local network. The server App B talks to is on the local network, and Internet access is not guaranteed. Therefore, any APNs-dependent approach (silent push, etc.) is not viable. ・Latency requirement: near-real-time is ideal, but a delay of up to a few minutes is acceptable. What we have considered: 1.App Groups shared container — App A can write data, but there is no way to wake App B in the background when new data is written. 2.URL schemes — can launch App B reliably, but bring it to the foreground, which disrupts the user's workflow. 3.BGTaskScheduler — rejected; execution timing is entirely at the system's discretion. 4.Silent push — rejected; requires APNs / Internet connectivity, which we cannot assume (see above). Our current leading candidate is a combination of (1) and (2): App A writes data to the App Groups container, then opens App B via a URL scheme; App B reads the container and uploads. This works, but the foreground app switch on every hand-off is far from ideal. We are aware that some apps abuse background modes (e.g., playing silent audio) to stay resident. We assume this violates App Review Guideline 2.5.4 and is not an option for us — please correct us if there is any legitimate variant of this approach. Questions: 1.Is there any supported mechanism to keep App B running (or reliably woken) in the background, so that it can receive data from App A and upload it — without user interaction and without Internet access? 2.If not, is there any way to mitigate the foreground switch in our current App Groups + URL scheme approach (e.g., returning to App A automatically after the hand-off)? Or would that ping-pong pattern itself be an App Review concern? Any guidance would be appreciated.

Currently developing a vehicle rental App in flutter for iOS/Android. Our business has an affiliate system whereby affiliates are assigned a unique QR Code for app downloads. When a new user scans QR Code, the system needs to not only direct/attribute that App Store download to the affiliate, but also any rentals the user makes should attribute a % of rental fees to the affiliate. How exactly can this be done? How can we link that user’s app/purchase activity to the affiliate? i should say these aren’t exactly ‘In-App’ purchases. Any rental transaction is routed through a stripe-like payment processor.

Hi everyone, I’ve filed a Feedback report (FB20986470) for a serious issue affecting the Call Directory database when add phone numbers for call blocking. When adding blocking numbers to a Call Directory extension, the system’s CallKit database (/private/var/mobile/Library/CallDirectory/CallDirectory.db) becomes corrupted. The reload call (reloadExtensionWithIdentifier) fails with error code 11 when the system tries to insert blocking entries, and the Console app on macOS shows the following errors: database corruption page 2265525 of /private/var/mobile/Library/CallDirectory/CallDirectory.db at line 81343 of [f0ca7bba1c] database corruption at line 79387 of [f0ca7bba1c] Error Domain=com.apple.callkit.database.sqlite Code=11 "sqlite3_step for query 'INSERT INTO PhoneNumberBlockingEntry (extension_id, phone_number_id) VALUES (?, (SELECT id FROM PhoneNumber WHERE (number = ?))), (?, (SELECT id FROM PhoneNumber WHERE (number = ?))),...)'" After this happens, CallKit becomes fully corrupted on the device and no further numbers can be added, even after: Disabling and re-enabling the extension Restarting the device (either force or soft restart) Reinstalling the app Waiting for a couple of minutes after this issue happens (that CallKit could possibly self-recovered) I also tested other call-blocking apps, and they all fail with the same error. The only thing that recovers the system is a full “Reset All Settings.” This issue has been reported by many users of my app, across multiple iOS versions and devices. Similar related issue reported by another developer: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/806129 Steps to Reproduce: Enable the Call Directory extension from a call-blocking app. Add and reload blocking numbers (a few thousand entries). Perform multiple reloads between additions. Check the Console, the corruption errors appear. From this point, all insert attempts fail system-wide. Expected Result: Entries should be inserted successfully, or the system should self-recover without persistent corruption. Actual Result: sqlite3_step fails with Code=11, and the Call Directory database remains corrupted until the user resets all settings. Additional Notes: All numbers are sorted and deduplicated before insertion. Happens intermittently after multiple reloads. The system log always shows internal database failure. Environment: Device: iPhone 16 Plus iOS 18.2 Beta (23C5027f) Xcode 16.1 (17B55) Attachments (included in Feedback FB20986470): sysdiagnose captured immediately after the failure (with Phone app General Profile) It seems like a system-level corruption affecting all Call Directory extensions once it occurs.