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Undefined symbol linker errors after upgrading to Xcode 16 with Flutter iOS integration
Dear Apple Developer Support, We are experiencing a critical issue after upgrading our development environment from Xcode 15 to Xcode 16 (beta). Our iOS application integrates Flutter via CocoaPods (install_all_flutter_pods and flutter_post_install) and uses plugins like webview_flutter. After the upgrade, our project started failing at the linking stage with the following errors: Undefined symbol: _XPluginsGetDataFuncOrAbort Undefined symbol: _XPluginsGetFunctionPtrFromID Undefined symbol: Plugins::SocketThreadLocalScope::SocketThreadLocalScope(int) Undefined symbol: Plugins::SocketThreadLocalScope::~SocketThreadLocalScope() Linker command failed with exit code 1 These symbols seem to originate from Flutter’s new native C++ plugin architecture (possibly via webview_flutter_wkwebview), and were previously resolving fine with Xcode 15. We have ensured the following: Added -lc++ and -ObjC to OTHER_LDFLAGS Cleaned and rebuilt Flutter module via flutter build ios --release Re-installed CocoaPods with pod install Verified Flutter.xcframework and plugin xcframeworks are present Despite this, the linker fails to resolve the mentioned symbols under Xcode 16. This suggests a stricter linker behavior or a compatibility issue with the new C++ plugin system Flutter uses. Can you confirm: If Xcode 16 introduces stricter C++/Objective-C++ linker constraints? Is there an official workaround or updated documentation for dealing with Plugins::SocketThreadLocalScope and related symbol resolution? Should these symbols be declared explicitly or provided in .xcframework format from plugin developers? We would appreciate guidance or clarification on how to proceed with Flutter plugin compatibility under Xcode 16. Thank you.
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Jul ’25
Incorrect behaviour of task_info() syscall after an unrelated dlclose() call
For some reason, after invoking an unrelated dlclose() call to unload any .dylib that had previously been loaded via dlopen(..., RTLD_NOW), the subsequent call to task_info(mach_task_self(), TASK_DYLD_INFO, ...) syscall returns unexpected structure in dyld_uuid_info image_infos->uuidArray, that, while it seems to represent an array of struct dyld_uuid_info elements, there is only 1 such element (dyld_all_image_infos *infos->uuidArrayCount == 1) and the app crashes when trying to access dyld_uuid_info image->imageLoadAddress->magic, as image->imageLoadAddress doesn't seem to represent a valid struct mach_header structure address (although it looks like a normal pointer within the process address space. What does it point to?). This reproduces on macOS 15.4.1 (24E263) Could you please confirm that this is a bug in the specified OS build, or point to incorrect usage of the task_info() API? Attaching the C++ file that reproduces the issue to this email message It needs to be built on macOS 15.4.1 (24E263) via Xcode or just a command line clang++ compiler. It may crash or return garbage, depending on memory layout, but on this macOS build it doesn’t return a correct feedfacf magic number for the struct mach_header structure. Thank you Feedback Assistant reference: FB18431345 //On `macOS 15.4.1 (24E263)` create a C++ application (for example, in Xcode), with the following contents. Note, that this application should crash on this macOS build. It will not crash, however, if you either: //1. Comment out `dlclose()` call //2. Change the order of the `performDlOpenDlClose()` and `performTaskInfoSyscall()` functions calls (first performTaskInfoSyscall() then performDlOpenDlClose()). #include <iostream> #include <dlfcn.h> #include <mach/mach.h> #include <mach-o/dyld_images.h> #include <mach-o/loader.h> void performDlOpenDlClose() { printf("dlopen/dlclose function\n"); printf("Note: please adjust the path below to any real dylib on your system, if the path below doesn't exist!\n"); std::string path = "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/libswiftDemangle.dylib"; printf("Dylib to open: %s\n", path.c_str()); void* handle = ::dlopen(path.c_str(), RTLD_NOW); if(handle) { ::dlclose(handle); } else { printf("Error: %s\n", dlerror()); } } void performTaskInfoSyscall() { printf("Making a task_info() syscall\n"); printf("\033[34mSource File: %s\033[0m\n", __FILE__); task_t task = mach_task_self(); struct task_dyld_info dyld_info; mach_msg_type_number_t size = TASK_DYLD_INFO_COUNT; kern_return_t kr = task_info(task, TASK_DYLD_INFO, (task_info_t)&dyld_info, &size); if (kr != KERN_SUCCESS) { fprintf(stderr, "task_info failed: %s\n", mach_error_string(kr)); } const struct dyld_all_image_infos* infos = (const struct dyld_all_image_infos*)dyld_info.all_image_info_addr; printf("version: %d, infos->infoArrayCount: %d\n", infos->version, infos->infoArrayCount); for(uint32_t i=0; i<infos->infoArrayCount; i++) { dyld_image_info image = infos->infoArray[i]; const struct mach_header* header = image.imageLoadAddress; printf("%d ", i); printf("%p ", (void*)image.imageLoadAddress); printf("(%x) ", header->magic); printf("%s\n", image.imageFilePath); fflush(stdout); } printf("\n\n"); printf("infos->uuidArrayCount: %lu\n", infos->uuidArrayCount); for(uint32_t i=0; i<infos->uuidArrayCount; i++) { dyld_uuid_info image = infos->uuidArray[i]; const struct mach_header* header = image.imageLoadAddress; printf("%d ", i); printf("%p ", (void*)image.imageLoadAddress); printf("(%x)\n", header->magic); fflush(stdout); } printf("task_info() syscall result processing is completed\n\n"); } int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) { performDlOpenDlClose(); performTaskInfoSyscall(); return 0; }
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Jun ’25
Building 2/3 apps fail __LINKEDIT issue
Hello I have a qt, CMAKE app, non-xcode one till xcode start supporting cmake. I have 3 apps, 2 basic ones and 1 very complex ones. My complex one build/links/notarises/validates/deploys beautifly. I have tear in my eye when I see it build. The other 2 apps explode and torment me for past 5 days. The build proves is 99% the same, the only thing that a little changes are info.plist and app name+ some minor changes. Its absolutely bananas and I can't fix it, I'm running out of ideas so if any1 could sugged anything, I'll buy & ship you a beer. Anyway, errors: Log: Using otool: Log: inspecting "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore" Log: Could not parse otool output line: "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore (architecture arm64):" Log: Adding framework: Log: Framework name "QtCore.framework" Framework directory "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/" Framework path "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtCore.framework" Binary directory "Versions/A" Binary name "QtCore" Binary path "/Versions/A/QtCore" Version "A" Install name "@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore" Deployed install name "@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore" Source file Path "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore" Framework Destination Directory (relative to bundle) "Contents/Frameworks/QtCore.framework" Binary Destination Directory (relative to bundle) "Contents/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Versions/A" Log: copied: "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/QtWebSockets" Log: to "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/QtWebSockets" Log: copy: "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtWebSockets.framework/Resources" "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/Resources" Log: copied: "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtWebSockets.framework/Resources/Info.plist" Log: to "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist" Log: copied: "/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtWebSockets.framework/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy" Log: to "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy" Log: symlink "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/QtWebSockets" Log: points to "Versions/Current/QtWebSockets" Log: symlink "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Resources" Log: points to "Versions/Current/Resources" Log: symlink "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/Current" Log: points to "A" Log: Using install_name_tool: Log: in "/AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Agameri_Toolbox" Log: change reference "@rpath/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/QtWebSockets" Log: to "@rpath/QtWebSockets.framework/Versions/A/QtWebSockets" ERROR: "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/install_name_tool: fatal error: file not in an order that can be processed (link edit information does not fill the __LINKEDIT segment): /AppBuild/Agameri_Toolbox/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Agameri_Toolbox\n" ERROR: "" Even tho I get that error, it will "Notarize" and "greenlight by gatekeeper. So my automatic build app if he sees error with the __LINKEDIT it will stop deployment. But even tho he "stops" release of app to public I can still go check binary and when I try to run that I get: Library not loaded: @rpath/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/A/QtConcurrent Referenced from: <69A296DB-8C7D-3BC9-A8AE-947B8D6ED224> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Agameri_Toolbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Agameri_Toolbox Reason: tried: '/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/A/QtConcurrent' (code signature in <192D5FAC-FE8C-31AB-86A7-6C2CE5D3E864> '/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/A/QtConcurrent' not valid for use in process: mapping process and mapped file (non-platform) have different Team IDs), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Users/dariusz/Qt/6.9.1/macos/lib/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/A/QtConcurrent' (no such file), '/Volumes/DEV_MAC/02_CODE/Dev/Icarus.nosync/Icarus_Singleton/codeSingleton/libOutput/Release/QtConcurrent.framework/Versions/A/QtConcurrent' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Volumes/DEV_MAC/02_CODE/Dev/Icarus.nosync/Icarus_Singleton/codeSingleton/libOu (terminated at launch; ignore backtrace) And here is my build script, its QT based application, I'm using macdeployqt + my own custom signing as the one from macdeployqt breaks on the complex app. (I will post it in next post as apparently there is 7k limit O.O) I've tried to replace the @rpath/ to @executable_path but that has made a million new issues and I'm just lost.
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Jun ’25
If you have code to package as a framework which has a 3rd party dependency, what can you do given that iOS doesn't support umbrella frameworks
I've got a large and complex app which has several dependencies upon 3rd party libraries (installed as pods). The app is structured according to Model-View-Controller design and there is a requirement to implement the Model part as an .xcframework so it can be included and used in the original app along with a few new apps. However, Apple documentation states that umbrella frameworks are not supported (Technical Note TN2435). The Model code has several dependencies which would be totally unfeasible to replace or remove, for example it uses RealmSwift for database storage. Obviously it would be impossible to write one's own database storage scheme in place of using Realm. However, if my framework uses Realm as a dependency, then its now become an umbrella framework. So therefore not supported according to Apple documentation. So what are options/solutions?
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Jun ’25
ffmpeg xcframework not working on Mac, but working correctly on iOS
I have an app (currently in development stage) which needs to use ffmpeg, so I tried searching how to embed ffmpeg in apple apps and found this article https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmultimedia-building-ffmpeg-ios.html It is working correctly for iOS but not for macOS ( I have made changes macOS specific using chatgpt and traditional web searching) Drive link for the file and instructions which I'm following: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11wqlvb8SU2thMSfII4_Xm3Kc2fPSCZed?usp=share_link Please can someone from apple or in general help me to figure out what I'm doing wrong?
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Jun ’25
Auto-Link Behavior Problem
Hi, I encountered an issue in my code where I directly used #import <CoreHaptics/CoreHaptics.h> without adding it to the "Link Binary With Libraries" section under Build Phases. My deployment target is iOS 12, and the code was running fine before; however, after upgrading Xcode, the app crashes immediately on an iOS 12 device with the following error message: DYLD, Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreHaptics.framework/CoreHaptics | xx | Reason: image not found. Did Xcode modify the default auto-linking configuration? When did this behavior change in which version of Xcode? Do I need to specify CoreHaptics.framework as Optional in "Link Binary With Libraries"? Thanks for reply soon!
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Jun ’25
Enabling Main Thread Checker in Xcode May Cause Category Method Implementation Conflicts for UI-Related Classes
​Environment​: Xcode Version: 16.0 (latest stable release) iOS Version: 18.3.1 Devices: physical devices Configuration: Main Thread Checker enabled (Edit Scheme &amp;gt; Run &amp;gt; Diagnostics) ​Issue Description​ When the ​Main Thread Checker​ is enabled, methods defined in a UIViewController category (e.g., supportedInterfaceOrientations) fail to execute, whereas the subclass implementation of the same method works as expected. This conflicts with the normal behavior where ​both implementations should be called. ​Steps to Reproduce​ 1、Declare a category method in UIViewController+Extend.m: // UIViewController+Extend.m @implementation UIViewController (Extend) - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations { NSLog(@"category supportedInterfaceOrientations hit"); return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll; } @end 2、Override the same method in a subclass ,call super methed(ViewController.m): // ViewController.m @implementation ViewController - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations { NSLog(@"subclass called supportedInterfaceOrientations called"); return [super supportedInterfaceOrientations]; // Expected to call the category implementation } @end 3、​Expected Behavior​ (Main Thread Checker ​disabled): subclass called supportedInterfaceOrientations called category supportedInterfaceOrientations hit 4、Actual Behavior​ (Main Thread Checker ​enabled): subclass called supportedInterfaceOrientations called // category supportedInterfaceOrientations hit ​Requested Resolution​ Please investigate: 1、Why Main Thread Checker disrupts category method invocation. 2、Whether this is a broader issue affecting other UIKit categories.
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Jun ’25
dlopen and dlsym loadable modules located in app directory
Hi, I encounter problems after updating macOS to Sequoia 15.5 with plugins loaded with dlopen and dlsym. $ file /Applications/com.gsequencer.GSequencer.app/Contents/Plugins/ladspa/cmt.dylib /Applications/com.gsequencer.GSequencer.app/Contents/Plugins/ladspa/cmt.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64] [arm64:Mach-O 64-bit bundle arm64] /Applications/com.gsequencer.GSequencer.app/Contents/Plugins/ladspa/cmt.dylib (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64 /Applications/com.gsequencer.GSequencer.app/Contents/Plugins/ladspa/cmt.dylib (for architecture arm64): Mach-O 64-bit bundle arm64 I am currently investigating what goes wrong. My application runs in a sandboxed environment.
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Jun ’25
Workspace with multiple targets for same framework
Hi ! I'm currently stuck with an issue on Xcode, I'll try explain to the best I can :-) I have a workspace (that I need to keep that way, I can't split projects) that contains multiple projects. I have 2 frameworks : Core and Draw. Draw depends on Core. So far so good. I needed to create a test application that can be modular and link my framewok, but also other drawing frameworks. To that extend, I created a CardLIbrary framewok, and a CardAdapter framewok, and I linked them into the test application. Test App └── DrawCardAdapter │ └── CardAdapter │ └── CardLibrary │ └── Core │ └── TCA (SPM) │ └── Draw │ └── Core Here, all dependencies are local ones if not stated otherwise (for the SPM). CardLibrary is a framework that generates only UI (linked to Core for logging purposes, nothing fancy). I also added TCA which is a SPM dependency, it may generate some issues after. CardAdapter is an abstraction for CardLibrary. Basically, it acts as an interface between CardLibrary and Test Application. DrawCardAdapter is the actual implementation of CardAdapter using local Draw framework. Why so complex ? Because I need to be able to do this: Test App └── ExternalDrawCardAdapter │ └── CardAdapter │ └── CardLibrary │ └── Core │ └── TCA (SPM) │ └── ExternalDrawFramework With this architecture, I can create a new ExternalDrawCardAdapter that implents the CardAdapter logic. This new framework does not relies on my Draw framework, and yet, I can still generate a test application that visually looks and feel like all others, but use a completely different drawing engine underneath. To do that, the Test App code only uses inputs and outputs from CardAdapter (the protocol), not concrete implementations like DrawCardAdapter or ExternalDrawCardAdapter. But to be able to make it work, I have 2 test ap targets : a DrawTestApp and a ExternalDrawTestApp. All code files are shared, except a SdkLauncher that is target specific and acutally loads the proper implementation. So the SdkLauncher for DrawTestApp is linked to the DrawCardAdapter (embed and sign) and loads DrawCardAdapter framework, whereas the ExternalDrawTestApp is linked to the ExternalDrawCardAdapter (embed and sign) and loads ExternalDrawCardAdapter framework. Now it looks like this (I only show local stuff othewise it would be too complicated :D) So far so good, this works well. Now, for the part that fails. My Draw and Core frameworks are frameworks that I release for my customers (Cocoapod), and I wanted to be able to test my productions frameworks with the test app (it's that actual purpose of the test app : being able to test development and released SDKs) To do so, I duplicated every target and removed local dependency for a cocoapod dependency. All targets were named -pod, but the actual module and product name are still the same (I tried differently, it did not work either, I'll explain it later). Test App └── DrawCardAdapter │ └── CardAdapter │ └── CardLibrary │ └── Core │ └── TCA (SPM) │ └── Draw │ └── Core │ Test App Pod └── DrawCardAdapter-pod │ └── CardAdapter-pod │ └── CardLibrary-pod │ └── Core-pod │ └── TCA (SPM) │ └── Draw-pod │ └── Core-pod Once again, it's only targets, every project would look like CardAdapter └── CardAdapter └── CardAdapter-pod It continues to use local targets, except for the DrawCardAdapter-pod that actually loads Draw and Core from a Podfile instead of using the lkocal frameworks. But now for the part that fails : even though TestApp-pod does not link any local frameworks, I get a warning Multiple targets match implicit dependency for product reference 'Draw.framework'. Consider adding an explicit dependency on the intended target to resolve this ambiguity. And actually, Xcode ends up packaging the wrong framework. I can check it but showing in the app the Draw framework version, and it's always the local one, not the one specified in the podfile. For the record, I get this message for all 3 frameworks of course. I tried sooooo many things, that did not work of course: renaming the -pod frameworks so that the names are different (I had to rename all imports too). It works for all local frameworks (Lilbrary and Adapter basically), but not for Draw and Core (since I don't have -podversions of thoses framewoks of course). Creating a new local workspace that only handles -pod versions. Does not work since as we work as a team, I have to keep the shared schemes, and all workspaces see all targets and schemes. I also tried with a separate derived data folder, but I end up with some compilation issues. It seems that mixing local, cocoapod and spm dependencies inside the same workspace is not well handled) using explicit Target Dependenciesfrom the build phase. I end up with some compilation issues creating local podspecs for Library and Adapter. It fails because TCA is linked with SPM and apparently not copied when using podspecs. To the few ones that stayed so far, thanks for your patience :D I hope that @eskimo will drop by as you always were my savior in the end :D :D
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May ’25
Mac Catalyst App can't launch, reason: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
My app cannot be launched on some users' MacOS, it says "Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib". "exception" : {"codes":"0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000","rawCodes":[0,0],"type":"EXC_CRASH","signal":"SIGABRT"}, "termination" : {"code":1,"flags":518,"namespace":"DYLD","indicator":"Library missing","details":["(terminated at launch; ignore backtrace)"],"reasons":["Library not loaded: \/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib","Referenced from: &lt;E4CB6764-8CB9-32E9-881B-252E2F3E0C4B&gt; \/Applications\/myapp.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/myapp","Reason: tried: '\/System\/iOSSupport\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '\/System\/Volumes\/Preboot\/Cryptexes\/OS\/System\/iOSSupport\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '\/System\/iOSSupport\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file, no dyld cache), '\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '\/System\/Volumes\/Preboot\/Cryptexes\/OS\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '\/usr\/lib\/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file, no dyld cache)"]}, User 1's environment: 2020 MacBook Air, M1, system version 15.4. User 2's environment: 2020 MacBook Pro, M1, system version: 15.5. I (and the people around me) cannot reproduce this problem. It can be reproduced on User 2's computer, but the performance is strange, sometimes good and sometimes bad. The app can be launched normally during the day, and it can also be launched normally after restarting the computer. But it cannot be launched from 21:00 to 22:00 at night, and the problem still exists even if the computer is restarted. After some searching, I suspect that there is a bug in the dynamic linker cache mechanism of MacOS, but we cannot confirm it. According to the official documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-big-sur-11_0_1-release-notes New in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, the system ships with a built-in dynamic linker cache of all system-provided libraries. As part of this change, copies of dynamic libraries are no longer present on the filesystem. Code that attempts to check for dynamic library presence by looking for a file at a path or enumerating a directory will fail. Instead, check for library presence by attempting to dlopen() the path, which will correctly check for the library in the cache. (62986286) I also tried to manually copy libc++.1.dylib to the above path, but these paths are read-only, and files cannot be copied into them even if SIP is turned off. Is there any other way to fix or avoid this problem? Thank you. Other similar questions: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/756370 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764824
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May ’25
-Xlinker -reproducible flag breaks debug symbols for static library which object files has same name
Hi! For example i have library with structure like ModuleA/test.cpp, ModuleB/test.cpp, then i build it like: #Building library clang++ -c ModuleA/test.cpp -o ModuleA/test.o clang++ -c ModuleB/test.cpp -o ModuleB/test.o libtool -o module.a ModuleA/test.o ModuleB/test.o #Now reproducing build steps from Xcode #Compiling... clang++ -c main.cpp -o main.o #Linking... clang++ -Xlinker -reproducible -o main main.o module.a Now if we launch lldb main, we cant set breakpoint in file ModuleB/test.cpp, only in ModuleA/test.cpp, if link without -Xlinker -reproducible, both breakpoints working as expected. Also dsymutil completely delete symbols for "duplicate" library if link with reproducible flag. It's just example, in real static library i can't change behavior of building process, and can't change names of producing object files. Xcode always set -Xlinker -reproducible flag, and i don't know how to disable it, and my debugging process partially broken. ENV: macos: 15.4.1 Xcode: 16.2
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May ’25
prelink like tool on macOS?
hi, I have offered to help port a custom debug tool that "revives" a process from a core file. It currently works on Linux and Windows and I would like to help port it to macOS. On Linux, prelink is used to load a dynamic library at a specific addrress (to match its location in corefile). On Windows, editbin is used. Is there an off the shelf tool that loads a dylib on macOS at a specified address? I tried to research this topic and I see: dylibs on macOS are position independent, though apparently it is possible to build a position dependent lib (but the note doesn't say how) there is a slide value that adjust base address of a dylib (but I can not find much actual info on how exactly to use it) prebinding (deprecated?) I feel like I am starting to veer off into fun topics, like dylib hijacking and implementing custom dylib loaders (DyldDeNeuralyzer). As much as I enjoy going off main path sometimes, can someone help set me back on the main path? thanks!
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May ’25
Symbol missing when running Dext builded with Xcode 16.2 and running on macOS 14.7.4
I have reference some related post for this issue: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-16-release-notes#Foundation https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/762711 Unfortunately, I'm facing the similar issues even though using Xcode Version 16.2 (16C5032a). we have the following build environment: Xcode version: Xcode 16.2 (16C5032a) macOS Version: macOS 14.7.4 (23H420) Everything builds and install fine. But when attempting to plug on Device on macOS 14.7.4 it crashes immediately with what appears to be a missing Foundation symbol. Crashed Thread: 0 Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Termination Reason: Namespace DYLD, Code 4 Symbol missing Symbol not found: __ZThn48_N21IOUserNetworkEthernet25registerEthernetInterfaceE10ether_addrPP24IOUserNetworkPacketQueuejP29IOUserNetworkPacketBufferPoolS5_ Referenced from: &lt;ECE57ABF-0633-3C3B-8427-FB25CC706343&gt; /Library/SystemExtensions/*/com.asix.dext.pciedevice Expected in: &lt;CDEB3490-B1E0-3D60-80CE-59C0682A4B03&gt; /System/DriverKit/System/Library/Frameworks/NetworkingDriverKit.framework/NetworkingDriverKit (terminated at launch; ignore backtrace) Thread 0 Crashed: 0 dyld 0x1041da4c8 __abort_with_payload + 8 1 dyld 0x1041e50cc abort_with_payload_wrapper_internal + 104 2 dyld 0x1041e5100 abort_with_payload + 16 3 dyld 0x1041767f0 dyld4::halt(char const*, dyld4::StructuredError const*) + 304 4 dyld 0x1041732ec dyld4::prepare(dyld4::APIs&amp;, dyld3::MachOAnalyzer const*) + 3888 5 dyld 0x104171ef4 start + 1868 Thread 0 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit): x0: 0x0000000000000006 x1: 0x0000000000000004 x2: 0x000000016bdd2810 x3: 0x0000000000000172 x4: 0x000000016bdd2410 x5: 0x0000000000000000 x6: 0x000000016bdd1400 x7: 0x000000016bdd1460 x8: 0x0000000000000020 x9: 0x000000016bdd237c x10: 0x000000000000000a x11: 0x0000000000000000 x12: 0x0000000000000038 x13: 0x0000000000000000 x14: 0x0000000188e77f9d x15: 0x0000000000008000 x16: 0x0000000000000209 x17: 0x000000010416f37c x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x0000000000000000 x20: 0x000000016bdd2410 x21: 0x0000000000000172 x22: 0x000000016bdd2810 x23: 0x0000000000000004 x24: 0x0000000000000006 x25: 0x00000000000000a8 x26: 0x000000016bdd32d8 x27: 0x000000010405e090 x28: 0x0000000000000001 fp: 0x000000016bdd23e0 lr: 0x00000001041e50cc sp: 0x000000016bdd23a0 pc: 0x00000001041da4c8 cpsr: 0x80001000 far: 0x0000000000000000 esr: 0x56000080 Address size fault Binary Images: 0x10416c000 - 0x1041f7fff dyld (*) &lt;4fe051cf-29dc-3f02-890b-33144fa09253&gt; /usr/lib/dyld 0x10402c000 - 0x10403ffff com.asix.dext.pciedevice (0.1.6) &lt;ece57abf-0633-3c3b-8427-fb25cc706343&gt; /Library/SystemExtensions/*/com.asix.dext.pciedevice 0x0 - 0xffffffffffffffff ??? (*) &lt;00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&gt; ??? External Modification Summary: Calls made by other processes targeting this process: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by this process: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by all processes on this machine: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 VM Region Summary: ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=8612K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=8612K(100%) Writable regions: Total=12.2M written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=12.2M(100%) Is it expected that this should work? Is this a known issue? Is there any workaround for it? Should I file feedback or a DTS?
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May ’25
why can a dylib missing dependency still be loaded?
good.load_commands.txt I bad.load_commands.txt have two dylibs built with different parameters on different machines. Both have the same dependency(@rpath/libc++.dylib). When @rpath/libc++.dylib is missing, one of them can still be laoded via dlopen with RTLD_NOW, and I want to understand why. Additional infomation: Both dylibs are the same architecture(arm64) They had identical LC_RPATH settings. But I've removed them via install_name_tool just to simplify the problem. Through otool -l to view load commands, I can't find any differnent between them except they had different libSystem.B.dylib version. And then,I through setting DYLD_PRINT_SEARCHING=1 and load them. I found differenes in their dependency search processes, but' I'm unsure what causes this discrepancy. these are outputs: ./a.out libchrome_zlib.dylib.good dyld[37001]: find path "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(original path on disk): "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(cryptex prefix): "/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(original path): "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[37001]: found: dylib-from-cache: (0x000A) "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[37001]: find path "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(original path on disk): "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(cryptex prefix): "/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(original path): "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[37001]: found: dylib-from-cache: (0x00AB) "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[37001]: find path "libchrome_zlib.dylib.good" dyld[37001]: possible path(original path on disk): "libchrome_zlib.dylib.good" dyld[37001]: found: dylib-from-disk: "libchrome_zlib.dylib.good" dyld[37001]: find path "@rpath/libc++.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(default fallback): "/usr/local/lib/libc++.dylib" dyld[37001]: possible path(default fallback): "/usr/lib/libc++.dylib" dyld[37001]: found: dylib-from-cache: (0x000A) "/usr/lib/libc++.dylib" ./a.out libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad dyld[41256]: find path "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(original path on disk): "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(cryptex prefix): "/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(original path): "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[41256]: found: dylib-from-cache: (0x000A) "/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib" dyld[41256]: find path "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(original path on disk): "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(cryptex prefix): "/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[41256]: possible path(original path): "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[41256]: found: dylib-from-cache: (0x00AB) "/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib" dyld[41256]: find path "libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad" dyld[41256]: possible path(original path on disk): "libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad" dyld[41256]: found: dylib-from-disk: "libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad" dyld[41256]: find path "@rpath/libc++.dylib" dyld[41256]: not found: "@rpath/libc++.dylib" dlopen failed: dlopen(libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad, 0x0002): Library not loaded: @rpath/libc++.dylib Referenced from: <42E93041-7B58-365B-9967-04AE754AA9F0> /Users/jiangzh/dlopen/libchrome_zlib.dylib.bad Reason: no LC_RPATH's found
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Apr ’25
Cannot start app on simulator, it's crash and show error dyld[27267]: Symbol not found:g
I build app success full, but app is crash when it's install and start on simulator, please help to resolve the issue. xcode version 16.3 dyld`__abort_with_payload: Thread 1: signal SIGABRT Console error log: dyld[27267]: Symbol not found: _$sSo18WKPDFConfigurationC6WebKitE4rectSo6CGRectVSgvs Referenced from: &lt;9ED011A5-B4BE-3B0B-98C6-0AFAF76A5B6C&gt; ..../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/C94520D8-031D-4D91-8050-859E0951D1A6/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/522BF7A2-7633-4FF1-BA02-130727B8E65C/App.app/Frameworks/flutter_inappwebview_ios.framework/flutter_inappwebview_ios Expected in: &lt;0085D0EC-09E4-3699-ACE9-9B0C20B090BB&gt; /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKit Symbol not found: _$sSo18WKPDFConfigurationC6WebKitE4rectSo6CGRectVSgvs Referenced from: &lt;9ED011A5-B4BE-3B0B-98C6-0AFAF76A5B6C&gt; ..../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/C94520D8-031D-4D91-8050-859E0951D1A6/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/522BF7A2-7633-4FF1-BA02-130727B8E65C/App.app/Frameworks/flutter_inappwebview_ios.framework/flutter_inappwebview_ios Expected in: &lt;0085D0EC-09E4-3699-ACE9-9B0C20B090BB&gt; /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKit dyld config: DYLD_SHARED_CACHE_DIR=.../Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches/dyld/24D81/com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-2.22C150 DYLD_ROOT_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=...../Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-fdpvmjxapalesmhcoroqmpqwlxxm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libLogRedirect.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libRPAC.dylib:/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=.....Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-fdpvmjxapalesmhcoroqmpqwlxxm/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22C150/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib
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Apr ’25
Missing /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
I'm trying to run a simple C++ script, but for some reason I keep getting an error. Where /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib cannot be found. Specifically, dyld[2012]: dyld cache '(null)' not loaded: syscall to map cache into shared region failed dyld[2012]: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib Reason: tried: '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib' (no such file, no dyld cache) I tried reinstalling Xcode with no success. Can I get some help?
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Apr ’25
After updating to Xcode 16.3, getting the error - Symbol not found: ___cxa_current_primary_exception
It didn't happen with Xcode 16.2 that I used before, but after updating to 16.3, when I build the app, the following error is output to the console and the app doesn't run. dyld[2150]: Symbol not found: ___cxa_current_primary_exception Referenced from: <6B00A4F2-B208-3FDB-BA38-B7095AF0034A> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/B590DB18-9C66-4C9E-8330-104943419E60/Mubeat DEV.app/Mubeat DEV.debug.dylib Expected in: <7F51CB08-A0CA-386E-BB62-4B8BFB0CED9F> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib Symbol not found: ___cxa_current_primary_exception Referenced from: <6B00A4F2-B208-3FDB-BA38-B7095AF0034A> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/B590DB18-9C66-4C9E-8330-104943419E60/Mubeat DEV.app/Mubeat DEV.debug.dylib Expected in: <7F51CB08-A0CA-386E-BB62-4B8BFB0CED9F> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib dyld config: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libRPAC.dylib:/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DTDDISupport.framework/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib After looking for another solution, I found a way to remove the -Objc option in Other Linker Flags, but this method only works on iOS 18.4 and doesn't work on other versions. Is there another solution?
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Apr ’25
[iOS] dyld - it loads a framework with a higher minimum OS support
Our app supports iOS12 as the minimum OS and we embed a framework with iOS15 minimum support. Naturally we weak-link it and use #available(iOS 15, ) to guard accesses to its symbols. On iOS12.5.7 the framework is completely ignored and the app works fine. On iOS13.3.1 however we get to see this error: Termination Description: DYLD, dependent dylib '/System/Library/Frameworks/AVFAudio.framework/AVFAudio' not found for '/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/08DA2D93-4DC2-4523-98AF-FD52884989AE/<OUR_APP>.app/Frameworks/<FRAMEWORK>.framework/<FRAMEWORK>', tried but didn't find: '/System/Library/Frameworks/AVFAudio.framework/AVFAudio' '/System/Library/Frameworks/AVFAudio.framework/AVFAudio' has a dependency on AVFAudio which is available only since iOS 14.5 so it makes sense it wouldn;t be able to find it but what's bothering us is why does dyld even try loading the 's dependencies instead of just ignoring it? Could this be a bug on 13.3.1? Unfortunately at this time we don't have other iOS13 phones to test with. The 'LC_BUILD_VERSION' command sure enough seems valid:: Load command 10 cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION cmdsize 32 platform 2 minos 15.0 sdk 17.0 ntools 1 tool 3 version 1015.7
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Mar ’25