I have a Catalyst app that plays audio via AVQueuePlayer, and I'd like to use the system play/pause key (F8 on my MacBook Pro keyboard) to play and pause it. It doesn't seem to work automatically, and if I hook up a UIKeyCommand using UIKeyInputF8, it works with Fn-F8, not F8 on its own. It does seem to work in Overcast's Mac app, but I think that's an iPad app for Mac, not Catalyst, so it's probably going through whatever system pathway that the Lock Screen controls would be using on iOS. How do I make this work on Catalyst?

We are working with an app that uses the INPlayMediaIntent to allow users to select and play music using Siri. In building out this feature, we have noticed that when selecting playlists to play, Siri will consistently leave out information from the intent that we are use to resolve the media to play in the app. It seems that there is generally no rhyme or reason as to why some information is left out. Walking through a couple test cases, here is the phrase and corresponding mediaSearch that we receive when testing: "Hey Siri, play the playlist happy songs in the app " (this is a working example) ▿ Optional<INMediaSearch> - some : <INMediaSearch: 0x114050780> { reference = 0; mediaType = 5; sortOrder = 0; albumName = <null>; mediaName = happy songs; genreNames = ( ); artistName = <null>; moodNames = ( ); releaseDate = <null>; mediaIdentifier = <null>; } "Hey Siri, play the playlist my favorites in the app " (this fails with a null mediaName) ▿ Optional<INMediaSearch> - some : <INMediaSearch: 0x114050600> { reference = 0; mediaType = 5; sortOrder = 0; albumName = <null>; mediaName = <null>; genreNames = ( ); artistName = <null>; moodNames = ( ); releaseDate = <null>; mediaIdentifier = <null>; } "Hey Siri, play the playlist working out playlist in the app " (this fails as the term "playlist" is excluded) ▿ Optional<INMediaSearch> - some : <INMediaSearch: 0x114050ae0> { reference = 0; mediaType = 5; sortOrder = 0; albumName = <null>; mediaName = working out; genreNames = ( ); artistName = <null>; moodNames = ( ); releaseDate = <null>; mediaIdentifier = <null>; } "Hey Siri, play the playlist recently added in the app " (this fails with a null mediaName) ▿ Optional<INMediaSearch> - some : <INMediaSearch: 0x1140507e0> { reference = 0; mediaType = 5; sortOrder = 0; albumName = <null>; mediaName = <null>; genreNames = ( ); artistName = <null>; moodNames = ( ); releaseDate = <null>; mediaIdentifier = <null>; } Based on the above, Siri seems to ignore playlists named "Recently Added", "My Favorites", and playlists that have the word "playlist" in them such as "Working Out Playlist". To rectify this, we attempted to set the INVocabulary for the playlist titles that a user has in the app, as suggested in this WWDC session: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10060/ let vocabulary = INVocabulary.shared() vocabulary.setVocabularyStrings(NSOrderedSet(array: [ "my favorites", "recently added", "working out playlist" ]), of: .mediaPlaylistTitle); This seems to have no effect. We understand the note in https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sirikit/registering_custom_vocabulary_with_sirikit/ stating that "a few minutes" should be waited before testing custom vocabulary, but waiting upwards of 20 minutes and even restarting the device did not result in any of the custom vocabulary making a difference. If these playlist names are set in AppIntentVocabulary.plist, "Recently Added" and "My Favorites" are able to be discovered as playlists, but the other failed test cases remain failing. The obvious shortcoming here is that these are not dynamic. <key>ParameterVocabularies</key> <array> <dict> <key>ParameterNames</key> <array> <string>INPlayMediaIntent.playlistTitle</string> </array> <key>ParameterVocabulary</key> <array> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemIdentifier</key> <string>working out playlist</string> <key>VocabularyItemSynonyms</key> <array> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemPhrase</key> <string>working out playlist</string> </dict> </array> </dict> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemIdentifier</key> <string>recently added</string> <key>VocabularyItemSynonyms</key> <array> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemPhrase</key> <string>recently added</string> </dict> </array> </dict> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemIdentifier</key> <string>my favorites</string> <key>VocabularyItemSynonyms</key> <array> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemPhrase</key> <string>my favourites</string> </dict> <dict> <key>VocabularyItemPhrase</key> <string>my favorites</string> </dict> </array> </dict> </array> </dict> </array> Given the above, our questions are as follows: Is there documentation surrounding how Siri may pass along the mediaSearch in INPlayMediaIntent and how/why information may be left out? Why does setting custom vocabulary with INVocabulary seem to have no effect, yet the same vocabulary in AppIntentVocabulary does have an effect? Is the functionality we are experiencing to be expected, or should this be reported as a bug? We've published the test app that we are using for debugging this functionality at this link: https://github.com/awojnowski/SiriTest

I have the Facebook SDK version 17.0.2 and xcode 15. Sharing photos and links work fine but when I try sharing videos, I get the following error: Failed to log access with error: access=<PATCCAccess 0x301d12b20> accessor:<<PAApplication 0x301d27e30 identifierType:auditToken identifier:{pid:18440, version:47210}>> identifier:A9159DCD-76B1-4C77-A01E-DA611929B50B kind:intervalEvent timestampAdjustment:0 visibilityState:0 assetIdentifierCount:0 accessCount:0 tccService:kTCCServicePhotos, error=Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service with pid 15679 named com.apple.privacyaccountingd" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service with pid 15679 named com.apple.privacyaccountingd}

Audio getting disabled, Not able to control audio, When opening music player audio works but not on instagram or any other apps. Audio button on notification bar is greyed out as getting disabled.

I'm trying to recreate the Tag people functionality in Instagram. Where a carousel of media the user has selected is displayed to them. They can then go through and tag people to the media. I'm trying to achieve this (but with food items instead of people) with TagView using PHAssets however the result is some funky behaviour I'm pulling my hair out trying to understand. The items are tagging correctly but the scroll feature on the TabView works sporadically. It occasionally scrolls fine but all of a sudden won't let me scroll past one image.. (See attached video for example). import SwiftUI import Photos struct TagItemView: View { @Binding var selectedAssets: [PHAsset] @State private var showTagSheet = false @State private var currentAsset: PHAsset? { didSet { if let currentAsset = currentAsset { assetTags = tags[currentAsset.localIdentifier] ?? [] } } } @State private var tags: [String: [String]] = [:] // Dictionary to store tags for each media item @State private var assetTags: [String] = [] // Tags for the current asset var body: some View { VStack { mediaCarousel tagsView Spacer() } .background(Color.black.ignoresSafeArea()) .onAppear { if let firstAsset = selectedAssets.first { currentAsset = firstAsset } } .onChange(of: currentAsset) { newAsset in if let currentAsset = newAsset { assetTags = tags[currentAsset.localIdentifier] ?? [] print("currentAsset changed: \(currentAsset.localIdentifier)") print("assetTags: \(assetTags)") } } .sheet(isPresented: $showTagSheet) { TagSheetView(selectedAsset: $currentAsset, tags: $tags, showTagSheet: $showTagSheet, assetTags: $assetTags) } } private var mediaCarousel: some View { VStack { TabView(selection: $currentAsset) { ForEach(selectedAssets, id: \.self) { asset in if asset.mediaType == .image { TagItemImageView(asset: asset) .tag(asset.localIdentifier) .onAppear { currentAsset = asset print("Asset in view (onAppear): \(asset.localIdentifier)") } .onTapGesture { currentAsset = asset showTagSheet = true } } else if asset.mediaType == .video { TagItemVideoView(asset: asset) .tag(asset.localIdentifier) .onAppear { currentAsset = asset print("Asset in view (onAppear): \(asset.localIdentifier)") } .onTapGesture { currentAsset = asset showTagSheet = true } } } } .tabViewStyle(PageTabViewStyle(indexDisplayMode: .always)) .frame(height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height * 0.4) // Fixed height for carousel } } private var tagsView: some View { ScrollView { if !assetTags.isEmpty { ItemView(assetTags: assetTags, removeTag: { tag in removeTag(tag, from: currentAsset!) }) .transition(.opacity) } else { InstructionsView() .transition(.opacity) } } .background(Color.black) .padding(.top, 8) .padding(.horizontal, 15) } private func removeTag(_ tag: String, from asset: PHAsset) { guard var assetTags = tags[asset.localIdentifier] else { return } assetTags.removeAll { $0 == tag } tags[asset.localIdentifier] = assetTags if currentAsset?.localIdentifier == asset.localIdentifier { self.assetTags = assetTags } } }

When trying to see my albums, as soon I swipe photo app crashes

4 days after installing iOS 18 beta 3 my iPhone no longer had macro control, .5 zoom, and other features for the Pro models, I’ve tried restarting my phone but nothing changed, settings Keeps saying that the Phone has an unknown part on the camera or it’s not genuine, I bought it brand new on T-mobile last year, I need help wether this is just a beta issue or an actual physical damage

I recently bought an insta360 flow gimbal. when recording video with the instaflow app, I cannot see the location in apple photos app and all other apple apps. However I can see the location in windows photos app once I downloaded the videos into my windows PC. The location is also visible in android app once I share it through google account. With an exif app, I can see the location meta data in exif table as well, but again not shown as location. exiftool in my pc can also see the meta data including location as in attached screenshot. Compared to video shot with built-in camera app, I cannot find any difference in terms of location meta data. What could be wrong? I contacted insta360 app support, they do not seem to understand what's going on, just asking for very simple questions again and again like do you enable GPS location access, are you shooting video? I also contacted apple support, they are just saying it's thirdparty issue and refusing to help further. If it's really thirdparty issue how come the location data is actually embeded as meta data, and windows pc and android device can see the location? BTW, I air drop this video to all my apple devices like iPhone 15 ultra and ipad air, and very old iPhone, all of them cannot see the location.

Just updated to macOS Sequoia Beta 2, and all the sudden my speakers start making a pop sound when I watch YouTube or just when browsing. Any tips?👀

Simple question: can I shoot log using the new MVHEVC format for spatial video for viewing on the Vision Pro?

Hi, I'm trying to play multiple video/audio file with AVPlayer using AVMutableComposition. Each video/audio file can process simultaneously so I set each video/audio in individual tracks. I use only local file. let second = CMTime(seconds: 1, preferredTimescale: 1000) let duration = CMTimeRange(start: .zero, duration: second) var currentTime = CMTime.zero for _ in 0...4 { let mutableTrack = composition.addMutableTrack( withMediaType: .audio, preferredTrackID: kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid ) try mutableTrack?.insertTimeRange( duration, of: audioAssetTrack, at: currentTime ) currentTime = currentTime + second } When I set many audio tracks (maybe more than 5), the first part sounds a little different from original when it starts. It seems like audio's front part is skipped. But when I set only two tracks, AVPlayer plays as same as original file. avPlayer.play() How can I fix it? Why do audio tracks affect that don't have any playing parts when start? Please let me know.

I'm creating an application with swiftui which gets images and videos from the Photos picker then store them with swiftData for later use. I save both images and videos as data with  @Attribute(.externalStorage). But it just seems wrong to me to store the videos that way, they can be several gigabytes in size . What is the correct way to handle something like this ? Is it to store the url and then each time the user wants to see a video save a temporary video ?. If that's the case can anyone show me how this should be done? Any comments appreciated Guillermo

Hi, I'm working on a web project that uses the MediaSession API to interface with the media notification on iOS. The issue that I'm experiencing occurs after pressing the play button in the media session modal where the session seems to NOT fire the event handler callback and also kill the media session itself. It's a strange behaviour considering that the pause callback works fine. audio_source = new Audio(url); navigator.mediasession.metadata = { ... // Metadata here }; navigator.mediasession.setActionHandler('play', (details) => { audio_source.play(); } ); navigator.mediasession.setActionHandler('pause', (details) => { audio_source.pause(); } );

I got a slow-motion video asset from the camera roll. But I can't get the URL from that asset. Do you know how to get the URL?

hello all! I'm setting up a really simple media player in my swiftui app. the code is the following: import AVFoundation import MediaPlayer class AudioPlayerProvider { private var player: AVPlayer init() { self.player = AVPlayer() self.player.automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling = false self.setupAudioSession() self.setupRemoteCommandCenter() } private func setupAudioSession() { do { try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .default) try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true) } catch { print("Failed to set up audio session: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } private func setupRemoteCommandCenter() { let commandCenter = MPRemoteCommandCenter.shared() commandCenter.playCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self = self else { return .commandFailed } self.play() return .success } commandCenter.pauseCommand.addTarget { [weak self] _ in guard let self = self else { return .commandFailed } self.pause() return .success } } func loadAudio(from urlString: String) { guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else { return } let asset = AVAsset(url: url) let playerItem = AVPlayerItem(asset: asset) self.player.pause() self.player.replaceCurrentItem(with: playerItem) NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.streamFinished), name: .AVPlayerItemDidPlayToEndTime, object: self.player.currentItem) } func setMetadata(title: String, artist: String, duration: Double) { var nowPlayingInfo = [ MPMediaItemPropertyTitle: title, MPMediaItemPropertyArtist: artist, MPMediaItemPropertyPlaybackDuration: duration, MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackRate: 1.0, ] as [String: Any] MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo } @objc private func streamFinished() { self.player.seek(to: .zero) try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false) MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().playbackState = .stopped } func play() { MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().playbackState = .playing self.player.play() } func pause() { MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().playbackState = .paused self.player.pause() } } pretty scholastic. The code works when called on views. It also shows up within the lock screen / dynamic island (when in background), but here lies the problems: The play/pause button do not appear neither in the Command Center nor in the dynamic island. If I tap on the position these button should show up, the command works. Just the icons are not appearing. the waveform animation does not animate when playing. Many audio apps are working just fine so is my code lacking something. But I don't know why. What is missing? Thanks in advance!

I am developing an WKWebView app that runs on both mobile and mac platforms using a react website. Currently, an admin user can send a call request in which the user gets a pop-up to answer. on iOS it works as intended, the user is asked to grant permission to utilize camera and microphone and the user is immediately connected upon accepting, however I never receive the pop-up when running in Mac Catalyst. I have ensured to enable permissions in sandbox settings as well as adding NSCamera and NSMic permissions in the property list. in the safari debugging console I receive this error upon clicking the accept call ReferenceError: Can't find variable: RTCPeerConnection Ive attempted to use the webview callback requestMediaCapturePermissionFor, and this did not seem to trigger on attempting to answer the call. Is this an error on my development end? or is this an issue I should look to the react code for a fix. I appreciate any feedback possible. Thanks.

Hi, I am integrating iMessage app where I have audio which I want to send as Message. But My requirement is to send a custom layout with play button on it and by tapping on it I can play/pause audio. Also On tapping on sent message view presentation style changes to expanded while I want to not have any presentation change. I just want to tap on message to play audio, nothing else. recently I tried to make a custom layout and then by taking its screenshot I sent it as image, but issue is I cant make this view interqctive. I can play audio on tap of message but I also want to update the layout of the selected message. func sendCustomViewMessage(url:URL) { let customView = MessageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 150, height: 50)) //CustomView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 200)) // Initialize your custom view customView.audioURL = url let customViewImage = imageFromView(view: customView) // Convert custom view to UIImage let layout = MSMessageTemplateLayout() layout.image = customViewImage // Set the image of the message layout layout.mediaFileURL = url layout.caption = "Firt Message" let message = MSMessage() message.layout = layout message.url = url self.activeConversation?.insert(message, completionHandler: nil) } I am searching since days about this but I couldn't get any appropriate solution, can anyone help me on this?

We're experiencing an issue on an iPhone 15 (iOS 17.1) where some video files can't be loaded from the results of a PHPickerViewController. results[index].itemProvider.loadFileRepresentation(forTypeIdentifier: UTType.movie.identifier) Gives error: Cannot load representation of type public.movie Video info (taken from Mac Finder): H.264 MPEG-4 AAC HD (1-1-1) 480x848px Filetype .MP4 Origin: Recorded on iPhone 14, sent over WhatsApp, & auto saved from WhatsApp to an iPhone 15 The iPhone 15 has iCloud enabled and the videos failing are frequently viewed and used in testing, so are likely to be downloaded/cached locally. I've tried changing the PHPickerConfiguration preferredAssetRepresentationMode to .current with no difference in the error. I've also tried using the openInPlace alternative but it complains that it's not supported in the debug output.

I'm encountering a problem on some Iphone models with photo gallery authorization. On some devices, the authorization only displays "add photos" and "None". However, for many devices, most of them have "Full access", "Limited access" and "None" authorizations, which means that you can't access the gallery. Example of device affected by the bug: Iphone 11 IOS 17.3. I tested on an emulator with the same version, but it works with all 3 authorizations. In Info.plist , I have the following information: NSCameraUsageDescription The application wants to have access to your camera to help you add photos to your worksites. NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription The application wants access to your photos to help you add photos to your building sites. NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription The application wants access to your photos to help you add photos to your worksites.

Hello, we have noticed a change in the last few weeks in how Mail Privacy Protection (MPP) is operating. Specifically, MPP pre-caches images within email newsletters that are protected via Private Relay. The end result of the pre-cacheing is that every image in the newsletter is retrieved from our servers even if the user does not open the newsletter. This has been in place since '21. What we've noticed in the last month or so, is that the amount of pre-cacheing has dropped significantly, on the order of 20-25%. We can compare this with newsletters opened in non-MPP environments to know that email sends are consistent, it is only that pre-cached events seem to have changed. Does anyone know of any changes to the logic of Private Relay / MPP that would impact how it is pre-caching data from email newsletters? Thank you.