I am developing an iOS application that supports screen mirroring to Google TV (or Chromecast with Google TV). My goal is to mirror the iPhone/iPad screen in real time to a Google TV device. What I Have Tried So Far I have explored multiple approaches but haven't found a direct way to achieve low-latency screen mirroring. Here are some of my findings: Google Cast SDK: Google Cast SDK is primarily designed for casting media (videos, images, audio) rather than real-time mirroring. It supports custom receiver applications, but there are no direct APIs for full screen mirroring. Casting a recorded video is possible, but it introduces latency and is not real-time. ReplayKit for Screen Capture: RPScreenRecorder.shared().startCapture(handler: ...) allows capturing the iPhone screen as a video stream. However, sending this stream to Google TV in real time is a challenge. I could potentially encode the video as HLS and stream it, but the delay is significant. RTSP/UDP Streaming: Some third-party libraries support RTSP/UDP streaming for real-time screen sharing. Google TV does not natively support RTSP, making this approach difficult. My Questions: Is it possible to achieve real-time screen mirroring on Google TV using Google Cast SDK? Does Google TV support WebRTC or any low-latency streaming protocol that can be used from iOS? Are there any alternative approaches to mirror an iOS screen to Google TV with minimal latency? I would appreciate any guidance, code examples, or references to relevant documentation.

Hello everyone, There is one thing about Objective-C's memory management that confuses me, which is a returned object's lifetime from methods with names doesn't start with "alloc", "new", "copy", or "mutableCopy". Take this as an example, when using NSBitmapImageRep's representationUsingType:properties: method, it returns an NSData object (reference: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/representation(using:properties:)?language=objc). While testing this out, the NSData seemed to be an owned object (it doesn't get released until the end of the program). From what I understand, this may be an auto-released object which is released at the end of an autorelease pool block. Could someone explain this in more detail? What if I want to release that NSData object before the end of the autorelease pool block? How can I know which object is autoreleased, borrowed, or owned?

Hi, we are developing a cross-platform library for creating desktop applications in C++: https://github.com/aseprite/laf For this reason, in macOS, we cannot rely on the default NSApplication.run() event loop, so we decided to implement our custom event loop using the nextEventMatchingMask method. Then, when a window is in fullscreen mode, for some reason the window stops receiving mouseMove events when the mouse pointer enters an area at the top of the window. You can see this issue in action by trying the following example project: https://github.com/martincapello/custom-event-loop-issue This project just opens one window and uses a custom event loop, it displays the current mouse position at every mouseMove event received, and when the aforementioned area is entered it suddenly stops updating. There is also a video showing how to reproduce it. I was able to see that when the position stops updating, we still receive mouseMove events, but for a different window, a borderless window that is added to the NSApplication.windows collection when switching to fullscreen, and which seems to be taken the mouseMove events before reaching the main window. Also, this issue doesn't happen when using the default NSApplication.run method, despite the borderless windows being added as well.

Pardon my ignorance but it's been about 13 years since I have last used the Xcode Editor and I don't know where to start entering code. Could someone take pity on me and inform me where? Thanks!

Hi, I detect dark mode on macOS like following: NSAppearance *appearance = NSApp.mainWindow.effectiveAppearance; NSString *interface_style = appearance.name; NSAppearanceName basicAppearance = [appearance bestMatchFromAppearancesWithNames:@[ NSAppearanceNameAqua, NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua ]]; if([basicAppearance isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua]){ theme = "Adwaita:dark"; dark_mode = TRUE; } if([interface_style isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameDarkAqua]){ theme = "Adwaita:dark"; dark_mode = TRUE; }else if([interface_style isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameVibrantDark]){ theme = "Adwaita:dark"; dark_mode = TRUE; }else if([interface_style isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameAccessibilityHighContrastAqua]){ theme = "HighContrast"; }else if([interface_style isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameAccessibilityHighContrastDarkAqua]){ theme = "HighContrast:dark"; dark_mode = TRUE; }else if([interface_style isEqualToString:NSAppearanceNameAccessibilityHighContrastVibrantDark]){ theme = "HighContrast:dark"; dark_mode = TRUE; } But this doesn't work if my window is in background. As the application window is put into background, it loses dark mode. Howto fix it? regards, Joël

Consider this Swift struct: public struct Example { public func foo(callback: ()->Void) { .... } public func blah(i: Int) { .... } .... } Using Swift/C++ interop, I can create Example objects and call methods like blah. But I can't call foo because Swift/C++ interop doesn't currently support passing closures (right?). On the other hand, Swift/objC does support passing objC blocks to Swift functions. But I can't use that here because Example is a Swift struct, not a class. So I could change it to a class, and update everything to work with reference rather than value semantics; but then I also have to change the objC++ code to create the object and call its methods using objC syntax. I'd like to avoid that. Is there some hack that I can use to make this possible? I'm hoping that I can wrap a C++ std::function in some sort of opaque wrapper and pass that to swift, or something. Thanks for any suggestions!

How do I implement the same Navigation split view with a side bar in Appkit? Basically I have this code: import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { // Sidebar List { NavigationLink("Item 1", value: "Item 1 Details") NavigationLink("Item 2", value: "Item 2 Details") NavigationLink("Item 3", value: "Item 3 Details") } .navigationTitle("Items") } content: { // Main content (detail view for selected item) Text("Select an item to see details.") .padding() } detail: { // Detail view (for the selected item) Text("Select an item from the sidebar to view details.") .padding() } } } struct MyApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } } and wanted to somehow convert it to Appkit. I tried to use an NSSplitViewController but I still don't have that side bar and that button to collapse it, how do I go about this?

I found when I put a webView on the screen and then remove it, several properties in TableView including firstResponderView, FirstResponderIndexPath, and FirstResponderViewType have changed. These properties are hidden and I cannot change them. firstResponderView strong holds my cell, resulting in my cell not being able to call didEndDisplayCell when it slides out of the screen as expected. What should I do to avoid firstResponderView from strong holding my cell, or what should I do to release it?

I'm primarily an AppleScript writer and only a novice programmer, using ChatGPT to help me with the legwork. It has helped me to write a functioning app that builds a menu structure based on the scripts I have in the Scripts directory used in the script menu and then runs the applescripts. When I distribute the app to my desktop and run it, the scripts that access other apps, like InDesign will cause it to launch, but not actually do anything. I included the ids for each app in the entitlements dictionary and have given the app full disk access in system settings, but it's not functioning as I'd expect. I know there are apps like Alfred that allow you to run scripts from a keystroke, but I'm building this for others I work with so they can also access info about each script, what it does, and how to use it from the menu, as well as key commands to run them. Not sure what else to say, but if this sounds like a simple fix to anyone, please let me know.

Hi everyone, I’m working on building a passwordless login system on macOS using the NameAndPassword module. As part of the implementation, I’m verifying if the password provided by the user is correct before passing it to the macOS login window. Here’s the code snippet I’m using for authentication: // Create Authorization reference AuthorizationRef authorization = NULL; // Define Authorization items AuthorizationItem items[2]; items[0].name = kAuthorizationEnvironmentPassword; items[0].value = (void *)password; items[0].valueLength = (password != NULL) ? strlen(password) : 0; items[0].flags = 0; items[1].name = kAuthorizationEnvironmentUsername; items[1].value = (void *)userName; items[1].valueLength = (userName != NULL) ? strlen(userName) : 0; items[1].flags = 0; // Prepare AuthorizationRights and AuthorizationEnvironment AuthorizationRights rights = {2, items}; AuthorizationEnvironment environment = {2, items}; // Create the authorization reference [Logger debug:@"Authorization creation start"]; OSStatus createStatus = AuthorizationCreate(NULL, &environment, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults, &authorization); if (createStatus != errAuthorizationSuccess) { [Logger debug:@"Authorization creation failed"]; return false; } // Set authorization flags (disable interaction) AuthorizationFlags flags = kAuthorizationFlagDefaults | kAuthorizationFlagExtendRights; // Attempt to copy rights OSStatus status = AuthorizationCopyRights(authorization, &rights, &environment, flags, NULL); // Free the authorization reference if (authorization) { AuthorizationFree(authorization, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults); } // Log the result and return if (status == errAuthorizationSuccess) { [Logger debug:@"Authentication passed"]; return true; } else { [Logger debug:@"Authentication failed"]; return false; } } This implementation works perfectly when the password is correct. However, if the password is incorrect, it tries to re-call the macOS login window, which is already open. even i though i did not used the kAuthorizationFlagInteractionAllowed flag. This causes the process to get stuck and makes it impossible to proceed. I’ve tried logging the flow to debug where things go wrong, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to stop the system from re-calling the login window. Does anyone know how to prevent this looping behavior or gracefully handle an incorrect password in this scenario? I’d appreciate any advice or suggestions to resolve this issue. Thanks in advance for your help!

I'm working on a cross-platform AI app. It is a CMake project. The inference part should be built as a library separately on Windows and MacOS. On MacOS it should be built with objective-c and CoreML. Here's my step roughly: Create a XCode Project for CoreML inference and build it as static library. Models are compiled to ".mlmodelc", and codes are compile to binary ".a" lib. Create a CMake Project for the app, and use the ".a" lib built by XCode. Run the App. I initialize the CoreML model like this(just for demostration): #include "det.h" // the model header generated by xcode auto url = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@", dir, @"det.mlmodelc"]]; auto model = [[det alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&error]; // no error The url is valid, and the initialization doesn't report any error. However, when I tried to do inference using codes like this: auto cvPixelBuffer = createCVPixelBuffer(960, 960); // util function auto preds = [model predictionFromImage:cvPixelBuffer error:NULL]; The output preds will be null and I got these errors: 2024-12-10 14:52:37.678201+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] [e5rt] E5RT encountered unknown exception. 2024-12-10 14:52:37.678237+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] [coreml] E5RT: E5RT encountered an unknown exception. (11) 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870739+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] H11ANEDevice::H11ANEDeviceOpen kH11ANEUserClientCommand_DeviceOpen call failed result=0xe00002e2 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870758+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] Device Open failed - status=0xe00002e2 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870760+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] (Single-ANE System) Critical Error: Could not open the only H11ANE device 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870769+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] H11ANEDeviceOpen failed: 0x17 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870845+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] H11ANEDevice::H11ANEDeviceOpen kH11ANEUserClientCommand_DeviceOpen call failed result=0xe00002e2 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870848+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] Device Open failed - status=0xe00002e2 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870849+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] (Single-ANE System) Critical Error: Could not open the only H11ANE device 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870853+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] H11ANEDeviceOpen failed: 0x17 2024-12-10 14:52:37.870857+0800 望言OCR[50204:5615023] [common] start: ANEDeviceOpen() failed : ret=23 : It seems that CoreML failed to find ANE device. Is there anything need to be done before we use a CoreML Model as a library in a CMake or other non-XCode project? By the way, codes like above will work on an XCode Native App with CoreML (I tested this before) . So I guess I missed some environment initializations in my non-XCode project?

In Xcode 16, even if Objective-C is selected, the Navigator in the documentation viewer displays Swift information. I don't know when this bug was introduced, but it's there in the last Xcode 16 betas at least. I hope as many developers as possible submit this bug to Apple to get their attention. P.S. Yes, I know there's Dash. For many years, Dash was a much better option than Xcode's built-in viewer. However, in version 5, the Dash developer introduced some unfortunate UI changes that made Xcode a better option to view the documentation in certain cases. Unfortunately, the Dash developer doesn't seem to be interested in user feedback anymore. He's been ignoring suggestions and user requests for years by now.

I have an ios application where I have a tab and a container view. Container view changes according to the tab I have selected. Issue I am facing is that that my table view shows all cells properly in older iphones(iphone with home button), while in newer iphones(iphone with home bar), table view doesn't scroll till the end and hides bottom cell. I have tried adding all necessary constraints and content insets, but still it is giving me same issue I have different class for tabBar, tabBar+containerView, and all related view controllers based on tab selected. Please help me find the solution to this. Thanks

I've implemented Push Provisioning, but am having trouble testing it. When I try to add a payment pass with my activationData, encryptedPassData, and ephemeralPublicKey, I see the "Add Card to Apple Pay" screen, but then when I click "Add Card", I get a "Could Not Add Card" message. When I inspect the error from didFinishAddingPaymentPass, it reads "The operation couldn’t be completed. (PKPassKitErrorDomain error 2.)". Is this error PKPassKitError.Code.unsupportedVersionError? What does this error means? Additional context: We use cordova-apple-wallet to generate certificates and add payment pass.

I want to understand how it manages memory allocation if i need more memory later than the memory i specified during initialisation . Does it allocates new chunk of memory and dellocate older memory or does it already allocated more memory than i asked for in first place? Just want to understand how exactly this calculation is done ? And i do initialisation of NSMutableString in swift , will these same principle of expension applied there ?

Hello, I'm currently working on an authorization plugin for macOS. I have a custom UI implemented using SFAuthorizationPluginView (NameAndPassword), which prompts the user to input their password. The plugin is running in non-privileged mode, and I want to store the password securely in the system keychain. However, I came across this article that states the system keychain can only be accessed in privileged mode. At the same time, I read that custom UIs, like mine, cannot be displayed in privileged mode. This presents a dilemma: In non-privileged mode: I can show my custom UI but can't access the system keychain. In privileged mode: I can access the system keychain but can't display my custom UI. Is there any workaround to achieve both? Can I securely store the password in the system keychain while still using my custom UI, or am I missing something here? Any advice or suggestions are highly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hello developers, I'm currently working on an authorization plugin for macOS. I have a custom UI implemented using SFAuthorizationPluginView, which prompts the user to input their password. The plugin is running in non-privileged mode, and I want to store the password securely in the system keychain. However, I came across an article that states the system keychain can only be accessed in privileged mode. At the same time, I read that custom UIs, like mine, cannot be displayed in privileged mode. This presents a dilemma: In non-privileged mode: I can show my custom UI but can't access the system keychain. In privileged mode: I can access the system keychain but can't display my custom UI. Is there any workaround to achieve both? Can I securely store the password in the system keychain while still using my custom UI, or am I missing something here? Any advice or suggestions are highly appreciated! Thanks in advance! 😊

I'm developing an authorization plugin for macOS and encountering a problem while trying to store a password in the system keychain (file-based keychain). The error message I'm receiving is: Failed to add password: Write permissions error. Operation status: -61 Here’s the code snippet I’m using: import Foundation import Security @objc class KeychainHelper: NSObject { @objc static func systemKeychain() -> SecKeychain? { var searchListQ: CFArray? = nil let err = SecKeychainCopyDomainSearchList(.system, &searchListQ) guard err == errSecSuccess else { return nil } let searchList = searchListQ! as! [SecKeychain] return searchList.first } @objc static func storePasswordInSpecificKeychain(service: String, account: String, password: String) -> OSStatus { guard let systemKeychainRef = systemKeychain() else { print("Error: Could not get a reference to the system keychain.") return errSecNoSuchKeychain } guard let passwordData = password.data(using: .utf8) else { print("Failed to convert password to data.") return errSecParam } let query: [String: Any] = [ kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword, kSecAttrService as String: service, kSecAttrAccount as String: account, kSecValueData as String: passwordData, kSecUseKeychain as String: systemKeychainRef // Specify the System Keychain ] let status = SecItemAdd(query as CFDictionary, nil) if status == errSecSuccess { print("Password successfully added to the System Keychain.") } else if status == errSecDuplicateItem { print("Item already exists. Consider updating it instead.") } else { print("Failed to add password: \(SecCopyErrorMessageString(status, nil) ?? "Unknown error" as CFString)") } return status } } I am callling storePasswordInSpecificKeychain through the objective-c code. I also used privileged in the authorizationDb (system.login.console). Are there specific permissions that need to be granted for an authorization plugin to modify the system keychain?

Hi, I have configured the stream as interleaved, but I am unsure if the function produces interleaved samples. So here my question: Does AudioDeviceCreateIOProcID produce interleaved samples with microphone input?

So I'm following this code here where I'm using a tableview to display the files contained in a folder along with a group cell to display the name of the current folder: Here's my tableView:isGroupRow method: method which basically turns every row with the folder name into a group row (which is displayed in red in the previous image ). -(BOOL)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView isGroupRow:(NSInteger)row { DesktopEntity *entity = _tableContents[row]; if ([entity isKindOfClass:[DesktopFolderEntity class]]) { return YES; } return NO; } and here's my tableView:viewForTableColumn:row: method where I have two if statements to decide whether the current row is a group row (meaning it's a folder) or an image: -(NSView*)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn row:(NSInteger)row; { DesktopEntity *entity = _tableContents[row]; if ([entity isKindOfClass:[DesktopFolderEntity class]]) { NSTextField *groupCell = [tableView makeViewWithIdentifier:@"GroupCell" owner:self]; [groupCell setStringValue: entity.name]; [groupCell setFont:[NSFont fontWithName:@"Arial" size:40]]; [groupCell setTextColor:[NSColor magentaColor]]; return groupCell; } else if ([entity isKindOfClass:[DesktopImageEntity class]]) { NSTableCellView *cellView = [tableView makeViewWithIdentifier:@"ImageCell" owner:self]; [cellView.textField setStringValue: entity.name]; [cellView.textField setFont:[NSFont fontWithName:@"Impact" size:20]]; [cellView.imageView setImage: [(DesktopImageEntity *)entity image]]; return cellView; } return nil; } Now, if the current row is an image, I change its font to Impact with a size of 40 and that works perfectly, the problem here is with the first IF statement, for a group row I wanted to change the font size to arial with a size of 40 with a magenta color but for some reason I can only get the color to work: You can see that my changes to the font size didn't work here, what gives? How can I change the font size for the group row ?