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Picked photo in the gallery does not recognise image orientation
When picking a photo in the gallery, whatever the orientation of the original image, size is always as landscape if let image = info[convertFromUIImagePickerControllerInfoKey(UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.editedImage)] as? UIImage { print("picked original", image.size) For a portrait photo: picked original (1122.0, 932.0) For a landscape: picked original (1124.0, 844.0) What am I missing ?
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Feb ’25
Swift Student Challenge table's two questions
I am currently filling out the Swift Student Challenge form, and I have two questions that I hope to get clarified: One of the options asks, “Did you use open source software, other than Swift?” I would like to know what is meant by “open source software” in this context. Does it refer to IDEs (like Xcode) or programming languages and frameworks (such as Python, ARKit)? Are Apple frameworks (e.g., SwiftUI, ARKit, etc.) and certain third-party tools (such as Xcode, Blender, etc.) considered “open source software”? I would like to provide a demo video to ensure that the reviewers can use the app properly and experience all of its features in the shortest amount of time. For certain reasons, I do not plan to play the video directly in the App Playground. Instead, I intend to include a link in the “Comments” section at the end of the form, which will redirect to a webpage (requiring an internet connection) containing the demo video. Will the reviewers be able to view the link and access the video as intended? I would greatly appreciate any responses to these questions!
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Feb ’25
Swift Student Challenge Devices / Simulator preferred building device
For the SSDC submission, the app playground must run on Swift Playgrounds 4.5+ or Xcode 16+. Key questions: In Swift Playgrounds, is the app tested on iPadOS or macOS? In Xcode 16+, is the playground tested using Mac Catalyst, an iPad simulator, or an iPhone simulator? The submission form only mentions a simulator but doesn’t specify which one. Can I build an app primarily for iPhone (portrait mode), or is it better to focus on iPad (landscape mode) if that’s the expected testing environment in all cases?
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Feb ’25
not work paragraphStyle in AttributedString
I tried to create a Text View using attributedString. I want to set the line height using paragraphStyle and return the Text, but paragraphStyle is not being applied. Why is that? extension Text { init?(_ content: String, font: StyleType, color: Color = .ppBlack) { var attributedString = AttributedString(content) attributedString.font = Font.custom(font.fontWeight, fixedSize: font.fontSize) attributedString.foregroundColor = color let paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle() paragraphStyle.minimumLineHeight = 16 paragraphStyle.maximumLineHeight = 16 paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = 0 attributedString.mergeAttributes(.init([.paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle])) self = Text(attributedString) } }
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Feb ’25
Swift, kevent, and wth?!?!?
I have this code: var eventIn = kevent(ident: UInt(self.socket), filter: Int16(EVFILT_WRITE), flags: UInt16((EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE)), fflags: 0, data: 0, udata: nil ) I looked at it and thought why do I have those extra parentheses? So I changed it to var eventIn = kevent(ident: UInt(self.socket), filter: Int16(EVFILT_WRITE), flags: UInt16(EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE), // changed line! fflags: 0, data: 0, udata: nil ) and then kevent gave me EBADF. Does this make sense to anyone?
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Feb ’25
cell.textLabel?.text breaking if a number value is in an array
Hi the below array and code to output a list item works fine: var quotes = [ [ "quote": "I live you the more ...", "order": "1" ], [ "quote": "There is nothing permanent ...", "order": "2" ], [ "quote": "You cannot shake hands ...", "order": "3" ], [ "quote": "Lord, make me an instrument...", "order": "4" ] ] cell.textLabel?.text = quotes[indexPath.row]["quote"] However if I change the "order" values to be numbers rather than text like below then for the above line I get an error message in Xcode "No exact matches in call to subscript". Please could someone tell me how to make it work with the numbers stored as numbers? (I'm wondering if creating an any array type and using the .text function has caused a conflict but I can't find how to resolve) [ "quote": "I live you the more ...", "order": 1 ], [ "quote": "There is nothing permanent ...", "order": 2 ], [ "quote": "You cannot shake hands ...", "order": 3 ], [ "quote": "Lord, make me an instrument...", "order": 4 ] ] Thank you for any pointers :-)
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Feb ’25
How to custom swift playground preview application ($title.app) window size
I used Swift Playground to develop application in Mac OS. Also using ZStack I used limited area in full page (using .frame(width: $, height: $)). However using command + R or clicking start button to see preview .app, while non resizing application my ZStack show as cutted. Please tell me how to set preview .app frame size as width, height... The buttom code is ContentView.swift code. @main struct ContentView: App { init() { MyFont.registerFonts() } // @StateObject private var audioPlayer = AudioPlayer() var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { NavigationStack { StartMenuView() .frame(minWidth: 594, maxWidth: 594, minHeight: 1142, maxHeight: 1142) .preferredColorScheme(.dark) // Dark Mod .statusBar(hidden: true) // Hidden Status Bar .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all) // Ignoring Safe Area } } .windowResizability(.contentSize) } } Thank you for reading. ![]("https://developer.apple.com/forums/content/attachment/8ad9f219-6caa-49bf-b8c3-e4b7c91ab40f" "title=image.png;width=1050;height=803") ![]("https://developer.apple.com/forums/content/attachment/395ee85e-9543-4bfd-9caf-3ce3c2ca8414" "title=image2.png;width=1104;height=973")
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Feb ’25
Report a bug on Swift Playground, "Learn to Code 2" - "Seeking Seven Gems"
Hello folks, I'd like to report a bug in Swift Playground to Apple official dev team, it's in "Learn to Code 2" - "Seeking Seven Gems". The puzzle map can't be loaded, please check the following screenshot, My system environment: MacOS 15.3 Swift 6.0.3 (swift-driver version: 1.115.1 Apple Swift version 6.0.3 (swiftlang-6.0.3.1.10 clang-1600.0.30.1)) Swift Playground 4.6.2 Xcode 16.2 Hardware: MacBook Pro/M2 Pro/32G
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Feb ’25
Trouble with getting a background refresh task working
I am able to setup and schedule a background refresh task as well as manually trigger it via Xcode and the simulator tied to my iPhone 11 Pro test phone using the e -l objc -- (void)[[BGTaskScheduler sharedScheduler] _simulateLaunchForTaskWithIdentifier: However, it won't execute on the app on it's own. And yes, the pinfo.list entries are correct and match! I know the scheduler is not exact on timing but it's just not executing on its own. Since I can trigger manually it I'm pretty sure the code is good but I must be missing something. I created an observable object for this code and the relevant parts look like this: class BackgroundTaskHandler: ObservableObject { static let shared = BackgroundTaskHandler() var taskState: BackgroundTaskState = .idle let backgroundAppRefreshTask = "com.opexnetworks.templateapp.shell.V1.appRefreshTask" func registerBackgroundTask() { BGTaskScheduler.shared.register(forTaskWithIdentifier: backgroundAppRefreshTask, using: nil) { task in self.handleAppRefresh(task: task as! BGAppRefreshTask) } self.updateTaskState(to: .idle, logMessage: "✅ Background app refresh task '\(backgroundAppRefreshTask)' registered.") BGTaskScheduler.shared.register(forTaskWithIdentifier: backgroundTaskIdentifier, using: nil) { task in self.handleProcessingTask(task: task as! BGProcessingTask) } self.updateTaskState(to: .idle, logMessage: "✅ Background task identifier '\(backgroundTaskIdentifier)' registered.") } // Handle the app refresh task private func handleAppRefresh(task: BGAppRefreshTask) { self.updateTaskState(to: .running, logMessage: "🔥 app refresh task is now running.") PostNotification.sendNotification(title: "Task Running", body: "App refresh task is now running.") let queue = OperationQueue() queue.maxConcurrentOperationCount = 1 let operation = BlockOperation { self.doSomeShortTaskWork() } task.expirationHandler = { self.updateTaskState(to: .expired, logMessage: "💀 App refresh task expired before completion.") PostNotification.sendNotification(title: "Task Expired", body: "App refresh task expired before completion \(self.formattedDate(Date())).") operation.cancel() } operation.completionBlock = { if !operation.isCancelled { self.taskState = .completed } task.setTaskCompleted(success: !operation.isCancelled) let completionDate = Date() UserDefaults.standard.set(completionDate, forKey: "LastBackgroundTaskCompletionDate") self.updateTaskState(to: .completed, logMessage: "🏁 App refresh task completed at \(self.formattedDate(completionDate)).") PostNotification.sendNotification(title: "Task Completed", body: "App refresh task completed at: \(completionDate)") self.scheduleAppRefresh() // Schedule the next one } queue.addOperation(operation) } func scheduleAppRefresh() { // Check for any pending task requests BGTaskScheduler.shared.getPendingTaskRequests { taskRequests in let refreshTaskIdentifier = self.backgroundAppRefreshTask let refreshTaskAlreadyScheduled = taskRequests.contains { $0.identifier == refreshTaskIdentifier } if refreshTaskAlreadyScheduled { self.updateTaskState(to: .pending, logMessage: "⚠️ App refresh task '\(refreshTaskIdentifier)' is already pending.") // Iterate over pending requests to get details for taskRequest in taskRequests where taskRequest.identifier == refreshTaskIdentifier { let earliestBeginDate: String if let date = taskRequest.earliestBeginDate { earliestBeginDate = self.formattedDate(date) } else { earliestBeginDate = "never" } self.updateTaskState(to: .pending, logMessage: "⚠️ Pending Task: \(taskRequest.identifier), Earliest Begin Date: \(earliestBeginDate)") } // Optionally, show a warning message to the user in your app PostNotification.sendNotification(title: "Pending Tasks", body: "App refresh task is already pending. Task scheduling cancelled.") return } else { // No pending app refresh task, so schedule a new one let request = BGAppRefreshTaskRequest(identifier: refreshTaskIdentifier) request.earliestBeginDate = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: 15 * 60) // Earliest in 15 minutes do { try BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request) self.taskState = .scheduled self.updateTaskState(to: .scheduled, logMessage: "✅ App refresh task '\(refreshTaskIdentifier)' successfully scheduled for about 15 minutes later.") PostNotification.sendNotification(title: "Task Scheduled", body: "App refresh task has been scheduled to run in about 15 minutes.") } catch { print("Could not schedule app refresh: \(error)") self.taskState = .failed self.updateTaskState(to: .failed, logMessage: "❌ Failed to schedule app refresh task.") } } } } // Short task work simulation private func doSomeShortTaskWork() { print("Doing some short task work...") // Simulate a short background task (e.g., fetching new data from server) sleep(5) print("Short task work completed.") } In my AppDelegate I trigger the registerBackground task in the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions here: BackgroundTaskHandler.shared.registerBackgroundTask() And I scheduled it here in the launch view under a task when visible: .task { BackgroundTaskHandler.shared.scheduleAppRefresh() } I've also tried the last in the AppDelegate after registering. either way the task schedules but never executes.
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Feb ’25
Task cancellation behaviour
Hi everyone, I believe this should be a simple and expected default behavior in a real-world app, but I’m unable to make it work: 1. I have a View (a screen/page in this case) that calls an endpoint using async/await. 2. If the endpoint hasn’t finished, but I navigate forward to a DetailView, I want the endpoint to continue fetching data (i.e., inside the @StateObject ViewModel that the View owns). This way, when I go back, the View will have refreshed with the fetched data once it completes. 3. If the endpoint hasn’t finished and I navigate back to the previous screen, I want it to be canceled, and the @StateObject ViewModel should be deinitialized. I can achieve 1 and 3 using the .task modifier, since it automatically cancels the asynchronous task when the view disappears: view .task { await vm.getData() } I can achieve 1 and 2 using a structured Task in the View (or in the ViewModel, its the same behavior), for example: .onFirstAppearOnly { Task { away vm.getData() } } onFirstAppearOnly is a custom modifier that I have for calling onAppear only once in view lifecycle. Just to clarify, dont think that part is important for the purpose of the example But the question is: How can I achieve all three behaviors? Is this really such an unusual requirement? My minimum deployment target is iOS 15, and I’m using NavigationView + NavigationLink. However, I have also tried using NavigationStack + NavigationPath and still couldn’t get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, folks!
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Feb ’25
[iOS, SwiftUI] UiRefreshControl.tintColor is not the same as given one
Hello! I'm trying to set a UiRefreshControl.tintColor: .onAppear { UIRefreshControl.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.systemBlue } But instead of I get The color in the second picture is a high contrast version of the first one. I can't understand why it works this way. I also tried the following. UIRefreshControl.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0.478, blue: 1, alpha: 1) // doesn't work UIRefreshControl.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(named: "RefreshControlColor") // doesn't work, here set "High contrast" on and indicated Universal.systemBlueColor Perhaps I missed something?
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Feb ’25
Adding Markdown support in notes app
Hi guys, I’m making a simple note taking app and I want to support markdown functionality. I have tried to find libraries and many other GitHub repos but some of them are slow and some of them are very hard to implement and not very customizable. In WWDC 22 apple also made a markdown to html document app and I also looked at that code and it was awesome. It was fast and reliable (Apple btw). But the only problem I am facing is that the markdown text is on the left side and the output format is on the right in the form of html. I don’t want that I want both in the same line. In bear notes and things 3 you can write in markdown and you can see that it is converting in the same line. I have also attached example videos. So, I have markdown parser by apple but the only thing in the way is that it is converting it into a html document. Please help me with this. Also please look into the things 3 video they have also completely customized the text attributes selection menu. By default with UITextView we can only enable text attributes and it shows like this. By clicking more we get the complete formatting menu but not the slider menu which is more convenient. Please also help me this. I don’t know if I can provide apple file but it is from wwdc 22 supporting desktop class interaction
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Feb ’25
Background App wake up when Live Activity Offline Push Arrived not reliable
we have three problem when using the push notification on Live Activity. 1. What is the specific callback strategy for the activityUpdates property in ActivityKit? We found that in actual user scenarios, there is a probability that we may not receive callbacks. From the community experience, there are some resource optimization strategies that do not perform callbacks. From this perspective, the explanation is kind of vague. Is there any clear feedback to understand why callbacks are performed/not performed? 2.what is the specific description of the wake-up strategy, when background app receive Live Activity offline start Push? From community experience, we can see that the system may wake up for a duration of 0-30s due to resource optimization strategies, or not wake up/not deal with it. Is there an official description of the wake-up strategy? or we also have to follow this description: Wake up of apps using content-available pushes are heavily throttled. You can expect 1-2 wakeup per hour as a best case scenario in the hands of your users. so this cannot be assumed to be a reliable wake-up on demand mechanism for an app. 3 How can we determine user have selected (allow or always allow) of the Live Activity permission? When we use real-time activity offline push, there are two system prompts in iOS: the first prompt : allow and disallow real-time activity the second prompt : always allow and disallow Is there an interface that can directly determine which permission the user has chosen (allow/always allow)? (By the way, we can get disallow status). At present, we haven't seen any interface in the official documentation/interface that can determine (allow/always allow). The difference here will affect the generation of Update Token. Without Update Token, we can not update our activity instance.
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Feb ’25
Unable to rename the Swift Playground or add an icon when package dependencies is imported
I'm unable to rename my Swift Playground or add/change the app icon when I imported a package dependency after upgraded my Swift Playgrounds App to the newest version. Every time I tried to do that, the whole project will be destroyed and showed error message below. I wonder if anyone have same experience with me or someone can tell me the solution, it terrifies me and I'm worried that I'll be unable to submit my project on time because of that.
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Feb ’25