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Publish IPA
Hello everyone, I build and run the app in iPhone in developer mode but now i am trying to install and run the app in another iPhone in which i did not turned on the developer mode. it installed but not opening without the Developer mode. Is there any another way to install and run the app with Developer mode for one time. If not then tell me the process how i can do publishing in testFlight or appStore. Thanks
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Jul ’25
Xcode 26 beta 3 Extremely Sluggish Run on Device
After updating from Xcode 16 to the new Xcode 26 beta 3, running my iOS app becomes slow to the point of unusable. It builds and installs fine, but when running with the console, it lags about 20-50x compared to building and running with Xcode 16. I wanted to try our Xcode 26 to preview my new app icon made in icon composer but now I don't think it's worth the hassle. When running via simulator, the same performance issues. Anybody also struggling with slow on-device testing speed? I am on Sequoia 15.5.
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Jul ’25
Xcode 16.0 iOS 12 support
We are preparing builds using Xcode 16.0 given we have a large set of users on iOS 12. Now we have doubts wether we will run into issues if we ship using it (even if it compiles, archives and uploads successfully) given the table columns and content has changed since the last time we checked this table: https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/. 1- Is the Deployment Targets range for Xcode 16 value correct for iOS? (On the 24th of February it had iOS 12-18, now it has iOS 15-18) 2- Are we OK to ship for iOS 12 using xcode 16.3? Thanks, Joao Garcia
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Jul ’25
How to use protocols to support managing SwiftUI views from different modules ?
In out project, we are creating a modular architecture where each module conform to certain protocol requirements for displaying the UI. For example: public protocol ModuleProviding: Sendable { associatedtype Content: View /// Creates and returns the main entry point view for this module /// - Parameter completion: Optional closure to be called when the flow completes /// - Returns: The main view for this module @MainActor func createView(_ completion: (() -> Void)?) -> Content } This protocol can be implemented by all different modules in the app, and I use a ViewProvider structure to build the UI from the module provided: public struct ViewProvider: Equatable { let id = UUID() let provider: any ModuleProviding let completion: () -> Void public init(provider: any ModuleProviding, completion: @escaping () -> Void) { self.provider = provider self.completion = completion } @MainActor public func layoutUI() -> some View { provider.createView(completion) } This code throws an error: Type 'any View' cannot conform to 'View' To solve this error, there are two ways, one is to wrap it in AnyView, which I don't want to do. The other option is to type check the provider with its concrete type: @ViewBuilder @MainActor private func buildViewForProvider(_ provider: any ModuleProviding, completion: (() -> Void)?) -> some View { switch provider { case let p as LoginProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as PostAuthViewProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as OnboardingProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as RewardsProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as SplashScreenProvider: p.createView(completion) default: EmptyView() } } This approach worked, but it defeats the purpose of using protocols and it is not scalable anymore. Are there any other approaches I can look at ? Or is this limitation in SwiftUI ?
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Jul ’25
SPI Analysis Reports "Corrupted Binary" for Valid iOS App After Exhaustive Debugging - Infrastructure Issue
ISSUE SUMMARY: iOS app receives "The app contains one or more corrupted binaries" error during Apple's SPI (Static Program Interface) analysis after successful upload to App Store Connect. Exhaustive systematic debugging indicates this is an Apple validation infrastructure issue, not application code. ERROR IDs ENCOUNTERED: f3de06b6-6a60-45a2-9856-77327004a64e 386f96fc-851f-42ec-91d7-c77b590ffeb6 ae1a9f9a-b980-490f-ad61-27f4552a4346 3e3c1839-f3f5-4f7b-9221-659dda8de970 COMPREHENSIVE DEBUGGING PERFORMED: PHASE 1: INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING ✅ Attempted upload without manual IPA modifications - STILL FAILS ✅ Tested with Xcode Cloud builds (Apple's own infrastructure) - STILL FAILS ✅ Tried different upload methods (Xcode Organizer, Transporter) - STILL FAILS PHASE 2: CONFIGURATION FIXES ✅ Removed all iOS 26 references from codebase - STILL FAILS ✅ Fixed missing NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription in Info.plist - STILL FAILS ✅ Removed empty entitlements file - STILL FAILS ✅ Verified all build settings and code signing - STILL FAILS PHASE 3: SYSTEMATIC COMPONENT ISOLATION Created blank test project and tested individual components: ✅ GRDB 7.5.0 package alone - PASSES validation ✅ Supabase 2.30.1 package alone - PASSES validation ✅ RevenueCat 5.32.0 package alone - PASSES validation ✅ PostHog 3.28.3 package alone - PASSES validation ✅ airports.db database file alone - PASSES validation ✅ HTML template files alone - PASSES validation ✅ CLAUDE.md documentation file alone - PASSES validation ✅ Localizable.strings files alone - PASSES validation ✅ ALL COMPONENTS TOGETHER in test project - PASSES validation PHASE 4: CODE AUDIT AND FIXES ✅ Comprehensive multi-agent code audit identified potential issues: Fixed threading deadlock in AppContext.swift (removed DispatchQueue.main.sync) Eliminated UIPrintPageRenderer KVC usage (replaced with UIGraphicsPDFRenderer) Verified no private API usage throughout codebase ✅ Applied all fixes - STILL FAILS validation PHASE 5: COMPLETE PROJECT RECREATION ✅ Copied ALL source code from failing project to working test project ✅ Same dependencies, same resources, same configuration ✅ Test project with individual components: PASSES validation ✅ Test project with complete source code: FAILS validation with identical error PHASE 6: FINAL COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT ✅ 4 specialized code audits completed: Runtime & Reflection analysis: CLEAN String-based API & KVC analysis: CLEAN System Integration analysis: CLEAN Constants & Private Values analysis: CLEAN ✅ No violations of Apple guidelines detected ✅ No private API usage found ✅ No dangerous code patterns identified DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE: Every individual component passes Apple SPI analysis when tested alone All components together in test project pass Apple SPI analysis Complete source code fails Apple SPI analysis with identical error Both local builds and Xcode Cloud builds fail identically Comprehensive code audits find no violations whatsoever Issue persists across different projects, build environments, and upload methods REPRODUCTION STEPS: Archive complete iOS app using Xcode 16.4.0 Upload to App Store Connect (upload succeeds) Apple's automated SPI analysis runs Validation fails with "corrupted binary" error EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: App should pass SPI analysis as systematic testing proves all components are individually valid. ACTUAL BEHAVIOR: SPI analysis consistently reports "corrupted binary" despite exhaustive debugging showing clean code. TECHNICAL DETAILS: Bundle ID: [your bundle ID] Target: iOS 18+ Xcode: 16.4.0 Architecture: arm64 Dependencies: GRDB 7.5.0, Supabase 2.30.1, RevenueCat 5.32.0, PostHog 3.28.3 SwiftUI app with @Observable pattern Offline-first SQLite + cloud sync architecture CONCLUSION: This level of systematic debugging definitively isolates the issue to Apple's SPI analysis infrastructure. No reasonable code-level explanation remains for why individual components pass validation but the complete app fails with identical errors across multiple build environments. Requesting urgent investigation of SPI analysis validation logic that may be incorrectly flagging legitimate applications as having "corrupted binaries."
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Jul ’25
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
Xcode doesn't recognise changes in file status, unable to stage and commit to repo.
I'm using Version 16.4 (16F6) of Xcode on macOS 15.5 (24F74) and everything was working fine until I selected an older build to branch out from. Now, Xcode cant properly know the file status as it keeps on changing it after quitting and relaunching it. The changes in the file are there and when trying to commit to the local repo it doesn't show any changes to stage. At present I'm relying on making project folder backups as a way of backing up builds. Any suggestions what can be done?
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Jul ’25
I can't run or create a simulator that isn't iOS26 after downloading the Xcode Beta 3
I downloaded the Xcode Beta 3 on my MacBook Pro M4 Base today and tested out some iOS26 mechanics of my app. And when I came back to my main Xcode to continue developing in iOS18, I couldn't build my app. I went to Product > Destination > Manage run destinations and then tried to create a simulator with iOS18 but it didn't show up, only choice that's showing up was iOS26. I tried deleting iOS18 platform and downloading it again but it didn't solve, I tried deleting Xcode Beta but it didn't solve the problem either. I deleted Runtimes folder, it didn't solve too. I can not create a simulator of iOS18 or below too, the error says "The iOS 18.5 simulator runtime is not available. Try reinstalling Xcode or the simulator runtime." How can I fix this problem?
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Jul ’25
Xcode 26 Beta 3 unable to build with error: Failed to find a DDI that can be used to enable DDI services on the device
In Xcode 26 Beta 2 I had no issues, but as soon as I updated to Beta 3, I get the following error when I attempt to build to my iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 26 beta 3: Failed to find a DDI that can be used to enable DDI services on the device. Usually this means the best DDI we could find for a platform did not have compatible CoreDevice content. Run 'devicectl list preferredDDI' from the command line to get more details on why no valid DDI can be found. Domain: com.apple.dt.CoreDeviceError Code: 12001 I ran xcrun devicectl list preferredDDI and get the following: WARNING: No usable DDI found for the iOS platform (The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old.). Best (unusable) DDI found is: • hostDDI: file:///Library/Developer/DeveloperDiskImages/iOS_DDI/ ▿ ddiMetadata: • buildUpdate: 17A5241o • contentIsCompatible: false • coreDeviceVersionChecksIncludeDevelopmentRevision: true • developmentRevision: 0 • enforcingCoreDeviceVersionChecks: true • platform: iOS ▿ projectMetadata: • Citrine-1070 • CoreDevice-477.23 • DTDeveloperDiskImageSupport-14.0.0 • DTOCMock-23002 • GPUToolsDevice_DDI-310.16.1 • JetsamProperties-2624 • LiveExecutionResultsLogger-20007 • Mercury-64 • Playgrounds-8 • XCTest-24209.8 • incompatibleContentReason: The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old. • isUsable: false • variant: external WARNING: No DDI was found for the macOS platform. No usable DDI found for the tvOS platform (The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old.). Best (unusable) DDI found is: • hostDDI: file:///Library/Developer/DeveloperDiskImages/tvOS_DDI/ ▿ ddiMetadata: • buildUpdate: 17A5241o • contentIsCompatible: false • coreDeviceVersionChecksIncludeDevelopmentRevision: true • developmentRevision: 0 • enforcingCoreDeviceVersionChecks: true • platform: tvOS ▿ projectMetadata: • Citrine-1070 • CoreDevice-477.23 • DTDeveloperDiskImageSupport-14.0.0 • DTOCMock-23002 • GPUToolsDevice_DDI-310.16.1 • JetsamProperties-2624 • LiveExecutionResultsLogger-20007 • Mercury-64 • Playgrounds-8 • XCTest-24209.8 • incompatibleContentReason: The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old. • isUsable: false • variant: external WARNING: No usable DDI found for the watchOS platform (The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old.). Best (unusable) DDI found is: • hostDDI: file:///Library/Developer/DeveloperDiskImages/watchOS_DDI/ ▿ ddiMetadata: • buildUpdate: 17A5241o • contentIsCompatible: false • coreDeviceVersionChecksIncludeDevelopmentRevision: true • developmentRevision: 0 • enforcingCoreDeviceVersionChecks: true • platform: watchOS ▿ projectMetadata: • Citrine-1070 • CoreDevice-477.23 • DTDeveloperDiskImageSupport-14.0.0 • DTOCMock-23002 • GPUToolsDevice_DDI-310.16.1 • JetsamProperties-2624 • LiveExecutionResultsLogger-20007 • Mercury-64 • Playgrounds-8 • XCTest-24209.8 • incompatibleContentReason: The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old. • isUsable: false • variant: external WARNING: No usable DDI found for the visionOS platform (The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old.). Best (unusable) DDI found is: • hostDDI: file:///Library/Developer/DeveloperDiskImages/xrOS_DDI/ ▿ ddiMetadata: • buildUpdate: 17A5241o • contentIsCompatible: false • coreDeviceVersionChecksIncludeDevelopmentRevision: true • developmentRevision: 0 • enforcingCoreDeviceVersionChecks: true • platform: xrOS ▿ projectMetadata: • Citrine-1070 • CoreDevice-477.23 • DTDeveloperDiskImageSupport-14.0.0 • DTOCMock-23002 • GPUToolsDevice_DDI-310.16.1 • JetsamProperties-2624 • LiveExecutionResultsLogger-20007 • Mercury-64 • Playgrounds-8 • XCTest-24209.8 • incompatibleContentReason: The DDI's CoreDevice content is too old. • isUsable: false • variant: external When I run xcrun devicectl manage ddis update it hangs and does not update. I have also tried the obvious steps of uninstalling and reinstalling as well as unpairing and repairing my run devices. I have not tried sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/DeveloperDiskImages/* Is that step recommended? Or any insights how to solve this issue? Thanks!
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Jul ’25
PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets not working some time
Hello Team, I try to delete photo from Photos for that i used this method, [[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{ [PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets:@[assetToDelete]]; completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) { }]; This method pops up a dialog with Don't Allow or Delete. But some time in some iPhones not respond PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets method that's why that completionHandler not called because of that i can't perform any operation of PHPhotoLibrary then after. If I restart my iPhone then it works. Many users of my app complained about this issue. I have an iPhone 11 with iOS 15.3. But some iOS 12,14,16 users also face the same issue. So what exact issue is there? Is it related to iOS or a method? Thanks, Ankur
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Jul ’25
Suddenly, cannot install app on device
Hi, I am using Xcode 16.4, and my test device is Iphone 16 pro max. Everything was working fine until today when I get an error that I cannot install the app on the device. The error I get is: Failed to verify code signature of /var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.cRjyg7/extracted/[myapp].app : 0xe8008015 (A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found.) Please ensure sure that your app is signed by a valid provisioning profile. Creating a new project and installing it to the mobile works fine. Please can someone from Apple or the community respond? there are many posts with this error but none were solved. Troubleshooting attempts included: Resetting all certificates. delete the app from the device unpairing device codesigning via cli reloading older git code commit Nothing is working. thanks
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Jul ’25
Xcode 26 intelligence editor modifications.
Greetings, Ive been exerimenting with the new Apple intelligence chat. I want to be able to use my custom LLM and I made that work (I can chat back and forward from the left panel with my server) but I cannot find out how to change the editor contents like chatgpt does. chatgpt is able to change the current editor and, seems like, all files in the pbx. I tried to catch the call with charles with no success. In the OpenIA platform docs it doesnt mention anything that could change the code shown. does anyone know how to achieve this? Is the apple intelliece documentation lacking this features and will it be completed soon? will this features even be open for developers?
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Jul ’25
code coverage broken 0% since Xcode 16.2
Hi, moving from Xcode 16.1 to 16.2, the code coverage percentage is still 0. The project is quite old, but it worked with 16.1. What I tried: converted the old tests to test plans in the settings, including all the various targets (for internal functionality contained in frameworks, each framework has its own test target). added the various code coverage flags to YES. added test hosts to the main targets. played with various settings found in dozens of guides. But nothing. The main app shows 0% coverage, even though the internal frameworks have their own coverage and the files within the main app are tested. On Xcode 16.1, the % appears, but from 16.2 onwards, it doesn't. Also tried with Xcode 26. Any ideas? Thanks
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Jul ’25
Xcode 26 / iOS 26 UISegmentedControl returns to index 0 incorrectly
I'm trying to update one of my apps to the new Liquid Glass effects using Xcode 26. Came across a weird issue in that I reproduced in an empty project on its own with a storyboard with a single segmented control on the initial viewController I have a UISegmentedControl with 3 options. If I click index 2, while index 0 is selected, everything works as normal However if I select index 1, and then index 2, it jumps back to index 0 instead of selecting 2. All the events fire as though I tapped index 0
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Jul ’25
Xcode 26 Bug: URLs with percent encoding query parameters won't compile
Just repro'd in the latest Xcode 26 Beta 3. Building an iOS app using xcstrings for localization. We have a URL that uses percent encoding for a query param. For example: Upon compiling in the latest Xcode 26 beta this fails with: Unable to create a Swift type from the format specifier “%20S”. This was not the case in prior Xcode versions.
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Jul ’25
WebView Bridge Communication Issue After Xcode 16 Update - iOS 18 SDK
Issue Description I'm developing a hybrid iOS app and encountering WebView bridge communication issues after updating to Xcode 16 with iOS 18 SDK. App Architecture AViewController: Initial view controller displayed at app launch Handles WebView setup and web-to-native bridge communication Pushes BViewController when receiving "B" bridge message from web BViewController: View controller stacked on top of AViewController Managed by navigation controller AViewController's WebView continues bridge communication even when BViewController is active Problem Behavior Xcode 15 (iOS 18): WebView bridge communication in AViewController works normally while BViewController is active Xcode 16 (iOS 18 SDK): Server communication breaks or hangs without response while BViewController is active Communication resumes only after popping back to AViewController from BViewController Questions Is the current architecture (configuring WebView in AViewController and maintaining bridge communication through AViewController's WebView while BViewController is presented) not a recommended pattern? Is Xcode 16's iOS 18 SDK the cause of this issue? If so, could you help me understand which specific changes are affecting this behavior? This is urgent as we need to deploy soon. I would greatly appreciate a prompt response.
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Jul ’25
Intermittent "internal error" with multiple XIBs in Xcode 26.0 beta 2 (17A5241o)
On several different XIBs I get a compiler error like Internal error. Please file a bug at feedbackassistant.apple.com and attach "/var/folders/1v/ 516am8h11fzbmdy9sh r1znh0000an/T/|B-adent-diagnostics 2025-06-30 15-02-36 468000" W These XIBs were unmodified, the only different was the Xcode version they were compiled against. Any suggestions for a fix, workaround, or troubleshooting? I tried restarting Xcode, restarting macOS, cleaning the build, and deleting derived data.
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Jul ’25
What is the difference between .safeAreaInset and the new .safeAreaBar?
I've been trying out the new .safeAreaBar modifier for iOS 26, but I cannot seem to notice any difference between that and .safeAreaInset? The documentation says: the bar modifier configures the content to support views to automatically extend the edge effect of any scroll view’s the bar adjusts safe area of. But I can't seem to see that in action.
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