SF Symbols 7: Hundreds of SF Symbols missing 'Availability' info

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Bikrrr OP
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In SF Symbols 7 (115), there are 458 symbols missing Availability info. I only discovered this after using one that didn’t appear in iOS 18 but does in iOS 26.

Questions:

  • Are there plans to add Availability info for all symbols?
  • If the field is blank, is there a safe latest-OS version we can assume?

I realize managing 7,000+ icons is tough, but missing info like this makes development frustrating. It doesn't help that there's no build warning when a named image isn't found, it just defaults to the text label.

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Screenshot of SF Symbols 7 showing three symbols missing Availability info. The symbol ellipsis.circle.badge is selected and its properties pane also shows no Availability info.

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Etresoft OP
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I'm pretty sure that if availability information is missing, that means that the glyph is only available in xOS 26.

There is a 3rd party package that imports all of these symbols into a static namespaces so the compiler can check this for you. See https://github.com/SFSafeSymbols/SFSafeSymbols

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Bikrrr OP
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Thanks @Etresoft, that's good to know! Though it’s a bit disappointing that we have to rely on a third-party tool for this.

I filed FB20741470 in hopes they eventually fill in the missing availability. 🤞

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