Swift Student Challenge – Using iOS 26 APIs + Camera Input in Xcode App Playgrounds (Simulator Limitation)

Hi,

I’m working on my Swift Student Challenge submission using iOS 26 APIs (FoundationModels) along with AVFoundation + Vision to capture user input and generate feedback.

Since Swift Playgrounds doesn’t support FoundationModels framework, I’m using an Xcode App Playground, but I heared that submissions are reviewed in the Simulator, which doesn’t support live camera feed.

I’m unsure how to handle this.

Looking for guidance on the recommended approach.

Thanks!

Answered by DTS Engineer in 874046022

I don’t have an answer for you, alas, but I encourage you to follow this thread because, if anything changes, I’ll post an update there.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

I don’t have an answer for you, alas, but I encourage you to follow this thread because, if anything changes, I’ll post an update there.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

Swift Student Challenge – Using iOS 26 APIs + Camera Input in Xcode App Playgrounds (Simulator Limitation)
 
 
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