CarPlay Video entitlement causes blank screen and no CPTemplateApplicationScene callbacks

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akiremitci OP

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I have CarPlay Video enabled for my account and App ID.

I tested both my main app and a completely new minimal iOS app with a new Bundle ID.

The minimal app only contains:

UIApplicationDelegate
CPTemplateApplicationScene configuration
CPTemplateApplicationSceneDelegate
A single CPListTemplate root

Results:

With com.apple.developer.carplay-audio only, CarPlay launches normally.
When com.apple.developer.carplay-video is added, CarPlay opens a blank screen.
No CarPlay callbacks are called: application(:configurationForConnecting:options:) CPTemplateApplicationSceneDelegate.templateApplicationScene(:didConnect:) CPApplicationDelegate.didConnectCarInterfaceController

The signed app and embedded provisioning profile both contain com.apple.developer.carplay-video.

Does CarPlay Video require an additional runtime allowlist, specific head unit support, a different scene configuration, or another entitlement beyond com.apple.developer.carplay-video?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 902889022

This is a known issue in the beta build. Could you please verify if you can reproduce this on iOS 27 Beta 7? If you're able to, please file a Feedback report via Feedback Assistant and share the Feedback ID here for our records.

Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

7h

Does CarPlay Video require an additional runtime allowlist,

No additional entitlement is required beyond com.apple.developer.carplay-video

Does it require specific head unit support?

The connected head unit should explicitly support and advertise video playback. Standard vehicle head units that only support audio/navigation templates do not advertise this endpoint capability. you can inspect CPSessionConfiguration.supportsVideoPlayback to verify if the connected environment supports video playback.

Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

7h

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This is a known issue in the beta build. Could you please verify if you can reproduce this on iOS 27 Beta 7? If you're able to, please file a Feedback report via Feedback Assistant and share the Feedback ID here for our records.