Hello, I have a question about data deserialization using NSKeyedUnarchiver in iOS SDK development. Current Situation: Previously, we were using the NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: Data) function We have changed to using the NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchivedObject(ofClasses:from:) method to deserialize complex objects stored in UserDefaults We need to include all types in the ofClasses parameter, including Swift primitive types as well as various custom classes and structs within the project Questions: Implementation Approach: Is it correct pattern to include all classes defined in the project in the ofClasses array? Is this approach recommended? Runtime Stability: When using this approach, is there a possibility of runtime crashes? Are there any performance issues? Alternative Methods: If the current approach is not the correct pattern, what alternatives should we consider? Current Code Structure: All model classes conform to the NSSecureCoding protocol We use the requiringSecureCoding: true parameter We use a whitelist approach, explicitly listing only allowed classes I would like to know if this structure is appropriate, or if we should consider a different approach. Thank you.

Hello, I’m encountering an issue with Universal Links in my iOS app. After some investigation, I found that the root cause seems to be that Apple’s request through there CDN server to access the .well-known/apple-app-site-association file is blocked by our firewall, which enforces geographic access restrictions as part of our security policy. Because of this restriction, Apple’s validation or link verification requests are being denied, and the Universal Links are not working as expected. I’d like to get some guidance from the community or Apple engineers on the following: 1. Does Apple provide an official list of IP ranges or domains that need to be allowed through the firewall for Universal Link validation? 2. Are there alternative methods to handle Universal Link verification in environments with geographic restrictions? 3. Would whitelisting specific Apple services or endpoints be a recommended or safe solution? Any input or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Environment Details: • iOS app using Universal Links • Server protected by a firewall with regional restrictions • AASA file hosted correctly and accessible via browser Thanks in advance for your help and insights.

Hi everyone. I've downloaded the the 26.2 beta 2 and installed it on a device in the settings after i create a new sandbox test account i see the options in Age Assurance. The problem is i got the popup the first time i opened the application and decided to share, but after that i always get the following error: DeclaredAgeRange.AgeRangeService.Error.notAvailable I tried testing with different bundle id and different sandbox test account but still it doesn't work. How can i test the cases without erasing the device ?

I have an iOS app with ExtensionFoundation. It runs well on my local device, but when I upload on the AppStore it gets rejected with: Validation failed Invalid Info.plist value. The value of the EXExtensionPointIdentifier key, AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer, in the Info.plist of “a-Shell.app/Extensions/localWebServer.appex” is invalid. Please refer to the App Extension Programming Guide at https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Action.html#/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014214-CH13-SW1. (ID: ae8dd1dd-8caf-4a48-9651-7a225faed4eb) The Info.plist in my Extension is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EXAppExtensionAttributes</key> <dict> <key>EXExtensionPointIdentifier</key> <string>com.example.example-extension</string> </dict> </dict> </plist> so the Info.plist that causes the issue has been automatically generated by Xcode. I can access it as well, and it says: { "BuildMachineOSBuild" => "25A354" "CFBundleDevelopmentRegion" => "en" "CFBundleDisplayName" => "localWebServerExtension" "CFBundleExecutable" => "localWebServer" "CFBundleIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServerExtension" "CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion" => "6.0" "CFBundleName" => "localWebServer" "CFBundlePackageType" => "XPC!" "CFBundleShortVersionString" => "1.0" "CFBundleSupportedPlatforms" => [ 0 => "iPhoneOS" ] "CFBundleVersion" => "1" "DTCompiler" => "com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0" "DTPlatformBuild" => "23A339" "DTPlatformName" => "iphoneos" "DTPlatformVersion" => "26.0" "DTSDKBuild" => "23A339" "DTSDKName" => "iphoneos26.0" "DTXcode" => "2601" "DTXcodeBuild" => "17A400" "EXAppExtensionAttributes" => { "EXExtensionPointIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer" } "MinimumOSVersion" => "26.0" "NSHumanReadableCopyright" => "Copyright © 2025 AsheKube. All rights reserved." "UIDeviceFamily" => [ 0 => 1 1 => 2 ] "UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities" => [ 0 => "arm64" ] } What should I do to be able to upload on the AppStore?

What are guidelines for apps being released in the US App Store in order to comply with The Texas App Store Accountability Act? I mean there's no way to differentiate an app downloaded in Texas from the other states and it would be ridiculous to add location awareness to an app to comply with this, so effectively it means any developer of any app for release in the US must comply with this in case it might be being used in Texas? This new Apple API has zero background, zero context, zero example of usage, zero guidelines about how to use it in practice: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/declaredagerange/

According to the documentation, using Scope(restriction: .none) can expose the extension point to third-party app extensions. Below is my implementation, which ultimately results in an error. Code for declaring the extension point: @available(iOS 26.0, *) extension AppExtensionPoint { @Definition static var priceExtension: AppExtensionPoint { Name("priceExtension") UserInterface(false) Scope(restriction: .none) } } Code for locating the extension point: monitor = try await AppExtensionPoint.Monitor(appExtensionPoint: .priceExtension) When executing the code to locate the extension point, the following error occurs: However, in practice, I found that declaring the extension point in this way results in an error when trying to locate it: Error Domain=com.apple.extensionKit.errorDomain Code=19 "Failed to add observer" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to add observer}

In recent versions, the increase in background abnormal exits is significant. According to monitoring data, it is closely related to the iOS 26 system. Could you please look into the reasons or provide some suggestions for troubleshooting the issue?

I'm working on an iOS app using JWPlayer to stream an HLS video. However, the stream stops and doesn't restart on both emulators and real devices. The output provides the following information: • transportType: HTTP Live Stream • mediaType: HTTP Live Stream • BundleID: • name: MEDIA_PLAYBACK_STALL • interfaceType: Wifi Additionally, the log shows: (16830): Media file not received in 21s Can anyone guide me on this issue?

As discussed and acknowledged here, there is a known bug with the FamilyActivityPicker. When a user expands a category that contains enough tokens to exceed the 50mb memory limit, the FamilyActivityPicker crashes. This happens quite frequently for heavy Safari users. An apple engineer mentioned on this thread that WebDomains shown in the picker are present based on the last 30 days of usage data as surfaced by WebKit. Is there any way a user can clear these WebDomains? Either programatically through our app or any other process we can guide them to as a workaround while this issue is getting fixed?

i have iPhone 16 pro and I’ve updated to IOS 18.2. however after I clicked on ‘Get Apple Intelligence’, and then set up button, nothing happened. I’ve tried this process many times still nothing working.

When we use the App Clip link to jump on an iOS17 device, the first click will not respond, and the App Clip pop-up window will not pop up until the second click. Proceed as follows: After the iPhone clicks the link for the first time, or clicks the ‘Clear Experience Cache’ button in setting-->Developer-->App Clips Testing On the Notes App on iPhone, click the link https://appclip.apple.com/id?p=com.example.naturelab.backyardbirds.Clip There is no response when clicking the link for the first time, and the window will not pop up until the second click. Is this an iPhone problem? Looking forward to your reply

I put a test.mp3 (30 sec) file into the App Bundle. I scheduled an AlarmKit alarm with the file name test.mp3. The custom sound plays ✅ I copied the file from the App Bundle to Library/Sounds/test2.mp3. I scheduled an AlarmKit alarm with the file name test2.mp3. Instead of playing the custom sound, it falls back to the default sound ❌ According to the documentation, sounds placed in Library/Sounds should be playable: I filed report FB19779004 on August 20, but haven’t received any response yet. This functionality is critical for our use case, so could you please let me know whether this is expected to be fixed soon, or if I’m misunderstanding the intended behavior?

Posting here for wider visibility... All over the internet, apple discussions, etc. Seems that this is affecting thousands of people but apparently not millions...othewise we'd have a fix by now. This started showing up in iOS 18 beta and then continued into 18.0, 18.1, and now 18.2 Symptoms are unable to retrieve emails from IMAP mail server. Some have mentioned Dovecot IMAP server. This author happens to have Dovecot IMAP and yes, once iOS 18.0, 18.x was installed, email sync no longer works.

Both view and modifier versions of the FamilyActivityPicker crash randomly when selecting some items (usually the other option) throwing these in the console: [com.apple.FamilyControls.ActivityPickerExtension(1150.1)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use AX Lookup problem - errorCode:1100 error:Permission denied portName:'com.apple.iphone.axserver' PID:22091 ( 0 AXRuntime 0x00000001c603b0fc _AXGetPortFromCache + 800 1 AXRuntime 0x00000001c603cce0 AXUIElementPerformFencedActionWithValue + 700 2 UIKit 0x0000000230de3ec8 DDE6E0C5-2AC3-3C73-8CFE-BC88DE35BB5F + 1453768 3 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103ef0b98 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103ef27bc _dispatch_client_callout + 20 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103efa66c _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 832 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103efb408 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 408 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103f08404 _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 328 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103f07a38 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 444 9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00000001f0824f20 _pthread_wqthread + 288 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00000001f0824fc0 start_wqthread + 8 ) This also happens in production apps like the Opal. The questions are: At least how to detect it to be able to manually reload the sheet (like what Opal does and shows an alert when this happens) How to prevent it in the first place? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

As stated in other posts like: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/734488 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/652946?answerId=823555022#823555022 Even though the recommended way from Apple documentation is to use push notifications to reload widgets timelines calling WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines(), it is unreliable and I couldn't find a pattern of why it works 10% of times and not the other 90%. While the debugger is connected to the App it always works though. My widget needs to reflect updated information otherwise it becomes useless since it display smart home devices states such as the Apple Home widget does as well.

Our users report frequent crashes with the FamilyActivityPicker. Since this is a screen controlled by Apple, I'm assuming that there's nothing I can do to prevent these crashes. I'm wondering, though, if there's any way to gracefully handle these crashes? When this happens, the following is printed to the console: [com.apple.FamilyControls.ActivityPickerExtension(1121)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use. Does anyone know how to handle/catch this error?

I'm using the new AlarmKit framework to schedule and trigger alarms in my Swift app in iOS 26 beta 4 (23A5297i). I'm trying to customize the alarm sound using a sound file embedded in the app bundle or by referencing known system tones. Problem: No matter what I pass to .named("sound-2"), whether a file bundle url, .named("sound-2.caf"), tried .mp3, .caf & .aiff, or a known iOS system sound like .named("Radar") ("Chimes", etc.), the alarm always plays the default system alert tone. There's no error or warning, but the custom or specified sound is silently ignored. sound: .named("sound-2") Question: What is the correct method or approach to play custom sound / music when Alarm Triggers? What .named("...") expects file name, file Path URL or System sound name? Is there any specific audio file length accepted or specific format? Challenge: The alarm functionality feels incomplete without support for custom sounds. A single default alert tone is often not sufficient to wake up users effectively. Hope it will be fixed in the next iOS updates.

if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {       print("donated")       let intent = BasicIntent()       IntentDonationManager.shared.donate(intent: intent)    } Trying to test if donations work with the new App Intents framework. Donating the shortcut once a user taps a button. The shortcut is not appearing on the lock screen. Everything else is working as expected. The Shortcut is appearing in the Shortcuts App and is working via Siri. In developer settings I have Display Recent Shortcuts -> On Display Donations on Lock Screen -> On Allow Any domain -> On Allow Unverified sources -> On Running iOS 16.2, iPhone 11.

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing crashes that consistently occur on iOS 18 devices, which seem to share a common root cause. I'm hoping for some guidance. Here are the details of the crashes as received from Xcode Organizer: Crash Trace 1: 0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000192c50e54 CF_IS_OBJC + 76 (CFRuntime.c:461) 1 CoreFoundation 0x0000000192c4dd3c CFRelease + 60 (CFRuntime.c:1202) 2 CoreFoundation 0x0000000192d015e0 _signalEventSync + 252 (CFStream.c:636) 3 CoreFoundation 0x0000000192d53050 ___signalEventQueue_block_invoke + 28 (CFStream.c:646) 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a93c370 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (init.c:1549) 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a93e0d0 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (object.m:576) 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a9456d8 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 744 (queue.c:3934) 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a9461e0 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 380 (queue.c:4025) 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a951258 _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 288 (queue.c:7193) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a950aa4 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 540 (queue.c:6787) 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021a00fc7c _pthread_wqthread + 288 (pthread.c:2696) 11 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021a00c488 start_wqthread + 8 (:-1) Crash Trace 2: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000186f33c20 objc_msgSend + 32 1 CoreFoundation 0x0000000189cb14b8 _inputStreamCallbackFunc + 36 (CFObject.m:1952) 2 CoreFoundation 0x0000000189cb0aa8 _signalEventSync + 216 (CFStream.c:626) 3 CoreFoundation 0x0000000189d01e30 ___signalEventQueue_block_invoke + 28 (CFStream.c:646) 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000191948370 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (init.c:1549) 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019194a0d0 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (object.m:576) 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001919516d8 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 744 (queue.c:3934) 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001919521e0 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 380 (queue.c:4025) 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019195d258 _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 288 (queue.c:7193) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019195caa4 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 540 (queue.c:6787) 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021214bc7c _pthread_wqthread + 288 (pthread.c:2696) 11 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000212148488 start_wqthread + 8 Crash Trace 3: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00000001941d9ce8 objc_loadWeakRetained + 156 (NSObject.mm:525) 1 CoreFoundation 0x0000000196d0a0f4 _outputStreamCallbackFunc + 36 (CFObject.m:1960) 2 CoreFoundation 0x0000000196d09724 _signalEventSync + 216 (CFStream.c:626) 3 CoreFoundation 0x0000000196d07948 ___signalEventQueue_block_invoke + 28 (CFStream.c:646) 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9de248 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (init.c:1549) 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9dffa8 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (object.m:576) 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9e75cc _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 768 (queue.c:3934) 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9e8124 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 380 (queue.c:4025) 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9f338c _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 288 (queue.c:7193) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019e9f2bd8 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 540 (queue.c:6787) 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00000002220f3680 _pthread_wqthread + 288 (pthread.c:2696) 11 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00000002220f1474 start_wqthread + 8 Notable Points: All crashes occur only on iOS 18 and newer versions. The crashes are independent of the Xcode version used to build the app (tested with both Xcode 15.4 and 16). All crash traces occur in CoreFoundation and seem to have nothing related to our app codebase. I've attempted to profile the app using Instruments to identify any zombie objects, but the crashes do not manifest on my own devices. I've referred to discussions, including this forum thread, but have not yet found a solution. Questions: Has anyone else encountered similar issues on iOS 18? Are there specific aspects of iOS 18 that might contribute to these CoreFoundation and libobjc-related crashes? Would appreciate any suggestions for further diagnostics or potential workarounds. Thank you for your help!

We have an application which is written in Swift, which activates Transparent Proxy network extension. We are using Jamf MDM profile for deployment. To avoid the user deleting / disabling the extension from General -&gt; LogIn Items &amp; Extension -&gt; Network Extensions screen, we are using "Non-removable system extensions from UI" attribute under Allowed System Extensions and Teams IDs section. In new Mac OS 26 (Tahoe), user can also enable/disable the extension from General -&gt; LogIn Items &amp; Extension -&gt; Apps tab. The "Non-removable system extensions from UI" attribute set in Jamf MDM profile does not apply to this tab. Same attribute is working for General -&gt; LogIn Items &amp; Extension -&gt; Extensions tab and there the slider is greyed out and Remove option is not available under more menu. Is there any new key/configuration defined to disable the slider from General -&gt; LogIn Items &amp; Extension -&gt; Apps tab? Created https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/18198031 - FB18198031 feedback assistant ticket as well.