My ASA file is located here https://staging.docyt.com/apple-appsite-association It downloads fine. It does not have .json extension and neither does it reside inside the ./well-known folder. Should it work? Because opening the link https://staging.docyt.com/reset-password is not opening the app installed via TestFlight . Installing via XCode however works fine. Please help
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I've been reading this question: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/701945 and watching the videos on background tasks
But can't arrive to a concrete solution.
Q1: Are there any tips (or sample app) on how to handle a launch in background in a streamlined way? How to have a shared code that is ran for both 'launch in background' & 'launch in foreground'?
Specifically the case I'm talking about is:
You set up some observance of some OS callback at a Foo screen of your app. Example app should request and then send push-to-start live activity tokens to server. Or setup location tracking.
App is then suspended and then later terminated but is eligible for relaunch
App is then launched in background because it has requested a push-to-start live activity token or an update for location tracking.
User DOES NOT go back to screen Foo.
So at this point app is no longer tracking / listening to updates for token update or location changes.
How should I architecture my code for this? I'm trying to see if there's a an approach where I can avoid having multiple places in code where I do the same thing. Currently what I'm doing is as such:
Q2: Is it then correct to say that anytime you've launched your app, whether it's in foreground or background then you must immediately match 'all observations done by the previous app launch'?
Like store items in UserDefaults and upon launch retrieve them and do:
handleGeneralAppLaunchFlow()
// ALSO
if defaults.contains("didLastLaunchSetupLiveActivtiyTokenObservance") {
for await ptsToken in Activity<EmojiRangers> .pushToStartTokenUpdates {
...
}
}
if defaults.contains("didLastLaunchSetupLocationTracking") {
locationManager = CLLocationManager()
locationManager?.delegate = itsDelegate
locationManager?.allowsBackgroundLocationUpdates = true
locationManager?.showsBackgroundLocationIndicator = true
locationManager?.startUpdatingLocation()
}
// Other checks for prior observance setup
Q3: Actually I think even if app is launched in foreground then because you may not end up at screen Foo again, then you must setup things regardless of app state and just based on prior observations set. Right?
Q4: And then later if the user ever made it again to screen Foo, then we just skip the re-do of the observance, or maybe to just keep things simple, we'd just redo without over-engineering things?
I tried to mark my questions with Q1- Q4.
We are looking to setup domain-bound codes for our app and need to add the associated domain file to our website.
We currently do not use Universal Links or Password AutoFill.
We have looked at the documentation but are not sure of what the contents of the association file should be to enable domain-bound codes if you are not using Universal Links or Password AutoFill.
Can any assistance be provided?
Hi all. I need to save an array of strings in userdefaults. I am using
NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: rootObject, requiringSecureCoding: false)
to convert array of string to data and then save it in userdefaults.
Inorder to retrieve the data back, I am using
let data = self.userDefaults.data(forKey: "key")!
let unarchiver = try NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingFrom: data)
unarchiver.requiresSecureCoding = false
let array = unarchiver.decodeObject(forKey: NSKeyedArchiveRootObjectKey) as? NSObject
This was working perfectly till iOS 18. From iOS 18 in couple of devices, we are getting empty string array while we retrieve the value back from userdefaults. We observed this in an iPhone 12 pro and iPhone 15 running on iOS 18. iPhone 12 pro is facing this issue almost once everyday. In iPhone 15 this happens once in 2-3 days.
Tried printing raw data directly from userdefaults. And I can see some data available. But when we convert that back to array of string, I am getting empty. Tried adding logs in catch block. But couldn't get any. What might be the cause of this issue?
The new Core Spotlight APIs in 18.4 and aligned releases for using Apple Intelligence models to summarize messages sort of work? But I'd say in my testing that only about 80% of the requests I send to Spotlight come back to the delegate with summaries and the rest are never returned. No errors logged in the delegate methods.
I can't figure out if there's a pattern. Before I dig apart my code, I'm wondering if anyone else here is using these brand-new APIs and has seen anything similar.
It's odd because my code to submit to Spotlight to be summarized is the same for all of my entities but some just never seem to be returned.
var format = "%7B%22sign%22%3Anull%2C%22company%22%3A%22%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F%E6%B5%B7%E6%B4%8B%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%89%E9%99%90%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%22%2C%22businessNo%22%3Anull%2C%22scene%22%3Anull%2C%22interviewCode%22%3A%22767676%22%7D"
let message = withVaList([]) { args in
let msg = NSString(format: format, arguments: args)
print(msg)
}
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Foundation
iPad and iOS apps on visionOS
Swift
Debugging
Hello everyone.
I use Translation Framework in my application. During development everything was fine, Translation framework worked well, but after two or three days of using the production version (that was published in AppStore and available for others also!) - my application stopped working. Translation framework gives errors:
Error sending 1 paragraphs Error Domain=TranslationErrorDomain Code=16 "Translation failed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Translation failed, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Offline models not available for language pair}
Failed to translate input 0; returning error: Error Domain=TranslationErrorDomain Code=16 "Translation failed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Translation failed, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Offline models not available for language pair}
Received unbridged NSError to API, converting to .internalError: Error Domain=TranslationErrorDomain Code=16 "Translation failed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Translation failed, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Offline models not available for language pair}
Once again - it worked when I developed it, it was released on the AppStore, and suddenly it stopped working!
I want to create a brush similar to a fountain pen, with a three-dimensional feel to the strokes and a distinct tip. Alternatively, is it possible to achieve this by modifying the configuration parameters of a fountain pen brush?
I want to create a brush similar to a fountain pen, with a three-dimensional feel to the strokes and a distinct tip. Alternatively, is it possible to achieve this by modifying the configuration parameters of a fountain pen brush?
Since iOS 18.3.1, In lower iOS versions it works fine though.
QLPreviewController shows a blank white screen instead of showing the document. Additionally, it does not display the 'Done' option at the top-right to close the view.
Presenting the QLPreviewController works fine to display the document, but for the second time, it renders the blank white screen as described.
While launching QLPreviewControllerView for the first time. I'm receiving the following message in the console and it displays the document.
LaunchServices: store (null) or url (null) was nil: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=process may not map database, _LSLine=72, _LSFunction=_LSServer_GetServerStoreForConnectionWithCompletionHandler}
Attempt to map database failed: permission was denied. This attempt will not be retried.
Closing the QLPreviewController with the help of the 'Done' option from top-right or swipe to close triggers the following message in the console.
Connection to appex interrupted
AX Lookup problem - errorCode:1100 error:Permission denied portName:'com.apple.iphone.axserver' PID:1022 (
0 AXRuntime 0x00000001d2cd7758 _AXGetPortFromCache + 796
1 AXRuntime 0x00000001d2cdd02c AXUIElementPerformFencedActionWithValue + 700
2 UIKit 0x0000000258cdf488 7F0274D9-D3C9-3193-B606-1C74BE53B86C + 1537160
3 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bb888c _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32
4 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bba578 _dispatch_client_callout + 20
5 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bc2454 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 840
6 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bc325c _dispatch_lane_invoke + 408
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bd06fc _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 328
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bcfd0c _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 580
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000225ea4680 _pthread_wqthread + 288
10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000225ea2474 start_wqthread + 8
)
Trying to open he document again, Ultimately results in the white blank screen to be displayed with no options to close.
It displays the Navigation bar only for the fraction of time. Leading users to force close the app and start again.
Hi all,
From what I’ve seen on forums and other sources, it appears that nothing can be done to set the contact poster programmatically. Setting the imageData property affects only the thumbnail image. Does anyone know if this is explicitly documented somewhere? I need this information for a POC document. I watched the iOS 17 keynote (where it was introduced), the Platform State of Union, and other WWDC videos, but I couldn’t find any mention of it. The Contacts framework documentation only explains what can be retrieved from this property and doesn’t mention any way to set the contact poster.
If anyone has any information on this, please help!
Thanks in advance!
I'm unable to have stickers show in messages even with a new iOS app and a sticker pack extension target.
I do see the iMessage App Icon but after tapping it nothing shows and I see a warning: "Error creating the CFMessagePort needed to communicate with PPT"
This was tested on simulator and on real device.
Xcode 16.1 (16B40)
iOS 18.1 & 18.2
Hello! I'm working with universal links in my app and have configured the /.well-known/apple-app-site-association file. Currently, I use the paths array in this file to define URL routing rules. However, I’m struggling to find up-to-date documentation on the pattern syntax supported by the paths field.
"paths": [
"/page/*",
"NOT /page/*/subpage"
]
Could someone clarify:
Is the paths array still officially supported, or is it deprecated in favor of the newer components dictionary (as referenced here https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/applinks/details-swift.dictionary/components-swift.dictionary)?
If paths is still valid, where can I find documentation for its pattern-matching capabilities?
I want to ensure my implementation aligns with Apple’s current best practices. Thank you!
I'd like to set the recordingYear in my Spotlight File Importer extension but the property is missing from CSSearchableItemAttributeSet
e.g. in the resulting in mdls I'd like to see:
kMDItemRecordingYear = 2008;
This would allow me to search in Finder by the recording year criteria.
There is a recordingDate property and I tried setting it to Date that only has a year but it didn't work. It just resulted in this:
kMDItemRecordingDate = "2008-01-01 00:00:00 +0000";
Hello.
I'm researching information about Live Caller ID. As I understood Apple using Privacy Pass architecture to retrieve information from the server. I have a question about Privacy Pass Token, where does it stores on device?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hey everyone,
I have an app using the screen time api, I've had quite a few reports from users saying that our monitoring features stop working until they open our app. What happens is that activities and schedules set with the device activity monitor seem to disappear. This is something we check on app re-opens and so we schedule them again and that is why the monitoring starts working again.
Of course our current solution is not optimal since our app is mainly passive. Has anyone experienced these kinds of issue ?
Is CallKit still not available in certain countries? like China? If it is, is there a way to get a list of countries?
Hi,
We have a need to provide SIM verification. At present, accessing the phone number bound to the device is not programmatically accessible. Would Apple consider exposing this API via a user consent?
Otherwise, what is the suggested approach to verify the SIM card is the correct phone number on an iOS device?
Hi There, hopefully someone can help me here, we weren’t aware but our universal links stopped working sometime last year, as they are not used often on the apps, it wasn’t noticed. We checked all the elements and this is the situation:
Our apple-app-site-association file is located at
https://ourdomain.com.au/.well-known/apple-app-site-association
And it is accessible and can be downloaded.
We have Associated Domain services enabled for our app Bundle Id: au.com.identifier.app
The Entitlements.plist in our app contains the list of associated domains - the second is the full url, the portal won't let me write it as such as it's not the real address.
But links for the first two, …ourdomain.com.au domains don’t work
Request https://ourdomain.com.au/.well-known/apple-app-site-association downloads the file and returns status code:403
While checking the availability with
https://app-site-association.cdn-apple.com/a/v1/ourdomain.com.au
we get the error:
ourdomain.com.au: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
Going directly to the hosted website:
https://app-site-association.cdn-apple.com/a/v1/ourdomain-prod-ourdomainwebsite.azurewebsites.net
Returns the json:
{
"activitycontinuation": {
"apps": [
"99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.app",
"99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.server.adhoc",
"99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.server.dev"
]
},
"applinks": {
"apps": [],
"details": [
{
"appID": "99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.app",
"paths": [ "/m/" ]
},
{
"appID": "99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.server.adhoc",
"paths": [ "/mt/" ]
},
{
"appID": "99ABCD88XXX.au.com.identifier.server.dev",
"paths": [ "/md/*" ]
}
]
}
}
It appears to be something in the redirect from the url but debugging shows nothing obvious. Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hi guys,
I'm developing a FinderSync Extension that extends Finder contextual menu with a couple of items doing some trivial file operations.
I'm using Xcode 16.2 on macOS Sequoia 15.3.2
I could run the containing app in debug, and in System Preferences -> File Providers the flag is enabled for my app finder extension.
Anyway, the contextual menu does not show in Finder, probably because the finder extension crashes immediately.
Some output:
pluginkit -m | grep "com\.[^a]"
+ com.mycompany.MyApp.MyAppFinderExtension(1.1.14)
codesign -dvvv --entitlements - /Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyApp-dmzhnwmosboixodalsrrbwvwvmqm/Build/Products/Debug/MyApp.app/Contents/PlugIns/MyApp\ Finder\ Extension.appex
Executable=/Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyApp-dmzhnwmosboixodalsrrbwvwvmqm/Build/Products/Debug/MyApp.app/Contents/PlugIns/MyApp Finder Extension.appex/Contents/MacOS/MyApp Finder Extension
Identifier=com.mycompany.MyApp.MyAppFinderExtension
Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (arm64)
CodeDirectory v=20400 size=659 flags=0x2(adhoc) hashes=9+7 location=embedded
Hash type=sha256 size=32
CandidateCDHash sha256=b59538ef9e3b6e8cf462a3e260e3bf26d050deb5
CandidateCDHashFull sha256=b59538ef9e3b6e8cf462a3e260e3bf26d050deb5e21fb27d4fa0a4fe5f3e78b7
Hash choices=sha256
CMSDigest=b59538ef9e3b6e8cf462a3e260e3bf26d050deb5e21fb27d4fa0a4fe5f3e78b7
CMSDigestType=2
CDHash=b59538ef9e3b6e8cf462a3e260e3bf26d050deb5
Signature=adhoc
Info.plist entries=23
TeamIdentifier=not set
Sealed Resources version=2 rules=13 files=9
Internal requirements count=0 size=12
[Dict]
[Key] com.apple.security.app-sandbox
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.application-groups
[Value]
[Array]
[String]
[Key] com.apple.security.assets.movies.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.assets.music.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.assets.pictures.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.files.documents.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.files.downloads.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.get-task-allow
[Value]
[Bool] true
[Key] com.apple.security.personal-information.location
[Value]
[Bool] true
The log is showing something very strange:
log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "com.mycompany.MyApp" and messageType = error' --last 1h
Filtering the log data using "composedMessage CONTAINS "com.mycompany.MyApp" AND logType == 16"
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Timestamp Thread Type Activity PID TTL
2025-03-25 10:20:48.428127+0100 0x221af Error 0x53dbe 159 0 tccd: [com.apple.TCC:access] Request message contains a target_token to accessing_process (TCCDProcess: identifier=com.mycompany.MyApp, pid=4140, auid=501, euid=501, binary_path=/Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyApp-dmzhnwmosboixodalsrrbwvwvmqm/Build/Products/Debug/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp) but TCCDProcess: identifier=com.apple.audio.coreaudiod, pid=184, auid=202, euid=202, binary_path=/usr/sbin/coreaudiod is not a TCC manager for service: kTCCServiceScreenCapture.
2025-03-25 10:20:53.166554+0100 0x22139 Error 0x67ff4 163 0 runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:general] RBSStateCapture remove item called for untracked item 163-158-7088 (target:[app<application.com.mycompany.MyApp.36628067.36635236.92E24CD3-97A8-4340-A46E-4493456283C7(501)>:4140])
2025-03-25 10:20:53.166575+0100 0x22139 Error 0x67ff4 163 0 runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:general] RBSStateCapture remove item called for untracked item 163-158-7087 (target:[app<application.com.mycompany.MyApp.36628067.36635236.92E24CD3-97A8-4340-A46E-4493456283C7(501)>:4140])
2025-03-25 10:20:53.166582+0100 0x22139 Error 0x67ff4 163 0 runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:general] RBSStateCapture remove item called for untracked item 163-158-7091 (target:[app<application.com.mycompany.MyApp.36628067.36635236.92E24CD3-97A8-4340-A46E-4493456283C7(501)>:4140])
2025-03-25 10:20:53.166593+0100 0x22139 Error 0x67ff4 163 0 runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:general] RBSStateCapture remove item called for untracked item 163-132-7084 (target:[xpcservice<com.apple.finder.FinderSync.IsExtensionEnabled([app<application.com.mycompany.MyApp.36628067.36635236.92E24CD3-97A8-4340-A46E-4493456283C7(501)>:4140])(501)>{vt hash: 0}:4144:4144])
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log - Default: 0, Info: 0, Debug: 0, Error: 13, Fault: 0
Activity - Create: 0, Transition: 0, Actions: 0
Especially the first line: MyApp is not accessing coreaudiod - neither trying to get a ScreenCapture, so ... WTF???
How is it possibile?
Why is the system blocking MyApp FinderExtension, or preventing it to run?
Thank you in advance
_Alex
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Finder Sync
Entitlements
Signing Certificates
App Sandbox