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Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hi,
In my app, I have an option to remove a contact from a contact group (using the Contacts framework), and it's been working fine till recently users of the macOS version reported that it's not working. I have been using the CNSaveRequest removeMember(contact, from: group) API. The same API works fine on iOS. I'm not sure when it started but it seems to be affecting macOS14.6 as well as 15.1.
I was able to reproduce it in a small test project as well, and have the same experience (the API works on iOS but not on macOS), so it definitely seems like a problem with the framework. Can someone confirm this, and/or suggest a workaround?
Here's the code I run to test it out ...a simple SwiftUI view that has 4 buttons:
Create contact and group
Add contact to group
Remove contact from group
(optional) cleanup by deleting contact and group
It's the 3rd step that seems to fail on macOS, but works fine on iOS.
Here's the code to test it out:
struct ContentView: View {
let contactsModel = ContactsStoreModel()
var body: some View {
VStack (alignment: .center, spacing: 15){
Button ("1. Add Contact And Group") {
print("add contact button pressed")
contactsModel.addTestContact()
if let _ = contactsModel.createdContact {
print("created contact success")
}
}
Button ("2. Add Contact To Group") {
print("add to group button pressed")
contactsModel.addContactToGroup()
}
Button ("3. Remove Contact From Group") {
print("remove from group button pressed")
contactsModel.removeContactFromGroup()
}
Button ("4. Delete Contact and Group") {
print("remove from group button pressed")
contactsModel.deleteContactAndGroup()
}
}
.padding()
}
}
#Preview {
ContentView()
}
@available(iOS 13.0, *)
@objc final class ContactsStoreModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
let contactStore = CNContactStore()
var createdContact : CNContact?
var createdGroup : CNGroup?
public func addTestContact() {
let storeContainer = contactStore.defaultContainerIdentifier()
let contact = CNMutableContact()
contact.givenName = "Testing"
contact.familyName = "User"
contact.phoneNumbers = [CNLabeledValue(label: "Cell", value: CNPhoneNumber(stringValue: "1234567890"))]
let group = CNMutableGroup()
group.name = "Testing Group"
print("create contact id = \(contact.identifier)")
print("create group id = \(group.identifier)")
do {
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.transactionAuthor = "TestApp"
saveRequest.add(contact, toContainerWithIdentifier: storeContainer)
saveRequest.add(group, toContainerWithIdentifier: storeContainer)
try contactStore.execute(saveRequest)
createdContact = contact
createdGroup = group
} catch {
print("error in store execute = \(error)")
}
}
public func addContactToGroup() {
if let contact = createdContact, let group = createdGroup {
do {
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.transactionAuthor = "TestApp"
saveRequest.addMember(contact, to: group)
try contactStore.execute(saveRequest)
}
catch {
print("error in store execute = \(error)")
}
}
}
public func removeContactFromGroup() {
if let contact = createdContact, let group = createdGroup {
do {
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.transactionAuthor = "TestApp"
saveRequest.removeMember(contact, from: group)
try contactStore.execute(saveRequest)
}
catch {
print("error in store execute = \(error)")
}
}
}
public func addGroupAndContact() {
let storeContainer = contactStore.defaultContainerIdentifier()
let group = CNMutableGroup()
group.name = "Test Group"
print("create group id = \(group.identifier)")
if let contact = createdContact {
do {
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.transactionAuthor = "TestApp"
saveRequest.add(group, toContainerWithIdentifier: storeContainer)
saveRequest.addMember(contact, to: group)
try contactStore.execute(saveRequest)
createdGroup = group
} catch {
print("error in store execute = \(error)")
}
}
}
public func deleteContactAndGroup() {
if let contact = createdContact, let group = createdGroup {
do {
let mutableGroup = group.mutableCopy() as! CNMutableGroup
let mutableContact = contact.mutableCopy() as! CNMutableContact
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.transactionAuthor = "TestApp"
saveRequest.delete(mutableContact)
saveRequest.delete(mutableGroup)
try contactStore.execute(saveRequest)
}
catch {
print("error in deleting store execute = \(error)")
}
}
}
}
PLATFORM AND VERSION
Xcode Version 16.2 beta 3 (16C5023f)
macOS 15.1.1 (24B91)
Run-time configuration: iOS 18.0
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
We are currently testing the functionality of AirDrop by bringing iPhones close to each other.
I am trying to transfer the activityItemsConfiguration set in the modal screen via AirDrop.
However, if presentationStyle is fullscreen, it succeeds, but otherwise the connection is successful but no item is displayed on the screen.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Open my project.
Run on device
Tap Present with toggle is off.
ModalViewController presented as sheet.
Bring another iPhone closer
Play connection animation, then just display connected.
Does any ont encountered such crash? It only occured on iOS18 device.
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '_endUndoGroupRemovingIfEmpty:: _UITextUndoManager 0x30d3bca50 is in invalid state, endUndoGrouping called with no matching begin
UserInfo:(null)'
Pthread id: 2420148
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 CoreFoundation __exceptionPreprocess + 164
1 libobjc.A.dylib objc_exception_throw + 88
2 Foundation -[NSUndoManager endUndoGrouping] + 0
3 Foundation __NSFirePerformWithOrder + 296
4 CoreFoundation __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 36
5 CoreFoundation __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 552
6 CoreFoundation __CFRunLoopRun + 788
7 CoreFoundation CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 588
8 GraphicsServices GSEventRunModal + 164
9 UIKitCore -[UIApplication _run] + 816
10 UIKitCore UIApplicationMain + 340
11 application main (main.m:39)
12 (null) 0x00000001abfecde8 0x0 + 7180570088
I am currently working on implementing the Live Caller ID Extension for my iOS app, and I understand that a backend server is required for this functionality. While I’ve gone through Apple’s documentation, the details on the backend setup are limited and not very clear for my backend team to implement it effectively.
Could someone provide a more detailed explanation or sample implementation of the backend server required for this extension? Specifically, we are looking for:
A clear understanding of the APIs and endpoints the backend needs to expose.
Any authentication mechanisms required for communication with the extension.
Data format (e.g., JSON structure) for requests and responses.
Example code or additional resources, if available.
Any help or guidance in understanding the exact backend requirements would be greatly appreciated.
我的app不是VOIP应用,使用iPad10或者iPad13.18等支持人物居中的设备,系统是iOS18.0,18.1或者18.1.1,进入直播课中,控制中心不显示"人物居中"按钮,必现的,如下图。但是项目中Background Modes勾选Voice over IP,再次运行app,就不会再复现,即便是卸载重装也不会再复现。麻烦帮忙看看什么原因?谢谢
The server returns a response content-type must be text/html when universal links are configured
application/json can be used?
Hi, I am trying to build a command line app that read local mov files and print the text to the terminal. When I open the file with VNImageRequestHandler(url: url), where the url is a hardcode path to my desktop file, the terminal reports CRImage Reader Detector was given zero-dimensioned image (0 x 0). Anyone can help? Thanks!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Files and Storage
App Sandbox
Command Line Tools
I've been exploring the Trails Sample App from this session at WWDC24.
The app has a TrailEntity of type AppEntity which is leveraged in multiple places throughout the app, including:
The GetTrailInfo App Intent with a trail parameter of type TrailEntity.
A parameterized App Shortcut which calls the GetTrailInfo intent.
The TrailDataManager's init calls updateSpotlightIndex(), which creates a CSSearchableItem for each Trail in the app, along with an associateAppEntity call linking the corresponding TrailEntity to each item that gets added to the CSSearchableIndex.
If you build the app and search "trails" in Spotlight, the Trails Sample App section includes instances of TrailEntity as search results. But if you comment out the App Shortcut that takes a TrailEntity as a parameter and rebuild, there are no instances of TrailEntity in the search results. In both cases, the console prints [Spotlight] Trails indexed by Spotlight.
Is this expected behavior? Why are the TrailEntity instances only appearing in Spotlight via the App Shortcut? Shouldn't the CSSearchableItem instances show up in Spotlight on their own regardless? If not, then what is the purpose of adopting Core Spotlight with App Entities? Does this add the app entities to the semantic index for "new Siri", even though they're not user facing in the Spotlight UI?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Shortcuts
Core Spotlight
App Intents
Apple Intelligence
I have an iOS app that installs a Content Filter in order to block certain types of content at the network/socket level. The Family Controls framework stipulates that this can only be done successfully on a FamilyControlsMember.child account type (or on a supervised device). Our initial release has been really successful, but I would say that perhaps 75% of our users are .individual (probably over 18). Perhaps a topic for another forum post is to discuss how Apple's policy here doesn't seem to be meeting a real need here for non-minors, but I'll leave that alone for now.
The problem we're facing is that as far as I can tell, the only way to determine if someone has the right account type is to initiate an authorization request using AuthorizationCenter.shared.requestAuthorization(for:) and then inspect the error. I think it could really help the usability of the app if we could detect the account type and preemptively show a helpful message if the authorization could not succeed, and recommend some alternatives. But I've looked so far in vain for some way to do this.
Is there any api in Family Controls (or elsewhere) that can query the system for this information? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
A Mac Catalyst App Creates an AppKit Bundle Plugin in which @available does not work。
In AppKit Bundle Plugin, there is not watchOS and iOS version can not be higher than 28, but the log has been output.
if (@available(watchOS 18.0, *)) {
NSLog(@"bundle is available watchOS");
}
if (@available(iOS 28.0, *)) {
NSLog(@"bundle is available iOS");
}
demo link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1s_5qmsL6Bh-df3A1PfD0OA
Extracted code: 5ndj
Issue:
Using Messages in macOS Sequoia, I stop receiving any messages after 7+ hrs of the system being on.
Troubleshooting:
any messages sent to the target account doesn't show up when this issue occurs.
I'm able to send messages from the target account which is received.
only way to get it working is to reboot the computer but those messages sent never arrive to the target account even after reboot.
upon reboot the behavior functions as expected.
however the issue returns after 7hrs+ after reboot.
logout and log back in when the system is in this state doesn't resolve the issue. only a reboot but the issues eventually returns.
note the 7hrs+ is tested and is more accurately 7-10 hrs.
We have received user reports indicating that, while using our app for meetings, they occasionally encounter system unresponsiveness, ultimately leading to an unexpected black screen and system restart.
Our app's internal logs show normal operation during these incidents.
To assist in diagnosing the issue, we have collected system logs (WindowServer.ips) from affected users.
We would appreciate your assistance in analyzing these logs to help identify the root cause of the problem.
Thank you for your support and assistance.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hey, I’m having some issues with DeviceActivitySchedule and DeviceActivityMonitor. I want to create a schedule that blocks apps (by family control) when it starts. However, even when the schedule is supposed to start on this iPhone, nothing happens, and no logs are being recorded
main target:
// TestView_.swift
// Sloth
//
// Created by on 11/01/2025.
//
import SwiftUI
import DeviceActivity
import FamilyControls
import ManagedSettings
struct TestView_: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Test DeviceActivityMonitor")
.font(.title)
Button("Start test mon") {
let now = Date()
let start = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .minute, value: 2, to: now)!
let end = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .minute, value: 20, to: now)!
print("thd")
DeviceScheduleTester().scheduleTestActivity(startDate: start, endDate: end)
}
}
.padding()
}
}
extension DeviceActivityName {
static let daily = DeviceActivityName("daily")
}
DeviceActivityMonitor:
class DeviceScheduleTester {
private let center = DeviceActivityCenter()
func scheduleTestActivity(startDate: Date, endDate: Date) {
let calendar = Calendar.current
let startComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: startDate)
let endComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: endDate)
// Tworzymy schedule
let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule(
intervalStart: startComponents,
intervalEnd: endComponents,
repeats: true
)
do {
try center.startMonitoring(.daily, during:schedule)
print("startMonit /(\(schedule))")
} catch {
print("ghfgh")
}
}
}
struct TestView__Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
TestView_()
}
}
DeviceActivityMonitor target:
// BlockingAppsMonitorExtension
//
// Created by on 10/01/2025.
import DeviceActivity
import FamilyControls
import ManagedSettings
import os
let logger = Logger()
public class BlockingAppsMonitor: DeviceActivityMonitor {
private let store = ManagedSettingsStore()
public override func intervalDidStart(for activity: DeviceActivityName) {
super.intervalDidStart(for: activity)
print("Rozpoczęcie interwału blokowania \(activity.rawValue)")
logger.info("intervalDidStart")
startBlocking()
}
public override func intervalDidEnd(for activity: DeviceActivityName) {
super.intervalDidEnd(for: activity)
print("Zakończenie interwału blokowania \(activity.rawValue)")
logger.info("intervalDidend")
stopBlocking()
}
@discardableResult
private func startBlocking() -> Int {
print("number of unique apps")
return 51
store.shield.applicationCategories = .all()
// return exceptions.count
}
private func stopBlocking() {
store.shield.applicationCategories = nil
store.shield.applications = nil
}
}
INB4:
In both files are added family controls
Secent file is added in DeviceActivityMonitor target.
Apple answer please?
Hi folks,
We are trying to develop a widget on iPhone control center. We follow the Apple design guideline to export our resource file using custom icon and the button icon always show on debug build. However, when we deploy to TestFlight, under some scenario, such as app upgrade, we found that the icon image disappear occasionally.
Anyone could help? Thank you in advance!
Hey,
I would love to access the users Contact (ie. the Me Card)
Apple recently released the Invites app and within this app you can find the users Contacts Photo. I tried to replicate this behaviour but I currently need to match based on a name or email or something else. I have no idea how to receive this data because when using the Invites app I only remember the app asking for Contacts permission and nothing else so far.
let store = CNContactStore()
let keysToFetch = [CNContactImageDataAvailableKey, CNContactImageDataKey, CNContactThumbnailImageDataKey] as [CNKeyDescriptor]
let email = "test@test.de"
let predicate = CNContact.predicateForContacts(matchingEmailAddress: email)
do {
let contacts = try store.unifiedContacts(matching: predicate, keysToFetch: keysToFetch)
let imageDatas: [Data] = contacts.compactMap { $0.imageData }
self.images = imageDatas.map { UIImage(data: $0) ?? UIImage() }
} catch {
print("Error fetching contacts: \(error)")
}
This is how I am retrieving the Image. MAYBE someone can help me out.
Thank you so far
~ Flo
Has anyone experienced frozen images when having camera on video recording mode? For example i live in Los Angeles and sometimes I like to record the sunrise or sunset or while I’m crossing a bridge but my video camera kinda freezes and doesn’t record. I’ve already checked my memory and I have more than enough to not have issues maybe it’s a setting issue? if anyone has a solution or suggestions please let me know thank you.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
We are developing an iOS app to connect to vehicles and trigger predefined vehicle controls (door lock/unlock) via the Digital Key framework.
We are currently blocked on several aspects and would appreciate your expertise to clarify the following queries.
How can we list down connected vehicle information?
What is the method to retrieve connection status?
How can we perform vehicle control actions (e.g., door lock/unlock)?
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Starting the CarKeyRemoteControlSession to Fetch Vehicle Reports
Currently, we are using the following API to start a CarKeyRemoteControlSession:
open class func start(
delegate: any CarKeyRemoteControlSessionDelegate,
subscriptionRange subscriptionFunctionIDRange: ClosedRange? = nil,
with delegateCallbackQueue: DispatchQueue? = nil
) async throws -> CarKeyRemoteControlSession
After successfully creating the session, we check for vehicle reports using the vehicleReports property of CarKeyRemoteControlSession:
public var vehicleReports: [VehicleReport] { get throws }
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
In the mobile application we are developing we need to use the "SMS and MMS Message Filtering" functionality to analyze SMS messages received from unknown senders.
The questions that arise about the use of this functionality are:
Does this functionality allow these messages to be sent to solutions deployed in Microsoft Azure?.
If the previous case is confirmed, could we use Rest APIs that we already have deployed in Azure?.
If it were not possible to configure access to an existing Rest API, what would be the definition of the API to be implemented in the cloud for this service?.
And finally, how would the configuration of access permissions to this API deployed in the cloud be?.