One of my apps includes a free weather forecast using WeatherKit. Recently, it started to get more downloads and almost reached the limits of the free tier. I've removed the forecast in newer versions but there's still a substantial amount of users who do not update their apps. Is it possible to somehow remove the capability from existing apps? Thank you!

The problem is that the favorite buttons are reversed: people already marked as favorites show the ‘Favorite’ button, while those who aren’t show ‘Unfavorite’.

Dear Apple Team, I am reaching out regarding the need for more sophisticated location verification APIs beyond basic IP lookup capabilities. As online fraud continues to evolve, IP-based geolocation has proven insufficient for many business use cases requiring accurate location verification. Would it be possible to discuss this proposal with your API development team? I believe this would be valuable for the entire iOS and macOS developer ecosystem while maintaining Apple's commitment to user privacy.

I am developing a navigation application. My goal is for this navigation app to also work in the background and provide the user with real-time directional updates. When apps request access to location services, users see a TCC (Transparency, Consent, and Control) prompt. This prompt allows the user to choose under what conditions the app can access location services (for example: “While Using the App”, “Always”, etc.). If the user selects the “While Using the App” option, can the navigation app still access location in the background and provide directional information to the user? Is something like this technically possible? Does Apple allow this behavior for navigation apps or similar use cases?

Hello, I'm working on an application that requires the use of significant location changes and visits, in addition to region monitoring and standard continuous location delivery (foreground and background). iOS 17 and iOS 18 introduced changes to how we can monitor distinct regions of interest (with CLMonitor) as well as receive location updates (with CLLocationUpdate). But I couldn't find any information regarding how to work with Significant location changes. Do we still need to create a location manager and call startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges()? Where are the updates received in this case, in the locationManager(_:didUpdateLocations:) or in the liveUpdates async sequence? Visits. Same question here, for visit monitoring to work, do we still have to create a location manager then call startMonitoringVisits()? Where are the visits being notified? Still in locationManager(_:didVisit:) or in the liveUpdates asynchronous sequence? I just want to be sure I understand correctly how to use the updates, and if some features of Core Location still need to use a location manager and the delegate to receive the events. Maybe additional CLCondition will be added to cover both of these technologies as it seems highly related to monitoring conditions (significant location change, and visit). Thank you, Axel

I'm making an app that can have locations and links shared to it. I have gotten the share intent working for text and urls with: NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebURLWithMaxCount: 1 NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebPageWithMaxCount: 1 NSExtensionActivationSupportsText: true in Info.plist of the share extension. I am able to share Google Maps locations and safari websites. However, my app does not appear when I share a location on Apple Maps. I also tried the other options in the docs (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information-property-list/nsextension/nsextensionattributes/nsextensionactivationrule) as well without success. When I share a location (i.e. a shop) in Apple Maps, it looks like a link but perhaps its something else? Does anyone know how to get an app to come up in the share menu of an Apple Maps location? Thanks!

Our Indoor Map for shopping center has been stuck at "Occupants Data in Review" for a few weeks. Can someone on that team assist? Thank you.

Hi, I'm using the Apple Maps Server API (/v1/geocode) to retrieve geocoding results for Japanese addresses. Until recently, requests like the one below returned correct results: GET https://maps-api.apple.com/v1/geocode?q=東京都千代田区千代田1-1&lang=ja-JP Authorization: Bearer <valid JWT> But now, the response is always: { "results": [] } However, when I use the same address with lang: en-US, it returns valid coordinates: GET https://maps-api.apple.com/v1/geocode?q=1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo=en-US "東京都千代田区千代田1-1" is a Japanese address, and "1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo" is the same address written in English. My Questions: Has there been a recent change to the geocoding behavior for Japanese addresses when lang: ja-JP is used? Does the lang parameter affect not only the response language but also the internal parsing logic? Is this a known issue or limitation? The access token is valid and I'm getting a 200 OK response, but results is always empty with lang: ja-JP. Thanks for your help!

Hello everyone, We've developed a safety application for schools that runs on supervised, MDM-managed iOS devices. The app requires "Location Always" to maintain a persistent background state for its core functionality. The Challenge: Our primary issue is with the periodic background location reminder prompts that iOS automatically presents to the user (e.g., "[App Name] has used your location X times in the past 3 days..."). A screenshot of the exact prompt is attached. While we educate users on the importance of selecting "Always Allow," these recurring prompts make it very easy for a student to downgrade the permission at a later date, which disables the app's safety features. This makes the solution unreliable in a school environment. Our Question: Since these are supervised devices managed by an educational institution, we are looking for a way to manage this behavior. Is there any Info.plist key, entitlement, or API available to developers to influence or suppress these recurring location reminders for our app? From an MDM perspective, is there a known payload or declarative management configuration that can prevent these specific prompts from appearing for a designated app? We understand these prompts are a key privacy feature. Our question is whether there are any provisions for managed, special-purpose environments like a school, where the app's function is considered essential and pre-approved by the device administrator (the school). We are looking for a way to provide a "set it and forget it" configuration for the school, but these reminders currently prevent that. Any architectural advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

My IMDF tour is stuck at Occupants Data in Review

Hi- I've never posted on here before! But ChatGPT hasn't been helpful with this. I have a call using MKLocalSearch (i have a waddled down version below) let region = MKCoordinateRegion( center: location, // the user's location span: MKCoordinateSpan( latitudeDelta: 0.005, longitudeDelta: 0.005 ) ) let req = MKLocalPointsOfInterestRequest(coordinateRegion: region) req.pointOfInterestFilter = MKPointOfInterestFilter(including: [.nightlife]) let search = MKLocalSearch(request: req) I made the latitude and longitude the lowest they can possibly be without throwing an error. Sometimes (and unreliably) when the user's location is at say, a bar, this list will give me like 10 bars that are not even within the region, and exclude the bar that the user is actually present in. How can i make this not the case? In other words, I just want this to return what I expect: a list of POIs with the category .nightLife within the defined region. Any help would be appreciated!

Hey everyone, I’m using MapKit JS in a web app and wanted to ask if anyone has experience optimizing its loading performance. Initially, I was using the core version of MapKit JS, but some users reported issues—certain modules weren’t immediately available, and they had to wait quite a while before the map became usable. Switching to the full version helped somewhat, but I’m still seeing delays. In some cases, MapKit JS isn’t fully ready even after 10 seconds. To reduce these delays, I’m considering bundling MapKit JS directly into my site’s JavaScript bundle (rather than loading it externally). My hope is that this could improve load times and reduce dependency on external script loading. Before I try this, I want to make sure this doesn’t go against Apple’s usage policies for MapKit JS. Has anyone tried this approach? Is bundling MapKit JS allowed? Or are there better ways to improve the loading experience? Thanks in advance!

The documentation for CLGeocoder states Geocoding requests are rate-limited for each app, so making too many requests in a short period of time may cause some of the requests to fail. (When the maximum rate is exceeded, the geocoder returns an error object with the CLError.Code.network error to the associated completion handler.) And it provides helpful guidance on how and when to submit geocoding requests. The documentation for MKReverseGeocodingRequest does not mention requests are rate-limited. Does this mean it is not rate-limited? If it is rate-limited, is it similar to CLGeocoder, what is its behavior? It is important to understand behavior of the API in order to understand impact on my app’s use case and how users will be affected should I change the implementation. Thanks!

Their support email is broken and our IMDF is stuck at "Occupants Data in Review" step. Thank you

I have just a thin blue line as the route polyline and it is quite different not to think that this ist just a small river? Does anyone have an idea how to change the color and the strike width (line width) of the polyline (between Essen and Dortmund). The solution by Gemini and ChatGPT is not working... Thanks for your help, Markus <script src='https://cdn.apple-mapkit.com/mk/5.x.x/mapkit.core.js' crossorigin async data-callback='initMapKit' data-libraries='full-map,services,overlays,annotations' data-token='TOKEN></script> <script type='module'> const setupMapKitJs = async() => { if (!window.mapkit || window.mapkit.loadedLibraries.length === 0) {await new Promise(resolve => { window.initMapKit = resolve }); delete window.initMapKit;}}; const main = async() => { await setupMapKitJs(); var map = new mapkit.Map('map-container', { center: new mapkit.Coordinate(51.5, 6.9), showsZoomControl: true, colorScheme: 'light', showsMapTypeControl: true, }); map.cameraDistance = 30000; ![]("https://developer.apple.com/forums/content/attachment/8e8433c5-9f43-4ddc-80e5-43d15f215c3f" "title=Bildschirmfoto 2025-08-12 um 13.38.06.png;width=590;height=281") const directions = new mapkit.Directions(); directions.route({ origin: 'Essen', destination: 'Dortmund' }, (error, response) => { if (error) { console.error(error); return; } const route = response.routes[0]; const routePolyline = route.polyline; routePolyline.lineWidth = 20; map.addOverlay(routePolyline); }); }; main(); </script>

Hello Apple Developers， I encountered a 401 Unauthorized error when developing a web map. I asked the developer to check whether my key authorization is normal. This is the test website: https://pro.kyeasy.com/#/user/map Test account: +33 0625823391 Test password: jinghui111 Domain pro.kyeasy.com Token Type MapKit JS Restriction Type Domain Restricted Token eyJraWQiOiJKNzZSNkpSM0FLIiwidHlwIjoiSldUIiwiYWxnIjoiRVMyNTYifQ.eyJpc3MiOiIzSzQ4UEE2MjRNIiwiaWF0IjoxNzU0ODA3MTc2LCJvcmlnaW4iOiJwcm8ua3llYXN5LmNvbSJ9.ZQLVPpn2Zbm5uHhT_YaA6T2eyaYNKYL5X1Z3DIC17vo4FlOLAKJnXUdB_0zOLDufVDT-CNZWK08_5KkjI5pAKA Creation Date 08/10/25 Expiration Date None Status Active Created by Jinghui Yang info java develop team id： 3K48PA624M Key ID DNRWXXA4L2 Created by Jinghui Yang on 2025/08/10 06:08 am bunld id 3K48PA624M.maps.com.kyeasy p8 DNRWXXA4L2.p8

Our IMDF indoor maps submission is stuck on "Occupants data in review" for several months and I can't ahold of that team (their email doesn't work). I've been told they have a backlog, but the other steps were pretty fast. How long is the expected completion? Thank you!

I'm trying to scan for Beacon's in a visionos app iBeacon detection via CoreLocation (like CLBeacon or CLBeaconRegion) isn't supported on visionOS, so I went for CoreBluetooth + Manual Beacon Parsing Problem is I don't get my beacons scanned, only the other bluetooth devices central.scanForPeripherals(withServices: nil, options: [CBCentralManagerScanOptionAllowDuplicatesKey:true]) what should I do?

I tried detecting fake locations using CLLocationSourceInformation.isSimulatedBySoftware, but it doesn’t work with spoofing tools like iTool AnyTo. It never gets flagged as simulated. Is this a limitation of the API, and is there any recommended way to detect virtual location tools on real devices?

We have a that relies on accurate GPS location but we’ve noticed that every now and then the location ‘jumps’ a few hundred meters to a different location but reports horizonal accuracy less than 10m. we think the device is picking up a rough location from a local WiFi rather than internal gps sensors. can we a) disable WiFi location Updates? b) identify WiFi location Updates? thank You