I have used C APIs to create a XPC server(mach service) as a launch daemon. I use dispatch_source_create () followed by dispatch_resume() to start the listener. I dont have any code for cleaning up memory.
I want to make sure that the XPC server is shutdown gracefully, without any memory leaks.
I know that launchd handles the cycle and the XPC framework takes care of XPC objects.
But do I need to do additional cleanup when the XPC listener is shutdown ?
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Hello,
I have a question regarding the behavior of BGProcessingTaskRequest when the app is force-quit by the user via the App Switcher.
Based on common understanding and various discussions — including the following Apple Developer Forum threads:
Waking up an iOS app after app is … | Apple Developer Forums
Will BGAppRefreshTaskRequest will … | Apple Developer Forums
Background fetch after app is forc… | Apple Developer Forums
…it is widely understood that iOS prevents background execution (such as background fetch, push notifications, or BGTaskScheduler) after a user force-quits an app via the App Switcher.
However, in my app, I have observed that a scheduled BGProcessingTaskRequest still executes even after the app has been explicitly terminated via App Switcher. The task is scheduled using submit(_:error:), and it is clearly running some time after the app has been closed by the user.
That said, the task does run, but it appears to operate under tighter constraints — for example, it may be allowed to run for a shorter duration, and network requests appear to be more restricted compared to when the app is not force-quit.
My questions are:
Are there any documented or undocumented exceptions that allow this kind of behavior after force-quit?
Could this be a bug or a behavior change in recent iOS versions? (I am observing this on iOS 18.3, 18.4, and 18.5)
Any insights, experiences, or clarifications from Apple engineers or fellow developers would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I'm a developer using Lazarus Pascal, so converting ObjC and Swift comes with its challenges.
I'm trying to figure how to properly use SMAppService to add my application as a login item for the App Store.
I have learned that the old method (< macOS 13) uses a helper tool, included in the app bundle, which calls the now deprecated SMLoginItemSetEnabled. Now this is already quite a pain to deal with if you're not using XCode, not to mention converting the headers being rather complicated when you're not experienced with doing this.
The "new" method (as of macOS 13) is using SMAppService.
Can anyone explain how to use this? The documentation (for me anyway) is a not very clear about that and neither are examples that can be found all over the Internet.
My main question is:
Can I now use the SMAppService functions to add/remove a login item straight in my application, or is a helper tool still required?
I've discovered that a system network extension can communicate with a LaunchDaemon (loaded using SMAppService) over XPC, provided that the XPC service name begins with the team ID.
If I move the launchd daemon plist to Contents/Library/LaunchAgents and swap the SMAppService.daemon calls to SMAppService.agent calls, and remove the .privileged option to NSXPCConnection, the system extension receives "Couldn't communicate with a helper application" as an error when trying to reach the LaunchAgent advertised service. Is this limitation by design?
I imagine it is, but wanted to check before I spent any more time on it.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
Tags:
Service Management
XPC
System Extensions
Network Extension
All the nuances of when and whether a background task runs aside, does launching the app cancel the currently scheduled refresh task? As an example, consider the following case:
8AM - user launches app. This launch schedules a background refresh for 12 hours later, at 8PM
12PM (noon) - user launches the app, views some content, then exits the app.
Does the scheduled refresh for 8PM still exist, or does the launch at noon invalidate that task, since the refresh could conceivably be handled during that noon launch?
Hopefully this is articulated clearly enough, but I'm trying to understand the specifics of background refresh behavior, since I don't want to run that refresh every time the app is opened. However, if opening the app invalidates scheduled refreshes, I will need to include logic that will reschedule the refresh accordingly.
Hello,
We're seeing some strange crashes and noticed the following. It's unclear if related or not.
The contract for xpc_main, which internally calls dispatch_main, is This function never returns. and they are appropriately peppered with __attribute__((__noreturn__)). Documentation states:
This function “parks” the main thread and waits for blocks to be submitted to the main queue.
However, internally, dispatch_main calls pthread_exit. pthread_exit's documentation states that:
After a thread has terminated, the result of access to local (auto)
variables of the thread is undefined. Thus, references to local
variables of the exiting thread should not be used for the
pthread_exit() value_ptr parameter value.
I'd say the two contracts of This function never returns. and thread exiting with its storage released are diametrically opposed and can create nuanced issues.
Consider the following code:
struct asd {
int a;
};
struct asd* ptr;
void fff(void* ctx)
{
while(true)
{
printf("%d\n", ptr->a);
ptr->a = (ptr->a + 1);
usleep(100000);
}
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
struct asd zxc;
zxc.a = 1;
ptr = &zxc;
dispatch_async_f(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0), NULL, fff);
dispatch_main();
return 0;
}
This is a gross over-simplification of the code we have, but in the same "spirit". We have a C++ object that is created on the stack and exposes one of its members as a global pointer, with the assumption that it would never release. What I understand from This function never returns is that the calling thread remains dormant and its stack remains alive. What I understand from pthread_exit is that the thread is killed (this is verified with a debugger attached) and its stack storage is released.
Another thing that is throwing me off is that no sanitizer that is provided by clang/Xcode catches this issue. I don't see any special handling of the internal pthread_t in libdispatch to keep the stack storage alive.
Our code is more complex, but can be solved by allocating the initial object on the heap, rather than on the stack. But still I would like to understand if this is the expected behavior. Perhaps my preconception of __attribute__((__noreturn__)) is wrong, and accessing stack variables post call to a __attribute__((__noreturn__)) function is UB?
Thanks
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
Every time macOS goes to sleep the processes get suspended which is expected. But during the sleep period, all processes keep coming back and they all get a small execution window where they make some n/w requests. Regardless of what power settings i have. It also does not matter whether my app is a daemon or not
Is there any way that i can disable this so that when system is in sleep, it stays in suspended, no intermittent execution window? I have tried disabling Wake for network access setting but processes still keep getting intermittent execution window.
Is there any way that i can prevent my app from coming back while in sleep. I don't want my app to get execution window, perform some executions and then get suspended not knowing when it will get execution window again?
I have BGProcessingTask & BGAppRefreshTask working fine. The main purpose of my use of BGProcessingTask is to upload a file to AWS S3 using multipart/form-data. I have found that any file above about 2.5MB times out after running almost four minutes. If I run the same RESTful api using curl or Postman, I can upload a 25MB file in 3 seconds or less.
I have tried to deliberately set .earliestBeginDate to 01:00 or 02:00 local time on the iPhone, but that does not seem to help.
I use the delegate (yes, I am writing in Objective C) - URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend: and find that the iOS system uploads about 140kB every 15 seconds or so.
I am looking for recommendations or insight into how I might enable uploads of 25MB files. I would be happy it I could do just one a day for my use case.
I provide code on how I set up the NSURLSession and NSURLSessionDownloadTask, as it is my guess that if there is something that needs to be modified it is there.
I have to believe there is a solution for this since I read in many posts here and in StackOverflow how developers are using this functionality for uploading many, many files.
NSURLSessionConfiguration *sConf = [NSURLSessionConfiguration backgroundSessionConfigurationWithIdentifier:bkto.taskIdentifier];
sConf.URLCache = [NSURLCache sharedURLCache];
sConf.waitsForConnectivity = YES;
sConf.allowsCellularAccess = NO;
sConf.networkServiceType = NSURLNetworkServiceTypeVideot;
sConf.multipathServiceType = NSURLSessionMultipathServiceTypeNone;
sConf.discretionary = YES;
sConf.timeoutIntervalForResource = kONEHOURINTERVAL;
sConf.timeoutIntervalForRequest = kONEMINUTEINTERVAL;
sConf.allowsExpensiveNetworkAccess = NO ;
sConf.allowsConstrainedNetworkAccess = NO;
sConf.sessionSendsLaunchEvents = YES;
myURLSession = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:sConf delegate:self delegateQueue:nil];
And then later in the code...
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:pth]];
request.HTTPMethod = kHTTPPOST;
request.HTTPBody = [NSData my body data];
request.timeoutInterval = 60;
[request setValue:@"*/*" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
[request setValue:@"en-us,en" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Language"];
[request setValue:@"gzip, deflate, br" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Encoding"];
[request setValue:@"ISO-8859-1,utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept-Charset"];
[request setValue:@"600" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Keep-Alive"];
[request setValue:@"keep-alive" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Connection"];
NSString *contType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@",bnd];
[request setValue:contType forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
[request addValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%lu",(unsigned long)myData.length] forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Length"];
and here are a few lines from my logs to show the infrequent multi-part uploads of only small chunks of data by the iOS system:
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: bytesSent = 393,216
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: totalBytesSent = 393,216
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: task = BackgroundDownloadTask <76A81A80-4703-4686-8742-A0048EB65108>.<2>, time Fri Mar 7 16:25:27 2025
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: bytesSent = 131,072
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: totalBytesSent = 524,288
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: task = BackgroundDownloadTask <76A81A80-4703-4686-8742-A0048EB65108>.<2>, time Fri Mar 7 16:25:42 2025
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: bytesSent = 131,072
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: totalBytesSent = 655,360
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: task = BackgroundDownloadTask <76A81A80-4703-4686-8742-A0048EB65108>.<2>, time Fri Mar 7 16:25:56 2025
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: bytesSent = 131,072
-[BKSessionManager URLSession:task:didSendBodyData:totalBytesSent:totalBytesExpectedToSend:]: totalBytesSent = 786,432
I am encountering an issue with my application, BloxOneEndpoint.pkg, which includes two services:
rc_service_infoblox – Runs as the root user.
Controller Application – Runs as a normal user.
Although a thread within rc_service_infoblox is running fine and performing its expected tasks, I notice that the service appears as "Not Responding" in Activity Monitor. Despite normal functionality, this status is concerning, as it may indicate some issue to customer.
I would appreciate any insights into why this might be happening and how to resolve it. Is there a specific API or mechanism I should use to ensure the service remains in a "Running" state in Activity Monitor?
Thank you for your guidance.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
Tags:
Endpoint Security
Service Management
Testing Environment:
iOS Version: 26.0 Beta 7
Xcode Version: 17.0 Beta 6
Device: iPhone 16 Pro
Description:
We are implementing the new BGContinuedProcessingTask API and are using the wildcard identifier notation as described in the official documentation. Our Info.plist is correctly configured with a permitted identifier pattern, such as com.our-bundle.export.*.
We then register a single launch handler for this exact wildcard pattern. We are performing this registration within a UIViewController, which is a supported pattern as BGContinuedProcessingTask is explicitly exempt from the "register before applicationDidFinishLaunching" requirement, according to the BGTaskScheduler.h header file. The register method correctly returns true, indicating the registration was successful.
However, when we then try to submit a task with a unique identifier that matches this pattern (e.g., com.our-bundle.export.UUID), the BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit() call throws an NSInternalInconsistencyException and terminates the app. The error reason is: 'No launch handler registered for task with identifier com.our-bundle.export.UUID'.
This indicates that the system is not correctly matching the specific, unique identifier from the submit call to the registered wildcard pattern handler. This behavior contradicts the official documentation.
Steps to Reproduce:
Create a new Xcode project.
In Signing & Capabilities, add "Background Modes" (with "Background processing" checked) and "Background GPU Access".
Add a permitted identifier (e.g., "com.company.test.*") to BGTaskSchedulerPermittedIdentifiers in Info.plist.
In a UIViewController's viewDidLoad, register a handler for the wildcard pattern. Check that the register method returns true.
Immediately after, try to submit a BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest with a unique identifier that matches the pattern.
Expected Results:
The submit call should succeed without crashing, and the task should be scheduled.
Actual Results:
The app crashes immediately upon calling submit(). The console shows an uncaught NSInternalInconsistencyException with the reason: 'No launch handler registered for task with identifier com.company.test.UUID'.
Workaround:
The issue can be bypassed if we register a new handler for each unique identifier immediately before submitting a request with that same unique identifier. This strongly suggests the bug is in the system's wildcard pattern-matching logic.
Problem summary
I have a macOS helper app that is launched from a sandboxed main app. The helper:
has com.apple.security.app-sandbox = true and com.apple.security.inherit = true in its entitlements,
is signed and embedded inside the main app bundle (placed next to the main executable in Contents/MacOS),
reports entitlement_check = 1 (code signature contains sandbox entitlement, implemented via SecStaticCode… check),
sandbox_check(getpid(), NULL, 0) returns 1 (runtime sandbox enforcement present),
APP_SANDBOX_CONTAINER_ID environment variable is not present (0).
Despite that, Cocoa APIs return non-container home paths:
NSHomeDirectory() returns /Users/<me>/ (the real home).
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:inDomains:] and
URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error: return paths rooted at /Users/<me>/ (not under ~/Library/Containers/<app_id>/Data/...) — i.e. they look like non-sandboxed locations.
However, one important exception: URLForDirectory:... for NSItemReplacementDirectory (temporary/replacement items) does return a path under the helper's container (example: ~/Library/Containers/<app_id>/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_<helper_name>_hfc1bZ).
This proves the sandbox is active for some FileManager APIs, yet standard directory lookups (Application Support, Documents, Caches, and NSHomeDirectory()) are not being redirected to the container.
What I expect
The helper (which inherits the sandbox and is clearly sandboxed) should get container-scoped paths from Cocoa’s FileManager APIs (Application Support, Documents, Caches), i.e. paths under the helper’s container: /Users/<me>/Library/Containers/<app_id>/Data/....
What I tried / diagnostics already gathered
Entitlements & code signature
codesign -d --entitlements :- /path/to/Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Helper
# shows com.apple.security.app-sandbox = true and com.apple.security.inherit = true
Runtime checks (Objective-C++ inside helper):
extern "C" int sandbox_check(pid_t pid, const char *op, int flags);
NSLog(@"entitlement_check = %d", entitlement_check()); // SecStaticCode check
NSLog(@"env_variable_check = %d", (getenv("APP_SANDBOX_CONTAINER_ID") != NULL));
NSLog(@"runtime_sandbox_check = %d", sandbox_check(getpid(), nullptr, 0));
NSLog(@"NSHomeDirectory = %s", NSHomeDirectory());
NSArray *urls = [[NSFileManager defaultManager]
URLsForDirectory:NSApplicationSupportDirectory
inDomains:NSUserDomainMask];
NSLog(@"URLsForDirectory: %@", urls);
Observed output:
entitlement_check = 1
env_variable_check = 0
runtime_sandbox_check = 1
NSHomeDirectory = /Users/<me>
URLsForDirectory: ( "file:///Users/<me>/Library/Application%20Support/..." )
Temporary/replacement directory (evidence sandbox active for some APIs):
NSURL *tmpReplacement = [[NSFileManager defaultManager]
URLForDirectory:NSItemReplacementDirectory
inDomain:NSUserDomainMask
appropriateForURL:nil
create:YES
error:&err];
NSLog(@"NSItemReplacementDirectory: %@", tmpReplacement.path);
Observed output (example):
/Users/<me>/Library/Containers/<app_id>/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/NSIRD_<helper_name>_hfc1bZ
Other facts
Calls to NSHomeDirectory() and URLsForDirectory: are made after main() to avoid "too early" initialization problems.
Helper is placed in Contents/MacOS (not Contents/Library/LoginItems).
Helper is a non-GUI helper binary launched by the main app (not an XPC service).
macOS version: Sequoia 15.6
Questions
Why do NSHomeDirectory() and URLsForDirectory: return the real /Users/<me>/... paths in a helper process that is clearly sandboxed (entitlement + runtime enforcement), while NSItemReplacementDirectory returns a container-scoped temporary path?
Is this behavior related to how the helper is packaged or launched (e.g., placement in Contents/MacOS vs Contents/Library/LoginItems, or whether it is launched with posix_spawn/fork+exec vs other APIs)?
Are there additional entitlements or packaging rules required for a helper that inherits sandbox to have Cocoa directory APIs redirected to the container (for Application Support, Documents, Caches)?
*Thanks in advance — I can add any requested logs
Hello, aspiring programmer here.
I am developing a StepCounter APP, which keeps track of how many steps I have taken and sends to an MQTT server. I am trying to make this happen even while the app is not in focus, but so far I have not been able to get this working.
First tried with silent background music, which seemed pretty inconsistent and inpractical, since I usually play youtube videoes while walking, making the app stop with its silent audio. Then tried GPS, which didnt really do anything (could be implementation problem).
Has anyone made background processing work for their apps?
Hello, aspiring programmer here.
I am developing a StepCounter APP, which keeps track of how many steps I have taken and sends to an MQTT server. I am trying to make this happen even while the app is not in focus, but so far I have not been able to get this working.
First tried with silent background music, which seemed pretty inconsistent and inpractical, since I usually play youtube videoes while walking, making the app stop with its silent audio. Then tried GPS, which didnt really do anything (could be implementation problem).
Has anyone made background processing work for their apps?
I'm developing a macOS application that tracks the duration of a user's session using a timer, which is displayed both in the main window and in an menu bar extra view. I have a couple of questions regarding the timer's behavior:
What happens to the timer if the user closes the application's window (causing the app to become inactive) but does not fully quit it? Does the timer continue to run, pause, or behave in some other way?
Will the app nap feature stop the timer when app is in-active state?
When the application is inactive and the system is either in sleep mode or locked, does the timer’s tolerance get affected? In other words, will the timer fire with any additional delay compared to its scheduled time under these conditions?
I'm troubleshooting a crash I do not understand.
I have a queue called DataQueue which never has anything dispatched to it - it's the sample buffer delegate of an AVCaptureVideoDataOutput. It can call DispatchQueue.main.sync to do some work on the main thread.
It works fine no matter what we test, but has some crashes in the field that I need to fix. Here's it crashing:
AppleCameraDataDelegate.dataQueue
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7bdc __ulock_wait + 8
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x4a80 _dlock_wait + 52
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x486c _dispatch_thread_event_wait_slow$VARIANT$mp + 52
3 libdispatch.dylib 0x113d8 __DISPATCH_WAIT_FOR_QUEUE__ + 332
4 libdispatch.dylib 0x10ff0 _dispatch_sync_f_slow + 140
The main thread isn't doing something I asked it to, but appears to be busy:
Thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x71a4 __psynch_cvwait + 8
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7fd8 _pthread_cond_wait$VARIANT$mp + 1232
2 grpc 0x2cb670 gpr_cv_wait + 131 (sync.cc:131)
3 grpc 0x119688 grpc_core::Executor::ThreadMain(void*) + 225 (executor.cc:225)
4 grpc 0x2e023c grpc_core::(anonymous namespace)::ThreadInternalsPosix::ThreadInternalsPosix(char const*, void (*)(void*), void*, bool*, grpc_core::Thread::Options const&)::'lambda'(void*)::__invoke(void*) + 146 (thd.cc:146)
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x482c _pthread_start + 104
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0xcd8 thread_start + 8
Can anyone help me understand why this is a crash?
Hello,
I have a question about a edge case scenario.
Before that some info on my project-
I have a launchdaemon that carries out some business logic, it also has XPC listener (built using C APIs).
Question-
Can there be a situation when the daemon is up and running but the XPC listener is down(due to some error or crash)? If yes then do I need to handle it in my code or launchd will handle it?
when the daemon is stopped or shut down, how do I stop the XPC listener? After getting listener object from xpc_connection_create_mach_service should I just call xpc_connection_cancel followed by a call to xpc_release?
Thanks!
K
I'm trying to understand how the API works to perform a function that can continue running if the user closes the app. For a very simple example, consider a function that increments a number on screen every second, counting from 1 to 100, reaching completion at 100. The user can stay in the app for 100s watching it work to completion, or the user can close the app say after 2s and do other things while watching it work to completion in the Live Activity.
To do this when the user taps a Start Counting button, you'd
1 Call BGTaskScheduler.shared.register(forTaskWithIdentifier:using:launchHandler:).
Question 1: Do I understand correctly, all of the logic to perform this counting operation would exist entirely in the launchHandler block (noting you could call another function you define passing it the task to be able to update its progress)? I am confused because the documentation states "The system runs the block of code for the launch handler when it launches the app in the background." but the app is already open in the foreground. This made me think this block is not going to be invoked until the user closes the app to inform you it's okay to continue processing in the background, but how would you know where to pick up. I want to confirm my thinking was wrong, that all the logic should be in this block from start to completion of the operation, and it's fine even if the app stays in the foreground the whole time.
2 Then you'd create a BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest and set request.strategy = .fail for this example because you need it to start immediately per the user's explicit tap on the Start Counting button.
3 Call BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request).
Question 2: If the submit function throws an error, should you handle it by just performing the counting operation logic (call your function without passing a task)? I understand this can happen if for some reason the system couldn't immediately run it, like if there's already too many pending task requests. Seems you should not show an error message to the user, should still perform the request and just not support background continued processing for it (and perhaps consider showing a light warning "this operation can't be continued in the background so keep the app open"). Or should you still queue it up even though the user wants to start counting now? That leads to my next question
Question 3: In what scenario would you not want the operation to start immediately (the queue behavior which is the default), given the app is already in the foreground and the user requested some operation? I'm struggling to think of an example, like a button titled Compress Photos Whenever You Can, and it may start immediately or maybe it won't? While waiting for the launchHandler to be invoked, should the UI just show 0% progress or "Pending" until the system can get to this task in the queue? Struggling to understand the use cases here, why make the user wait to start processing when they might not even intend to close the app during the operation?
Thanks for any insights! As an aside, a sample project with a couple use cases would have been incredibly helpful to understand how the API is expected to be used.
Hi,
I have a hard time getting my head wrapped around the possibilities of running a app or a task in a app in the background.
I have a app where I utilize MusicKit to create a playlist in Apple Music, and add songs to the playlist. Now the songs added are picked from choices made by the user, and the total number of songs to add is 75, and that takes some time. And if the user switches to a different app or the phone is locked, the add songs logic stops, and then starts again as soon as the app is active again.
What I am trying to achieve is of course for this to keep processing also when the app is not active, so basically to keep it running in the background.
But this is where I struggle to understand how I can do that - The available choice seems to be BGTaskScheduler, but that just does not seem correct. From what I understand it just schedules a task, and it will be processed whenever the app or phone "feels like it" (again, my understanding, might be wrong), and that won't work in my scenario. I want the task to start when the user taps a button, and just keep running until it is finished, regardless of if the app is active or not.
Any pointers, tips, advices out there on how I can achieve this?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
For example, let’s propose an XPC service that can connect to websites. Suppose that I want to connect to Apple.com, microsoft.com, and ibm.com. Can 3 service objects be made between the service and client? Or does the service have to return an ID for each web connection, with the client needing to specify which connection ID along with a command?
Hello,
I have a few questions regarding the documentation here:
Can this method described in the article be built with Xcode 26 and run on iOS 26? Or is it restricted to run only on iOS 26, since AppExtensionPoint appears to be available starting from iOS 26?
Does this approach allow two apps under the same Team ID to communicate with each other?
Does this approach also allow two apps under different Team IDs to communicate with each other?
Is it mandatory to implement EXAppExtensionBrowserViewController and obtain user consent before using this method to exchange information?
In our implementation, we followed the documentation. Inside EXAppExtensionBrowserViewController, we were able to see the Generic Extension from another app and enabled the permission.
However, we still get the following error:
Failed to connect: Error Domain=NABUExtensionConnector Code=1
"No matching extension found"
UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No matching extension found}
Could someone clarify whether this is expected behavior, or if we are missing an additional configuration step?
Thanks in advance!