Current if we use the removeAccessory(_:completionHandler:) method in ASAccessorySession, it removes the accessory from the system and all apps that have previously paired also lose access.
Is there a way to remove the paired accessory only from the app from where the removeAccessory() call is being made? This would be useful in cases where one or more accessories are shared across apps and we need to manage them.
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Hi All,
I am currently working on an app that has some navigation functionality, and since my minimum iOS is 18 wanted to incorporate the new APIs that yield a AsyncStream of locations. I have watched both WWDC sessions, the one where the new API is introduced to retrieve the location points, and also the other video where the new authorization process for location is simplified as well.
I have an app currently working in its current state, but am noticing some weird quirks when using the CLBackgroundActivitySession to get the elevated background permission.
What I am doing here is to create this stream and the background object is below:
return AsyncThrowingStream { continuation in
let task = Task {
do {
for try await update in CLLocationUpdate.liveUpdates(updateType) {
if shouldStopUpdate {
continuation.finish()
break
}
continuation.yield(update)
}
} catch {
continuation.finish(throwing: error)
}
}
state = .started(locationTask: task, background: CLBackgroundActivitySession())
}
When I have an active navigation session going and am strongly holding this object and the user force quits the app (or I stop the target through Xcode) the navigation activity indicator in the status bar (or dynamic island) remains present. Even if I relaunch the app, start navigation again, and then call the invalidate method on the CLBackgroundActivitySession I then am seeing that navigation indicator even if I delete my app, and often need to do a full restart to get out of this state.
Is there a step I am missing, or do I not understand the way the new API works to run in the background?
I have a rather simple StoreKitSubscriptionView for my app's single subscription.
Question: Am I expected to write code to handle lack of network connectivity?
When I run the app on development device, not using the local StoreKit configuration but rather the real app store, if the network is not available I get a not-user-friendly error message instead of the normal SubscriptionStoreView content.
I'm uncertain if end-users actually see this. Maybe they see a more appropriate "Cannot connect to App Store, try later" message?
Maybe I am supposed to check for network and not present the view if it is not available. I don't recall any mention of this in the WWDC video but I guess I should check again.
Ideas anyone?
I purchased an iPad Pro M4 in early December, and since day one, I’ve been experiencing a recurring issue. Almost every day, at random times, the device freezes for 1–5 minutes and then restarts itself.
The tablet is not under heavy load when this happens — I mainly use it for light tasks such as watching videos in a player or Safari browser, web surfing, and reading books. The issue has even occurred while the iPad was idle and locked; it froze, displayed the Apple logo, and rebooted.
I brought the device back to the store where I purchased it, and they sent it for a diagnostic check. However, the experts concluded that the device is fully functional, and no defects were found. After one of these crashes, I noticed that my Apple Pencil started lagging (see video file IMG_5688.MOV). However, after another reboot, the issue with the Apple Pencil resolved itself.
I’ve documented the issue with several video recordings showing the freezing and rebooting behavior, as well as error logs generated after such incidents.
Device Details:
Model: iPad Pro M4
Usage: Light tasks only (video streaming, web browsing, reading)
Environment: No overheating, no resource-heavy applications running
What could be causing this issue, and how can I resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
P.S. I’ve uploaded all the device logs and videos demonstrating the issue to Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_R0i_iazADWo5EgStrPdgmf1XjgPP_RC?usp=sharing
My iOS application can execute a timer in the background on some devices, but it doesn't work on others.
I attached my raw data to this post. The raw data includes the device ID, the iPhone model, and the iOS version.
raw data:
Can someone help me, please!
I am adding Apple Pay to my eCommerce site and I am having a lot of difficulty with the PaymentsRequest API in Microsoft Edge browser.
I have a partial implementation that displays the Apple Pay button and creates a PaymentRequest when the button is clicked. That's all.
On Safari, this is enough to display the Apple Pay dialog. The process doesn't proceed further because I haven't implemented a handler for the merchantvalidation event. With Chrome on a Mac, the behavior is the same, I can scan the code and see the Apple Pay dialog.
On Microsoft Edge, I never see the code to scan. In my web console, I'm seeing errors like
InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'canMakePayment' on 'PaymentRequest': Cannot query payment request
and
NotSupportedError: The payment method "https://apple.com/apple-pay" is not supported. No "Link: rel=payment-method-manifest" HTTP header found at "https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/"
Is Apple Pay not supported on Windows?
I see the demo site here, which gets farther than I have gotten. It does display the scan code, but payment still never completes. I see the same payment-method-manifest error in the console.
If Apple Pay is not supported on any PCs other than Macs, is there any reason to use the PaymentRequest API instead of Apple Pay JS?
I started digging into the W3C standards and it turns out that merchantvalidation event is deprecated. Chrome on Mac does catch it, so it seems like it's supported there. But I have concerns about the long term future. Is it going to remain supported? If so, I would imagine that the interface could change.
It seems like the only benefit of the W3C PaymentRequest API is that Mac users with non-Safari browsers may still be able to use Apple Pay. In theory, that's something I'd still like to support, even if it's only a small number of users, but I only have time for one integration right now, and I need to pick the best one.
How much faith should I have in the W3C PaymentRequest API?
Is it reasonable to pursue it with the goal of including all Mac users regardless of browser? Or is it likely a dead API and I should stick to Apple Pay JS instead to provide a better experience to Safari users?
It also looks like the PaymentRequest API isn't fully finalized yet, so maybe that's the source of my issues. Maybe I should just use Apple Pay JS for now with an eye to supporting PaymentRequest when the spec is finalized.
I greatly appreciate your input.
Hello,
I am currently developing a call service using CallKit and VoIP push. Recently, I have encountered a very challenging issue. During testing, when a VoIP push is received, the incomingCall gets triggered continuously, but then it automatically terminates after about 1-2 seconds. I am checking this issue under the debug scheme, and even when switching to different commits, the same problem persists.
I suspect it might be an issue with the device, but I would like to confirm the cause and find a solution. Below are some characteristics I have noticed:
On this device, when a VoIP push is received, CallKit automatically terminates, but this does not occur when debugging.
The issue always occurs when not debugging.
Looking at the device console logs related to callservicesd, there are many logs with 'invalidate' appended.
For example:
Invalidating process assertion for bundle ID from timeout
All calls ended. Clearing system uplink muted cache
Invalidate callDurationUpdateTimer
InCallService has changed process state to 2
InCallService has been suspended; invalidating its XPC client connections.
[0x565544180] invalidated because the current process cancelled the connection by calling xpc_connection_cancel()
XPC connection invalidated from client
These logs appear although our server did not receive any incoming call request, so we did not terminate it on our end. I also checked if there was a crash, but there were no reports left on the device.
Could you please share any insights into the cause or solutions for this situation?
Thank you.
The app subscription function uses StoreKit. After canceling the subscription, I try to subscribe again and get the following error. I remember it was working fine before iOS 18 was released.
{
NSLocalizedDescription = "\U53d1\U751f\U672a\U77e5\U9519\U8bef";
NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=ASDErrorDomain Code=825 "(null)"";
}
Hope you can help me solve this problem as soon as possible. Thanks
Hi Team,
We are getting below error when we try to connect our REST APIs from our device. Our application is enterprise application and its connecting all backend calls via MobileIron Secure Tunnel(VPN). We are not encountering this error when we try to connect backend system from Simulator on VPN connected machine. We are calling 13 APIs but we are getting below error intermittently for different APIs i.e each time we are facing this issue for different APIs. We connected with our Helpdesk team to troubleshoot the error and they checked the MobileIron VPN firewall and there is no log
We configured below things
Allow Arbitrary Loads - True
<key>NSExceptionMinimumTLSVersion</key>
<string>TLSv1.2</string>
We are using Alamofire library to connect backend. We disabled all site validation and we configured minTLSVersion 1.2. Please find below code snippet
static let serverTrustPolicies:[String: ServerTrustEvaluating] = {
var sites = [String]()
sites.append("apis.xyz.com")
return sites.reduce([String: ServerTrustEvaluating]()) { (dictionary, site) -> [String: Alamofire.ServerTrustEvaluating] in
var dictionary = dictionary
dictionary[site] = DisabledTrustEvaluator()
return dictionary
}
}()
static let manager: Session = {
var serverTrustPolicies: [String: ServerTrustEvaluating] = NetworkClient.serverTrustPolicies
let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
configuration.tlsMinimumSupportedProtocolVersion = .TLSv12
return Alamofire.Session(configuration: configuration,
serverTrustManager: CustomTrustManager(evaluators: serverTrustPolicies))
}()
error from Alamofire
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Networking
I referred to the official documentation, but when I tried printing logs, it did not show that the event was triggered.
Did I miss something?
Documentation:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsresponder/changemode(with:)
My code:(Objective-C)
https://github.com/yesseecity/apple-pencil-test
Devices:
Macbook Pro 13 inch (M1), Mac OS: 15.2
iPad air 13 inch (M2), iPad OS: 18.2
Apple Pencil Pro
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Core OS
I'm working on my first subscription for an app I've built, and can't seem to figure out where I'm going wrong with this one whether it's something in Xcode or App Store Connect. Any idea where to start? Somethings to check. TIA.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Background:
① We initiate push notification requests by generating tokens using the p8 certificate.
② The lowest version of the server we use is Ubuntu 16.04, and the image is Alpine Linux 3.15.
③ Currently, the root certificate USERTrust_RSA_Certification_Authority.pem is default in the system and has the same MD5 value as the provided download file. The time for both is 2019.
My questions:
① Which certificate should we download and add to the server's trust store, Root Certificates?
② Does the system we are using default include this certificate?
③ What operations are needed for this server certificate replacement?
Network
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
StoreKit
Tags:
Subscriptions
App Store Connect
In-App Purchase
Graphical Debugger
My question
Is there a way to perform an iCloud keychain reset in order to be able to test CKErrorUserDidResetEncryptedDataKey ?
I found this section in the CloudKit documentation
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/cloudkit/encrypting-user-data#Handle-a-User-Keychain-Reset
I want to be prepared for the zoneNotFound / CKErrorUserDidResetEncryptedDataKey case.
However, I can't find a way to actually reproduce this error with an iCloud (test-) user and can't find any Apple documentation on how to perform sucha "User Keychain Reset".
The only thing that almost looked like it I came across was in the Keychain.app's Settings "Reset Default Keychains…". However, performing this didn't seem to affect the CloudKit data used in our App at all.
I've been trying to do this with an Apple account that has 2FA active and a recovery account assigned.
We're only targetting >= iOS 18, macOS >= 15.
Hello
I'd like to be able to rotate an mapkit.ImageAnnotation.
From this post on Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78686475/need-to-style-a-mapkit-js-marker-annotation/78702266#78702266 I understand that it's possible, for example, to the following: map.annotations[0].element.style.cursor = "pointer"; and this works for me.
However, I need to do something like the following, but it doesn't work: map.annotations[0].element.style.transform = "rotate(90deg) ";
Any ideas how a mapkit.ImageAnnotation and mapkit.MarkerAnnotation can be rotated?
Thanks in advance
Sam
Dear Apple Support,
We are currently in the process of migrating from Apple Server Notifications v1 to v2. As you know, once we switch from v1 to v2 in App Store Connect, this change is irreversible. Our team needs to ensure that our backend environment, developed in Python with Django and using the app-store-server-library==1.5.0, is fully prepared to handle all possible notification types before making that final switch.
While we can receive a basic test notification from Apple, it doesn’t provide the range of data or scenarios (e.g., INITIAL_BUY, RENEWAL, GRACE_PERIOD, etc.) that our code must be able to process, store in our database, and respond to accordingly. Without comprehensive, example-rich raw notification data, we are left guessing the structure and full scope of incoming v2 notifications.
Could you please provide us with a set of raw, fully representative notification payloads for every notification type supported in v2? With these examples, we can simulate the entire lifecycle of subscription events, verify our logic, and confidently complete our migration.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
I have encountered an issue with a customer’s data access after they migrated to a different iCloud account, and I’m looking for guidance.
The Situation:
The customer was logged into their account on my app, which was associated with a specific iCloud account (iCloud A).
They had all their app data available while using iCloud A.
The customer then switched to a new iCloud account (iCloud B) on the same device, while still using the same app account.
After switching iCloud accounts, their data is no longer visible in the app or my CloudKit dashboard.
My Investigation:
I accessed the customer’s CloudKit data via the CloudKit Console, acting as their iCloud account.
I couldn’t find the private database zone or any of their records when accessing iCloud A through the console.
I don’t believe the data was deleted since actions performed under iCloud B shouldn’t affect data stored in iCloud A.
My Hypothesis:
I suspect that the customer’s old iCloud account (iCloud A) may have downgraded or stopped paying for iCloud storage.
If the iCloud subscription is inactive or expired, could that prevent me from accessing their CloudKit data?
Would renewing the iCloud subscription for iCloud A restore access to the missing data?
Questions:
Does an unpaid or expired iCloud account restrict access to CloudKit records, even if they weren’t deleted?
Would paying for iCloud storage again restore the data previously stored in CloudKit?
Is there any way to recover the customer’s CloudKit data if they are unable to access their old iCloud account?
If anyone has a simpler approach to recovering the customer’s iCloud-stored app data or has experience dealing with iCloud migrations like this, I’d appreciate your insights. Thank you in advance for any advice!
I have a simple model that contains a one-to-many relationship to itself to represent a simple tree structure. It is set to cascade deletes so deleting the parent node deletes the children.
Unfortunately I get an error when I try to batch delete. A test demonstrates:
@Model final class TreeNode {
var parent: TreeNode?
@Relationship(deleteRule: .cascade, inverse: \TreeNode.parent)
var children: [TreeNode] = []
init(parent: TreeNode? = nil) {
self.parent = parent
}
}
func testBatchDelete() throws {
let config = ModelConfiguration(isStoredInMemoryOnly: true)
let container = try ModelContainer(for: TreeNode.self, configurations: config)
let context = ModelContext(container)
context.autosaveEnabled = false
let root = TreeNode()
context.insert(root)
for _ in 0..<10 {
let child = TreeNode(parent: root)
context.insert(child)
}
try context.save()
// fails if first item doesn't have a nil parent, succeeds otherwise
// which row is first is random, so will succeed sometimes
try context.delete(model: TreeNode.self)
}
The error raised is:
CoreData: error: Unhandled opt lock error from executeBatchDeleteRequest Constraint trigger violation: Batch delete failed due to mandatory OTO nullify inverse on TreeNode/parent and userInfo {
NSExceptionOmitCallstacks = 1;
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "Constraint trigger violation: Batch delete failed due to mandatory OTO nullify inverse on TreeNode/parent";
"_NSCoreDataOptimisticLockingFailureConflictsKey" = ( );
}
Interestingly, if the first record when doing an unsorted query happens to be the parent node, it works correctly, so the above unit test will actually work sometimes.
Now, this can be "solved" by changing the reverse relationship to an optional like so:
@Relationship(deleteRule: .cascade, inverse: \TreeNode.parent)
var children: [TreeNode]?
The above delete will work fine. However, this causes issues with predicates that test counts in children, like for instance deleting only nodes where children is empty for example:
try context.delete(model: TreeNode.self,
where: #Predicate { $0.children?.isEmpty ?? true })
It ends up crashing and dumps a stacktrace to the console with:
An uncaught exception was raised
Keypath containing KVC aggregate where there shouldn't be one; failed to handle children.@count
(the stacktrace is quite long and deep in CoreData's NSSQLGenerator)
Does anyone know how to work around this?
Hi everyone,
I submitted a request for the Location Push Service Extension entitlement back in November. I received an acknowledgment email from Apple confirming they had received my request, but I never heard back. Assuming the November request might have been lost in the shuffle, I submitted another request in January. It's been a week since then, and I still haven’t received any response.
To follow up, I contacted Apple Support with my case number. Unfortunately, it seems they didn’t review the case properly, as the support assistant just sent me generic links about what to do when an app is rejected—which doesn’t apply here.
Has anyone else experienced similar delays with this entitlement? Could there be specific reasons for such delays? Any tips on how to escalate this or get it addressed effectively would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!
I just purchased a new 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid sedan with the highest trim package. The staff at the dealership set CarPlay up to my iPhone 16 Pro, and all was operating perfectly. Then, last week, I started noticing random connectivity problems with it (ie: no sound from my audio apps, “not connected” being displayed on the dashboard displa, etc.) I tried to think of what had changed with my setup, and the only change was that I updated to the latest iOS update 18.2
I scheduled a service appointment with the Honda dealer in hopes that Apple and Honda can confirm a fix for this issue. I’ll try to attach an image from my car’s dashboard display as an example of an error message that isn’t resolved.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General