Problem Description: After upgrading to iOS 26, I discovered that the ExtendedDistanceMeasurement feature in the Nearby Interaction framework is not working as expected. On the same device model, the issue did not occur on iOS 18, but it is present on iOS 26 (including the latest iOS 26.2), and it has started affecting the functionality of my app. I hope this issue can be resolved as soon as possible. Problem Details: On iOS 26 and later versions (including iOS 26.2), when using an iPhone and an Apple Watch both equipped with second-generation UWB chips, enabling isExtendedDistanceMeasurementEnabled initiates the distance measurement process successfully, but the distance information fails to update. The real-time distance between the devices does not display within the app. Affected Devices and Versions: iPhone Model: iPhone 15 Pro Max iOS Version: iOS 26.2 Apple Watch Model: Apple Watch 10 watchOS Version: 26.2 Example Code: The issue can be reproduced by adding the following code to the official sample code: Nearby Interaction Framework Sample Code private func didReceiveDiscoveryToken(_ token: NIDiscoveryToken) { if session == nil { initializeNISession() } if !didSendDiscoveryToken { sendDiscoveryToken() } os_log("running NISession with peer token: \(token)") let config = NINearbyPeerConfiguration(peerToken: token) // The issue can be reproduced by adding the following code to the official sample code // Enable extended distance measurement if both devices support it if NISession.deviceCapabilities.supportsExtendedDistanceMeasurement && token.deviceCapabilities.supportsExtendedDistanceMeasurement { config.isExtendedDistanceMeasurementEnabled = true } session?.run(config) } Problem Behavior: When either the iPhone or the Apple Watch does not support the second-generation UWB chip (i.e., deviceCapabilities.supportsExtendedDistanceMeasurement = false), the code works as expected. However, when both the iPhone and the Apple Watch support the second-generation UWB chip (i.e., deviceCapabilities.supportsExtendedDistanceMeasurement = true), the code fails to work, and the distance does not update — meaning the real-time distance between the devices is not displayed. Expectation: I hope this issue can be resolved soon, as it is impacting my app. The problem persists in the latest iOS 26.2, and has yet to be fixed.

Currently I am trying to find a work around to fetch data from server and update user defaults when app is forced quit. Can anyone suggest for this ?

Is it possible to use the Matter.xcframework without the MatterSupport extension for onboarding a Matter device to our own ecosystem(own OTBR and matter controller) for an official App Store release? Currently, we can achieve this in developer mode by adding the Bluetooth Central Matter Client Developer mode profile (as outlined here https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip/blob/master/docs/guides/darwin.md). For an official release, what entitlements or capabilities do we need to request approval from Apple to replace the Bluetooth Central Matter Client Developer mode profile? Thank you for your assistance.

When trying to use the MIDI Maestro app by Singular Sound, BLE peripherals experience unwanted connection-parameter renegotiation and disconnections on iOS 26, beta iOS 26.2 does not fix this issue. iOS 26 BLE communications are being sent too fast to be read correctly by the hardware device, and iOS 26.2 refuses communication altogether.

I created in my Objective-c project the AgeRange check for a special function. It is working well on an iPhone. Now I used my Mac and added my app to the TestFlight on my macOS Tahoe 26.1 Here it is directly crashing. But how can I debug an Application which is created for iPhone and iPad with Xcode? I cannot use the target myMac when running a debugging mode. So how is the debugging working for such Apps?

Dear Apple Customer Support, I’m developing a new Swift iPadOS app and I want the app to run in landscape only (portrait disabled). In Xcode, under Target > General > Deployment Info > Device Orientation, if I select only Landscape Left and Landscape Right, the app builds successfully, but during upload/validation I receive this message and the upload is blocked: “Update the Info.plist: Support for all orientations will soon be required.” Could you please advise what the correct/recommended way is to keep an iPad app locked to landscape only while complying with the current App Store upload requirements? Is there a specific Info.plist configuration (e.g., UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad) or another setting that should be used? Thank you,

My app is currently using CLGeocoder to get a CLPlacemark, then using placemark.postalAddress with CNPostalAddressFormatter to get an attributed string for the full address, I then enumerate its attributes to pull out specific elements like just the street or state or zip etc. This is deprecated in iOS 26 with MKReverseGeocodingRequest being the intended replacement. This API returns an MKMapItem which doesn’t provide a CNPostalAddress - you can get a full address as a String but not structured address data that I’m seeing. Am I missing some way to get the postal address? Or is it a non-goal to provide that anymore? Thanks!

Bit of an odd one here, just keen to understand if it’s just me or a more generic issue. For all other apps, I can drag the icon from the dock to place into stage manager left, centre or right. However when I try to do the same with Safari (and only Safari), it just doesn’t work at all. I can repeat this 100%, has been an issue with 26.0, 26.1 and now 26.2. Can confirm this isn’t a problem on my 11” M4 iPad pro running same O/S. Here is a video showing the issue (YouTube) https://youtu.be/0WBGBZVHsfs

is there a way to make a test subscription in-app purchase expire immediately, for faster testing? it seems exceedingly complicated to test subscriptions if we have to a) wait until the next day for expiry, or b) keep on creating new apple ids to get into a fully unsubscribed state? it is still kind of madness testing this stuff, after all the years it has been available.

We first discovered this issue in our own product, but we were able to reproduce it even when using Apple’s official demo: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/alarmkit/scheduling-an-alarm-with-alarmkit Reproduction Steps: Set an alarm on iOS 26.1 using AlarmKit. Upgrade the device to iOS 26.2 beta 3 or later. The alarm will no longer ring. Based on our testing, versions prior to 26.2 beta 2 do not exhibit this issue, so it appears that something introduced in beta 3 has caused the regression. The results are as follows: iOS 26.1 → iOS 26.2 beta 2 or earlier: Alarms ring normally iOS 26.1 / iOS 26.2 beta 2 → iOS 26.2 beta 3 / iOS 26.2 RC: Alarms fail to ring iOS 26.2 beta 3 → iOS 26.2 RC: Alarms ring normally This issue is critical. Users currently on iOS 26.1 may experience alarms failing to ring after updating their system, which can cause real-life disruptions (e.g., being late for work). We strongly recommend addressing this as soon as possible. Xcode Version: Version 26.1.1 (17B100) Feedback ID: FB21273655

I am trying to port my sandboxed macOS app completely over to iOS using a Catalyst target. In my macOS app, I use 'SwiftySandboxFileAccess' package to add a symlink to '~/Library/PDF Services' so that the 'share to my app' menuItem shows up in the macOS Print Panel (in the PDF menu). It is critical for the function of my app to have this work on macOS. In the Catalyst target, I am having problems gaining access to '~/Library'. I have tried having the user select the folder, but the picker always returns 'canceled'. I have a test app that illustrates this. The test app tries to coax the user into selecting the library folder and then it is supposed to bookmark the location, but I am unable to get this far. As an aside, macOS should probably automatically add an entry to the Print Panel when the app includes PDF as a document type in XCode; it would save a lot of hassle and avoid having to go outside of the sandbox. However, I cannot wait for that. Hopefully someone can help. Download Test App from iCloud (If you have problems downloading the file, it might be because of some iCloud share setting that I am not aware of. Just tell me and I'll figure something out.)

So I'm seeing a 'Pending User Info' for the paid apps agreement, and I'm not sure why as I just signed it. Why am I getting this message? For context, I'm currently working on my app and the IAP product(using sandbox to test it). So I can't test my product until the this is active. Not sure what to do.

Hi, I’m trying to integrate my iOS app with Shortcuts. My goal is: In the Shortcuts app → Create a shortcut → Select an image → Share the image directly to my app for analysis. However, when I try to add the “Share with App” / “Open in App” / “Send to App” action in Shortcuts: My app does NOT appear in the list of available apps. I want my app to be selectable so that Shortcuts can send an image (UIImage / file) to my app. What I have tried My app supports receiving images using UIActivityViewController and Share Extension. I created an App Intents extension (AppIntent + @Parameter(file)...) but the app still does not appear in Shortcuts “Share with App”. I also checked the Info.plist but didn’t find any permission related to Shortcuts. The app is installed on the device and works normally. My question What permission, Info.plist entry, or capability is required so that my app becomes visible in the Shortcuts app as a target for image sharing? More specifically: Which extension type should be used for receiving images from Shortcuts? App Intents Extension? Share Extension? Intent Extension? Do I need a specific NSExtensionPointIdentifier for Shortcuts integration? Do I need to declare a custom Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) or add supported content types so Shortcuts knows my app can handle images? Are there any required entitlements / capabilities to make the app appear inside the “Share with App” action? Goal Summary I simply want: Shortcuts → Pick Image → Send to My App → App receives the image and processes it. But currently my app cannot be selected in Shortcuts. Thanks in advance for any guidance!

Hi everyone, I’m currently experimenting with App Intents and I’m trying to customize the section titles that appear at the top of groups of intents inside the Shortcuts app UI. For example, in the Phone shortcut, there are built-in sections such as “Call Favorite Contacts” and “Call Recent Contacts” (see screenshot attached). Apple’s own system apps such as Phone, Notes, and FaceTime seem to have fully custom section headers inside Shortcuts with icon. My question is: 👉 Is there an API available that allows third-party apps to define these titles (or sections) programmatically? I went through the AppIntents and Shortcuts documentation but couldn’t find anything. From what I can tell, this might be private / Apple-only behavior, but I’d be happy to know if anybody has found a supported solution or a recommended alternative. Has anyone dealt with this before? Thanks! Mickaël 🇫🇷

I am implementing AppIntent into my application as follows: // MARK: - SceneDelegate var window: UIWindow? private var observer: NSObjectProtocol? func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) { guard let windowScene = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return } // Setup window window = UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene) let viewController = ViewController() window?.rootViewController = viewController window?.makeKeyAndVisible() setupUserDefaultsObserver() checkShortcutLaunch() } private func setupUserDefaultsObserver() { // use NotificationCenter to receive notifications. NotificationCenter.default.addObserver( forName: NSNotification.Name("ShortcutTriggered"), object: nil, queue: .main ) { notification in if let userInfo = notification.userInfo, let appName = userInfo["appName"] as? String { print("📱 Notification received - app is launched: \(appName)") } } } private func checkShortcutLaunch() { if let appName = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "shortcutAppName") { print("🚀 App is opened from a Shortcut with the app name: \(appName)") } } func sceneDidDisconnect(_ scene: UIScene) { if let observer = observer { NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(observer) } } } // MARK: - App Intent struct StartAppIntent: AppIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Start App" static var description = IntentDescription("Launch the application with the command") static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = true @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { UserDefaults.standard.set("appName", forKey: "shortcutAppName") UserDefaults.standard.set(Date(), forKey: "shortcutTimestamp") return .result() } } // MARK: - App Shortcuts Provider struct AppShortcutsProvider: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { AppShortcut( intent: StartAppIntent(), phrases: [ "let start \(.applicationName)", ], shortTitle: "Start App", systemImageName: "play.circle.fill" ) } } the app works fine when starting with shortcut. but when starting with siri it seems like the log is not printed out, i tried adding a code that shows a dialog when receiving a notification from userdefault but it still shows the dialog, it seems like the problem here is when starting with siri there is a problem with printing the log. I tried sleep 0.5s in the perform function and the log was printed out normally try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 500_000_000) // 0.5 seconds I have consulted some topics and they said that when using Siri, Intent is running completely separately and only returns the result to Siri, never entering the Main App. But when set openAppWhenRun to true, it must enter the main app, right? Is there any way to find the cause and completely fix this problem?

In MapKit, the MKAnnotation takes a CLLocationCoordinate2D. However, in 3D/Flyover mode, the user marker has a height position on the map. We are currently plotting points which have altitude, speed, heading, etc, and I have a method for creating a CLLocation with this information. What I'm trying to figure out is if there's a way to pass that information along to the MapKit rendering engine / annotations / AnnotationViews to recognize and show when in 3D mode. Is there any support for that currently?

Hi, Is there any way to make AlarmKit alarms snooze when the user presses the hardware volume buttons? Currently, pressing a volume button while an AlarmKit alarm is ringing stops/dismisses the alarm. Why this matters: Many users instinctively press the volume buttons when an alarm starts (either to react quickly while half-asleep or because they’re used to the Clock app behavior). When this stops the alarm entirely, users unintentionally dismiss the alarm, which can lead to missed wake-ups and a poor user experience. In practice, this becomes a frequent source of confusion and frustration because the behavior differs from the system Clock app.

I found that the enumerateItems function is only called when a directory is opened for the first time. If the same directory is opened in the future, enumerateItems will not be called again. Can you set or actively trigger the call to the enumerateItems function

I'm encountering a strange behavior with one of my home's on Home app while I'm off network. When I launch the app it indicates that the hub is not responding and all of my devices are unavailable. However, on the menu bar at the bottom if I switch to "Automation" and back to "Home" the pop-up goes away and my devices are accessible again (sometimes this take a few attempts). Siri is also able to consistently control my devices without an issue. The same behavior occurs with Home app on other devices (e.g. Mac) and with other members that have access to the household. 3rd party HomeKit app like "Controller" does not have an issue. This issue began with iOS 26 and I haven't had much luck resolving the issue. I already tried rebooting everything, including removing and re-adding an Apple TV (home hub). I have other homes shared with me in Home App with similar network/environment that are still working. The home I'm having issues has the most number of devices though (over 100+).

Hi, We've noticed that this issue occurs more frequently after upgrading to iOS 18.4.1 and can result in one-way audio. Our app uses CallKit with WebRTC to establish VoIP connections. However, on iOS 18.4.1, CallKit no longer triggers: func provider(_ provider: CXProvider, didActivate audioSession: AVAudioSession) We're currently comparing the occurrence rate across different iOS versions to better understand the impact. Could you please help analyze the root cause of this issue?