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How to log app termination using Xcode organizer?
In my React Native mobile application, we are experiencing app termination issues on a few devices (iPhone 13 & 14). We are not getting any logs on Xcode organizer after app termination due to memory leak or terminates by OS. Could you please suggest a way to log app terminations or recommend any other platform where we can log such events? Alternatively, do you have any suggestions on how to resolve app termination issues?
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Oct ’24
XIB file is showing an old version
I am trying to update my AboutView.xib file (https://git.callpipe.com/AccelerateNetworks/an-mobile-ios/-/blob/main/Classes/Base.lproj/AboutView.xib) through the xcode interface builder, and the changes that I make are correctly reflected in the wysiwyg, as well as in the file itself. However, I whenever the app is built and installed, it shows an older version of the about page. Things I have tried to resolve this are (not listed in order): Product > Clean Build Folder Uninstall and reinstall the app Restart the phone Restart xcode Restart the computer Test a build created through xcode cloud rm -rv ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode rm -rf "$(getconf DARWIN_USER_CACHE_DIR)/org.llvm.clang/ModuleCache" Changing something in the xib file (hoping it will recognize a change) The only time the about page has shown something different is when I deleted the xib entirely. The project still built and deployed to the test device, but the about page was completely blank. This tells me I am working with the correct file, and when I look at the xml contents of the file, I can't find any of the old strings that are showing up. What the editor shows: What the app shows:
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Jan ’25
Issue of viewing MPSGraph compiled for iOS platform
We convert a .onnx file to mpsgraphpackage for iOS deploymentPlatform with command “Mpsgraphtool convert -deploymentPlatform iOS -minimumDeploymentTarget17.0.0 model.onnx -path .” When open output.mpsgraphpackage with Xcode16, there are only “generic” and “ Apple M2(MTLDevice)” options in the “Device” selection list. Cannot find any option for iOS device. How can we view mpsgraph compiled for iOS platform? We use Xcode16 on a MacBook Pro M2 with macOS 15.
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Oct ’24
How to fix this bug?
Hi everyone. Does anyone know how to fix this error message? It pops up when I try to build the code. Changing it from my phone to the simulator doesn't help. The project is located on my Desktop, and I have full read and write access to my Desktop. I can't figure out for the life of me how to fix it :(
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Oct ’24
Using a Sysdiagnose Log to Debug a Hard-to-Reproduce Problem
I regularly talk to developers debugging hard-to-reproduce problems. I have some general advice on that topic. I’ve posted this to DevForums before, and also sent similar info to folks who’ve opened a DTS incident, but I figured I should write it down properly. If you have questions or comments, put them in a new thread here on DevForums. Put it in the Developer Tools & Services > General topic area and tag it with Debugging. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com" Using a Sysdiagnose Log to Debug a Hard-to-Reproduce Problem Some problems are hard to reproduce in your office. These usually fall into one of two categories: Environment specific — This is where some of your users can easily reproduce the problem, but you can’t reproduce it in your environment. Intermittent — In this case the problem could affect any user, but it’s hard to predict when a given user will see the problem. A key tool in debugging such problems is the sysdiagnose log. This post explains how to make this technology work for you. IMPORTANT A sysdiagnose log might contain private information. If you ask a user to send you a log, make sure they understand the privacy impact of that. If you want to see how Apple handles this, run the sysdiagnose command on a fresh Mac and read through it’s initial prompt. Sysdiagnose Logs All Apple platforms can generate sysdiagnose logs. For instructions on how to do this, see our Bug Reporting > Profiles and Logs page. The resulting log is a .tar.gz file. Unpacking that reveals a bunch of files. The most critical of these is system_logs.logarchive, which is a snapshot of the system log. For more information about the system log, including links to the documentation, see Your Friend the System Log. This log snapshot includes many thousands of log entries (I just took a log snapshot on my Mac and it had 22.8 million log entries!). That can be rather daunting. To avoid chasing your tail, it pays to do some preparation. Preparation The goal here is to create a set of instructions that you can give to your user to capture an actionable sysdiagnose log. That takes some preparation. To help orient yourself in the log, add log points to your code to highlight the problem. For example, if you’re trying to track down a keychain problem where SecItemCopyMatching intermittently fails with errSecMissingEntitlement ( -34018 ), add a log point like this: import os.log let log = Logger(subsystem: "com.example.waffle-varnish", category: "keychain") func … { let err = SecItemCopyMatching(…) log.log("SecItemCopyMatching failed, err: \(err)") } When you look through a log, find this specific failure by searching for SecItemCopyMatching failed, err: -34018. You might also add log points at the start and end of an operation, which helps establish a time range of interest. Log points like this have a very low overhead and it’s fine to leave them enabled in your released product. However, in some cases you might want to make more extensive changes, creating a debug build specifically to help investigate your problem. Think about how you’re going to get that debug build to the affected users. You might, for example, set up a special TestFlight group for folks who’ve encountered this issue. Go to Bug Reporting > Profiles and Logs and look for debug profiles that might help your investigation. For example, if you’re investigating a Network Extension issue, the VPN (Network Extension) debug profile will enable useful debug logging. Now craft your instructions for your user. Include things like: Your take on the privacy impact on this Instructions on how to get the necessary build of your product If there’s a debug profile, instructions on how to install that Instructions on how to trigger the sysdiagnose log And on how to send it to you IMPORTANT Make sure to stress how important it is that the user triggers the sysdiagnose immediately after seeing the problem. Finally, test your steps. Do an initial test in your office, to make sure that the log captures the info you need. Then do an end-to-end test with someone who’s about as technically savvy as your users, to make sure that your instructions make sense to Real People™. Prompting for a Sysdiagnose Log In some cases it might not be obvious to the user when to trigger a sysdiagnose log. Imagine you’re hunting the above-mentioned errSecMissingEntitlement error and it only crops up when your product is performing some task in the background. The user doesn’t see that failure, they’re not even running your app!, so they don’t know that action is required. A good option here is to add code to actively monitor for the failure and post a local notification requesting that the user trigger a sysdiagnose log. Continuing the above example, you might write code like this: func … { let err = SecItemCopyMatching(…) log.log("SecItemCopyMatching failed, err: \(err)") if err == errSecMissingEntitlement { … post a local notification … } } Obviously this is quite intrusive so, depending on the market for your product, you might not want to deploy this to all users. Perhaps you can restrict it to your internal testers, or your external beta testers, or a particularly savvy set of customers. You can use the applefeedback URL scheme to make it easy for users to run Feedback Assistant. For more info about that, see Developer > Bug Reporting. Looking at the System Log Once you have your sysdiagnose log, unpack it and open the system log snapshot (system_logs.logarchive) in Console. The hardest part is knowing where to start. That’s why adding your own log entries, as discussed in Preparation, is so important. A good general process is: Search for log entries from your subsystem. An easy way to initiate that search is to paste the text subsystem:SSS, where SSS is your subsystem, into the Search field. Continuing the above example, find that log entry by pasting in subsystem:com.example.waffle-varnish. Identify the log entry that indicates the problem and select it. Then remove your search and work backwards through the log looking for system log entries related to your issue. The relevant log entries might not be within the time range shown by Console. Customise that by selecting values from the Showing popup in the pane divider. Once you have a rough idea of the timeframe involved, select Custom from that popup to focus on that range. If the log is showing stuff that’s not relevant to your problem, Console has some great facilities for filtering those out. For the details, choose Help > Console Help. Talk to Apple A key benefit of this approach is that, if your investigation suggests that this is a system bug, you can file a bug report and attach this sysdiagnose log to it. The setup described above is exactly the sort of info needed to analyse the bug. Likewise, if you start a thread here on DevForums about your issue, your friendly neighbourhood DTS engineer will find that sysdiagnose log very handy. Revision History 2024-11-14 Added a reference to the applefeedback URL scheme. Made other minor editorial changes. 2023-10-13 First posted.
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Nov ’24
Conditionally compile newer API with older XCode
I made an update to my app's code to make use of the new Contact access limited permission (CNAuthorizationStatusLimited), like so: if (@available(iOS 18.0, *)) { switch ([CNContactStore authorizationStatusForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts]) { case CNAuthorizationStatusLimited: <snip> However, later I discovered there's another totally unrelated issue which only manifests when the app is built with XCode 16. It isn't a trivial change to workaround, so for now I would like to make a release to the app store which makes use of the new CNAuthorizationStatusLimited status but is built using XCode 15. However, building with XCode 15 results in a "Use of undeclared identifier 'CNAuthorizationStatusLimited' error. If the code were making use of a new API, I could workaround using a selector for example, however as this is an enum, is there Is there any workaround possible for this - or its just not possible to build using XCode 15 and the source code contain references to CNAuthorizationStatusLimited?
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Oct ’24
Incremental build changes in Xcode 16?
Hi there! Was there a change in Xcode regarding incremental builds / updating an active Simulator with a new build? We use xcodebuild to manage our internal build framework and out of the sudden, incremental builds are not launched anymore and the Simulator is stuck waiting for the new build to be launched. This was not happening for the last 10+ years. If there is an xcodebuild flag and/or guide of this new behavior, it would help a lot. Thanks everyone!
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Sep ’24
XCode & MacOS Version
Hi, I am currently running XCode 14.3 on a 2015 Macbook using MacOS 12.6 I built an app and then was able to deploy to App Store Connect where I get this error: SDK version issue. This app was built with the iOS 16.2 SDK. All iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 17 SDK or later, included in Xcode 15 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution. (ID: 9431bf9a-6b21-4270-932d-d01b23a47691) To distribute my app, I need iOS 17. To have iOS 17 SDK, I need XCode 15 or later. To get XCode 15 or later, I need macOS 14.5 To get macOS 14.5, I would need a new machine since 14.5 is not supported for 2015 macbooks Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can publish my app that don't require a new macbook for this situation?
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Oct ’24
Project needs migration
I have developed my flutter app in Android studio on my HP computer and now that I am trying to run it on the MacBook Pro that I have, I always get this "Error: Your Xcode project requires migration. See https://docs.flutter.dev/ios-project-migration for details." I got into a lot of detail with this and also tried everything the page says of the url given but I cannot seem to get over this problem.
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Sep ’24
How to create a new asset catalog in a package
I created a package using "File > New > Package" and now I want to add a new Asset Catalog to this package. With my package selected in the project navigator I select "File > New > File" but it creates a Swift file instead of showing the Template Selection dialog Ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/managing-assets-with-asset-catalogs#Create-a-new-asset-catalog
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Mar ’25