I’ve officially given up trying to release my app on iOS. Apple’s latest rejection quotes: • Guideline 5.1.5 – Location Services “The app uses location data for features that are not relevant to a user’s location. Specifically, the app is not functional when Location Services are disabled. To resolve this issue, please revise the app so that the app is fully functional without requiring the user to enable Location Services.” • Guideline 5.1.1 – Data Collection and Storage Complaining that the app “encourages or directs” users to go to Settings to enable location. My app is literally built around live location. The entire point is: you walk the circuit, see telemetry synced with where you are. No location, no app. That is the product. Apple wants the app to be “fully functional” without the one thing it needs to exist. That’s like rejecting a camera app because it doesn’t “fully function” with no camera permission. What makes this worse is the complete lack of consistency. Every time I fix what they ask, the next review comes back with a different problem, instead of a clear list of issues to solve in one go. No stable checklist, no coherent interpretation, just moving goalposts and copy-paste template replies that ignore reviewer notes and how the app actually works. They don’t seem to understand how incapable this process is for serious, niche apps. It’s not about quality or privacy at this point, it’s about box-ticking and cover-your-back behaviour. Meanwhile, small devs are supposed to burn weeks rewriting core flows just to satisfy someone who clearly hasn’t even tried to use the app properly. I’ve decided to keep the app Android-only. iOS simply isn’t worth fighting with a review system that can’t even be consistent with its own guidelines. Has anyone else had similar problems with Apple inventing a new issue every review instead of giving you one clear, stable set of requirements to fix?

I want to enable developer program but after submitting the enrollment I see: Your enrollment in the Apple Developer Program could not be completed at this time.

I am setting up a new app and am having problems with Xcode Cloud. From Xcode if I click on the "Cloud" button under the Report Navigator I get a spinner for a long time then get the message "Could not load Xcode Cloud data". I also visited the "Xcode Cloud" tab under my app in App Store Connect and I get a spinner and nothing loads. This is a recent account and I'm setting up Xcode Cloud for the first time. Below is what I've tried and I'm out of ideas on how to get this working. In Xcode, I signed out and back in as the Account Holder Closed Xcode and reopened This occurred yesterday and today and have not seen a problem under the Apple System Status page On the latest Xcode 16.2 Checked the Signing & Capabilities tab in Xcode and my team a bundle Id is correct and it's happy with signing. At this time on my machine I am using the distribution profile.

Hi, I need help with the error: “You do not have required contracts to perform an operation.” (ID: cc897baf-6551-474b-bbef-3dd5bdf89931) When I try to distribute an archived build from Xcode, App Store Connect shows a banner asking to review a new agreement. But when I click it, I’m redirected to Agreements, Tax and Banking, and there is no agreement to accept — the page is empty. I checked with the team, and none of us can see the agreement. Is it possible that the required agreement is available only to the Account Holder and not visible to Admin or Developer roles? Could you please clarify what exactly this error means and how we can locate the missing agreement? Thanks.

I have developed a fun living diorama world using Reality Composer Pro and XCode. Everything is as it should be, and it looks/works great ... until it does not. If I seem to make any change to any of the 10 timelines that I am using (all on the same scene, no nested scenes), running the app in simulator, device, and via testflight throws errors around compiled timelines, leading to the black screen of death. Every time I clean and run, the timelines in questions might change. Its very frustrating and impossible to track down. Heres are some examples. AssetLoadRequest failed because asset failed to load '/ (3661553931319769725 Timeline (RealityFileAsset)URL/file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/F4408256-6014-4264-9E4B-F74AEF0EDE53/SantasVillage.app/RealityKitContent_RealityKitContent.bundle/RealityKitContent.reality/Timeline_779.compiledtimeline)' (failed to register asset) Asset / (13631856135570808851 AnimationLibraryAsset (RealityFileAsset)URL/file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/F4408256-6014-4264-9E4B-F74AEF0EDE53/SantasVillage.app/RealityKitContent_RealityKitContent.bundle/RealityKitContent.reality/AnimationLibraryAsset_1.compiledanimationlibraryasset) failure: failed to register asset Asset 10430065658338454790 AnimationScene (RealityFileAsset)URL/file:///var/containers/Bundle/Application/F4408256-6014-4264-9E4B-F74AEF0EDE53/SantasVillage.app/RealityKitContent_RealityKitContent.bundle/RealityKitContent.reality/AnimationScene_14.compiledanimationscene failure: failed to register asset I went with recommended fixes of closing RCP > Clean Build Folder > Delete Derrived Date (multiple ways) > Re-Open Xcode > Reset Package Cache > Re-Open RCP via XCode > Make a Change > Save > Clean Build Folder Again > Run. Sometimes it works. Most times it does not. I then found my own little work-around, but its not always working as is literally costing me days of wasted time messing around with this. I will DISABLE all timelines, do the above clean method, rerun with no timelines, and it resolves. Then, turn on timelines ONE BY ONE and run until I get another error. Then, rebuild that timeline and nothing else. This is not sustainable. There must be some better way to do this? Or, perhaps I am doing something wrong? Please help if you can.

Hi, When running unit test or app on simulator, it got process crashed mostly of the case, it works fine on the same project, like in Xcode 16.x. Look at the crash report, it randomly crashed when loading libraries, like 2 events attached below... My mac is M3 macbook pro, mac OS is 15.7.2 Anyone know how to sort it out, it is really annoying, can only use device for debug now. Thx... 0x1c693f000 - 0x1c6944fff com.apple.TelephonyUIFramework.axbundle (1.0) <c877fa21-e6e7-31d9-98df-5837e2a98628> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/TelephonyUIFramework 0x1c6b17000 - 0x1c6b18fff com.apple.EmojiKit.axbundle (1.0) <49e64e22-eacd-38a0-af32-fe8834f53170> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/EmojiKit 0x1d7e90000 - 0x1d7eb3fff com.apple.PassKitUI.axbundle (1.0) <caeeabe5-17b1-3d16-8d52-1f7bb5f631f0> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/PassKitUI 0x1d835f000 - 0x1d8388fff com.apple.PhotosUICore.axbundle (1.0) <3476e3ea-772e-3dea-a3f3-a9baed307eeb> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/PhotosUICore 0x1d828f000 - 0x1d82a9fff com.apple.EventKitUIFramework.axbundle (1.0) <a91493a9-7b40-3df0-884d-7954b0dbb89b> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/EventKitUIFramework 0x1c6b30000 - 0x1c6b85fff com.apple.dyld.dyld-framework (*) <c8a41039-7c9c-324a-9770-736b63001f33> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Dyld.framework/Dyld 0x0 - 0xffffffffffffffff ??? (*) <00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000> ??? Error Formulating Crash Report: dyld_process_snapshot_get_shared_cache failed RIP register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x7FF7FFF34A6C) EOF or this one: 0x10ad57000 - 0x10ad5efff libBacktraceRecording.dylib (*) <1083d13e-5185-3883-bedf-ec633b9aa76f> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/libBacktraceRecording.dylib 0x10ad7a000 - 0x10ad7cfff libLogRedirect.dylib (*) <a174f56a-c354-33bf-a458-d2e8582d3ae9> /Volumes/VOLUME/*/libLogRedirect.dylib 0x102751000 - 0x102755fff com.velobank.dev (25.11.0) <4ecd00ef-c3fc-3353-ace5-05c9ce42bae9> /Users/USER/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2F963721-D9A1-4CBF-A906-4646612795E1/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/FBA0FA3E-093F-48C5-8069-542F8949779D/ios_example.app/ios_example 0x0 - 0xffffffffffffffff ??? (*) <00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000> ??? Error Formulating Crash Report: dyld_process_snapshot_get_shared_cache failed RIP register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x10276AAE0) EOF

I am trying to perform swiftUI instrumentation on my ios app. whenever i hit the rocord button, the app launches on target device and closes with the error: Failed to start the recording: Failed starting ktrace session. How do i resolve this please?

We want to automate getting crash reports from ASC via CI or some other mechanism. Having developers manually check the Xcode Organizer isn't a scalable solution for us. Even with a api key with the App Manager role, we get a 403. https://api.appstoreconnect.apple.com/v1/diagnosticSignatures?limit=50 requires ADMIN role access which makes it a non starter in our org because of access restrictions. Since developers have access to the crash reports via Xcode in their developer roles, it should make sense for the REST API to expose the same data without ADMIN permissions.

Trying to post a question about packages on this forum, I keep cueing the message: 'This post contains sensitive language. Please revise it in order to continue.' There is nothing in my query that is remotely ‘sensitive’. I don’t know what to do next. Thanks in advance for any advice. Regards, Lar

When I login to my Dev account, I get a banner that says "The updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement needs to be reviewed. In order to update your existing apps and submit new apps to the App Store, the Account Holder must review and accept the updated agreement."However, when I go to Agreements, Tax, and Banking, I see both Free Apps and Paid Apps agreement, but when I click on View, there's nothing for me to accept. It's a pop-up window with a list of countries and a button at the end that says "Close". And that's it. No other action is possible. No other option either under the Action column.So then how can I review and accept it?

We are enrolling on behalf of an organization. We do have following information with us. • Legal binding authority, • Legal entity status, • A D-U-N-S® number, and • A website. We are always getting the message as :- There may be an issue with your account that needs to be resolved before you can continue. Please contact support. This seems very generic message we are not getting the reason why we are not able to enroll for apple dev program.

Hi, I've just migrated to Swift Tools 6.2 and package traits, and I'm encountering an issue when using traits with multiple targets in the same Xcode workspace. Setup: Main iOS app target App Clip target Both consume the same local packages (e.g., UIComponents) What I'm trying to achieve: Main app imports packages without the COMPACT_BUILD trait App Clip imports packages with the COMPACT_BUILD trait enabled Package configuration (simplified): // UIComponents/Package.swift let package = Package( name: "UIComponents", platforms: [.iOS(.v18)], traits: [ .trait(name: "COMPACT_BUILD", description: "Minimal build for App Clips"), ], // ... targets: [ .target( name: "UIComponents", dependencies: [...], swiftSettings: [ .define("COMPACT_BUILD", .when(traits: ["COMPACT_BUILD"])), ] ), ] ) In the code: #if COMPACT_BUILD // Excluded from App Clip #endif The consumer packages: Main app's package imports without trait: .package(path: "../UIComponents") App Clip's package imports with trait: .package(path: "../UIComponents", traits: ["COMPACT_BUILD"]) The problem: When building the main app target, the COMPACT_BUILD compiler condition is unexpectedly active — even though the main app's dependency chain never enables that trait. It seems like the trait enabled by the App Clip target is "leaking" into the main app build. I confirmed this by adding #error("COMPACT_BUILD is active") — it triggers when building the main app, which shouldn't happen. If I disable the App Clip target from the build scheme, the main app builds correctly with COMPACT_BUILD not defined. I am also able to build the App Clip separately. Environment: Xcode 26.2 swift-tools-version: 6.2 iOS 26.2 Questions: Is this expected behavior with Xcode's SPM integration? Are traits resolved workspace-wide rather than per-target? Is there a workaround to have different trait configurations for different targets consuming the same package? Or do I need to fall back to separate package targets (e.g., UIComponents and UIComponentsCompact) to achieve this? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

Currently, if as a library author you are shipping dependencies as code, you can use the #if DEBUG preprocessor check to execute logic based on whether app is being built for Debug or Release. My concern is more about the approach that should be taken when distributing frameworks/xcframeworks. One approach I am thinking of using is checking the presence of {CFBundleName}.debug.dylib in the main bundle. Is this approach reliable? Do you suggest any other approach?

Issue : When creating a new project in Xcode 26.0 and adding a Share Extension target without modifying any code, the app crashes upon displaying the extension screen with the following error: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'The layout constraints still need update after sending -updateConstraints to <_UINavigationBarTitleControl: 0x105b9cc00; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x10b834270>>. _UINavigationBarTitleControl or one of its superclasses may have overridden -updateConstraints without calling super. Or, something may have dirtied layout constraints in the middle of updating them. Both are programming errors.' Environment : Xcode 26.0 iOS 26.0 (physical device) Note: This issue does not occur when running on iOS 18.3.1 (physical device). Temporary Workaround : Adding the following implementation to the isContentValid method prevents the exception from occurring: Objective-C- (BOOL)isContentValid { // Do validation of contentText and/or NSExtensionContext attachments here if (@available(iOS 26, *)) { self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES; } return YES; } Questions : Is there any alternative way to avoid this exception? Since this crash occurs with the default implementation generated by Xcode, is there any plan to fix it in future updates?

I am curious whether Xcode Cloud uses npm internally when you run it. With the recent and still simmering Shai-Hulud 2.0 worm, we are just a little concerned. As such, any information would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Hello , I need some help regarding my Apple Developer Program enrollment. I purchased the Developer Program on December 3rd, 2025 at 16:03 (Turkey time). The payment was successfully processed by my bank, and I also received the official Apple Store receipt email confirming the purchase. However, my Developer account still shows: • “Purchase your membership” • “Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process.” • Enrollment status: Pending • App Store Connect still not accessible It has now been more than 5 days, and the enrollment has not been activated. Here are the details: • Region: Turkey • Payment amount: 1029 TRY (local pricing for the Developer Program) • Payment status: Completed / Posted (not pending) • Case ID with Apple Support: 102769533427 • I have already opened a support case, but there has been no resolution yet. I would appreciate any guidance from others who experienced similar issues. Is this a known delay for Turkey-based accounts, or does it usually require manual activation by Apple Support? Any suggestions or insights would be very helpful. Thank you!

Hello, I have a question about running tests on multiple simulators. Currently, my company has a WDIO+Appium test suite with XCUITEST driver that runs on a single simulator through a mockttp proxy (we are intercepting and mocking some of the responses from our APIs and pass through the rest). In order to route the traffic we are currently using 'networksetup -setsecurewebproxy '. Everything works as expected. With growing number of tests we'd like to scale number of simulators on a single host to 3-5. We have a working setup but the problem are system-wide proxy settings routing traffic from multiple simulators, which we can't distinguish by UDID or any other means, we know of. We can spin multiple mock servers on the same machine but we are struggling to find the way to route the traffic on a simulator basis. In the end, both options are viable: 1 mock server running for multiple simulators N number of mock servers for N number of simulators Has anyone had the same/similar problem? How to approach this? We are currently running on Sequoia OSX and platform version 18.6. Thanks!

Just recently, any pkg file that I create with pkgbuild will install the Payload's application as a zero-byte file in the /Applications directory. This has been working for years without issue for me. Here are the commands I am using with company specific items replaced: pkgbuild --analyze --root MyApplicationRootDirectory standalone.plist plutil -replace BundleIsRelocatable -bool NO standalone.plist pkgbuild --identifier MyIdentifier --version 1.0 --install-location /Applications --root MyApplicationRootDirectory --component-plist standalone.plist --sign 'Developer ID Installer: MyCompany (MySignId)' --timestamp installer.pkg Any ideas on what could be causing the issue? I have verified the following: The application being added to the pkg is both signed and notarized using the correct Developer ID Application certificate. The resultant pkg file is both signed and notarized using the Developer ID Installer certificate. Verified the pkg contents using "pkgutil --expand" to dump the contents. Verified the pkg's Payload contents by extracting the data using "cat Payload | gunzip | cpio -1". This results in an application file that is a binary match for file added in the "pkgbuild --root" argument. My application is the only file within the directory passed to the "pkgbuild --root" argument. There are no warnings in the System Settings / Privacy & Security Panel when running the package installer. I have a valid Mac Developer account. I am building the application and the pkg file on the same computer. Thank you for any insight.

I have been working for a while now. Never encountered this issue. After accepting the invite from the organization. The organizations does not appear at developer apple account. But can see the organization at app store connect. Yes i have checked the account permissions. I have the admin role and developer role etc is checked everything is correct. This is not just me happening with my colleague as well.

The buttons in the navigation bar are not available in the element tree after iOS 26 upgrade of the test phones. The same IPA version, the same XCode version, but different trees on different phones. There is no way to automate UI testing for these missing buttons. # ios 18 NavigationBar, 0x108e0c3c0, {{0.0, 47.0}, {390.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'Profile' Button, 0x108e0c500, {{8.0, 47.0}, {43.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'UserProfileSceneViewController_profile_back_button', label: 'chevronLeftIcon' StaticText, 0x108e0c640, {{169.3, 58.0}, {51.3, 22.0}}, label: 'Profile' Button, 0x108e0c780, {{339.0, 47.0}, {43.0, 44.0}}, identifier: 'UserProfileSceneViewController_settings_bar_button', label: 'Settings' # ios 26 NavigationBar, 0x13d63c8c0, {{0.0, 47.0}, {428.0, 54.0}}, identifier: 'Profile' StaticText, 0x13d63ca00, {{188.3, 58.0}, {51.3, 22.0}}, label: 'Profile'