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Game Center Challenges and Activities are not appearing
Hi, I'm trying to add game center challenges and activities to an already live game, but they are not appearing in game for testing, GameCenter, or the Games app. I know the game is setup with GameKit entitlements since this is a live game and it has working leaderboards and achievements. I've updated to Tahoe beta 8, added a challenge and activity on app store connect, added that to a new distribution and added that distribution to 'Add for Review' I'm using Unity and the Apple Unity plugin Not sure what other steps I'm missing Thanks
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Sep ’25
请问Game Center的数据保存逻辑
我们想在游戏类 App 内接入 Game Center。用户可以在游戏内创建多个角色,若用户在游戏内创建了2个角色:角色1、角色2,请问: 当用户将角色1与 Game Center 绑定后,数据将上报至 Game Center。此时玩家想要将角色1与 Game Center 解除绑定,解绑后,再将角色2与 Game Center 绑定。那么这时角色1的数据是留存在 Game Center 中,还是将被移除?
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Oct ’25
Game Center leaderboards not posting scores
My app is live but the leaderboards still aren’t updating. App was built with unreal engine 5 with blueprints. I have the leaderboard stat info entered into the node for write integer to leaderboard and a node for show platform specific leaderboard. The leaderboards are shown as live on app connect. When I run the app, the Game Center login functions and the leaderboard interface launches as expected but it just lists a group of friends to invite. There are no scores listed and it says number of players 0 even though I have scored on two different devices and accounts. I have the Game Center entitlement added in Xcode. Not sure where else to look.
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Nov ’25
Turn-Based Game and Invitations
I have two devices (iPod, iPhone), each using a different Apple ID. I have an existing game to which I'm adding TBM. When the iPod invites the iPhone, it sends an iMessage invite to the iPhone; when I click on that message, I get "Retrieving", then Game Center in Settings is opened, not my App (same version installed on both devices). I start my App on the iPhone and that match is not shown in the Matchmaker View Controller. When I send an invite from the iPhone to the iPod and I click on the iMessage invite, the app starts but the match isn't listed in the MatchMaker ViewController on the iPod (but is on the iPhone). In addition, when I click on the info circle on the iPhone, it who's the two players and "App Store" under the Game Center name. However, When I do the same on the iPod, it has a "Play your turn" there. Any ideas?
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Nov ’25
How does Game Kit offline leaderboard submission work?
I do not understand how offline leaderboard submission is supposed to work in Game Kit: While the documentation briefly states that offline submission is supported, how is that even possible when you first have to fetch a leaderboard object in order to then call its submitScore function? How can I get the leaderboard object in the first place when offline? Can anyone enlighten me how this works? Or maybe point me to some relevant documentation?
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Dec ’25
iOS Matchmaker ViewController Info Button
I'm updating an existing distributed game to add turn-based matches. When the Matchmaker ViewController Info Button next to a game is pressed, the results vary: iOS 15.x - Button under avatar says "Accept Invite" or "View Game" (depending on if invite has already been accepted) iOS 18.x - Button always says "App Store" - I assume that means it would lead one to the App store to install the game. Both devices (iPad 15.x and iPhone 18.x) have the same version of the game installed. The results are the same when running in the simulator. When the game is released, I assume this button will work properly, no?
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Dec ’25
Leaderboard not available to edit points
When I go to the leadership section, I have 8 currently active leaderboards. When I select "manage scores and players" I see 9 leaderboards, from which 5 are legacy and my 4 new ones are not listed (also it comes in a very old design). New players will score in the 4 new leaderboards but I need to remove the top score which was the developer score, to give them a chance, but the new leaderboards are not accessible.
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Mar ’26
Issue with Apple Search Ads Attribution Callback (SKAdNetwork / AdAttributionKit)
Dear Apple Developer Technical Support Team, We are currently integrating Apple Search Ads attribution (SKAdNetwork / AdAttributionKit) for our application, but we have been unable to receive any attribution callbacks from Apple. We would appreciate your assistance in diagnosing this issue. App Information: App ID: 1531290216 Bundle ID: com.volvapps.tk2.cn Callback Endpoint: Our server endpoint for receiving attribution postbacks is: https://volvgames.com/.well-known/skadnetwork/report-attribution Issue Description: We have conducted multiple tests under different scenarios, but in all cases, our server has not received any callback from Apple. Test Scenarios: ① Xcode Installation Test Built and launched the app directly via Xcode. Called the following APIs within the app: SKAdNetwork registerAppForAdNetworkAttribution SKAdNetwork updateConversionValue:value Result: No callback received on our server. ②On-Device Developer Mode Test (AdAttributionKit) Enabled AdAttributionKit Developer Mode on a physical iPhone. Configured a development postback using the app’s Bundle ID. Used either the provided developer postback URL or manually entered our endpoint. Created and triggered the postback via “Send Development Postback”. Result: No callback received. ③Additional Attempts Modified the callback URL from: https://volvgames.com/.well-known/skadnetwork/report-attribution to: https://volvgames.com/ Repeated tests under both Xcode and Developer Mode environments. Also attempted triggering postbacks after calling the attribution APIs within the app. Result: Still no callback received in all cases. Additional Question: We understand that certain files may be required for review or troubleshooting. However, we were unable to find where to upload attachments when submitting this request. We would like to provide the following files for your reference: info.plist AdAttribution.mm Could you please advise how we can submit these files to assist with the investigation? We would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions you may have regarding this issue. Please let us know if further information is required. Thank you for your support.
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Apr ’26
GKLeaderboard.submitScore succeeds in development but no production users appear on leaderboard
I'm building an iOS word game (Gramfall) and no production App Store users can see their own scores on any leaderboard, despite Game Center authentication succeeding and no errors being thrown. The same code works correctly in development and all 6 leaderboard submissions fire "Score submitted" notifications on my dev device. 6 leaderboards in App Store Connect (3 Classic all-time, 3 Recurring monthly) and all are Live Production App Store users: authenticated, scores submitted, no errors — scores never appear Development build: all 6 submissions confirmed via Settings → Developer → Notify About Score Submissions Affected users cannot see their own score on the leaderboard from their own device. This rules out privacy/visibility restrictions as a player should always see their own score. This suggests submissions are either silently failing or being accepted but not recorded in the production Game Center environment. What we have ruled out Leaderboard ID mismatch (Everything in App Store Connect matches) Authentication failure (GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated is true, app shows "Connected") All 6 leaderboards load with releaseState(rawValue: 1), isHidden: false Account-level restrictions effectively ruled out as it affects all users, not one account endGame() fires correctly, confirmed in dev Questions Is there a known difference in how GKLeaderboard.submitScore behaves between the sandbox and production Game Center environments that could cause silent failures? Is there any way for a submission to return no error yet still not be recorded in production? Code func submitGameResult(timeSeconds: Int, score: Int, longestWordLength: Int) { guard GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated else { return } Task { do { try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(timeSeconds, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.time", "gramfall.lb.time.monthly"]) try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(score, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.score", "gramfall.lb.score.monthly"]) try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(longestWordLength, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.longestword", "gramfall.lb.longestword.monthly"]) } catch { print("[GameCenter] submitGameResult failed: \(error)") } } }
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Apr ’26
Turn-based Matches and App Versioning
In my turn-based app, existing matches created with a newer version (5.1.2) are not showing up in the MatchMaker ViewController (or even when I call GKTurnBasedMatch loadMatchesWithCompletionHandler) on a device running version 5.1. (Newer version is run from Xcode download to device). Note that in AppStoreConnect, I have the earliest compatible version set at 4.5. This was not a problem before using the (now mandatory) SDK 26 (Xcode 26.4 to be exact).
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Setting GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler may cause whole window to be obfuscated by alert "No Internet Connection"
My game supports both GameCenter, setting up a custom host and local games against bots. To log in to GameCenter and be able to handle invitations from other players, I set GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler after the app finished loading. But it seems that whenever I’m disconnected from the internet for more than 24 hours, setting GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler causes the whole window to be obfuscated by an alert telling me that I have no internet connection. When this happens, if I connect to the internet and disconnect again, the alert is not shown anymore. This is a huge problem because the alert prevents a user from using any other feature of the app unrelated to GameCenter, since there's no way to dismiss it. Is this really intended behaviour or how is a user supposed to continue using the app that supports GameCenter and does not rely on it, while being disconnected from the internet? I created FB22951946.
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Game Center fetchSavedGames sometimes returns empty list of games, although it works correctly on the next tries
I have implemented the Game Center for authentication and saving player's game data. Both authentication and saving player's data works correctly all the time, but there is a problem with fetching and loading the data. The game works like this: At the startup, I start the authentication After the player successfully logs in, I start loading the player's data by calling fetchSavedGames method If a game data exists for the player, I receive a list of SavedGame object containing the player's data The problem is that after I uninstall the game and install it again, sometimes the SavedGame list is empty(step 3). But if I don't uninstall the game and reopen the game, this process works fine. Here's the complete code of Game Center implementation: class GameCenterHandler { public func signIn() { GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler = { viewController, error in if let viewController = viewController { viewController.present(viewController, animated: false) return } if error != nil { // Player could not be authenticated. // Disable Game Center in the game. return } // Auth successfull self.load(filename: "TestFileName") } } public func save(filename: String, data: String) { if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated { GKLocalPlayer.local.saveGameData(Data(data.utf8), withName: filename) { savedGame, error in if savedGame != nil { // Data saved successfully } if error != nil { // Error in saving game data! } } } else { // Error in saving game data! User is not authenticated" } } public func load(filename: String) { if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated { GKLocalPlayer.local.fetchSavedGames { games, error in if let game = games?.first(where: {$0.name == filename}){ game.loadData { data, error in if data != nil { // Data loaded successfully } if error != nil { // Error in loading game data! } } } else { // Error in loading game data! Filename not found } } } else { // Error in loading game data! User is not authenticated } } } I have also added Game Center and iCloud capabilities in xcode. Also in the iCloud section, I selected the iCloud Documents and added a container. I found a simillar question here but it doesn't make things clearer.
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Dec ’25
How to Apple Unity Plugins
When running my game in the Unity Editor on Windows platform I get an error: DllNotFoundException: GameKitWrapper assembly:<unknown assembly> type:<unknown type> member:(null) Apple.GameKit.DefaultNSErrorHandler.Init () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.apple.unityplugin.gamekit@0abcad546f73/Source/DefaultHandlers.cs:35) This is because GameKitWrapper dynamically linked library is not available under Windows platform. Besides, "Apple Build Settings" are declared under UNITY_EDITOR_OSX and also not available under Windows platform. Does anyone managed to solve this?
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Jul ’25
How to verify with the appropriate signing authority that Apple signed the public key
Hello I trying to implement authentication via apple services in unity game with server made as another unity app On client side I succesfully got teamPlayerID signature salt timestamp publicKeyUrl According to this documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/gklocalplayer/fetchitems(foridentityverificationsignature:)?language=objc I have to Verify with the appropriate signing authority that Apple signed the public key. As I said my server is special build of unity project So now I have this kind of C# programm to check apple authority over public certificate i got from publicKeyUrl TextAsset textAsset; byte[] bytes; textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleRootCA-G3"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleRootCA-G2"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleIncRootCertificate"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); rootCert.Build(cert); Where cert is X509Certificate2 object I ge from publicKeyUrl AppleIncRootCertificate AppleRootCA-G2 AppleRootCA-G3 is certificates I got from https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/ But it is not work Anytime rootCert.Build(cert); return false Why it is not work? May be I build keychain using wrong root CA cert? Or whole approach incorrect? Please help
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Jun ’25
Monthly recurring leaderboard and placement achievement?
I would like a monthly recurring leaderboard, but the most days one can set for the recurring leaderboard is 30, and some months have 31 days (or 28/29). This is dumb. I guess I have to manually reset a classic leaderboard each month to get this result? Additionally once it closes and is about to reset (I also have daily recurring leaderboards), I'd like to grant the top placers on the leaderboard a corresponding achievement, but I don't see any way of doing this. I believe I can do all these things on PlayFab, but it'll take a bit more work, and eventually cost. Any one have advise?
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GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards() return empty when testing on Xcode with local gamekit file (Unity)
var allLeaderboards = await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards(); Log(allLeaderboards.Count); // returns 0 What am I missing?? What doesn’t work: await GKGameActivityDefinition.LoadGameActivityDefinitions() → count = 0 await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards() (no args) → 0 leaderboards await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards("MY ID") → returns 0 GkGameActivity.SetScoreOnLeaderboard(Leaderboard, score, context); returns an error since my Leaderboard is null. Activities and leaderboards are defined in GameCenterResources.gamekit in Xcode. Achievements that I add locally in the .gamekit file do not appear at runtime either; only ASC live ones show. ** What works:** xcode- debug- Gamekit- Manage Game progress- I can submit new scores with the plus button and see the notification on my device. await GKLocalPlayer.Authenticate() succeeds. await GKAchievement.LoadAchievements() returns the list of achievements configured in App Store Connect- but not any new local achievements created in Xcode in GameCenterResources.gamekit Environment Device/OS: iPhone on iOS 26.0 beta (Game Center sandbox) Xcode: 26.0 beta 6 Unity: 2022.3.21 Apple GameKit Unity plugin: 2025-beta1 (GameKit package) Signing: Game Center capability enabled; using development provisioning profile GameKit resources: GameCenterResources.gamekit in project (Target: Unity-iPhone), appears under Build Phases → Copy Bundle Resources
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Sep ’25
Unity GameKit Plugin w/ Matchmaking Queue is not working
TLDR; I can't get QueueName to work with matchmaking a turn-based match in Unity using matchmaking rules. Long version: I'm using the apple unity plugin found here: https://github.com/apple/unityplugins/blob/main/plug-ins/Apple.GameKit/Apple.GameKit_Unity/Assets/Apple.GameKit/Documentation~/Apple.GameKit.md I have created a Queue, RuleSet and a simple Rule to match players by following these docs tightly: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/finding-players-using-matchmaking-rules. Here is the single rule I have that drives matchmaking: { "data" : { "type" : "gameCenterMatchmakingRules", "id" : "[hiddden-rule-id]", "attributes" : { "referenceName" : "ComplimentaryFactionPreference", "description" : "default desc", "type" : "MATCH", "expression" : "requests[0].properties.preference != requests[1].properties.preference", "weight" : null }, "links" : { "self" : "https://api.appstoreconnect.apple.com/v1/gameCenterMatchmakingRules/[hidden-rule-id]" } }, "links" : { "self" : "https://api.appstoreconnect.apple.com/v1/gameCenterMatchmakingRules" } } which belongs to a rule set which belongs to a queue. I have verified these are setup and linked via the App Store Connect API. Additionally, when I tested queue-based matchmaking without a queue established, I got an error in Unity. Now, with this, I do not. However there is a problem when I attempt to use the queue for matchmaking. I have the basic C# function here: public override void StartSearch(NSMutableDictionary<NSString, NSObject> properties) { if (searching) return; base.StartSearch(properties); //Establish matchmaking requests _matchRequest = GKMatchRequest.Init(); _matchRequest.QueueName = _PreferencesToQueue(GetSerializedPreferences()); _matchRequest.Properties = properties; _matchRequest.MaxPlayers = PLAYERS_COUNT; _matchRequest.MinPlayers = PLAYERS_COUNT; _matchTask = GKTurnBasedMatch.Find(_matchRequest); } The _PreferencesToQueue(GetSerializedPreferences()); returns the exact name of the queue I added my ruleset to. After this function is called, I poll the task generated from the .Find(...) function. Every time I run this function, a new match is created almost instantly. No two players are ever added to the same match. Further, I'm running two built game instances, one on a mac and another on an ipad and when I simultaneously test, I am unable to join games this way. Can someone help me debug why I cannot seem to match make when using a queue based approach?
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Sep ’25
Game Center Challenges and Activities are not appearing
Hi, I'm trying to add game center challenges and activities to an already live game, but they are not appearing in game for testing, GameCenter, or the Games app. I know the game is setup with GameKit entitlements since this is a live game and it has working leaderboards and achievements. I've updated to Tahoe beta 8, added a challenge and activity on app store connect, added that to a new distribution and added that distribution to 'Add for Review' I'm using Unity and the Apple Unity plugin Not sure what other steps I'm missing Thanks
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Sep ’25
请问Game Center的数据保存逻辑
我们想在游戏类 App 内接入 Game Center。用户可以在游戏内创建多个角色,若用户在游戏内创建了2个角色:角色1、角色2,请问: 当用户将角色1与 Game Center 绑定后,数据将上报至 Game Center。此时玩家想要将角色1与 Game Center 解除绑定,解绑后,再将角色2与 Game Center 绑定。那么这时角色1的数据是留存在 Game Center 中,还是将被移除?
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Oct ’25
Unity game stutters/lags during rendering on newer iPhone models.
In a Unity game, if the assetBundle.Unloadinterface is called very frequently during normal gameplay, it can cause the game application's screen to freeze, although the background music continues to play normally. This issue only occurs on iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 models, with no problems on lower-version phones. How can this problem be resolved?
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Nov ’25
How to detect the quality of images used in ARKit image tracking?
In the process of using ARKit's image tracking, we found that different images have significant differences in recognizability. How can we judge the quality of this image in ARKit's image tracking for this situation?
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Nov ’25
Game Center leaderboards not posting scores
My app is live but the leaderboards still aren’t updating. App was built with unreal engine 5 with blueprints. I have the leaderboard stat info entered into the node for write integer to leaderboard and a node for show platform specific leaderboard. The leaderboards are shown as live on app connect. When I run the app, the Game Center login functions and the leaderboard interface launches as expected but it just lists a group of friends to invite. There are no scores listed and it says number of players 0 even though I have scored on two different devices and accounts. I have the Game Center entitlement added in Xcode. Not sure where else to look.
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Nov ’25
Turn-Based Game and Invitations
I have two devices (iPod, iPhone), each using a different Apple ID. I have an existing game to which I'm adding TBM. When the iPod invites the iPhone, it sends an iMessage invite to the iPhone; when I click on that message, I get "Retrieving", then Game Center in Settings is opened, not my App (same version installed on both devices). I start my App on the iPhone and that match is not shown in the Matchmaker View Controller. When I send an invite from the iPhone to the iPod and I click on the iMessage invite, the app starts but the match isn't listed in the MatchMaker ViewController on the iPod (but is on the iPhone). In addition, when I click on the info circle on the iPhone, it who's the two players and "App Store" under the Game Center name. However, When I do the same on the iPod, it has a "Play your turn" there. Any ideas?
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Nov ’25
How does Game Kit offline leaderboard submission work?
I do not understand how offline leaderboard submission is supposed to work in Game Kit: While the documentation briefly states that offline submission is supported, how is that even possible when you first have to fetch a leaderboard object in order to then call its submitScore function? How can I get the leaderboard object in the first place when offline? Can anyone enlighten me how this works? Or maybe point me to some relevant documentation?
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Dec ’25
iOS Matchmaker ViewController Info Button
I'm updating an existing distributed game to add turn-based matches. When the Matchmaker ViewController Info Button next to a game is pressed, the results vary: iOS 15.x - Button under avatar says "Accept Invite" or "View Game" (depending on if invite has already been accepted) iOS 18.x - Button always says "App Store" - I assume that means it would lead one to the App store to install the game. Both devices (iPad 15.x and iPhone 18.x) have the same version of the game installed. The results are the same when running in the simulator. When the game is released, I assume this button will work properly, no?
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Dec ’25
Leaderboard not available to edit points
When I go to the leadership section, I have 8 currently active leaderboards. When I select "manage scores and players" I see 9 leaderboards, from which 5 are legacy and my 4 new ones are not listed (also it comes in a very old design). New players will score in the 4 new leaderboards but I need to remove the top score which was the developer score, to give them a chance, but the new leaderboards are not accessible.
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Mar ’26
Issue with Apple Search Ads Attribution Callback (SKAdNetwork / AdAttributionKit)
Dear Apple Developer Technical Support Team, We are currently integrating Apple Search Ads attribution (SKAdNetwork / AdAttributionKit) for our application, but we have been unable to receive any attribution callbacks from Apple. We would appreciate your assistance in diagnosing this issue. App Information: App ID: 1531290216 Bundle ID: com.volvapps.tk2.cn Callback Endpoint: Our server endpoint for receiving attribution postbacks is: https://volvgames.com/.well-known/skadnetwork/report-attribution Issue Description: We have conducted multiple tests under different scenarios, but in all cases, our server has not received any callback from Apple. Test Scenarios: ① Xcode Installation Test Built and launched the app directly via Xcode. Called the following APIs within the app: SKAdNetwork registerAppForAdNetworkAttribution SKAdNetwork updateConversionValue:value Result: No callback received on our server. ②On-Device Developer Mode Test (AdAttributionKit) Enabled AdAttributionKit Developer Mode on a physical iPhone. Configured a development postback using the app’s Bundle ID. Used either the provided developer postback URL or manually entered our endpoint. Created and triggered the postback via “Send Development Postback”. Result: No callback received. ③Additional Attempts Modified the callback URL from: https://volvgames.com/.well-known/skadnetwork/report-attribution to: https://volvgames.com/ Repeated tests under both Xcode and Developer Mode environments. Also attempted triggering postbacks after calling the attribution APIs within the app. Result: Still no callback received in all cases. Additional Question: We understand that certain files may be required for review or troubleshooting. However, we were unable to find where to upload attachments when submitting this request. We would like to provide the following files for your reference: info.plist AdAttribution.mm Could you please advise how we can submit these files to assist with the investigation? We would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions you may have regarding this issue. Please let us know if further information is required. Thank you for your support.
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Apr ’26
Xcode 26.4 Simulator Won't Load Game Center Data
For apps that support Game Center, calling presentViewController on a GKGameCenterViewController yields no data for leaderboards or achievements, regardless of which iOS version you're simulating (works fine on device, but doesn't work in simulator).
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Apr ’26
GKLeaderboard.submitScore succeeds in development but no production users appear on leaderboard
I'm building an iOS word game (Gramfall) and no production App Store users can see their own scores on any leaderboard, despite Game Center authentication succeeding and no errors being thrown. The same code works correctly in development and all 6 leaderboard submissions fire "Score submitted" notifications on my dev device. 6 leaderboards in App Store Connect (3 Classic all-time, 3 Recurring monthly) and all are Live Production App Store users: authenticated, scores submitted, no errors — scores never appear Development build: all 6 submissions confirmed via Settings → Developer → Notify About Score Submissions Affected users cannot see their own score on the leaderboard from their own device. This rules out privacy/visibility restrictions as a player should always see their own score. This suggests submissions are either silently failing or being accepted but not recorded in the production Game Center environment. What we have ruled out Leaderboard ID mismatch (Everything in App Store Connect matches) Authentication failure (GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated is true, app shows "Connected") All 6 leaderboards load with releaseState(rawValue: 1), isHidden: false Account-level restrictions effectively ruled out as it affects all users, not one account endGame() fires correctly, confirmed in dev Questions Is there a known difference in how GKLeaderboard.submitScore behaves between the sandbox and production Game Center environments that could cause silent failures? Is there any way for a submission to return no error yet still not be recorded in production? Code func submitGameResult(timeSeconds: Int, score: Int, longestWordLength: Int) { guard GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated else { return } Task { do { try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(timeSeconds, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.time", "gramfall.lb.time.monthly"]) try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(score, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.score", "gramfall.lb.score.monthly"]) try await GKLeaderboard.submitScore(longestWordLength, context: 0, player: GKLocalPlayer.local, leaderboardIDs: ["gramfall.lb.longestword", "gramfall.lb.longestword.monthly"]) } catch { print("[GameCenter] submitGameResult failed: \(error)") } } }
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Apr ’26
Turn-based Matches and App Versioning
In my turn-based app, existing matches created with a newer version (5.1.2) are not showing up in the MatchMaker ViewController (or even when I call GKTurnBasedMatch loadMatchesWithCompletionHandler) on a device running version 5.1. (Newer version is run from Xcode download to device). Note that in AppStoreConnect, I have the earliest compatible version set at 4.5. This was not a problem before using the (now mandatory) SDK 26 (Xcode 26.4 to be exact).
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Setting GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler may cause whole window to be obfuscated by alert "No Internet Connection"
My game supports both GameCenter, setting up a custom host and local games against bots. To log in to GameCenter and be able to handle invitations from other players, I set GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler after the app finished loading. But it seems that whenever I’m disconnected from the internet for more than 24 hours, setting GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler causes the whole window to be obfuscated by an alert telling me that I have no internet connection. When this happens, if I connect to the internet and disconnect again, the alert is not shown anymore. This is a huge problem because the alert prevents a user from using any other feature of the app unrelated to GameCenter, since there's no way to dismiss it. Is this really intended behaviour or how is a user supposed to continue using the app that supports GameCenter and does not rely on it, while being disconnected from the internet? I created FB22951946.
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Game Center fetchSavedGames sometimes returns empty list of games, although it works correctly on the next tries
I have implemented the Game Center for authentication and saving player's game data. Both authentication and saving player's data works correctly all the time, but there is a problem with fetching and loading the data. The game works like this: At the startup, I start the authentication After the player successfully logs in, I start loading the player's data by calling fetchSavedGames method If a game data exists for the player, I receive a list of SavedGame object containing the player's data The problem is that after I uninstall the game and install it again, sometimes the SavedGame list is empty(step 3). But if I don't uninstall the game and reopen the game, this process works fine. Here's the complete code of Game Center implementation: class GameCenterHandler { public func signIn() { GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler = { viewController, error in if let viewController = viewController { viewController.present(viewController, animated: false) return } if error != nil { // Player could not be authenticated. // Disable Game Center in the game. return } // Auth successfull self.load(filename: "TestFileName") } } public func save(filename: String, data: String) { if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated { GKLocalPlayer.local.saveGameData(Data(data.utf8), withName: filename) { savedGame, error in if savedGame != nil { // Data saved successfully } if error != nil { // Error in saving game data! } } } else { // Error in saving game data! User is not authenticated" } } public func load(filename: String) { if GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated { GKLocalPlayer.local.fetchSavedGames { games, error in if let game = games?.first(where: {$0.name == filename}){ game.loadData { data, error in if data != nil { // Data loaded successfully } if error != nil { // Error in loading game data! } } } else { // Error in loading game data! Filename not found } } } else { // Error in loading game data! User is not authenticated } } } I have also added Game Center and iCloud capabilities in xcode. Also in the iCloud section, I selected the iCloud Documents and added a container. I found a simillar question here but it doesn't make things clearer.
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How to Apple Unity Plugins
When running my game in the Unity Editor on Windows platform I get an error: DllNotFoundException: GameKitWrapper assembly:<unknown assembly> type:<unknown type> member:(null) Apple.GameKit.DefaultNSErrorHandler.Init () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.apple.unityplugin.gamekit@0abcad546f73/Source/DefaultHandlers.cs:35) This is because GameKitWrapper dynamically linked library is not available under Windows platform. Besides, "Apple Build Settings" are declared under UNITY_EDITOR_OSX and also not available under Windows platform. Does anyone managed to solve this?
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Jul ’25
How to verify with the appropriate signing authority that Apple signed the public key
Hello I trying to implement authentication via apple services in unity game with server made as another unity app On client side I succesfully got teamPlayerID signature salt timestamp publicKeyUrl According to this documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/gklocalplayer/fetchitems(foridentityverificationsignature:)?language=objc I have to Verify with the appropriate signing authority that Apple signed the public key. As I said my server is special build of unity project So now I have this kind of C# programm to check apple authority over public certificate i got from publicKeyUrl TextAsset textAsset; byte[] bytes; textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleRootCA-G3"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleRootCA-G2"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); textAsset = Resources.Load&lt;TextAsset&gt;("AppleIncRootCertificate"); bytes = textAsset.bytes; rootCert.ChainPolicy.ExtraStore.Add(new X509Certificate2(bytes)); rootCert.Build(cert); Where cert is X509Certificate2 object I ge from publicKeyUrl AppleIncRootCertificate AppleRootCA-G2 AppleRootCA-G3 is certificates I got from https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/ But it is not work Anytime rootCert.Build(cert); return false Why it is not work? May be I build keychain using wrong root CA cert? Or whole approach incorrect? Please help
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Monthly recurring leaderboard and placement achievement?
I would like a monthly recurring leaderboard, but the most days one can set for the recurring leaderboard is 30, and some months have 31 days (or 28/29). This is dumb. I guess I have to manually reset a classic leaderboard each month to get this result? Additionally once it closes and is about to reset (I also have daily recurring leaderboards), I'd like to grant the top placers on the leaderboard a corresponding achievement, but I don't see any way of doing this. I believe I can do all these things on PlayFab, but it'll take a bit more work, and eventually cost. Any one have advise?
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Sep ’25
GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards() return empty when testing on Xcode with local gamekit file (Unity)
var allLeaderboards = await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards(); Log(allLeaderboards.Count); // returns 0 What am I missing?? What doesn’t work: await GKGameActivityDefinition.LoadGameActivityDefinitions() → count = 0 await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards() (no args) → 0 leaderboards await GKLeaderboard.LoadLeaderboards("MY ID") → returns 0 GkGameActivity.SetScoreOnLeaderboard(Leaderboard, score, context); returns an error since my Leaderboard is null. Activities and leaderboards are defined in GameCenterResources.gamekit in Xcode. Achievements that I add locally in the .gamekit file do not appear at runtime either; only ASC live ones show. ** What works:** xcode- debug- Gamekit- Manage Game progress- I can submit new scores with the plus button and see the notification on my device. await GKLocalPlayer.Authenticate() succeeds. await GKAchievement.LoadAchievements() returns the list of achievements configured in App Store Connect- but not any new local achievements created in Xcode in GameCenterResources.gamekit Environment Device/OS: iPhone on iOS 26.0 beta (Game Center sandbox) Xcode: 26.0 beta 6 Unity: 2022.3.21 Apple GameKit Unity plugin: 2025-beta1 (GameKit package) Signing: Game Center capability enabled; using development provisioning profile GameKit resources: GameCenterResources.gamekit in project (Target: Unity-iPhone), appears under Build Phases → Copy Bundle Resources
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Unity GameKit Plugin w/ Matchmaking Queue is not working
TLDR; I can't get QueueName to work with matchmaking a turn-based match in Unity using matchmaking rules. Long version: I'm using the apple unity plugin found here: https://github.com/apple/unityplugins/blob/main/plug-ins/Apple.GameKit/Apple.GameKit_Unity/Assets/Apple.GameKit/Documentation~/Apple.GameKit.md I have created a Queue, RuleSet and a simple Rule to match players by following these docs tightly: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/finding-players-using-matchmaking-rules. Here is the single rule I have that drives matchmaking: { "data" : { "type" : "gameCenterMatchmakingRules", "id" : "[hiddden-rule-id]", "attributes" : { "referenceName" : "ComplimentaryFactionPreference", "description" : "default desc", "type" : "MATCH", "expression" : "requests[0].properties.preference != requests[1].properties.preference", "weight" : null }, "links" : { "self" : "https://api.appstoreconnect.apple.com/v1/gameCenterMatchmakingRules/[hidden-rule-id]" } }, "links" : { "self" : "https://api.appstoreconnect.apple.com/v1/gameCenterMatchmakingRules" } } which belongs to a rule set which belongs to a queue. I have verified these are setup and linked via the App Store Connect API. Additionally, when I tested queue-based matchmaking without a queue established, I got an error in Unity. Now, with this, I do not. However there is a problem when I attempt to use the queue for matchmaking. I have the basic C# function here: public override void StartSearch(NSMutableDictionary<NSString, NSObject> properties) { if (searching) return; base.StartSearch(properties); //Establish matchmaking requests _matchRequest = GKMatchRequest.Init(); _matchRequest.QueueName = _PreferencesToQueue(GetSerializedPreferences()); _matchRequest.Properties = properties; _matchRequest.MaxPlayers = PLAYERS_COUNT; _matchRequest.MinPlayers = PLAYERS_COUNT; _matchTask = GKTurnBasedMatch.Find(_matchRequest); } The _PreferencesToQueue(GetSerializedPreferences()); returns the exact name of the queue I added my ruleset to. After this function is called, I poll the task generated from the .Find(...) function. Every time I run this function, a new match is created almost instantly. No two players are ever added to the same match. Further, I'm running two built game instances, one on a mac and another on an ipad and when I simultaneously test, I am unable to join games this way. Can someone help me debug why I cannot seem to match make when using a queue based approach?
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