When generating large arrays of random numbers, NaNs show up. They also show up at the same indices when using the same seed, leading me to believe that this is a bug with MPSMatrixRandom's normally distributed Float32 random number distribution. Happens with both Philox and MTGP32. Is this intentional and how do I work around this? See the original post for a MWE in Swift and Julia: https://github.com/JuliaGPU/Metal.jl/issues/474

Hello, I’m the developer of the “stepsquad” app. Our app uses the Game Center achievement feature, but we’ve been encountering a problem: the “Global Players” always shows 0%, even though there are friends who have already achieved these achievements. Initially, I thought it might be because the app was newly launched. However, it’s now been over two months since release, and it’s still showing 0%. If anyone has any insight into this issue, please leave a comment.

Guys, In my main application bundle, I have included a helper bundle in its Resources. When the helper requests Accessibility permission, the system modal window displays what the helper is requesting permission for. However, when the helper requests permission for Screen Recording, the system modal window displays that the main application bundle is requesting permission, which includes the helper. This issue seems to be specific to Ventura, as both requests are displayed on behalf of the helper in Monterey. I'm wondering if this is a known issue or limitation or if there is a way to make the permission request specifically from the helper.

So if I drag an entity in RealityView I have to disable the PhysicsBodyComponent to make sure nothing fights dragging the entity around. This makes sense. When I finish a drag, this closure gets executed: .gesture( DragGesture() .targetedToAnyEntity() .onChanged { e in // ... } .onEnded { e in let velocity: CGSize = e.gestureValue.velocity } If I now re-add PhysicsBodyComponent to the component I just dragged, and I make it mode: .dynamic it will loose all velocity and drop straight down through gravity. Instead the solution is to apply mode: .kinematic and also apply a PhysicsMotionComponent component to the entity. This should retain velocity after letting go of the object. However, I need to instatiate it with PhysicsMotionComponent(linearVelocity: SIMD3<Float>, angularVelocity: SIMD3<Float>). How can I calculate the linearVelocity and angularVelocity when the e.gestureValue.velocity I get is just a CGSize? Is there another prop of gestureValue I should be looking at?

Hello, I am making a project in SDL, and with that I am using SDL_Image. I am doing all of this on Xcode. I've been able to initialize everything just fine, but issues spring up when I try to load an image. When I give the code a path to look for an image: Unable to load image! IMG_Error: Couldn't open [Insert image path here]: Operation not permitted I get that error. Keep in mind "Unable to load image" is a general error I put in the code should loading said image fail, the specific error which I called with IMG_GetError() is what we really need to know. I've seen before that this might occur if a program does not have full disk access. Because of this, I've tried giving Xcode full disk access, but this didn't work and I still got the same error.

I have an app that uses GameController to read the inputs of a connected JoyCon. However, the controller also interacts with the OS. For example, when I press the Home button on the controller, it brings me to the home of my Vision Pro. Is it possible to disable this interaction while still being able to read the controller inputs inside my app?

Hi, does anyone know if it is an easy way to determine the distance between floor and ceiling in vision Pro?

GKGameCenterViewController won't turn off. With Core and GameKit from GitHub apple/unityplugins, I succeeded in logging in and displaying GKGameCenterViewController. Other leaderboards and everything work fine, but when I press X on GameCenter to return to the game, nothing happens. I tried debugging by printing logs here and there in the plugin to check, but I didn't get any results. When I press X, I couldn't get any logs or responses. It was like a button with no listener attached. No, it was more like an image. Based on the community posts that said it worked fine before, it seems that the recent GameCenter update was not applied to the plugin, was omitted, or changed, causing a mismatch.

We've recently updated a view which displays photos via a CoreImage chain from a NSOpenGLView subclass to a NSView with a backing CAMetalLayer. Things are mostly working fine, but we occasionally hit a deadlock involving CALayer and CIMetalCommandQueue. I've made a spindump, it appears none of our code is involved in the locked threads. Despite this, I'm assuming the problem is ours 😅 I saw the mention in the CAMetalLayer documentation about releasing drawables with an @autoreleasepool in drawRect, we have done this and I can't find any places we're retaining a drawable outside drawRect. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/quartzcore/cametallayer?language=objc I am seeing this on macOS 15.0.1, M2 Max MacBookPro. We haven't seen it on macOS 14.x but it may be luck as we have not tested much on that OS. I don't know how to move forward debugging this, any help much appreciated! The two locking threads in the spindump are MainThread and CI::RenderCompletionQueue. Thread 0xb3b0f8 DispatchQueue "com.apple.main-thread"(1) … CA::Layer::commit_if_needed(CA::Transaction*, void (CA::Layer*, unsigned int, unsigned int) block_pointer) + 364 (QuartzCore + 178484) [0x1a5dba934] invocation function for block in CA::Context::commit_transaction(CA::Transaction*, double, double*) + 176 (QuartzCore + 1782676) [0x1a5f42394] -[CALayer(CALayerPrivate) _copyRenderLayer:layerFlags:commitFlags:] + 720 (QuartzCore + 179304) [0x1a5dbac68] -[NSImage(CALayerSupport) CA_copyRenderValue] + 52 (AppKit + 1517960) [0x1a0fe0988] -[NSImage CGImageForProposedRect:context:hints:] + 440 (AppKit + 1246368) [0x1a0f9e4a0] -[NSImage _usingBestRepresentationForRect:context:hints:body:] + 148 (AppKit + 1247980) [0x1a0f9eaec] __48-[NSImage CGImageForProposedRect:context:hints:]_block_invoke + 80 (AppKit + 1248792) [0x1a0f9ee18] -[NSCIImageRep CGImageForProposedRect:context:hints:] + 112 (AppKit + 6200292) [0x1a1457be4] +[CIContext contextWithOptions:] + 40 (CoreImage + 549532) [0x1a8df129c] -[CIContext initWithOptions:] + 588 (CoreImage + 65744) [0x1a8d7b0d0] +[CIContext(Internal) internalContextWithMTLDevice:options:] + 76 (CoreImage + 66568) [0x1a8d7b408] CIMetalCommandQueueCreate + 52 (CoreImage + 66692) [0x1a8d7b484] -[CaptureMTLDevice newCommandQueue] + 168 (GPUToolsCapture + 130200) [0x1029e7c98] -[CaptureMTLCommandQueue initWithBaseObject:captureDevice:] + 204 (GPUToolsCapture + 799812) [0x102a8b444] GTMTLGuestAppClientAddMTLCommandQueueInfo + 108 (GPUToolsCapture + 313572) [0x102a148e4] __ulock_wait2 + 8 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 60540) [0x19d24bc7c] *??? (kernel.release.t6020 + 6102048) [0xfffffe0008cd5c20] (blocked by turnstile waiting for Phocus [11343] [unique pid 1001657] thread 0xb41b08 - part of a deadlock) and Thread 0xb41b08 DispatchQueue "CI::RenderCompletionQueue"(535) 1000 samples (1-1000) priority 46 (base 46) start_wqthread + 8 (libsystem_pthread.dylib + 52464) [0x1035f4cf0] _pthread_wqthread + 288 (libsystem_pthread.dylib + 20736) [0x1035ed100] _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 580 (libdispatch.dylib + 129956) [0x1026afba4] _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 652 (libdispatch.dylib + 133360) [0x1026b08f0] _dispatch_lane_invoke + 468 (libdispatch.dylib + 68516) [0x1026a0ba4] _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 860 (libdispatch.dylib + 64160) [0x10269faa0] _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (libdispatch.dylib + 26788) [0x1026968a4] _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (libdispatch.dylib + 19300) [0x102694b64] CI::Object::unref() const + 120 (CoreImage + 35360) [0x1a8d73a20] CI::MetalContext::~MetalContext() + 16 (CoreImage + 192260) [0x1a8d99f04] CI::MetalContext::~MetalContext() + 236 (CoreImage + 192536) [0x1a8d9a018] -[CaptureMTLCommandQueue dealloc] + 44 (GPUToolsCapture + 797916) [0x102a8acdc] GTMTLGuestAppClientRemoveMTLCommandQueueInfo + 236 (GPUToolsCapture + 314240) [0x102a14b80] GTMTLGuestAppClient_allCaptureObjectsUnsafe + 392 (GPUToolsCapture + 298776) [0x102a10f18] AllMetalLayers + 64 (GPUToolsCapture + 518224) [0x102a46850] MakeLayerInfos + 320 (GPUToolsCapture + 518608) [0x102a469d0] -[CALayer frame] + 88 (QuartzCore + 74624) [0x1a5da1380] __ulock_wait2 + 8 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 60540) [0x19d24bc7c] *??? (kernel.release.t6020 + 6102048) [0xfffffe0008cd5c20] (blocked by turnstile waiting for Phocus [11343] [unique pid 1001657] thread 0xb3b0f8 - part of a deadlock)

I’m building an app that uses RealityKit and specifically ARConfiguration.FrameSemantics.personSegmentationWithDepth. The goal is to insert an AR object into the scene behind a person, and an additional AR object in front of the person, while being as photo realistic as possible. Through testing, I’ve noticed that many times, the edges of the person segmentation mask are not well matched to the actual person, and parts of the person are transparent, with the AR object bleeding through. It’s sort of like a “bad green screen” effect, which I’d expect to see a little bit, but not to this extent. I’ve been testing on iPhone 16, iPhone 14 Pro, iPad Pro 12.9 inch 6th Generation, and iPhone 12 Pro, with similar results across all devices. I’m wondering what else I can do to improve this… either code changes, platform (like different iPhone models), or environment (like lighting, distance, etc). Attaching some example screen grabs and a minimum reproducible code sample. Appreciate any insights! import ARKit import SwiftUI import RealityKit struct RealityViewContainer: UIViewRepresentable { func makeUIView(context: Context) -> ARView { let arView = ARView(frame: .zero) arView.environment.sceneUnderstanding.options.insert(.occlusion) arView.renderOptions.insert(.disableMotionBlur) arView.renderOptions.insert(.disableDepthOfField) let configuration = ARWorldTrackingConfiguration() configuration.planeDetection = [.horizontal] if ARWorldTrackingConfiguration.supportsFrameSemantics(.personSegmentationWithDepth) { configuration.frameSemantics.insert(.personSegmentationWithDepth) } arView.session.run(configuration) arView.session.delegate = context.coordinator context.coordinator.arView = arView } func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator { Coordinator(self) } class Coordinator: NSObject, ARSessionDelegate { var parent: RealityViewContainer var floorAnchor: ARPlaneAnchor? init(_ parent: RealityViewContainer) { self.parent = parent } func session(_ session: ARSession, didAdd anchors: [ARAnchor]) { if let arView,floorAnchor == nil { for anchor in anchors { if let horizontalPlaneAnchor = anchor as? ARPlaneAnchor, horizontalPlaneAnchor.alignment == .horizontal, horizontalPlaneAnchor.transform.columns.3.y < arView.cameraTransform.translation.y { // filter out ceiling floorAnchor = horizontalPlaneAnchor let backgroundEntity = BackgroundEntity() let anchorEntity = AnchorEntity(anchor: horizontalPlaneAnchor) anchorEntity.addChild(background) let foregroundEntity = ForegroundEntity() backgroundEntity.addChild(foregroundEntity) arView.scene.addAnchor(anchorEntity) arView.installGestures([.rotation, .translation], for: backgroundEntity) break // Stop after adding the first horizontal plane (floor) } } } } } }

I’ve been trying to run Jurassic World Evolution 2 using the Game Porting Toolkit on macOS, but the game doesn’t launch and crashes immediately. Based on the error and research, it seems the issue is related to missing support for D3D12_TILED_RESOURCES_TIER_2 in the Metal API. If this is the case, does anyone know if support for tiled resources is planned for future updates of the toolkit? Or are there any potential workarounds for bypassing this limitation?

Hi, I have a test app with a single "game centre achievement" and I am running it on my iPad and unable to list that achievement with GameCenterManager.shared.loadAchievements The app is still in version 1.0, prepare for submission status, (it is not ready for review submission). Game Center entitlement is added for the app and the achievement is added to the Game Center section of app. However it is marked as NotLive. I am using a sandbox account to login to game centre on the iPad and I can't fetch this achievement. Is it because it is "NotLive". ? How do I test my Game Center achivement on the device without releasing it yet.

Hi all, I'm new to swift and I've just gotten started by making a simple pong-like game using SpriteKit. I'm trying to use the scroll wheel input to spin an object, however, nothing seems to make this work. From my googling and AI advice the way I've been doing it should, as shown in the snippet below, however debugging suggests the scrollWheel function isn't even being called. #if os(OSX) extension GameScene { override func scrollWheel(with event: NSEvent ) { print("Scroll detected: \(event.scrollingDeltaY)") let scrollDelta = event.scrollingDeltaY self.rotatePaddle(value: scrollDelta) } } #endif I have changed the build targets in Xcode to Mac os, not the designed-for-ipad version of it, and the app does launch and draw sprites correctly as well as detect other mouse or trackpad inputs like mouseDown and rightMouseDown, so it only seems to be this one specific input not working. I've also tried hardware debugging like restarting Xcode and my Mac, but no luck there either. Maybe I've missed something or am doing it completely wrong, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks heaps

Hi, I’m learning MAUI and was trying to use VNDocumentCameraViewController provided by Vision Kit to scan documents and it is working fine but I realized that I was not able to customize some of the options provided by default like, disabling the auto scan option. Is there any way to disable the auto scan option or are there any other alternatives with the same founctionalities as VNDocumentCameraViewController that are more customizable?

I play this game called Sonic Forces: Speed Battle that's available in the app store and I completed a quest outside of the app on this site called TapResearch for some rewards as I've done before and has worked, but after this one time I can no longer enter back into the game without crashing immediately. I tried deleting and reinstalling but nothing. I even tried signing into a different account but that didn't work either. So then I tried to make a new game center account to try and see if it works, and it did, though all my progress has been restarted. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Added achievements to my approved app. Added them for the next release version, which I am running in simulator. When I look at the Achievements page, I can see that there are 17 Achievements available (correct), but they all show as hidden, despite checking the "No" box in App Store Connect.

In the Creating A 3D Application With Hydra Rendering tutorial on the Apple Developer website, on the last step where I execute this command: cmake -S ~/Users/macuser/CreatingA3DApplicationWithHydraRendering/ -B ~/Users/macuser/CreatingA3DApplicationWithHydraRendering/ I keep getting an error: CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (include): include could not find requested file: /Users/macuser/USDInstall/bin/pxrConfig.cmake I've tried to follow the instructions as mentioned in the README.md file included in the project files at least 5 times as well as moving the pxrConfig.cmake file around and copying it in different folders, then executed the command and was still unsuccessful into generating the proper file expected to compile and render the HydraPlayer renderer. How do I get cmake to generate the Xcode file to create the HydraPlayer renderer?

Hi there, I've discovered an issue with gesture handling in RealityKit when setting the camera’s fieldOfViewOrientation to horizontal. For instance, if I render a simple box at the center of the view with a collision shape that exactly matches its dimensions, the actual hit area behaves as if it's smaller than the box. Additionally, when attempting to drag the box away from the center, the hit area appears misaligned—offset slightly towards the center. Since the default fieldOfViewOrientation is vertical and everything works as expected in that mode, it seems that the gesture system might be assuming a vertical FOV. Given that the API allows setting it to horizontal, perhaps gestures should function correctly regardless of the orientation? Thank you!

Hello, I am experiencing an issue with a character animation using RealityKit. I have a file created in Blender that contains the rigged Character, a sword, and a shield. The sword and the shield have bones connected to the character's hands so they can follow the character's animation. When I run the animation in Blender and preview the exported USDZ file on Mac, I can see the sword and shield attached to the hands and the animation is fine. But when I add the USDZ model in RealityKit and play the animation, only the character is animating, the sword and the shield are not moving at all. This is the code I use to animate the character: private func loadAnimations() { let unifiedAnimations = children[0].availableAnimations.first!.definition let animationResource = try! AnimationResource.generate(with: unifiedAnimations) self.children[0].playAnimation( animationResource.repeat() ) } Here is a link with a Demo Xcode project, the Blender file, and a video: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ypq2iwxc5f9dwzjggsvin/AppleTest.zip?rlkey=wiag3rg44urhjdh2wal8cdx2u&st=vbpf7x11&dl=0 STEPS TO REPRODUCE I have created a demo project that displays the character on a horizontal surface, and the animation starts playing. Run the App. The ARView will be set up, and a yellow square will appear in the middle of the screen. When a horizontal surface is detected the yellow Square will change indicating that the surface is found. Tap on the screen to load the USDZ model and position it in the yellow square's position. The Animation will start playing and you can see that the character is animating, but the sword and shield remain still. Thanks

I have multiple CAMetalLayers that I render content to and noticed that the graphics overview HUD does not function properly when I have more than one CAMetalLayer. The values reported will be very strange. For example, FPS may report 999 or some large negative value. It the HUD simply not designed to work with multiple CAMetalLayers or MTKViews? When I disable all but one of my CAMetalLayers, the HUD works as expected.