My app is a SwiftUI document based app using DocumentGroupLaunchScene. In iOS(iPadOS) 18.4, when it launches, it has duplicate toolbar items, and when I close the current document and open other documents, it adds more duplicates. It also shows a wrong document name, which shows the first opened document name. This issue can be reproduced in the sample code (Building a document-based app with SwiftUI). I have submitted Feedback (FB17025216), but not sure if this is a known bug or if I'm missing anything.

I'm developing a calculator app and working to ensure a great experience for both VoiceOver and Braille display users. For expressions like (2+3)×5, I need two different accessibility outputs: VoiceOver (spoken): A descriptive string like “left paren two plus three right paren times five,” provided via .accessibilityValue. I'm using a custom spellOut function since VoiceOver doesn't announce parentheses—which are kind of important when doing math! Braille (symbolic): The literal math string (2+3)×5, provided using .accessibilityCustomContent("", ...), with an empty label so it’s not spoken aloud. The issue: I don’t have access to a Braille display device and Xcode’s Accessibility Inspector doesn’t seem to show the custom content. Is there any way to confirm that custom Braille content is being set correctly in Simulator or with other tools? Or…is there a "math mode" in VoiceOver that forces it to announce parentheses? Any advice or workarounds would be much appreciated! Thanks, Uhl

On WWDC25 session "Meet Liquid Glass", two Liquid Glass variants are mentioned: "regular" and "clear". "Regular" seems to be the default setting for UIGlassEffect, but I was not able to find an option for clear. Is there a native element that uses clear? Is it coming to later betas for iOS 26?

Hello. In the iOS app i'm working on we are very tight on memory budget and I was looking at ways to reduce our texture memory usage. However I noticed that comparing ASTC8x8 to ASTC12x12, there is no actual difference in allocated memory for most of our textures despite ASTC12x12 having less than half the bpp of 8x8. The difference between the two only becomes apparent for textures 1024x1024 and larger, and even in that case the actual texture data is sometimes only 60% of the allocation size. I understand there must be some alignment and padding going on, but this seems extreme. For an example scene in my app with astc12x12 for most textures there is over a 100mb difference in astc size on disk versus when loaded, so I would love to be able to recover even a portion of that memory. Here is some test code with some measurements i've taken using an iphone 11: for(int i = 0; i < 11; i++) { MTLTextureDescriptor *texDesc = [[MTLTextureDescriptor alloc] init]; texDesc.pixelFormat = MTLPixelFormatASTC_12x12_LDR; int dim = 12; int n = 2 << i; int mips = i+1; texDesc.width = n; texDesc.height = n; texDesc.mipmapLevelCount = mips; texDesc.resourceOptions = MTLResourceStorageModeShared; texDesc.usage = MTLTextureUsageShaderRead; // Calculate the equivalent astc texture size int blocks = 0; if(mips == 1) { blocks = n/dim + (n%dim>0? 1 : 0); blocks *= blocks; } else { for(int j = 0; j < mips; j++) { int a = 2 << j; int cur = a/dim + (a%dim>0? 1 : 0); blocks += cur*cur; } } auto tex = [objCObj newTextureWithDescriptor:texDesc]; printf("%dx%d, mips %d, Astc: %d, Metal: %d\n", n, n, mips, blocks*16, (int)tex.allocatedSize); } MTLPixelFormatASTC_12x12_LDR 128x128, mips 7, Astc: 2768, Metal: 6016 256x256, mips 8, Astc: 10512, Metal: 32768 512x512, mips 9, Astc: 40096, Metal: 98304 1024x1024, mips 10, Astc: 158432, Metal: 262144 128x128, mips 1, Astc: 1936, Metal: 4096 256x256, mips 1, Astc: 7744, Metal: 16384 512x512, mips 1, Astc: 29584, Metal: 65536 1024x1024, mips 1, Astc: 118336, Metal: 147456 MTLPixelFormatASTC_8x8_LDR 128x128, mips 7, Astc: 5488, Metal: 6016 256x256, mips 8, Astc: 21872, Metal: 32768 512x512, mips 9, Astc: 87408, Metal: 98304 1024x1024, mips 10, Astc: 349552, Metal: 360448 128x128, mips 1, Astc: 4096, Metal: 4096 256x256, mips 1, Astc: 16384, Metal: 16384 512x512, mips 1, Astc: 65536, Metal: 65536 1024x1024, mips 1, Astc: 262144, Metal: 262144 I also tried using MTLHeaps (placement and automatic) hoping they might be better, but saw nearly the same numbers. Is there any way to have metal allocate these textures in a more compact way to save on memory?

We have an app in Swift that uses push notifications. It has a deployment target of iOS 15.0 I originally audited our app for iOS 26 by building it with Xcode 26 beta 3. At that point, all was well. Our implementation of application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken was called. But when rebuilding the app with beta 4, 5 and now 6, that function is no longer being called. I created a simple test case by creating a default iOS app project, then performing these additional steps: Set bundle ID to our app's ID Add the Push Notifications capability Add in application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: with a print("HERE") just to set a breakpoint. Added the following code inside application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: along with setting a breakpoint on the registerForRemoteNotifications line: UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.badge, .alert, .sound]) { granted, _ in DispatchQueue.main.async { UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications() } } Building and running with Xcode 26 beta 6 (17A5305f) generates these two different outcomes based upon the OS running in the Simulator: iPhone 16 Pro simulator running iOS 18.4 - both breakpoints are reached iPhone 16 Pro simulator running iOS 26 - only the breakpoint on UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications is reached. Assuming this is a bug in iOS 26. Or, is there something additional we now need to do to get push notifications working?

Hi, I was testing the lockdown mode in iOS 16 and would like to know whether we can detect the lockdown mode status using any public API that Apple provides. I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Our application has initiated an NSURLSession data task, and we have received an initiation ID. However, Application not received callback on the subsequent activity: the task has not been requested, has not timed out, and no error callback has been received. [06/17 09:29:40:559][ 0x282a7d8c0] Requested TaskIdentifier 120 2025-06-17 09:29:40.623337 +0530 nsurlsessiond SUBMITTING: com.apple.CFNetwork-cc-166-373-Task .<120>:A71666 default 2025-06-17 09:29:40.631280 +0530 dasd Submitted Activity: com.apple.CFNetwork-cc-166-373-Task .<120>:A71666 at priority 10 default Seen couple of rejection with for CPUUsagePolicy and MemoryPressurePolicy 2025-06-17 09:29:40.989360 +0530 dasd com.apple.CFNetwork-cc-166-373-Task .<120>:A71666:[ {name: CPUUsagePolicy, policyWeight: 5.000, response: {Decision: Must Not Proceed, Score: 0.00, Rationale: [{[Max allowed CPU Usage level]: Required:90.00, Observed:95.00},]}} {name: MemoryPressurePolicy, policyWeight: 5.000, response: {Decision: Must Not Proceed, Score: 0.00, Rationale: [{[memoryPressure]: Required:1.00, Observed:2.00},]}} ], FinalDecision: Must Not Proceed} default 2025-06-17 10:55:22.500277 +0530 dasd com.apple.CFNetwork-cc-166-373-Task .<120>:A71666:[ {name: MemoryPressurePolicy, policyWeight: 5.000, response: {Decision: Must Not Proceed, Score: 0.00, Rationale: [{[memoryPressure]: Required:1.00, Observed:2.00},]}} ], FinalDecision: Must Not Proceed} default And more an hour later then it throws with an error BUT NEVER indicated the same to client 2025-06-17 10:55:27.426549 +0530 WAVE PTX Task .<120> is for <>.<>.<120> default 2025-06-17 10:55:27.776951 +0530 nsurlsessiond Task .<120> summary for task failure {transaction_duration_ms=5147145, response_status=-1, connection=0, reused=1, request_start_ms=0, request_duration_ms=0, response_start_ms=0, response_duration_ms=0, request_bytes=0, response_bytes=0, cache_hit=false} default 2025-06-17 10:55:27.777096 +0530 nsurlsessiond NDSession <714296D7-20F9-4A0A-8C31-71FB67F39A56> Task .<120> for client will be retried after error Error Domain=_nsurlsessiondErrorDomain Code=6 UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=, NSErrorFailingURLKey=, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=} - code: 6 default Then It got resumed and says successful but never got any callback on the same to client 2025-06-17 10:55:28.877245 +0530 nsurlsessiond NDSession <714296D7-20F9-4A0A-8C31-71FB67F39A56> Task .<120> resuming default 2025-06-17 10:55:55.225456 +0530 nsurlsessiond Task .<120> received response, status 401 content K default 2025-06-17 10:55:55.250371 +0530 nsurlsessiond Task .<120> finished successfully default Please refer feedback for diagnose logs: https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/18173303

I am experiencing a critical issue with WKWebView navigation in iOS 18.2 beta, specifically regarding the function webView.loadFileURL(_:allowingReadAccessTo:). In previous versions of iOS, this function works as expected when loading valid file URLs from the app’s local directory (e.g., Application Support). However, in iOS 18.2 beta, the function fails to complete the navigation, producing a provisional navigation failure with WebKitErrorDomain, code 102 (Frame load interrupted). This issue severely impacts our app’s ability to load essential local resources, breaking core functionality. Here’s a summary of the troubleshooting steps and findings: File and Directory Verification: The url provided to loadFileURL is valid. Both the file path and parent directory exist within the app’s sandbox, and the directory is accessible. Configuration: The code specifies the parent directory in the allowingReadAccessTo parameter to meet sandboxing requirements, which works on iOS 18.1 and prior releases. Testing on Stable iOS Versions: The issue is exclusive to iOS 18.2 beta; testing on earlier stable iOS releases confirms that the function works as intended. Impact: This regression severely disrupts the app’s navigation and content loading, effectively blocking access to local resources required for the WKWebView to display content properly. The error log returned in the console is as follows: > Error Domain=WebKitErrorDomain Code=102 "Frame load interrupted" UserInfo={_WKRecoveryAttempterErrorKey=<WKReloadFrameErrorRecoveryAttempter: 0x303dd67e0>, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/4D128818-7E51-460E-B5D4-D2D70363EFA0/Library/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/4D128818-7E51-460E-B5D4-D2D70363EFA0/Library/, NSLocalizedDescription=Frame load interrupted} We suspect this may be due to a change in WebKit permissions in iOS 18.2 beta that affects local file handling within WKWebView. Given that the our app relies heavily on these resources, we kindly request this issue be addressed promptly. If any additional information or sample code is required, please let us know, and we will gladly provide further details to assist in resolving this issue. Thank you for your attention and support. Best regards, Isabela

Hey everyone, First time posting on here. I updated my iPhone 15Pro to 18.4 this morning march 5th, and almost immediately my phone started bugging. Safari won’t load, neither will some of my apps that are heavily data based like Mail. I tried WiFi and data, no difference, I tried different WiFi connections and even a hotspot. Siri and chatGPT also won’t load BUT instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and threads are working perfectly fine. Most games won’t load either. I tried to use a VPN and it has allowed me to access everything that is down Including Siri. This is a temporary solution, hopefully there is a more permanent fix. Thank you all in advance.

Generic parameter 'V' could not be inferred ERROR

I just noticed this today while building a React Native app. Anybody else seen this and know what it means/how to track it down/how to fix it

Experiencing 100% CPU usage in SwiftUI app using UIHostingController, only on iOS 26 beta and Xcode beta. Issue involves excessive view updates in AttributeGraph propagation. Stack trace (main thread): thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGSTOP frame #0: 0x00000001c38b9aa4 AttributeGraph`AG::Graph::propagate_dirty(AG::AttributeID) + 416 frame #1: 0x00000001d9a743ec SwiftUICore`SwiftUI.ObservationGraphMutation.apply() -> () + 656 frame #2: 0x00000001d97c0d4c SwiftUICore`function signature specialization <Arg[2] = [Closure Propagated : closure #1 () -> () in SwiftUI.(AsyncTransaction in _F9F204BD2F8DB167A76F17F3FB1B3335).apply() -> (), Argument Types : [SwiftUI.AsyncTransaction]> of generic specialization <()> of closure #1 () throws -> τ_0_0 in SwiftUI.withTransaction<τ_0_0>(SwiftUI.Transaction, () throws -> τ_0_0) throws -> τ_0_0 + 336 frame #3: 0x00000001d9a6ac80 SwiftUICore`merged function signature specialization <Arg[3] = Owned To Guaranteed> of function signature specialization <Arg[1] = [Closure Propagated : implicit closure #2 () -> () in implicit closure #1 @Sendable (SwiftUI.(AsyncTransaction in _F9F204BD2F8DB167A76F17F3FB1B3335)) -> () -> () in SwiftUI.GraphHost.flushTransactions() -> (), Argument Types : [SwiftUI.AsyncTransaction]> of SwiftUI.GraphHost.runTransaction(_: Swift.Optional<SwiftUI.Transaction>, do: () -> (), id: Swift.Optional<Swift.UInt32>) -> () + 196 frame #4: 0x00000001d9a52ab0 SwiftUICore`SwiftUI.GraphHost.flushTransactions() -> () + 176 frame #5: 0x00000001d8461aac SwiftUI`closure #1 (SwiftUI.GraphHost) -> () in SwiftUI._UIHostingView._renderForTest(interval: Swift.Double) -> () + 20 frame #6: 0x00000001d9bf3b38 SwiftUICore`partial apply forwarder for closure #1 (SwiftUI.ViewGraph) -> τ_1_0 in SwiftUI.ViewGraphRootValueUpdater.updateGraph<τ_0_0>(body: (SwiftUI.GraphHost) -> τ_1_0) -> τ_1_0 + 20 frame #7: 0x00000001d9e16dc4 SwiftUICore`SwiftUI.ViewGraphRootValueUpdater._updateViewGraph<τ_0_0>(body: (SwiftUI.ViewGraph) -> τ_1_0) -> Swift.Optional<τ_1_0> + 200 frame #8: 0x00000001d9e1546c SwiftUICore`SwiftUI.ViewGraphRootValueUpdater.updateGraph<τ_0_0>(body: (SwiftUI.GraphHost) -> τ_1_0) -> τ_1_0 + 136 frame #9: 0x00000001d8461a7c SwiftUI`closure #1 () -> () in closure #1 () -> () in closure #1 () -> () in SwiftUI._UIHostingView.beginTransaction() -> () + 144 frame #10: 0x00000001d846aed0 SwiftUI`partial apply forwarder for closure #1 () -> () in closure #1 () -> () in closure #1 () -> () in SwiftUI._UIHostingView.beginTransaction() -> () + 20 frame #11: 0x00000001d984f814 SwiftUICore`closure #1 () throws -> τ_0_0 in static SwiftUI.Update.ensure<τ_0_0>(() throws -> τ_0_0) throws -> τ_0_0 + 48 frame #12: 0x00000001d984e114 SwiftUICore`static SwiftUI.Update.ensure<τ_0_0>(() throws -> τ_0_0) throws -> τ_0_0 + 96 frame #13: 0x00000001d846aeac SwiftUI`partial apply forwarder for closure #1 () -> () in closure #1 () -> () in SwiftUI._UIHostingView.beginTransaction() -> () + 64 frame #14: 0x00000001851eab1c UIKitCore`___lldb_unnamed_symbol311742 + 20 * frame #15: 0x00000001852b56a8 UIKitCore`___lldb_unnamed_symbol315200 + 44 frame #16: 0x0000000185175120 UIKitCore`___lldb_unnamed_symbol308851 + 20 frame #17: 0x00000001d984e920 SwiftUICore`static SwiftUI.Update.dispatchImmediately<τ_0_0>(reason: Swift.Optional<SwiftUI.CustomEventTrace.ActionEventType.Reason>, _: () -> τ_0_0) -> τ_0_0 + 300 frame #18: 0x00000001d95a7428 SwiftUICore`static SwiftUI.ViewGraphHostUpdate.dispatchImmediately<τ_0_0>(() -> τ_0_0) -> τ_0_0 + 40 frame #19: 0x00000001852b59dc UIKitCore`___lldb_unnamed_symbol315204 + 192 frame #20: 0x00000001852b54a4 UIKitCore`___lldb_unnamed_symbol315199 + 64 frame #21: 0x0000000185745dd4 UIKitCore`_UIUpdateSequenceRunNext + 120 frame #22: 0x0000000186144fac UIKitCore`schedulerStepScheduledMainSectionContinue + 56 frame #23: 0x00000002505ad150 UpdateCycle`UC::DriverCore::continueProcessing() + 36 frame #24: 0x0000000180445b20 CoreFoundation`__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 24 frame #25: 0x0000000180445a68 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 168 frame #26: 0x00000001804451f4 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 220 frame #27: 0x00000001804443a8 CoreFoundation`__CFRunLoopRun + 756 frame #28: 0x000000018043f458 CoreFoundation`_CFRunLoopRunSpecificWithOptions + 496 frame #29: 0x00000001928d19bc GraphicsServices`GSEventRunModal + 116 frame #30: 0x0000000186224480 UIKitCore`-[UIApplication _run] + 772 frame #31: 0x0000000186228650 UIKitCore`UIApplicationMain + 124 frame #32: 0x000000010bb1b504 MyApp.debug.dylib`main at main.swift:13:1 frame #33: 0x00000001043813d0 dyld_sim`start_sim + 20 frame #34: 0x000000010468ab98 dyld`start + 6076 Used let _ = Self.printChanges() in my SwiftUI View and got infinite changes of \_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x000000018527ffd8 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)> changed. Reproduces only on beta; works on stable iOS. Likely beta-specific bug in SwiftUI rendering.

Hello, maybe anyone know anything about HCE (Host card emulation) feature on iOS? As far as I read, it's not possible to achieve this functionality on iOS, but maybe there are plans to implement that? Or maybe it's clear that it wont be allowed to be used at all? Thanks:)

Observed few times that providerDidBegin(_:) delegate never called for the complete app session after app init(as part of this CXProvider registered) which was built with SDK 26 and running on iOS 26. This issue observed multiple times with our testing. Since there is no providerDidBegin:, client is marking CallKit as not ready and never report any calls for VoIP APNS and ended up in app crash due to "[PKPushRegistry _terminateAppIfThereAreUnhandledVoIPPushes]" Please refer for sysdiagnose logs : FB19778306

In previous versions of the simulator, it was possible to import files into the Files app by dragging them from the Finder into the Simulator. It appears that in the iOS 26 Simulator, this opens the file in Safari. I've only tried it with .json files so far. The documentation at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/sharing-data-with-simulator says that the original behaviour should happen: To add files to Simulator, select one or more files in Finder on your Mac, then click the Share button. Select Simulator from the share destination list. Choose the simulated device from the drop-down list. Simulator opens the Files app, and lets you select where to save the files. I'd love to learn if this is intentional behaviour, and if so, what workarounds there might be. I use this pattern quite a lot, as I have a HealthKit app, and I've built a system that allows me to export workouts as JSON files from a real device, that I can then import into a simulator for testing. Edit: I found a workaround. Make a folder in Files.app, then search for it within ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices. Open the folder in Finder, then add any files you want to be available in the Simulator.

On iOS 18 and lower version, my application supports automatically switching to [System settings - Personal Hotspot] directly. But on iOS 26, my application will be redirected to [System settings- Apps]. Does iOS 26 disable the behavior of directly jumping to the system hotspot page? If support, could you share the API for iOS 26?

Hi, everyone I have an app already in production that uses SwiftUI's lifecycle (paired with an AppDelegate). Due to some specific behaviour of the app, we decided to migrate the app to use UIKit's lifecycle, adding the corresponding SceneDelegate to the app, as well as modifying the Info.plist file accordingly to accommodate to these new changes. Although everything seems to work when installing the app from zero, when installing it on top of another version, the screen goes black and the user cannot interact with the app at all unless they reinstall it completely. As I've read online, iOS is reusing the window configuration from the previous execution of the app. I know this because the AppDelegate's application(application:connectingSceneSession:options) is not being called when coming from a previous version of the app. I would love to know what can I do to make this work because, as you may understand, we cannot ask our user base to reinstall the application. Thank you very much.

Project structure is: App target + widget extension + widget intent extension All share a common appgroup group.com.x.y and all file handling is done using FileManager.default.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: "group.com.x.y") so that only the shared container is used. Using the Main app target, a font "Chewy-Regular.ttf" is downloaded and saved to the shared AppGroup container. Font can now be loaded via CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL and displayed in a Main App Text view Text("Testing...").font(Font.custom("Chewy-Regular", size: 20)) Now add a Widgetkit widget instance that uses this font. In 'getTimeLine() and getSnapShot() of IntentTimelineProvider we load the font again via CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL (this needs to happen again probably because widget runs in a separate process from the main app?). On simulator, the widget will show the correct font. BUT On iPhone7 real device, the widget will show the 'redacted placeholder view'. It seems that something is crashing. I see in the device console : error 14:39:07.567120-0800 chronod No configuration found for configured widget identifier: D9BF75EE-4A04-441A-8C85-1507F7ECE379 fault 14:39:07.625600-0800 widgetxExtension -[EXSwiftUI_Subsystem beginUsing:withBundle:] unexpectedly called multiple times. error 14:39:07.672733-0800 chronod Encountered an error reading the view archive for &amp;lt;private&amp;gt;; error: &amp;lt;private&amp;gt; error 14:39:07.672799-0800 chronod [co.appevolve.onewidget.widgetx:widgetx:small:1536744920620481560@148.0/148.0/20.2] reload: could not decode view error 14:39:07.674984-0800 kernel Sandbox: chronod(2128) deny(1) file-read-metadata /private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/9B524570-1765-4C24-9E0C-15BC3982F0DC/downloadedFonts/Chewy/Chewy-Regular.ttf error 14:39:07.675762-0800 kernel Sandbox: chronod(2128) deny(1) file-read-data /private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/9B524570-1765-4C24-9E0C-15BC3982F0DC/downloadedFonts/Chewy/Chewy-Regular.ttf error 14:39:07.708914-0800 chronod [u 8D2C83B3-A6CB-432E-A9D4-9BC8F7056B10:m (null)] [&amp;lt;private&amp;gt;(&amp;lt;private&amp;gt;)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use. fault 14:39:07.710284-0800 widgetxExtension -[EXSwiftUI_Subsystem beginUsing:withBundle:] unexpectedly called multiple times. error 14:39:07.803468-0800 chronod Encountered an error reading the view archive for &amp;lt;private&amp;gt;; error: &amp;lt;private&amp;gt; It seems that it's a permission issue, and the textview can't access the font file it needs when the widget is rendering. Notes: 1) Font is definitely registered because I can see them in for fontFamily in UIFont.familyNames {             for fontName in UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: fontFamily) {                 print(fontName) &amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;&amp;amp;#9;... in both the Main App target and the Widget Extension target 2) If I make make the font part of the app bundle and add to 'Fonts provided by application' , the are loaded absolutely fine in the Main App and the Widget on simulator and iPhone 7 real device. 3) I do see this error sometimes in the Widget extension target log, don't know if it's related. widgetxExtension[1385:254599] [User Defaults] Couldn't read values in CFPrefsPlistSource&amp;lt;0x28375b880&amp;gt; (Domain: group.co.appevolve.onewidget, User: kCFPreferencesAnyUser, ByHost: Yes, Container: (null), Contents Need Refresh: Yes): Using kCFPreferencesAnyUser with a container is only allowed for System Containers, detaching from cfprefsd 4) I suspected something to do with app groups, so I tried to copy the font into the Widget Extension container and load from there, but had the same result. Please help! Thank you.

(iOS 17.3) I'm using the Apple supplied iOS sample project "ConfiguringAWiFiAccessoryToJoinTheUsersNetwork" as a base to write an App to configure an existing WiFi device using the NEHotspotConfiguration API's. I have almost everything working, and can join the network and send a packet to the device to configure it. I know that it is working as the device responds properly to what I send it. But I am not able to receive the response back from the device to the packet sent. (Only need 1 packet sent and 1 packet received) However. If I run a packet sniffer on the phone before running my test App, then I do get a response. No packet sniffer running, no response. When I do a debugDescription on the NWConnection after it reaches ".ready", I notice that when the sniffer is running I'm using loopback lo0: [C1 connected 192.168.4.1:80 tcp, url: http://192.168.4.1:80, attribution: developer, path satisfied (Path is satisfied), viable, interface: lo0] and I get a packet response in the NWConnection receiveMessage callback. But with no sniffer running, I get interface en0: [C1 connected 192.168.4.1:80 tcp, url: http://192.168.4.1:80, attribution: developer, path satisfied (Path is satisfied), viable, interface: en0[802.11], ipv4, dns, uses wifi] and there is no callback to the receiveMessage handler and the NWconnection eventually times out. The interface used seems to be the only difference that I can see when I have a sniffer running. Any ideas as to why I can't see a response in "normal" operation?

I have discovered a gap in my understanding of user selected URLs in iOS, and I would be grateful if someone can put me right please. My understanding is that a URL selected by a user can be accessed by calling url.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() call. Subsequently a call to stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() is made to avoid sandbox memory leaks. Furthermore, the URL can be saved as a bookmark and reconstituted when the app is run again to avoid re-asking permission from the user. So far so good. However, I have discovered that a URL retrieved from a bookmark can be accessed without the call to url.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource(). This seems contrary to what the documentation says here So my question is (assuming this is not a bug) why not save and retrieve the URL immediately in order to avoid having to make any additional calls to url.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource? Bill Aylward You can copy and paste the code below into a new iOS project to illustrate this. Having chosen a folder, the 'Summarise folder without permission' button fails as expected, but once the 'Retrieve URL from bookmark' has been pressed, it works fine. import SwiftUI import UniformTypeIdentifiers struct ContentView: View { @AppStorage("bookmarkData") private var bookmarkData: Data? @State private var showFolderPicker = false @State private var folderUrl: URL? @State private var folderReport: String? var body: some View { VStack(spacing: 20) { Text("Selected folder: \(folderUrl?.lastPathComponent ?? "None")") Text("Contents: \(folderReport ?? "Unknown")") Button("Select folder") { showFolderPicker.toggle() } Button("Deselect folder") { folderUrl = nil folderReport = nil bookmarkData = nil } .disabled(folderUrl == nil) Button("Retrieve URL from bookmark") { retrieveFolderURL() } .disabled(bookmarkData == nil) Button("Summarise folder with permission") { summariseFolderWithPermission(true) } .disabled(folderUrl == nil) Button("Summarise folder without permission") { summariseFolderWithPermission(false) } .disabled(folderUrl == nil) } .padding() .fileImporter( isPresented: $showFolderPicker, allowedContentTypes: [UTType.init("public.folder")!], allowsMultipleSelection: false ) { result in switch result { case .success(let urls): if let selectedUrl = urls.first { print("Processing folder: \(selectedUrl)") processFolderURL(selectedUrl) } case .failure(let error): print("\(error.localizedDescription)") } } .onAppear() { guard folderUrl == nil else { return } retrieveFolderURL() } } func processFolderURL(_ selectedUrl: URL?) { guard selectedUrl != nil else { return } // Create and save a security scoped bookmark in AppStorage do { guard selectedUrl!.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() else { print("Unable to access \(selectedUrl!)"); return } // Save bookmark bookmarkData = try selectedUrl!.bookmarkData(options: .minimalBookmark, includingResourceValuesForKeys: nil, relativeTo: nil) selectedUrl!.stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() } catch { print("Unable to save security scoped bookmark") } folderUrl = selectedUrl! } func retrieveFolderURL() { guard let bookmarkData = bookmarkData else { print("No bookmark data available") return } do { var isStale = false let url = try URL( resolvingBookmarkData: bookmarkData, options: .withoutUI, relativeTo: nil, bookmarkDataIsStale: &isStale ) folderUrl = url } catch { print("Error accessing URL: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } func summariseFolderWithPermission(_ permission: Bool) { folderReport = nil print(String(describing: folderUrl)) guard folderUrl != nil else { return } if permission { print("Result of access requrest is \(folderUrl!.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource())") } do { let contents = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: folderUrl!.path) folderReport = "\(contents.count) files, the first is: \(contents.first!)" } catch { print(error.localizedDescription) } if permission { folderUrl!.stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() } } }