I'm creating an app which gamifies Screen Time reduction. I'm running into an issue with apples Screen Time setting where the user can disable my apps "Screen Time access" and get around losing the game. Is there a way to detect when this setting is disabled for my app? I've tried using AuthorizationCenter.shared.authorizationStatus but this didn't do the trick. Does anyone have an ideas?

Hi everyone!, I would love your help with this please as I have been stuck for days with no solution. Issue: I'm trying to enable In-App Purchases (IAP) in my app, but my provisioning profile does not include the com.apple.developer.in-app-purchase entitlement. When I attempt to build in Xcode, I see the following error: Provisioning profile "iOS Team Provisioning Profile: org.thewhiteowl.mindflow" doesn't include the com.apple.developer.in-app-purchase entitlement. I've already verified my Apple Developer account, and Apple Support confirmed that everything looks correct from their end. Steps Taken So Far: Verified In-App Purchases is Enabled in the Apple Developer Portal under Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Identifiers. Accepted All Agreements in App Store Connect → Agreements, Tax, and Banking (everything is marked Active). Created a New Provisioning Profile Manually: . Go to developer.apple.com . Navigate to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles . Click "+" to register a new provisioning profile . Choose App Store Connect → Click Continue . Select App ID → MindFlow App (PM7JVFLCVC.org.thewhiteowl.mindflow) → Click Continue . Select Certificate → The White Owl LLC (iOS Distribution) (Valid until Feb 22, 2026) → Click Continue . Enter Provisioning Profile Name: "MindFlow Distribution" → Click Generate . Download the profile and inspect the Entitlements section ❌ The In-App Purchase entitlement is missing (com.apple.developer.in-app-purchase does not appear). Additional Troubleshooting: . Tried regenerating the provisioning profile multiple times . Deleted & reinstalled Xcode completely .Ensured App ID is Explicit (not Wildcard) . Tried refreshing App ID capabilities by toggling other entitlements . Checked for misconfigurations in Expo and EAS (using Expo.dev for deployment) Questions: Why is the In-App Purchase entitlement missing from the generated provisioning profile? Is there a way to force the entitlement to appear? Could this be an issue with the Apple Developer Portal, and if so, is there a workaround? Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated! 🚀

Howdy! I'm in the R&D phase of this project and I need help. I can't find any sources that verify what I want to do is even possible. I need to connect an iPhone or iPad using a USB cord to an external device which will transfer files to the iPhone or iPad. I have an app already made which can organize the files and whatever else I need to do (app is from a similar project). I'll refer to this device as Alfred (for poops and giggles) The plan (if possible) is for Alfred to recognize my app and use its documents folder as the destination of the transfer. The iDevice doesn't have to communicate with Alfred, but that would be a bonus. I don't want Alfred to run on an SOC. My goal is to have it be as simple as possible. No OS, just firmware. If the only way to interact with Apple Devices is Bluetooth or Wifi than so be it. If Matter or Thread could be utilized I wouldn't be apposed. Any help with this project would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hey, I would love to access the users Contact (ie. the Me Card) Apple recently released the Invites app and within this app you can find the users Contacts Photo. I tried to replicate this behaviour but I currently need to match based on a name or email or something else. I have no idea how to receive this data because when using the Invites app I only remember the app asking for Contacts permission and nothing else so far. let store = CNContactStore() let keysToFetch = [CNContactImageDataAvailableKey, CNContactImageDataKey, CNContactThumbnailImageDataKey] as [CNKeyDescriptor] let email = "test@test.de" let predicate = CNContact.predicateForContacts(matchingEmailAddress: email) do { let contacts = try store.unifiedContacts(matching: predicate, keysToFetch: keysToFetch) let imageDatas: [Data] = contacts.compactMap { $0.imageData } self.images = imageDatas.map { UIImage(data: $0) ?? UIImage() } } catch { print("Error fetching contacts: \(error)") } This is how I am retrieving the Image. MAYBE someone can help me out. Thank you so far ~ Flo

When I startAdvertising, my localName is long, more than 8 bytes. like @"123456789".    [_peripheralManager startAdvertising:@{             CBAdvertisementDataLocalNameKey: @"123456789",             CBAdvertisementDataServiceUUIDsKey: @[[CBUUID UUIDWithString:@"bbbb14c7-4697-aaaa-b436-d47e3d4ed187"]]             }]; When running on macOS 11.x though localName exceeds 8 bytes. But it can still be scanned. {   kCBAdvDataIsConnectable = 1;   kCBAdvDataLocalName = 123456789;   kCBAdvDataRxPrimaryPHY = 0;   kCBAdvDataRxSecondaryPHY = 0;   kCBAdvDataServiceUUIDs =   (     "BBBB14C7-4697-AAAA-B436-D47E3D4ED187"   );   kCBAdvDataTimestamp = "680712553.800874";   kCBAdvDataTxPowerLevel = 12; } But running after macOS 12.x, if localName exceeds 8 bytes, it will be completely ignored. In the scanned data, localName is empty. {   kCBAdvDataIsConnectable = 1;   kCBAdvDataRxPrimaryPHY = 0;   kCBAdvDataRxSecondaryPHY = 0;   kCBAdvDataServiceUUIDs =   (     "BBBB14C7-4697-AAAA-B436-D47E3D4ED187"   );   kCBAdvDataTimestamp = "680712744.108894";   kCBAdvDataTxPowerLevel = 12; } On macOS11.x, SCAN_RSP is utilized if localName exceeds 8 bytes, while on macOS12.x, SCAN_RSP is always empty. Why are there differences between macOS11.x and macos12.x, is there any documentation? What is the maximum limit for localName? (On macOS 11.x, I verified it was 29 bytes Are there other ways to broadcast longer data? Does anyone know why? This has bothered me for a long time...

If an iOS app gets terminated by watchdog due to, for example, hanging the main thread, is that considered to be a crash or something different. I'm asking because, according to google and AI, Crashlytics can detect and report these,but in my experience it does not. If I deliberately cause a watchdog termination by for example sleeping on the main thread for a long time then these never appear in Crashlytics. I know Apple folks here don't comment on non Apple software, so I'm not asking about Crashlytics, just wondering and interested about watchdog timeout terminations and how they differ from a "regular" crash.

Hello everyone, I've run into a peculiar behavior with UINavigationController's setViewControllers on iOS 18.2 (I guess it might be reproducible on older versions) when reordering view controllers, and I wonder if anyone can shed some light on this issue. Initial State: The navigation stack is [A - B - C]. Without Animation: Setting [A - C - B] updates the stack to: A - C - B as expected. With Animation: Using the same command with animation changes the stack to [A - B], oddly omitting C. Has anyone else noticed similar behavior or knows why animations might disrupt the stack's update this way? I'd appreciate any insights or suggestions. Thanks, Dmytro

I am trying to do inline to icon and text in tab bar but it is not allowing me to do it in compact, but it showing me in regular mode , but in regular mode tab bar going at top in portrait mode , But my requirement is tab bar required in bottom with icon and text in inline it showed by horizontally but it showing to me stacked vertically, will you guide me on this so that I can push the build to live users.

I want to release a Framework F, containing several other frameworks (such as Realm, Appetitive, Cocoalumberjack, PhoneNumberKit) for use by app A. According to this article: https://medium.com/@bittudavis/how-to-create-an-umbrella-framework-in-swift-ca964d0a2345 They write, without referencing a source: "Although Apple discourage creating umbrella framework". Is that true, do Apple discourage umbrella frameworks, if so why and is it a very strong discourage or a mild one? If not discouraged, then how can this be achieved with Xcode 16? I've been attempting to follow a few tutorial to achieve this, such as https://medium.com/john-lewis-software-engineering/adding-a-third-party-framework-inside-a-first-party-framework-in-xcode-3ba58cfd08da however so far without any success. This last article mentions the Link Binary With Libraries section, which doesn't exist in Xcode 16. There's the Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content section where I have been attempting to add the frameworks into my Framework F (choosing Embed without Signing). I'm able to successfully build Framework F, but when app A attempts to use it (adding F to the Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content section with option embed and sign, or embed and don't sign, makes no difference) then I get run time errors about the umbrellaed frameworks not being able to be found.

Hello. We're developing an app with Flutter that receives VoIP calls. However, when the app is in the background or closed, the push notification arrives, but the call doesn't. It works perfectly when the app is open. We use Firebase, Flutter, and JANUS WebRTC. We need to know what type of permissions or actions we should consider so that the app opens when it receives a call. How can we resolve this issue? Thank you very much.

Hello, I am encountering an issue with .refreshable(action:) in ScrollView. The refresh action works as expected when performing a pull-to-refresh. However, if I put the app in the background while the refresh operation is in progress, the refresh indicator remains visible on the screen when I return to the foreground and does not disappear. Once I interact with the ScrollView after returning to the foreground, the refresh indicator disappears, and the functionality itself is not affected. I initially attempted to resolve this issue by triggering a view redraw when scenePhase changes. However, since my app presents the SwiftUI view using UIHostingController, the scenePhase from the environment does not seem to function correctly. This issue occurs on iOS 17.1 but does not appear on iOS 16.1.1. Is there a known way to resolve this unexpected behavior? Below is a simplified sample code (some parts are omitted): struct MyView: View { @StateObject private var model: MyModel var body: some View { ScrollView { // My ContentViews... } .refreshable { do { try await self.model.refresh() } catch { // Handle error } } } } @MainActor final class MyModel: ObservableObject { // === Some Code === func refresh() async throws { let data = try await self.fetchData() self.data = Array(OrderedSet(data)) } } I apologize for any mistakes in my English, as I am using a translation tool. Thank you in advance for your help! Best regards,

I have found a system bug with UINavigationController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate mainly the swipe back control. I have reproduced this in many apps, while some that use custom swipe back i can not reproduce, however any app using default uikit/swift transitions i can reproduce the flicker/previous screen flashing The Bug: a slight tap or series of quick taps anywhere on the screen (with the slightest (1-2pt -x)confuse the system into thinking its a swipe back gesture, however instead of pushing back to previous screen the UI flickers and flashes the previous screen. for a split second, very easy to reproduce. on screens with lots of options of boxes to tap it happens quite often. I have removed all custom "swipe back from anywhere" logic, all custom gesture logic, and can still reproduce by tapping the edge of the screen with only UINavigationController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate in my navigation controller. Please let me know the best way to get in contact with someone at apple to either build an extension to prevent this flicker or if a developer has a fix but this is rarely talked about. (velocity limits etc do not work, and just make the gesture feel awful) all the developers i have reached out too have looked into this and have said "its an ios bug, only fix is build a custom swipe back from anywhere, or wait for apple to fix it).... as a small indie app, building my own seems daunting Recap: quick or taps with small x movement flash previous screen instead of pushing back or simply recognizing it as a tap and not flashing previous screen. this happens with no custom code default uikit/swift. Link me your app i can probably reproduce it, I have reproduced it in X(was hard), Retro(easy), and many more. The goal is to have a smooth native swipe/drag back from anywhere gesture while preventing flicking on fast taps or short taps with minor x movement. i have tried everything from setting limits to -x, velocity limits etc. nothing fixes this. happy hacking! PS i hope someone at apple calls me and i can explain this and we can fix it for every app in an update.

Immediately post iOS 18.4 upgrade yesterday 2023 MacBook Pro 14″ battery level dropped to zero and indicates "Service Recommended". System report shows battery charge cycles at "0". Wondering if others have seen this occurance on other laptops?

Hi, I'm trying to setup PIR service for live caller id lookup (in python but based on swift example: https://github.com/apple/live-caller-id-lookup-example). The swift example provides utilities for database setup and encryption, but I can't find any specification about which key is used for database encryption and how the ios system knows about this key in order to be able to construct the PIR requests. So my question is how does the PIR service communicate the secret key to ios system or vice versa? (specific to the test environment, before onboarding)

I will give some suggestions and action buttons about dynamic islands on iPhonesAfter dragging and dropping an application or file on dynamic islands, when I switch to any application or site, I can switch to that file or application by holding down the Dynamic Island As for the action button, we can assign features to the action button. A feature like this can come to it. When we press it twice, it will open the camera, when we press it once, it will open the flash. If such a feature comes, it will be easier to use

Hi, I'm working on a game for the past few years using first Unreal Engine 4, and now Unreal Engine 5.4.4. I'm experiencingan unusual crash on startup on some devices . The crash is so fast that I'm barely able to see the launching screen sometimes because the app closes itself before that. I got a EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) so I know that it's a null pointer reference, but I can't quite wrap my head about the cause, I think that's something messed up in the packaging of the app, but here is where I'm blocked, I'm not that accustomed with apple devices. If someone has some advise to give, please, any help will be very valuable. Many thanks. Log : Crash Log on Ipad

How do I convert a blend shape/morphed 3D lip-synced model into a usdz that will play in AR on an iPhone?

I need help to wrap my head around this... If I import the Reality Composer Pro package and load it into an ARView, I will see 1.3gb of memory usage and about 180-220% cpu usage. The frames will start at around 60fps, and then eventually drop to around 30fps. If I export the usdz from Reality Composer Pro and load that into the same ARView, I will see about 1gb of memory usage and around 150% cpu usage; fps holds longer at 60 but eventually drops. If I load that same usdz into a QuickLook view, I will see about 55mb of memory usage, 9-11% cpu, and the frames stay locked at 116fps. The only thing I notice is the button I have is slightly less responsive, but it all still works fine. I don't understand. How can I make the ARView work as efficiently as QuickLook?

Hello, I'm running into an issue while developing an iOS app that requires local network access. I’m using the latest MacBook Air M4 with macOS sequoia 15.5 and Xcode 16.1. In the iOS Simulator, my app fails to discover devices connected to the same local network. I’ve already added the necessary key to the Info.plist: NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription This app needs access to local network devices. When I run the app on a real device and M2 Chip Macbook's simulators, it works fine for local network permission as expected. However, in the M4 Chip Macbook's Simulator: The app can’t find any devices on the local network Bonjour/mDNS seems not to be working as well I’ve tried the following without success: Restarting Simulator and Mac Resetting network settings in Simulator Confirming app permissions under System Settings > Privacy & Security Has anyone else encountered this issue with the new Xcode/macOS combo? Is local network access just broken in the Simulator for now, or is there a workaround? Thanks in advance!

Hi Team, We are trying to upload a file or an image using the component WKWebView. How we can do it? Should we need to use another approach? Do you have any suggestion or any demo project? Thanks in advance!