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How to implement a CoreML model into an iOS app properly?
I am working on a lung cancer scanning app in for iOS with a CoreML model and when I test my app on a physical device, the model results in the same prediction 100% of the time. I even changed the names around and still resulted in the same case. I have listed my labels in cases and when its just stuck on the same case (case 1) My code is below: https://github.com/ShivenKhurana1/Detect-to-Protect-App/blob/main/DetectToProtect/SecondView.swift I couldn't add the code as it was too long so I hope github link is fine!
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Mar ’25
Create ML Model Shows Wrong output or predictions in xcode
I am working on a CoreML image classification model in Xcode, which takes a 299x299 image and attempts to classify hand-drawn sketches. The model was trained using Create ML and works perfectly when tested in the Create ML preview. However, when used in Xcode application, the classification results are incorrect. I have already verified that the image is correctly resized to 299x299 pixels, matching the input size of the model. The classification always returns incorrect results, even when using images that were correctly classified during training. I originally used kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB, but I read that CoreML typically expects BGRA format. I updated my conversion function to use kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA and CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedLast, but the issue persists. This makes me suspect that either the pixel format is still incorrect or that something went wrong during the .mlmodelc compilation.
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Jan ’25
How does the extract method from ImagePlaygroundConcept work?
I’m building an app that generates images based on text input from a specific text field. However, I’m encountering a problem: For short prompts like "a cat and a dog", the entire string is sent to the Image Playground, even when I use the extracted method. For longer inputs, the behavior is inconsistent. Sometimes it extracts keywords correctly, but other times it doesn’t extract anything at all. Since my app relies on generating images based on the extracted keywords, this inconsistency negatively impacts the user experience in my app. How can I make sure that keywords are always extracted from the input string? Button("Generate", systemImage: "apple.intelligence") { isPresented = true } .imagePlaygroundSheet(isPresented: $isPresented, concepts: [ImagePlaygroundConcept.extracted(from: text, title: textTitle)]) { url in imageURL = url }
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Feb ’25
Foundation Models framework dyld symbol errors after macOS 26 Beta 2 - LanguageModelSession constructor missing
Foundation Models framework worked perfectly on macOS 26 Beta 2, but starting from Beta 3 and continuing through Beta 6 (latest), I get dyld symbol errors even with the exact code from Apple's documentation. Environment: macOS 26.0 Beta 6 (25A5351b) Xcode 26 Beta 6 M4 Max MacBook Pro Apple Intelligence enabled and downloaded Error Details: dyld[Process]: Symbol not found: _$s16FoundationModels20LanguageModelSessionC5model10guardrails5tools12instructionsAcA06SystemcD0C_AC10GuardrailsVSayAA4Tool_pGAA12InstructionsVSgtcfC Referenced from: /path/to/app.debug.dylib Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/FoundationModels.framework/Versions/A/FoundationModels Code Used (Exact from Documentation): import FoundationModels // This worked on Beta 2, crashes on Beta 3+ let model = SystemLanguageModel.default let session = LanguageModelSession(model: model) let response = try await session.respond(to: "Hello") What I've Verified: FoundationModels.framework exists in /System/Library/Frameworks/ Framework is properly linked in Xcode project Apple Intelligence is enabled and working Same code works in older beta versions Issue persists even with completely fresh Xcode projects Analysis: The dyld error suggests the LanguageModelSession(model:) constructor is missing. The symbol shows it's looking for a constructor with parameters (model:guardrails:tools:instructions:), but the documentation still shows the simple (model:) constructor. Questions: Has the LanguageModelSession API changed since Beta 2? Should we now use the constructor with guardrails/tools/instructions parameters? Is this a known issue with recent betas? Are there updated code samples for the current API? Additional Context: This affects both basic SystemLanguageModel usage AND custom adapter loading. The same dyld symbol errors occur when trying to create SystemLanguageModel(adapter: adapter) as well. Any guidance on the correct API usage for current betas would be greatly appreciated. The documentation appears to be out of sync with the actual framework implementation.
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Sep ’25
linear_quantize_activations taking 90 minutes + on MacBook Air M1 2020
In my quantization code, the line: compressed_model_a8 = cto.coreml.experimental.linear_quantize_activations( model, activation_config, [{'img':np.random.randn(1,13,1024,1024)}] ) has taken 90 minutes to run so far and is still not completed. From debugging, I can see that the line it's stuck on is line 261 in _model_debugger.py: model = ct.models.MLModel( cloned_spec, weights_dir=self.weights_dir, compute_units=compute_units, skip_model_load=False, # Don't skip model load as we need model prediction to get activations range. ) Is this expected behaviour? Would it be quicker to run on another computer with more RAM?
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Mar ’25
Inference Provider crashed with 2:5
I am trying to create a slightly different version of the content tagging code in the documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundationmodels/systemlanguagemodel/usecase/contenttagging In the playground I am getting an "Inference Provider crashed with 2:5" error. I have no idea what that means or how to address the error. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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Jul ’25
My app crash in the Portrait private framework
Incident Identifier: 4C22F586-71FB-4644-B823-A4B52D158057 CrashReporter Key: adc89b7506c09c2a6b3a9099cc85531bdaba9156 Hardware Model: Mac16,10 Process: PRISMLensCore [16561] Path: /Applications/PRISMLens.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/core-node/PRISMLensCore.app/PRISMLensCore Identifier: com.prismlive.camstudio Version: (null) ((null)) Code Type: ARM-64 Parent Process: ? [16560] Date/Time: (null) OS Version: macOS 15.4 (24E5228e) Report Version: 104 Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x00000000 at 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 34 Application Specific Information: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil' Thread 34 Crashed: 0 CoreFoundation 0x000000018ba4dde4 0x18b960000 + 974308 (__exceptionPreprocess + 164) 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000018b512b60 0x18b4f8000 + 109408 (objc_exception_throw + 88) 2 CoreFoundation 0x000000018b97e69c 0x18b960000 + 124572 (-[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 1276) 3 Portrait 0x0000000257e16a94 0x257da3000 + 473748 (-[PTMSRResize addAdditionalOutput:] + 604) 4 Portrait 0x0000000257de91c0 0x257da3000 + 287168 (-[PTEffectRenderer initWithDescriptor:metalContext:useHighResNetwork:faceAttributesNetwork:humanDetections:prevTemporalState:asyncInitQueue:sharedResources:] + 6204) 5 Portrait 0x0000000257dab21c 0x257da3000 + 33308 (__33-[PTEffect updateEffectDelegate:]_block_invoke.241 + 164) 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b739b2c 0x18b738000 + 6956 (_dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32) 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b75385c 0x18b738000 + 112732 (_dispatch_client_callout + 16) 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b742350 0x18b738000 + 41808 (_dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 740) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b742e2c 0x18b738000 + 44588 (_dispatch_lane_invoke + 388) 10 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b74d264 0x18b738000 + 86628 (_dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 292) 11 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018b74cae8 0x18b738000 + 84712 (_dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 540) 12 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000018b8ede64 0x18b8eb000 + 11876 (_pthread_wqthread + 292) 13 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000018b8ecb74 0x18b8eb000 + 7028 (start_wqthread + 8)
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Mar ’25
Foundation Model crash on macOS 15 (iPad app compatibility)
I have integrated Apple’s Foundation Model into my iOS application. As known, Foundation Model is only supported starting from iOS 26 on compatible devices. To maintain compatibility with older iOS versions, I wrapped the API calls with the condition if #available(iOS 26, *). The application works normally on an iPad running iOS 18 and on a Mac running macOS 26. However, when running the same build on a MacBook Air M1 (macOS 15) through iPad app compatibility, the app crashes immediately upon launch. The main issue is that I cannot debug directly on macOS 15, since the app can only be built on macOS 26 with Xcode beta. I then have to distribute it via TestFlight and download it on the MacBook Air M1 for testing. This makes identifying the detailed cause of the crash very difficult and time-consuming. Nevertheless, I have confirmed that the crash is caused by the Foundation Model APIs.
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Aug ’25
Core ML model decryption on Intel chips
About the Core ML model encryption mention in:https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreml/encrypting-a-model-in-your-app When I encrypted the model, if the machine is M chip, the model will load perfectly. One the other hand, when I test the executable on an Intel chip macbook, there will be an error: Error Domain=com.apple.CoreML Code=9 "Operation not supported on this platform." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Operation not supported on this platform.} Intel test machine is 2019 macbook air with CPU: Intel i5-8210Y, OS: 14.7.6 23H626, With Apple T2 Security Chip. The encrypted model do load on M2 and M4 macbook air. If the model is NOT encrypted, it will also load on the Intel test machine. I did not find in Core ML document that suggest if the encryption/decryption support Intel chips. May I check if the decryption indeed does NOT support Intel chip?
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Sep ’25
What is the proper way to integrate a CoreML app into Xcode
Hi, I have been trying to integrate a CoreML model into Xcode. The model was made using tensorflow layers. I have included both the model info and a link to the app repository. I am mainly just really confused on why its not working. It seems to only be printing the result for case 1 (there are 4 cases labled, case 0, case 1, case 2, and case 3). If someone could help work me through this error that would be great! here is the link to the repository: https://github.com/ShivenKhurana1/Detect-to-Protect-App this file with the model code is called SecondView.swift and here is the model info: Input: conv2d_input-> image (color 224x224) Output: Identity -> MultiArray (Float32 1x4)
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Apr ’25
Unexpectedly slow CreateML text classifier training (limited GPU/CPU usage)
While training a text classifier model with a few thousand samples completes in seconds, when using 100,000 or 1 million samples, CreateML's training time increases exponentially (to hours or days). During these hours/days, GPU usage is low and almost every CPU core is idle. When using the Swift APIs for model training, resource utilization does not increase. I'm using Xcode 16.2, macOS 15.2 on either an M2 Ultra 64 GB or an M3 Max 48 GB laptop (both using built-in SSD with ~500 GB free) running no other applications. Is there a setting I've missed to allow training to take over more of my computing resources? Is this expected of CreateML (i.e., when looking to exploit a larger corpus, I should move to other tooling)? I'd love to speed up my iteration cycle time.
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Feb ’25
Image Playground is not available Xcode 16.2 beta
Hello, I am trying to show an imagePlaygroundSheet but when I open it in the 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max iOS 18.2 simulator, I see "Image Playground is not available. Image Playground is not available on this iPhone". The environment variable supportsImagePlayground always returns false. I changed the simulator language and region to US but still see the error. Is this expected? Screenshot
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Nov ’24
Foundational Model - Image as Input? Timeline
Hi all, I am interested in unlocking unique applications with the new foundational models. I have a few questions regarding the availability of the following features: Image Input: The update in June 2025 mentions "image" 44 times (https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/apple-foundation-models-2025-updates) - however I can't seem to find any information about having images as the input/prompt for the foundational models. When will this be available? I understand that there are existing Vision ML APIs, but I want image input into a multimodal on-device LLM (VLM) instead for features like "Which player is holding the ball in the image", etc (image understanding) Cloud Foundational Model - when will this be available? Thanks! Clement :)
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Sep ’25
CoreML: Model loading utilities
Hello, We find that models sometimes load very fast (<< 1 second) and sometimes encounter very long load times (>> 120 seconds). During such slow load times, the model is being compiled. We would greatly appreciate the ability to check cache validity via CoreML and determine that we are about to encounter long load times so that we can mitigate and provide a good user experience. A secondary issue: sometimes the cache is corrupted (typically .mpsgraphpackage yielding Metal cold asserts). This yields load failures and OS errors that persist between launches, and we have to manually nuke the cache (~/Library/..../my-app/...) for the CoreML assets. A CoreML API for clearing caches and hardening from asserts across the load paths would be appreciated
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Jun ’25
Help Needed: SwiftUI View with Camera Integration and Core ML Object Recognition
Hi everyone, I'm working on a SwiftUI app and need help building a view that integrates the device's camera and uses a pre-trained Core ML model for real-time object recognition. Here's what I want to achieve: Open the device's camera from a SwiftUI view. Capture frames from the camera feed and analyze them using a Create ML-trained Core ML model. If a specific figure/object is recognized, automatically close the camera view and navigate to another screen in my app. I'm looking for guidance on: Setting up live camera capture in SwiftUI. Using Core ML and Vision frameworks for real-time object recognition in this context. Managing navigation between views when the recognition condition is met. Any advice, code snippets, or examples would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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Jan ’25