Hi,
I'm struggling to understand using Swift-C++ in the same project. I have an existing code-base that makes heavy use of Swift-Objective-C interoperability.
We make use of swift classes in our project. When I enable swift-objective c interoperability I am running into numerous build errors in the generated bridging header.
I'm trying to understand why these errors exist and what to do to get around them.
I have a project that I've set up with some test code, and I'm running into an error here:
public class Foo {
let name: String
public init(name: String) {
self.name = name
}
}
public class Bar {
let name: String
public init(name : String) {
self.name = name;
}
public func getFoo() -> Foo {
return Foo(name: self.name);
}
}
In the header file:
Unknown type name 'Foo'
SWIFT_INLINE_THUNK Foo getFoo() SWIFT_SYMBOL("s:13ForestBuilder3BarC6getFooAA0E0CyF");
This error goes away if I use structs, but for the purposes of porting my codebase, I'd prefer to use classes. Do classes not play nice here? Or am I misunderstanding something.
Thanks.
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Hello,
I have a problem with Xcode, in C++ language. When I create a new project, I put my program in a file and click Build. It works correctly and without any problems, but when I enter a second file in the same project and click build, it says build failed. In the log it says, duplicate symbols appear.
I'll describe my crash with an example, looking for some insights into the reason why this is happening.
@objc public protocol LauncherContainer {
var launcher: Launcher { get }
}
@objc public protocol Launcher: UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate {
func initiateLaunch(url: URL, launchingHotInstance: Bool)
}
@objc final class LauncherContainer: NSObject, LauncherContainer, TabsContentCellTapHandler {
...
init(
...
) {
...
super.init()
}
...
//
// ContentCellTapHandler
//
public func tabContentCellItemDidTap(
tabId: String
) {
...
launcher.initiateNewTabNavigation(
tabId: tabId // Crash happens here
)
}
public class Launcher: NSObject, Launcher, FooterPillTapHandler {
public func initiateNewTabNavigation(tabId: String) {
...
}
}
public protocol TabsContentCellTapHandler: NSObject {
func tabContentCellItemDidTap(
tabId: String,
}
System provides AnyShape type erasure that animates correctly. But system doesn't provide AnyInsettableShape. Here is my implementation of AnyInsettableShape (and AnyAnimatableData that is needed to support animation).
Let me know if there is simpler solution.
struct AnyInsettableShape: InsettableShape {
private let _path: (CGRect) -> Path
private let _inset: (CGFloat) -> AnyInsettableShape
private let _getAnimatableData: () -> AnyAnimatableData
private let _setAnimatableData: (_ data: AnyAnimatableData) -> AnyInsettableShape
init<S>(_ shape: S) where S : InsettableShape {
_path = { shape.path(in: $0) }
_inset = { AnyInsettableShape(shape.inset(by: $0)) }
_getAnimatableData = { AnyAnimatableData(shape.animatableData) }
_setAnimatableData = { data in
guard let otherData = data.rawValue as? S.AnimatableData else { assertionFailure(); return AnyInsettableShape(shape) }
var shape = shape
shape.animatableData = otherData
return AnyInsettableShape(shape)
}
}
var animatableData: AnyAnimatableData {
get { _getAnimatableData() }
set { self = _setAnimatableData(newValue) }
}
func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {
_path(rect)
}
func inset(by amount: CGFloat) -> some InsettableShape {
_inset(amount)
}
}
struct AnyAnimatableData : VectorArithmetic {
init<T : VectorArithmetic>(_ value: T) {
self.init(optional: value)
}
private init<T : VectorArithmetic>(optional value: T?) {
rawValue = value
_scaleBy = { factor in
(value != nil) ? AnyAnimatableData(value!.scaled(by: factor)) : .zero
}
_add = { other in
AnyAnimatableData(value! + (other.rawValue as! T))
}
_subtract = { other in
AnyAnimatableData(value! - (other.rawValue as! T))
}
_equal = { other in
value! == (other.rawValue as! T)
}
_magnitudeSquared = {
(value != nil) ? value!.magnitudeSquared : .zero
}
_zero = {
AnyAnimatableData(T.zero)
}
}
fileprivate let rawValue: (any VectorArithmetic)?
private let _scaleBy: (_: Double) -> AnyAnimatableData
private let _add: (_ other: AnyAnimatableData) -> AnyAnimatableData
private let _subtract: (_ other: AnyAnimatableData) -> AnyAnimatableData
private let _equal: (_ other: AnyAnimatableData) -> Bool
private let _magnitudeSquared: () -> Double
private let _zero: () -> AnyAnimatableData
mutating func scale(by rhs: Double) {
self = _scaleBy(rhs)
}
var magnitudeSquared: Double {
_magnitudeSquared()
}
static let zero = AnyAnimatableData(optional: nil as Double?)
@inline(__always)
private var isZero: Bool { rawValue == nil }
static func + (lhs: AnyAnimatableData, rhs: AnyAnimatableData) -> AnyAnimatableData {
guard let (lhs, rhs) = fillZeroTypes(lhs, rhs) else { return .zero }
return lhs._add(rhs)
}
static func - (lhs: AnyAnimatableData, rhs: AnyAnimatableData) -> AnyAnimatableData {
guard let (lhs, rhs) = fillZeroTypes(lhs, rhs) else { return .zero }
return lhs._subtract(rhs)
}
static func == (lhs: AnyAnimatableData, rhs: AnyAnimatableData) -> Bool {
guard let (lhs, rhs) = fillZeroTypes(lhs, rhs) else { return true }
return lhs._equal(rhs)
}
@inline(__always)
private static func fillZeroTypes(_ lhs: AnyAnimatableData, _ rhs: AnyAnimatableData) -> (AnyAnimatableData, AnyAnimatableData)? {
switch (!lhs.isZero, !rhs.isZero) {
case (true, true): (lhs, rhs)
case (true, false): (lhs, lhs._zero())
case (false, true): (rhs._zero(), rhs)
case (false, false): nil
}
}
}
iOS18.2 / iPhone 16pro / Xcode 16.2
'traitCollectionDidChange'
This function has been deprecated since ios17.
However, in ios18, when I changed the app to the background state or changed it to the foreground state again, it was confirmed that the function worked.
It hasn't been confirmed in ios17, but why is it only confirmed in ios18?
Hi To All.
I have recently started a course that will teach me how to use C++ coding, so I can improve my career prospects.
I have come across an obstacle when it comes to downloading a programming tool and that is, they are not compatible with Sequoia 1.15.1.
This includes Xcode, Clion, Codelite and Vs, I am at a crossroads in my decision making on how to overcome this problem please.
Can someone help withme with a solution please.
Thank you.
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Hi all,
I am trying to use this guide to link directly to symbols in my documentation. But I am unable to get it to link to an Objective-C enum case. For example
``EnumNameType/EnumNameMyCase``
does not create a link. It works fine for method names, etc. I have tried all of the combinations I can think of, but I can't get it to work.
Any help is much appreciated!
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/768776
Swift concurrency is an important part of my day-to-day job. I created the following document for an internal presentation, and I figured that it might be helpful for others.
If you have questions or comments, put them in a new thread here on DevForums. Use the App & System Services > Processes & Concurrency topic area and tag it with both Swift and Concurrency.
Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"
Swift Concurrency Proposal Index
This post summarises the Swift Evolution proposals that went into the Swift concurrency design. It covers the proposal that are implemented in Swift 6.2, plus a few additional ones that aren’t currently available.
The focus is here is the Swift Evolution proposals. For general information about Swift concurrency, see the documentation referenced by Concurrency Resources.
Swift 6.0
The following Swift Evolution proposals form the basis of the Swift 6.0 concurrency design.
SE-0176 Enforce Exclusive Access to Memory
link: SE-0176
notes: This defines the “Law of Exclusivity”, a critical foundation for both serial and concurrent code.
SE-0282 Clarify the Swift memory consistency model ⚛︎
link: SE-0282
notes: This defines Swift’s memory model, that is, the rules about what is and isn’t allowed when it comes to concurrent memory access.
SE-0296 Async/await
link: SE-0296
introduces: async functions, async, await
SE-0297 Concurrency Interoperability with Objective-C
link: SE-0297
notes: Specifies how Swift imports an Objective-C method with a completion handler as an async method. Explicitly allows @objc actors.
SE-0298 Async/Await: Sequences
link: SE-0298
introduces: AsyncSequence, for await syntax
notes: This just defines the AsyncSequence protocol. For one concrete implementation of that protocol, see SE-0314.
SE-0300 Continuations for interfacing async tasks with synchronous code
link: SE-0300
introduces: CheckedContinuation, UnsafeContinuation
notes: Use these to create an async function that wraps a legacy request-reply concurrency construct.
SE-0302 Sendable and @Sendable closures
link: SE-0302
introduces: Sendable, @Sendable closures, marker protocols
SE-0304 Structured concurrency
link: SE-0304
introduces: unstructured and structured concurrency, Task, cancellation, CancellationError, withTaskCancellationHandler(…), sleep(…), withTaskGroup(…), withThrowingTaskGroup(…)
notes: For the async let syntax, see SE-0317. For more ways to sleep, see SE-0329 and SE-0374. For discarding task groups, see SE-0381.
SE-0306 Actors
link: SE-0306
introduces: actor syntax
notes: For actor-isolated parameters and the nonisolated keyword, see SE-0313. For global actors, see SE-0316. For custom executors and the Actor protocol, see SE-0392.
SE-0311 Task Local Values
link: SE-0311
introduces: TaskLocal
SE-0313 Improved control over actor isolation
link: SE-0313
introduces: isolated parameters, nonisolated
SE-0314 AsyncStream and AsyncThrowingStream
link: SE-0314
introduces: AsyncStream, AsyncThrowingStream, onTermination
notes: These are super helpful when you need to publish a legacy notification construct as an async stream. For a simpler API to create a stream, see SE-0388.
SE-0316 Global actors
link: SE-0316
introduces: GlobalActor, MainActor
notes: This includes the @MainActor syntax for closures.
SE-0317 async let bindings
link: SE-0317
introduces: async let syntax
SE-0323 Asynchronous Main Semantics
link: SE-0323
SE-0327 On Actors and Initialization
link: SE-0327
notes: For a proposal to allow access to non-sendable isolated state in a deinitialiser, see SE-0371.
SE-0329 Clock, Instant, and Duration
link: SE-0329
introduces: Clock, InstantProtocol, DurationProtocol, Duration, ContinuousClock, SuspendingClock
notes: For another way to sleep, see SE-0374.
SE-0331 Remove Sendable conformance from unsafe pointer types
link: SE-0331
SE-0337 Incremental migration to concurrency checking
link: SE-0337
introduces: @preconcurrency, explicit unavailability of Sendable
notes: This introduces @preconcurrency on declarations, on imports, and on Sendable protocols. For @preconcurrency conformances, see SE-0423.
SE-0338 Clarify the Execution of Non-Actor-Isolated Async Functions
link: SE-0338
note: This change has caught a bunch of folks by surprise and there’s a discussion underway as to whether to adjust it.
SE-0340 Unavailable From Async Attribute
link: SE-0340
introduces: noasync availability kind
SE-0343 Concurrency in Top-level Code
link: SE-0343
notes: For how strict concurrency applies to global variables, see SE-0412.
SE-0374 Add sleep(for:) to Clock
link: SE-0374
notes: This builds on SE-0329.
SE-0381 DiscardingTaskGroups
link: SE-0381
introduces: DiscardingTaskGroup, ThrowingDiscardingTaskGroup
notes: Use this for task groups that can run indefinitely, for example, a network server.
SE-0388 Convenience Async[Throwing]Stream.makeStream methods
link: SE-0388
notes: This builds on SE-0314.
SE-0392 Custom Actor Executors
link: SE-0392
introduces: Actor protocol, Executor, SerialExecutor, ExecutorJob, assumeIsolated(…)
notes: For task executors, a closely related concept, see SE-0417. For custom isolation checking, see SE-0424.
SE-0395 Observation
link: SE-0395
introduces: Observation module, Observable
notes: While this isn’t directly related to concurrency, it’s relationship to Combine, which is an important exising concurrency construct, means I’ve included it in this list.
SE-0401 Remove Actor Isolation Inference caused by Property Wrappers
link: SE-0401, commentary
availability: upcoming feature flag: DisableOutwardActorInference
SE-0410 Low-Level Atomic Operations ⚛︎
link: SE-0410
introduces: Synchronization module, Atomic, AtomicLazyReference, WordPair
SE-0411 Isolated default value expressions
link: SE-0411, commentary
SE-0412 Strict concurrency for global variables
link: SE-0412
introduces: nonisolated(unsafe)
notes: While this is a proposal about globals, the introduction of nonisolated(unsafe) applies to “any form of storage”.
SE-0414 Region based Isolation
link: SE-0414, commentary
notes: To send parameters and results across isolation regions, see SE-0430.
SE-0417 Task Executor Preference
link: SE-0417, commentary
introduces: withTaskExecutorPreference(…), TaskExecutor, globalConcurrentExecutor
notes: This is closely related to the custom actor executors defined in SE-0392.
SE-0418 Inferring Sendable for methods and key path literals
link: SE-0418, commentary
availability: upcoming feature flag: InferSendableFromCaptures
notes: The methods part of this is for “partial and unapplied methods”.
SE-0420 Inheritance of actor isolation
link: SE-0420, commentary
introduces: #isolation, optional isolated parameters
notes: This is what makes it possible to iterate over an async stream in an isolated async function.
SE-0421 Generalize effect polymorphism for AsyncSequence and AsyncIteratorProtocol
link: SE-0421, commentary
notes: Previously AsyncSequence used an experimental mechanism to support throwing and non-throwing sequences. This moves it off that. Instead, it uses an extra Failure generic parameter and typed throws to achieve the same result. This allows it to finally support a primary associated type. Yay!
SE-0423 Dynamic actor isolation enforcement from non-strict-concurrency contexts
link: SE-0423, commentary
introduces: @preconcurrency conformance
notes: This adds a number of dynamic actor isolation checks (think assumeIsolated(…)) to close strict concurrency holes that arise when you interact with legacy code.
SE-0424 Custom isolation checking for SerialExecutor
link: SE-0424, commentary
introduces: checkIsolation()
notes: This extends the custom actor executors introduced in SE-0392 to support isolation checking.
SE-0430 sending parameter and result values
link: SE-0430, commentary
introduces: sending
notes: Adds the ability to send parameters and results between the isolation regions introduced by SE-0414.
SE-0431 @isolated(any) Function Types
link: SE-0431, commentary, commentary
introduces: @isolated(any) attribute on function types, isolation property of functions values
notes: This is laying the groundwork for SE-NNNN Closure isolation control. That, in turn, aims to bring the currently experimental @_inheritActorContext attribute into the language officially.
SE-0433 Synchronous Mutual Exclusion Lock 🔒
link: SE-0433
introduces: Mutex
SE-0434 Usability of global-actor-isolated types
link: SE-0434, commentary
availability: upcoming feature flag: GlobalActorIsolatedTypesUsability
notes: This loosen strict concurrency checking in a number of subtle ways.
Swift 6.1
Swift 6.1 has the following additions.
Vision: Improving the approachability of data-race safety
link: vision
SE-0442 Allow TaskGroup’s ChildTaskResult Type To Be Inferred
link: SE-0442, commentary
notes: This represents a small quality of life improvement for withTaskGroup(…) and withThrowingTaskGroup(…).
SE-0449 Allow nonisolated to prevent global actor inference
link: SE-0449, commentary
notes: This is a straightforward extension to the number of places you can apply nonisolated.
Swift 6.2
Xcode 26 beta has two new build settings:
Approachable Concurrency enables the following feature flags: DisableOutwardActorInference, GlobalActorIsolatedTypesUsability, InferIsolatedConformances, InferSendableFromCaptures, and NonisolatedNonsendingByDefault.
Default Actor Isolation controls SE-0466
Swift 6.2, still in beta, has the following additions.
SE-0371 Isolated synchronous deinit
link: SE-0371, commentary
introduces: isolated deinit
notes: Allows a deinitialiser to access non-sendable isolated state, lifting a restriction imposed by SE-0327.
SE-0457 Expose attosecond representation of Duration
link: SE-0457
introduces: attoseconds, init(attoseconds:)
SE-0461 Run nonisolated async functions on the caller’s actor by default
link: SE-0461
availability: upcoming feature flag: NonisolatedNonsendingByDefault
introduces: nonisolated(nonsending), @concurrent
notes: This represents a significant change to how Swift handles actor isolation by default, and introduces syntax to override that default.
SE-0462 Task Priority Escalation APIs
link: SE-0462
introduces: withTaskPriorityEscalationHandler(…)
notes: Code that uses structured concurrency benefits from priority boosts automatically. This proposal exposes APIs so that code using unstructured concurrency can do the same.
SE-0463 Import Objective-C completion handler parameters as @Sendable
link: SE-0463
notes: This is a welcome resolution to a source of much confusion.
SE-0466 Control default actor isolation inference
link: SE-0466, commentary
availability: not officially approved, but a de facto part of Swift 6.2
introduces: -default-isolation compiler flag
notes: This is a major component of the above-mentioned vision document.
SE-0468 Hashable conformance for Async(Throwing)Stream.Continuation
link: SE-0468
notes: This is an obvious benefit when you’re juggling a bunch of different async streams.
SE-0469 Task Naming
link: SE-0469
introduces: name, init(name:…)
SE-0470 Global-actor isolated conformances
link: SE-0470
availability: upcoming feature flag: InferIsolatedConformances
introduces: @SomeActor protocol conformance
notes: This is particularly useful when you want to conform an @MainActor type to Equatable, Hashable, and so on.
SE-0471 Improved Custom SerialExecutor isolation checking for Concurrency Runtime
link: SE-0471
notes: This is a welcome extension to SE-0424.
SE-0472 Starting tasks synchronously from caller context
link: SE-0472
introduces: immediate[Detached](…), addImmediateTask[UnlessCancelled](…),
notes: This introduces the concept of an immediate task, one that initially uses the calling execution context. This is one of those things where, when you need it, you really need it. But it’s hard to summary when you might need it, so you’ll just have to read the proposal (-:
In Progress
The proposals in this section didn’t make Swift 6.2.
SE-0406 Backpressure support for AsyncStream
link: SE-0406
availability: returned for revision
notes: Currently AsyncStream has very limited buffering options. This was a proposal to improve that. This feature is still very much needed, but the outlook for this proposal is hazy. My best guess is that something like this will land first in the Swift Async Algorithms package. See this thread.
SE-NNNN Closure isolation control
link: SE-NNNN
introduces: @inheritsIsolation
availability: not yet approved
notes: This aims to bring the currently experimental @_inheritActorContext attribute into the language officially. It’s not clear how this will play out given the changes in SE-0461.
Revision History
2025-09-02 Updated for the upcoming release Swift 6.2.
2025-04-07 Updated for the release of Swift 6.1, including a number of things that are still in progress.
2024-11-09 First post.
Hello,
Im developing an app entirely with C++, and I need to call various swift functions because it requires the Swift library.
Ive seen several posts on forums about C++ callbacks and honestly I dont understand how its done exactly. I get the general idea but I am not able to understand it and make it work. I feel like people throw vague ideas and weird function names and everything gets confusing.
Could anyone give me the smallest example that works please ?
Just to make sure you know what I mean, here is an example of what I want to do, but you dont have to generate the code exactly for this, I want an example that I can understand please, but the swift code has to depend on a swift library. I dont want to simply call a swift function that returns x*2 ...
{1} notif.swift file : coded in swift language
include <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
function A that show notification in swift code.
{2} mainwindow.cpp file : coded in C++ language
import notif.swift ??
button connected to slot/function mybuttonclicked.
MainWindow::mybuttonclicked(){
std::string my_result = call function A_from_swift_file(argument_1);
}
--The end ---
I wrote the notif.swift with '?' because I dont know how you include the swift file from your cpp code and I could not find that anywhere. Maybe it is obvious, but I would really appreciate getting some help on this, Thank you everyone
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
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Decrypting Data to String Conversion failure
Development environment: Xcode 15.4, macOS 14.7
Run-time configuration: iOS 15.8.1 & 16.0.1
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
We were using objective C implementation of CCCrypt(see below) in our app earlier which we migrated to swift implementation recently. We convert the byte array that CCCrypt returns into Data, and data to string to read the decrypted value. It works perfectly fine in Objective C, whereas with new swift implementation this conversion is failing, it looks like CCCrypt is returning byte array with few non UTF8 characters and that conversion is failing in swift since Objective C is more tolerant with this conversion and converts the byte array to Data and then to string even though there are few imperfect UTF characters in the array.
Objective C
CCCryptorStatus CCCrypt(
CCOperation op, /* kCCEncrypt, etc. /
CCAlgorithm alg, / kCCAlgorithmAES128, etc. /
CCOptions options, / kCCOptionPKCS7Padding, etc. */
const void *key,
size_t keyLength,
const void iv, / optional initialization vector */
const void dataIn, / optional per op and alg */
size_t dataInLength,
void dataOut, / data RETURNED here */
size_t dataOutAvailable,
size_t *dataOutMoved)
API_AVAILABLE(macos(10.4), ios(2.0));
Swift Code
CCCrypt(_ op: CCOperation,
_ alg: CCAlgorithm,
_ options: CCOptions,
_ key: UnsafeRawPointer!,
_ keyLength: Int, _ iv: UnsafeRawPointer!,
_ dataIn: UnsafeRawPointer!,
_ dataInLength: Int,
_ dataOut: UnsafeMutableRawPointer!,
_ dataOutAvailable: Int,
_ dataOutMoved: UnsafeMutablePointer!) -> CCCryptorStatus
Data to String Conversion
String(data: decryptedData, encoding: .utf8)
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Able to reproduce on below devices
iPhone - 7
OS Version 15.8.1
iPhone 14- Pro
OS Version 16.0.2
iPhone 15
iOS 18.0.1
**Decryption method return "Data" and converting into string using ".utf8" but String conversion is failing on above devices and some other devices as well. Decryption failure not occurring always.
**
Below code used for String conversion
String(data: decryptedData, encoding: .utf8)
Hello, I have an issue with importing some .mp3 files into a swift playground project (in Xcode, not in the Playground app). They worked fine in the Xcode project, but for some reason playgrounds isn't able to find them. I imported them the exact same way as I did in the Xcode project.
I can't find a viable path to call StoreKit from C++ right now and would love some ideas.
I'm implementing the code exactly as shown at 4:09 in
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10172/
However when I add any StoreKit functionality in I immediately get
"Actor isolated structure cannot be exposed in C++"
This makes me think I can't create a StoreKit view and call it from C++? Am I missing a better way? I don't think I can have another structure that holds the storeChooser in it because it will have the same problem (I assume, although I will check). Part of the issue seems to be that my app is C++ so there is no main function called in the swift for me to open this view with either, I was going to use the present function Zoe described (as below).
I've tried a lot of alternative approaches but it seems to be blocking async functions from showing in C++ as well. So I'm not sure how to access the basic product(for:) and purchase(product) functions.
import Foundation
import StoreKit
import SwiftUI
public struct storeChooser: View {
public var productIDs: [String]
public var fetchError: String
//@State //Note this is from the UI
@State public var products: [Product] = []
// @State private var isPresented = true
// weak private var host: UIViewController? = nil
public init() {
productIDs = ["20_super_crystals_v1"]
products = []
self.fetchError = "untried"
}
public var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text( "Products")
ForEach(self.products) { product in
Button {
//dont do anything yet
} label: {
Text("\(product.displayPrice) - \(product.displayName)")
}
}
}.task {
do {
try await self.loadProducts()
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
}
public func queryProducts() {
Task {
do {
try await self.loadProducts()
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
}
public func getProduct1Name() -> String {
if self.products.count > 0 {
return self.products[0].displayName
} else {
return "empty"
}
}
private func loadProducts() async throws {
self.products = try await Product.products(for: self.productIDs)
}
/* public mutating func present(_ viewController: UIViewController) {
isPresented = true;
let host = UIHostingController(rootView: self)
host.rootView.host = host
viewController.present(host, animated: true)
} */
}
decidePolicyFor delegate method:
import WebKit
@objc extension DocumentationVC
{
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void)
Being called just alright in swift 5 minimal concurrency.
Raising concurrency to complete with swift 5 or swift 6. Changing the code to avoid warnings:
@preconcurrency import WebKit
@objc extension DocumentationVC
{
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
The delegate method is not being called. Changing back to swift 5 concurrency minimal - it is called.
Looking at WKNavigationDelegate:
WK_SWIFT_UI_ACTOR
@protocol WKNavigationDelegate <NSObject>
- (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView decidePolicyForNavigationAction:(WKNavigationAction *)navigationAction decisionHandler:(WK_SWIFT_UI_ACTOR void (^)(WKNavigationActionPolicy))decisionHandler WK_SWIFT_ASYNC(3);
Changing the delegate method to:
func webView(_ webView: WKWebView, decidePolicyFor navigationAction: WKNavigationAction, decisionHandler: @escaping @MainActor (WKNavigationActionPolicy) -> Void) {
And it is called across swift 5 concurrency minimal to complete to swift 6.
I thought, the meaning of @preconcurrency import WebKit was to keep the delegate without @MainActor before the (WKNavigationActionPolicy) still matching regardless the swift concurrency mode?
My point is - this can introduce hidden breaking changes? I didn't see this documented anyhow at: https://www.swift.org/migration/documentation/migrationguide/.
decidePolicyFor is an optional method - so if signature 'mismatches' - there will be no warning on not-implementing the delegate method.
How do we catch or diagnose irregularities like this? Is it something @preconcurrency import WebKit should be ensuring and it is not?
Is this delegate mismatch a bug on swift side or something we should be taking care of while migrating? If it is on us, how do we diagnose these potential mismatches?
I can't find the arm_neon.h header file in macOS 15.6.1
This header file defines NEON intrinsics.
My application crash on iOS 16 randomly, stack trace like this:
libswiftCore.dylib __swift_release_dealloc + 32
libswiftNetwork.dylib outlined consume of (@escaping @callee_guaranteed (@in_guaranteed Network.NWConnection.State) -> ())? + 52
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From buly(a tool to report crash) we notice that this crash only happens on iOS 16
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
Hi There,
I have a iOS App which has been published and purely managing data by SwiftData. I use following simple codes everywhere in Views:
...
@Query var items: [Item]
....
if let firstItem = items.first( where: {...}) {
...
Then I encountered crash at Query that _items.wrapperdValue has some errors.
Then I tried to split first(where...) into ordinary way:
let filteredItems = items.filter(...)
if let firstItem = filteredItems.first {
...
It runs OK.
Is it a bug in SwiftData in 18.2 or I missed some steps to facilitate SwiftData macros?
Hi, I'm relatively new to iOS development and kindly ask for some feedback on a strategy to achieve this desired behavior in my app.
My Question:
What would be the best strategy for sound effect playback when an app is in the background with precise timing? Is this even possible?
Context:
I created a basic countdown timer app (targeting iOS 17 with Swift/SwiftUI.). Countdown sessions can last up to 30-60 mins. When the timer is started it progresses through a series of sub-intervals and plays a short sound for each one. I used AVAudioPlayer and everything works fine when the app is in the foreground. I'm considering switching to AVAudioEngine b/c precise timing is very important and the AIs tell me this would have better precision.
I'm already setting "App plays audio or streams audio/video using AirPlay" in my Plist, and have configured:
AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .default, options: .mixWithOthers)
Curiously, when testing on my iPhone 13 mini, sounds sometimes still play when the app is in the background, but not always.
What I've considered:
Background Tasks: Would they make any sense for this use-case? Seems like not if the allowed time is short & limited by the system.
Pre-scheduling all Sounds: Not sure this would even work and seems like a lot of memory would be needed (could be hundreds of intervals).
ActivityKit Alerts: works but with a ~50ms delay which is too long for my purposes.
Pre-Render all SFX to 1 large audio file: Seems like a lot of work and processing time and probably not worth it. I hope there's a better solution.
I'd really appreciate any feedback.
thread #1, stop reason = signal SIGABRT
frame #0: 0x00000001a95985a8 dyld__abort_with_payload + 8 frame #1: 0x00000001a959f208 dyldabort_with_payload_wrapper_internal + 104
frame #2: 0x00000001a959f23c dyldabort_with_payload + 16 frame #3: 0x00000001a95364c8 dylddyld4::halt(char const*, dyld4::StructuredError const*) + 300
frame #4: 0x00000001a9541f60 dylddyld4::prepare(dyld4::APIs&, dyld3::MachOAnalyzer const*) + 4124 frame #5: 0x00000001a95667a8 dylddyld4::start(dyld4::KernelArgs*, void*, void*)::$_0::operator()() const + 544
frame #6: 0x00000001a955fb1c dyld`start + 2188
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
I am an SDK provider working with Swift Package Manager (SPM) to deliver libraries for iOS developers. My SDK currently uses SPM targets to modularize functionality. However, SPM enforces strict resource bundling, which prevents me from efficiently offering multiple targets—each with a different set of localization files—in a single package.
Current Limitation:
When multiple SPM targets share the same source and resource directory but require distinct sets of .lproj localization folders (for app size or client requirements), SPM raises “overlapping sources” errors. The only workaround is to manually split resource directories or have clients prune localizations post-build, which is inefficient and error-prone.
Feature Request:
Please consider adding native support in Swift Package Manager for:
Defining multiple targets within a single package that can process overlapping source/resource directories,
Each target specifying a distinct subset of localization resource files via the exclude or a new designated parameter,
Enabling efficient modular delivery of SDKs to clients needing different localization payloads, without redundant resource duplication or error-prone manual pruning.
Support for this feature would greatly ease SDK distribution, lower app sizes, and improve package maintainability for iOS and all Swift platforms.
func textField(
_ textField: UITextField,
shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange,
replacementString string: String
) -> Bool {
if
let delegate = delegate,
let shouldChangeCharactersIn = delegate.textField {
return shouldChangeCharactersIn(textField, range, string)
}
return true
}
This is from an extension
extension TextInput: UITextFieldDelegate, ObservableTextFieldDelegateProtocol {
The delegate is already a UITextFieldDelegate, but when you click on the error, it returns 7 instances of:
"Found this candidate in module 'UIKit' (UIKit.UITextFieldDelegate.textField)"
This doesn't give an error in Xcode 16. Is this an Xcode 26 bug?