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Swift / C++ Interop with Storekit - actor isolated structure cannot be exported to C++
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) } */ }
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May ’25
Calling StoreKit Swift from C++
What is the most obvious method of calling StoreKit from C++. I'm getting blocked by the fact that most of the critical StoreKit calls are async and functions marked a sync don't show up in the swift header for me to call from C++ (at least as far as I can tell). I'm trying to call let result = try await Product.products(for:productIDs) or let result = try await product.purchase() And C++ can't even see any functions I wrap these in as far as I can tell because i have to make them async. What am I missing? I tried a lot of alternates, like wrapping in Task { let result = try await Product.products(for:productIDs) } and it gives me 'Passing closure as a sending parameter' errors. Also when I try to call the same above code it gives me 'initializtion of immutable value never used' errors and the variables never appear. Code: struct storeChooser { public var productIDs: [String] public function checkProduct1 { Task { let result = try await Product.products(for: productIDs) } The above gives the initialization of immutable value skipped, and when I create a @State var products Then I get the 'passing closure as a sending parameter' error when i try to run it in a task it appears if I could make the function async and call it from C++ and have it return nothing it may work, does anyone know how to get C++ to see an async function in the -Swift.h file?
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May ’25
'init(coordinateRegion:interactionModes:showsUserLocation:userTrackingMode:annotationItems:annotationContent:)' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Map initializers that t
I am currently encountering two deprecated errors in my code. Could someone please identify the issues with the code? Errors: 'init(coordinateRegion:interactionModes:showsUserLocation:userTrackingMode:annotationItems:annotationContent:)' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Map initializers that take a MapContentBuilder instead. 'MapAnnotation' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Annotation along with Map initializers that take a MapContentBuilder instead. Code: // MARK: - Stores Map (Dynamic) struct StoresMapView: View { @State private var storeLocations: [StoreLocation] = [] @State private var region = MKCoordinateRegion( center: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: -31.95, longitude: 115.86), span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.5, longitudeDelta: 0.5) ) var body: some View { Map(coordinateRegion: $region, interactionModes: .all, annotationItems: storeLocations) { store in MapAnnotation(coordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: store.latitude, longitude: store.longitude)) { VStack(spacing: 4) { Image(systemName: "leaf.circle.fill") .font(.title) .foregroundColor(.green) Text(store.name) .font(.caption) .fixedSize() } } } .onAppear(perform: loadStoreData) .navigationTitle("Store Locator") } private func loadStoreData() { guard let url = URL(string: "https://example.com/cop092/StoreLocations.json") else { return } URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, _, _ in if let data = data, let decoded = try? JSONDecoder().decode([StoreLocation].self, from: data) { DispatchQueue.main.async { self.storeLocations = decoded if let first = decoded.first { self.region.center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: first.latitude, longitude: first.longitude) } } } }.resume() } }
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May ’25
Objective-C Literals inside a Swift Package
I have a Swift Package that contains an Objective-C target. The target contains Objective-C literals but unfortunately the compiler says "Initializer element is not a compile-time constant", what am I doing wrong? Based on the error triggering in the upper half, I take it that objc_array_literals is on. My target definition looks like: .target( name: "MyTarget", path: "Sources/MySourcesObjC", publicHeadersPath: "include", cxxSettings: [ .unsafeFlags("-fobjc-constant-literals") ] ), I believe Objective-C literals are enabled since a long time but I still tried passing in the -fobjc-constant-literals flag and no luck. To be clear I'm not interested in a run-time initialization, I really want it to be compile time. Does anyone know what I can do?
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May ’25
How to Create Applications with Objective-C Without ARC
I've been teaching myself Objective-C and I wanted to start creating projects that don't use ARC to become better at memory management and learn how it all works. I've been attempting to build and run applications, but I'm not really sure where to start as modern iOS development is used with Swift and memory management is handled. Is there any way to create modern applications that use Objective-C, UIKit, and not use ARC?
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May ’25
Swift Decimal binary integer generic initializer fatal error
I am trying to use initialize a Decimal type using its generic binary integer exactly initializer but it keeps crashing with a fatal error regardless of the value used: Code to reproduce the issue: let binaryInteger = -10 let decimal = Decimal(exactly: binaryInteger) // error: Execution was interrupted, reason: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (code=EXC_I386_INVOP, subcode=0x0). Is it a known bug?
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May ’25
Best practice: Use of enum without cases for static helper functions?
Hi all, In Swift, I often see static helper functions grouped in an enum without any cases, like this: enum StringUtils { static func camelCaseToSnakeCase(_ input: String) -> String { // implementation } } Since this enum has no cases, it cannot be instantiated – which is exactly the point. It’s meant to group related functionality without any stored state, and without the need for instantiation. This pattern avoids writing a struct with a private init() and makes the intent clearer: "This is just a static utility, not an object." You’ll often see this used for things like: AnalyticsEvents.track(_:) My question: Is this use of a case-less enum considered good practice in Swift when building static-only helpers? Or is there a better alternative for expressing intent and preventing instantiation? I’d appreciate any insight – especially if there’s official guidance or references from the Swift core team. Thanks!
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May ’25
Swift Concurrency: Calling @MainActor Function from Protocol Implementation in Swift 6
I have a Settings class that conform to the TestProtocol. From the function of the protocol I need to call the setString function and this function needs to be on the MainActor. Is there a way of make this work in Swift6, without making the protocol functions running on @MainActor The calls are as follows: class Settings: TestProtocol{ var value:String = "" @MainActor func setString( _ string:String ){ value = string } func passString(string: String) { Task{ await setString(string) } } } protocol TestProtocol{ func passString( string:String ) }
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May ’25
swift_asyncLet_begin crashed
Crashed: com.apple.root.user-initiated-qos.cooperative 0 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x67f40 swift_task_create_commonImpl(unsigned long, swift::TaskOptionRecord*, swift::TargetMetadataswift::InProcess const*, void (swift::AsyncContext* swift_async_context) swiftasynccall*, void*, unsigned long) + 528 1 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x64d78 swift_asyncLet_begin + 40 2 AAAA 0x47aef28 (1) suspend resume partial function for ActivityContextModule.fetchRecord(startDate:endDate:) + 50786796 3 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x60f5c swift::runJobInEstablishedExecutorContext(swift::Job*) + 252 4 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x62514 swift_job_runImpl(swift::Job*, swift::SerialExecutorRef) + 144 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x15ec0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 392 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x166c4 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 156 7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x3644 _pthread_wqthread + 228 8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1474 start_wqthread + 8
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May ’25
libsystem_c.dylib: Assertion failed: (p->val == key), function lookup_substsearch, file collate.c, line 596.
At least with macOS Sequoia 15.5 and Xcode 16.3: $ cat test.cc #include <locale.h> #include <string.h> #include <xlocale.h> int main(void) { locale_t l = newlocale(LC_ALL_MASK, "el_GR.UTF-8", 0); strxfrm_l(NULL, "ό", 0, l); return 0; } $ c99 test.c && ./a.out Assertion failed: (p->val == key), function lookup_substsearch, file collate.c, line 596. Abort trap: 6
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May ’25
Can I use @_implementationOnly import in my Framework
We have FrameworkA which needs to use another FrameworkB internally to fetch a token. Now when I try to use this FrameworkA, we are seeing an issue with internal framework i.e. No such module 'FrameworkB'. But when I use @_implementationOnly import for the internal FrameworkB, I didn't see any issues. So just wanted to check If I can go ahead and use this @_implementationOnly import flag in Production?
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May ’25
Issue with Swift 6 migration issues
We are migrating to swift 6 from swift 5 using Xcode 16.2. we are getting below errors in almost each of our source code files : Call to main actor-isolated initializer 'init(storyboard:bundle:)' in a synchronous non isolated context Main actor-isolated property 'delegate' can not be mutated from a nonisolated context Call to main actor-isolated instance method 'register(cell:)' in a synchronous nonisolated context Call to main actor-isolated instance method 'setup()' in a synchronous nonisolated context Few questions related to these compile errors. Some of our functions arguments have default value set but swift 6 does not allow to set any default values. This requires a lot of code changes throughout the project. This would be lot of source code re-write. Using annotations like @uncheck sendable , @Sendable on the class (Main actor) name, lot of functions within those classes , having inside some code which coming from other classes which also showing main thread issue even we using @uncheck sendable. There are so many compile errors, we are still seeing other than what we have listed here. Fixing these compile errors throughout our project, would be like a re-write of our whole application, which would take lot of time. In order for us to migrate efficiently, we have few questions where we need your help with. Below are the questions. Are there any ways we can bypass these errors using any keywords or any other way possible? Can Swift 5 and Swift 6 co-exist? so, we can slowly migrate over a period of time.
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Jun ’25
Integrating App Clips in .NET MAUI iOS APP
We have an iOS App built in .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI). This is a web view App. We wish to integrate APP Clips into this App. But we are unable to do it, due to less available resources online on such implementation. We do not wish to share code between .NET MAUI App and App clips We understand it is not possible to add APP Clips without a parent swift/Xcode app. As an alternative solution we were thinking to Create a new APP in APP Store Connect using XCode/swift and integrate app clips to it. This parent app when downloaded by users will only redirect users to our MAIN .NET MAUI app to app store connect. We need to know if such apps will be approved by APPSTORE Connect? Please guide us on this Also please do let us know if you have any other solution to integrate App clips to a .NET MAUI App
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Jun ’25
Image Not Displaying on Some Devices – Same Code, Inconsistent Behavior
I'm encountering an issue where certain images are not displaying on some iOS devices, while the same code works perfectly on others. There’s no error or crash — just some images fail to load or display. I've confirmed the image URLs and formats are correct. Has anyone faced a similar issue or could suggest what might be causing this inconsistent behavior? Thanks in advance!
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Jun ’25
Capturing self instead of using self. in switch case in DispatchQueue causes compiler error
I have an @objC used for notification. kTag is an Int constant, fieldBeingEdited is an Int variable. The following code fails at compilation with error: Command CompileSwift failed with a nonzero exit code if I capture self (I edited code, to have minimal case) @objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) { DispatchQueue.main.async { [self] () -> Void in switch fieldBeingEdited { case kTag : break default : break } } } If I explicitly use self, it compiles, even with self captured: @objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) { DispatchQueue.main.async { [self] () -> Void in switch fieldBeingEdited { // <<-- no need for self here case self.kTag : break // <<-- self here default : break } } } This compiles as well: @objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) { DispatchQueue.main.async { () -> Void in switch self.fieldBeingEdited { // <<-- no need for self here case self.kTag : break // <<-- self here default : break } } } Is it a compiler bug or am I missing something ?
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Jun ’25