Anybody succeeded sending a Web Push Message using the new Declarative approach introduced with Safari Version 18.4 (20621.1.14.11.3)?
I will help as well if someone can point me to a solution debugging the entire system using Xcode and Minibrowser? Currently I can't get the MiniBrowser connected to the WebPush Daemon.
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Hi!
I'm working on a web extension for Safari and I need to send messages from the containing application to JavaScript. For this I use the method
class func dispatchMessage(
withName messageName: String,
toExtensionWithIdentifier identifier: String,
userInfo: [String : Any]? = nil
) async throws
of the SFSafariApplication class. If the site is opened in Safari in normal mode, everything works as expected. However, if the site is "docked", the messages are not transmitted to this "Web App".
Is it possible to somehow link the container application to the docked website so that messages from the application are received by this "Web App"?
That you.
The order nor -webkit-order properties of a child element of a flex parent dosen't work in Safari 18.3.
Works correctly in FireFox and Chrome.
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
The extension popups don't seem to support the dark mode media query.
The only way the query gets detected is when a color-scheme is added:
<meta name="color-scheme"content="light dark">
I have a business scenario where I want to guide users to Safari and open a Safari extension. How can I open Safari from my app and navigate to a specific webpage?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
I'm not sure if this is even the right place to ask this, or voice this complaint if there's no fix. If not, please direct me where to go.
I'm trying to switch all my development over to Safari, but the tab sidebar is driving me absolutely insane.
Let's say I have a bunch of tab groups expanded, and I collapse the sidebar to focus on the webapp I am building. When I toggle to show the sidebar again, every single tab group is collapsed.
Why is it 2 clicks to see the tabs in the sidebar?
Even with zero tab groups, and just tabs in the workspace, if you collapse the sidebar it'll collapse the list of tabs.
Is there some hidden setting for this? Who do we have to complain to?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hey team, I've integrated custom WkWebsiteDatastore to manage profiling for different sessions.
upon testing the WkWebsiteDataStore as its mentioned to be persistent But
The storage can be accessed via identifier, But the session data in storage is absent, such as cookies caches all are cleared when app is relaunched
is it the default behavior to be expected or there is some property missing causing the session data to be removed from storage.
I am a newby to JavaScript, suggested to me to use to automate the task of opening of a Web page, selecting three internal buttons in sequence to download the underlying chart data.
I have created the App via Automator on macOS, to run the Script, successfully open the Web Page, but cannot find a way to select and click() on the buttons.
Can someone please help me.
Robert.
This is the code suggested by Grok 3 Beta, but I see this error:
Error: First parameter passed to Document Constructor must be an object.
function run(input, parameters) {
var Safari = Application('Safari');
Safari.activate();
// Open the AEMO data dashboard (Grok 3 Beta recomendation opens the web page correctly)
Safari.Document().make();
Safari.windows[0].currentTab.url = 'https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/data-nem/data-dashboard-nem';
delay(10); // Wait for page to load
// Click the Fuel Mix tab (target the active in the tabs)
Safari.Document(0).doJavaScript("document.querySelector('.tabs .active').click()");
delay(5); // Wait for tab content to load
// Select 48 hrs from the dropdown Safari.Document(0).doJavaScript("document.querySelector('#interval').value = '48H'; document.querySelector('#interval').dispatchEvent(new Event('change'))");
delay(5); // Wait for selection to take effect
// Click the download button Safari.Document(0).doJavaScript("document.querySelector('.visualisation-icon-button').click()");
return input;
}
I'm currently experimenting to add 3d stereo images in HEIC format to my daily Mars Rover Images website https://areo.info/mars20 which can be opened on a Vision Pro. Only a few images are yet converted into that mode, those on the sol 1411 page.
As I'm currently only working in the Vision Pro Simulator from Xcode, no real 3d effect if of course visible and I'm curious if anyone using the real hardware can confirm that the images are working.
Especially the eye distance correction is important to know about as the Mars Rover camera has a much wider pupil distance than humans and while I entered that distance in the conversion tool, I'm not sure if it worked well. So feedback is welcome!
For those who like to try to create stereo images themselves: I used https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ImageIO/writing-spatial-photos to create a HEIC file from two JPEGs.
I am a developer working on a Safari extension that handles video playback, and I’ve encountered an issue with Safari version 18.2. When I open the developer tools to inspect the browser, videos fail to play as expected. It worked well on safari version 18.1.
Details:
Safari Version: 18.2
Operating System: macOS Sequoia v15.2
Additional Information:
I’ve tested the extension with various video formats and sites.
Clearing the cache and disabling other extensions did not resolve the issue.
There are no error messages displayed in the console related to the extension.
If I close inspecting, then extension(video playback) works well.
I would appreciate any insights or suggestions on how to address this issue, as it impacts the functionality of my extension.
Thank you for your help!
After upgrading to Xcode 15.2 or above(Till Xcode 16.2), users are unable to open Site B (HTTP URL) from Site A (HTTP URL) within our Browser app when loaded in WKWebView. Clicking the link to Site B results in a spinning wheel, but the site does not load. This issue is not present when the app is built with Xcode 15.0.1.
Additionally:
Users are connected to a VPN, which is required to access the sites.
Site A and Site B are on different domains (cross-domain request).
Expected Behavior:
Clicking the link to Site B should successfully load the site with user information passed from Site A.
Current Behavior:
Clicking the link results in a spinning wheel, but Site B does not load inside WKWebView.
Technical Details:
Both Site A and Site B use HTTP (not HTTPS).
Site A and Site B have different domains (cross-domain request).
Do not use location.href for transitions. Instead, we temporarily set about:blank in an iframe and then submit data via a form to the target system’s URL within the iframe.
This approach worked in Xcode 15.0.1 but fails in Xcode 15.2 or above.
Users are connected to a VPN, which is required to access the sites.
WKWebview is not receiving navigation delegate callback for Site B
Steps to Reproduce:
Ensure the device is connected to a VPN.
Open the app (using WKWebView) built with Xcode 15.2 or above.
Load Site A (HTTP) within the app in WKWebView.
Click the link to Site B (HTTP), which should open in an iframe.
Observe that a spinning wheel appears, but Site B does not load.
Environment:
Xcode Versions Affected: 15.2 or above (issue present), 15.0.1 (no issue)
iOS Version: All iOS versions
Devices: iPad
Questions:
Has there been any change in WKWebView’s handling of HTTP URLs or VPN-related network traffic in Xcode 15.2?
Are there any new security policies, iframe restrictions, or VPN-related changes in this version that might be affecting this behavior?
Request for Assistance:
Can you confirm if this is a known issue or an intended change?
Are there any workarounds available?
Hello Community,
My application was rejected by Apple App Review, citing Guideline 4.7 and "non-embedded," which I believe is incorrect. All transactions are signed and sent directly through the app with explicit user permission. Additionally, there's an issue with min apps where users can access the functionality via a browser to interact with the service. This feature has been part of my old application and hasn't changed in the new update. It’s the same functionality as used by popular wallets like
Metamask
Uniswap
Coinbase
Which also employ web3 technology.
Over the past two weeks, I've tried to communicate with Apple's support team but have been ignored or received only generic rejection emails. This has left me frustrated and concerned about the time and resources I’ve invested in developing and supporting this app.
Could you please help me find a solution? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
After the official release of iOS 18.3, our app has collected numerous identical crash logs. These crashes occurred on different devices, but the common denominator is that they all, and only, happened on iOS 18.3. Based on the stack trace, the crash is happening internally within WebKit. The details are as follows:
Crashed: com.apple.main-thread
0 WebCore 0x721f9c + 28
1 WebCore 0x15b6924 + 11356
2 WebCore 0x15b174c + 1008
3 WebCore 0x1776e4 + 292
4 WebCore 0x17753c WebCore::SerializedScriptValue::deserialize(OpaqueJSContext const*, OpaqueJSValue const**) + 100
5 WebKit 0x530b28 + 92
6 WebKit 0x5a0d2c + 176
7 WebKit 0x9e74b0 + 956
8 WebKit 0xe43d58 + 392
9 WebKit 0x886ac + 272
10 WebKit 0x88940 + 44
11 WebKit 0x87a74 + 252
12 WebKit 0x875ec + 576
13 JavaScriptCore 0x2f8a48 ***::RunLoop::performWork() + 204
14 JavaScriptCore 0x2f895c ***::RunLoop::performWork(void*) + 36
15 CoreFoundation 0x73f4c CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 28
16 CoreFoundation 0x73ee0 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176
17 CoreFoundation 0x76b40 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244
18 CoreFoundation 0x75d3c __CFRunLoopRun + 840
19 CoreFoundation 0xc8284 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 588
20 GraphicsServices 0x14c0 GSEventRunModal + 164
21 UIKitCore 0x3ee674 -[UIApplication _run] + 816
22 UIKitCore 0x14e88 UIApplicationMain + 340
23 18Birdies 0x1b2d3c main + 14 (main.m:14)
24 ??? 0x1ac161de8 (Missing)
I built a web application using the Apple Pay on the Web Interactive Demo with the Payment Request API, but encountered a few issues:
The initiated web Apple Pay interface shows a spinning circle at the bottom and cannot proceed with payment(Bottom display:正在处理). What could be causing this?
How to set up sandbox testing for payments?
How to asynchronously and synchronously retrieve payment results (backend code to fetch payment results)? The demo only shows frontend code using await response.complete("success"); for retrieving payment results
my demo URL: https://shop.wowseer.com/rsolomakhin/pr/applepay/
Hi, I'm here to Report a Problem with the IOS 18.3 UPDATE.
So, when i Download a file, any file. The Download Progress has no problems, but when the download complete, Nothing happens it just keeps the blue line of the download, and then I can’t open that file…this only happened to me when i downloaded the IOS 18.3… hope it'll be fixed ASAP.
Bye!
I’ve been working on a personal iOS project for fun — essentially a YouTube music player, learning how background media playback works in native iOS apps.
After seeing that Musi (a famous music streaming app) can play YouTube audio in the background with the screen off — I got really curious. I’ve been trying to replicate that basic background audio functionality for YouTube embeds using WKWebView. I've spent a crazy amount of time (probably 20 hours) trying to figure this out but have achieved no success.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
-Embedding a YouTube video in a WKWebView
-Activating AVAudioSession with .playback and setting .setActive(true)
-Adding the UIBackgroundModes key with audio in Info.plist
-Adding the NSAppTransportSecurity key to allow arbitrary loads
--Testing on a real device (iPhone 14, iOS 18.1 target)--
What happens:
Audio plays fine in the foreground.
If I exit the app and go to the lock screen quickly enough (less than 3 seconds) after pressing play, I can resume playback briefly from the lock screen — but it doesn’t automatically continue like in Musi and other apps like it.
Most of the time, the audio stops when the app is backgrounded.
I get this error consistently in the logs:
Error acquiring assertion: <Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)"
It seems like the app lacks some specific entitlements related to WebKit media playback. I don’t have AppDelegate/SceneDelegate (using SwiftUI), but can add if needed.
I’m super curious how music streaming apps using youtube as a source get around this — are they doing something different under the hood? A custom player? A SafariViewController trick? Is there a specific way to configure WKWebView to keep playing in the background, or is this a known limitation?
Would really appreciate any insight from folks who’ve explored this before or know how apps like Musi pulled it off.
Thanks in advance!
I have a local HTML file used to display mixed content with images and text. Here's the issue: the same file displays everything correctly in Google Chrome, showing both images and text as expected. However, when opened in Safari, only the text is shown—images are missing, which is very strange.
Interestingly, if I remove .png from the title attribute of the tag, the images show up properly in Safari. Alternatively, if I comment out the inclusion of html2canvas.min.js, the images also display correctly (although the layout breaks without it).
I'm not sure if this is a Safari-specific issue. Can anyone explain what might be causing this problem?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
We have an app store app that hosts an internal webserver we use as a proxy and it works for a period until iOS 18.3.x decides our cert is no longer valid at which point our customer have reinstall the app. This has only become a problem on iOS18.3. We publish the self-signed with out app, and it is valid and accepted until it's not. We know the cert is valid and our implementation of the local proxy has not changed. If we install a cert on the device and trust it, then the app will start behaving normally again without reinstall. We have replicated this locally and the error we are seeing is:
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1200 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." UserInfo={NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _WKRecoveryAttempterErrorKey=<WKReloadFrameErrorRecoveryAttempter: 0x301111e40>, networkTaskDescription=LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSErrorPeerCertificateChainKey=(
"<cert(0x108e3b700) s: 127.0.0.1 i: 127.0.0.1>",
"<cert(0x108e3b980) s: 127.0.0.1 i: 127.0.0.1>"
), NSErrorClientCertificateStateKey=0, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://localhost:8082/Blablal/?device=ios&sftouch=1&pgport=8081&secure=1, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://localhost:8082/blahblah/?device=ios&sftouch=1&pgport=8081&secure=1, NSUnderlyingError=0x301e1d680 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1200 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamPropertySSLClientCertificateState=0, _kCFNetworkCFStreamSSLErrorOriginalValue=-9802, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802}}, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=(
"LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>"
), _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <541390E2-65FA-47AB-80B1-10209D6C761A>.<3>, networkTaskMetricsPrivacyStance=NotEligible, NSURLErrorFailingURLPeerTrustErrorKey=<SecTrustRef: 0x302670a50>, NSLocalizedDescription=An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.}
ios drop file wrong file name
I use the following simple JS code to drag file from the browser to the desktop.
Works perfect on MacOS.
onDragStart(event, ucpView) {
let file = new BrowserFile([this.file.fileContent], this.file.displayName, {
type: 'application/ucp-scenario'
});
const fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
event.dataTransfer.setData("DownloadURL", `application/octet-stream:${file.name}:${fileURL}`);
event.dataTransfer.setData("text/uri-list", fileURL);
}
but on iOS it keeps nameing the file
Text1.txt
Text2.txt
...
and ignores the DownloadURL
whats the best way to get it workng on both OS?
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General
Hi everyone,
I’m working on a web project developed on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), where we’ve built a custom component that embeds Apple Podcasts episodes using the official iframe provided via https://embed.podcasts.apple.com.
Everything works correctly from a rendering point of view, but we are now exploring ways to track user interactions with the embedded player, specifically events such as: start, play, pause,
progress milestones (e.g. 25%, 50%, etc.).
This data would be used to send analytics events to Adobe Analytics.
So far, we haven’t found any documentation or JavaScript API that would allow us to listen to these events.
We'd like to ask:
Is there any official way to track playback events from an Apple Podcasts iframe?
Any information, clarification, or direction would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks,
Adriana
Topic:
Safari & Web
SubTopic:
General