At WWDC25 we launched a new type of Lab event for the developer community - Group Labs. A Group Lab is a panel Q&A designed for a large audience of developers. Group Labs are a unique opportunity for the community to submit questions directly to a panel of Apple engineers and designers. Here are the highlights from the WWDC25 Group Lab for UI Frameworks. How would you recommend developers start adopting the new design? Start by focusing on the foundational structural elements of your application, working from the "top down" or "bottom up" based on your application's hierarchy. These structural changes, like edge-to-edge content and updated navigation and controls, often require corresponding code modifications. As a first step, recompile your application with the new SDK to see what updates are automatically applied, especially if you've been using standard controls. Then, carefully analyze where the new design elements can be applied to your UI, paying particular attention to custom controls or UI that could benefit from a refresh. Address the large structural items first then focus on smaller details is recommended. Will we need to migrate our UI code to Swift and SwiftUI to adopt the new design? No, you will not need to migrate your UI code to Swift and SwiftUI to adopt the new design. The UI frameworks fully support the new design, allowing you to migrate your app with as little effort as possible, especially if you've been using standard controls. The goal is to make it easy to adopt the new design, regardless of your current UI framework, to achieve a cohesive look across the operating system. What was the reason for choosing Liquid Glass over frosted glass, as used in visionOS? The choice of Liquid Glass was driven by the desire to bring content to life. The see-through nature of Liquid Glass enhances this effect. The appearance of Liquid Glass adapts based on its size; larger glass elements look more frosted, which aligns with the design of visionOS, where everything feels larger and benefits from the frosted look. What are best practices for apps that use customized navigation bars? The new design emphasizes behavior and transitions as much as static appearance. Consider whether you truly need a custom navigation bar, or if the system-provided controls can meet your needs. Explore new APIs for subtitles and custom views in navigation bars, designed to support common use cases. If you still require a custom solution, ensure you're respecting safe areas using APIs like SwiftUI's safeAreaInset. When working with Liquid Glass, group related buttons in shared containers to maintain design consistency. Finally, mark glass containers as interactive. For branding, instead of coloring the navigation bar directly, consider incorporating branding colors into the content area behind the Liquid Glass controls. This creates a dynamic effect where the color is visible through the glass and moves with the content as the user scrolls. I want to know why new UI Framework APIs aren’t backward compatible, specifically in SwiftUI? It leads to code with lots of if-else statements. Existing APIs have been updated to work with the new design where possible, ensuring that apps using those APIs will adopt the new design and function on both older and newer operating systems. However, new APIs often depend on deep integration across the framework and graphics stack, making backward compatibility impractical. When using these new APIs, it's important to consider how they fit within the context of the latest OS. The use of if-else statements allows you to maintain compatibility with older systems while taking full advantage of the new APIs and design features on newer systems. If you are using new APIs, it likely means you are implementing something very specific to the new design language. Using conditional code allows you to intentionally create different code paths for the new design versus older operating systems. Prefer to use if #available where appropriate to intentionally adopt new design elements. Are there any Liquid Glass materials in iOS or macOS that are only available as part of dedicated components? Or are all those materials available through new UIKit and AppKit views? Yes, some variations of the Liquid Glass material are exclusively available through dedicated components like sliders, segmented controls, and tab bars. However, the "regular" and "clear" glass materials should satisfy most application requirements. If you encounter situations where these options are insufficient, please file feedback. If I were to create an app today, how should I design it to make it future proof using Liquid Glass? The best approach to future-proof your app is to utilize standard system controls and design your UI to align with the standard system look and feel. Using the framework-provided declarative API generally leads to easier adoption of future design changes, as you're expressing intent rather than specifying pixel-perfect visuals. Pay close attention to the design sessions offered this year, which cover the design motivation behind the Liquid Glass material and best practices for its use. Is it possible to implement your own sidebar on macOS without NSSplitViewController, but still provide the Liquid Glass appearance? While technically possible to create a custom sidebar that approximates the Liquid Glass appearance without using NSSplitViewController, it is not recommended. The system implementation of the sidebar involves significant unseen complexity, including interlayering with scroll edge effects and fullscreen behaviors. NSSplitViewController provides the necessary level of abstraction for the framework to handle these details correctly. Regarding the SceneDelagate and scene based life-cycle, I would like to confirm that AppDelegate is not going away. Also if the above is a correct understanding, is there any advice as to what should, and should not, be moved to the SceneDelegate? UIApplicationDelegate is not going away and still serves a purpose for application-level interactions with the system and managing scenes at a higher level. Move code related to your app's scene or UI into the UISceneDelegate. Remember that adopting scenes doesn't necessarily mean supporting multiple scenes; an app can be scene-based but still support only one scene. Refer to the tech note Migrating to the UIKit scene-based life cycle and the Make your UIKit app more flexible WWDC25 session for more information.

The new .searchToolbarBehavior(.minimized) modifier leads to a choppy animation both on device and SwiftUI canvas (iOS 26.2): I assume this is not the intended behaviour (reported under FB21572657), but since I almost never receive any feedback to my reports, I wanted to see also here, whether you experience the same, or perhaps I use the modifier incorrectly? struct SwiftUIView: View { @State var isSearchPresented: Bool = false @State var searchQuery: String = "" var body: some View { TabView { Tab { NavigationStack { ScrollView { Text(isSearchPresented.description) } .navigationTitle("Test") } .searchable(text: $searchQuery, isPresented: $isSearchPresented) .searchToolbarBehavior(.minimize) // **Choppy animation comes from here?** } label: { Label("Test", systemImage: "calendar") } Tab { Text("123") } label: { Label("123", systemImage: "globe") } } } } #Preview { if #available(iOS 26, *) { SwiftUIView() } else { // Fallback on earlier versions } }

I was wondering what the recommended way is to persist user settings with SwiftData? It seems the SwiftData API is focused around querying for multiple objects, but what if you just want one UserSettings object that is persisted across devices say for example to store the user's age or sorting preferences. Do we just create one object and then query for it or is there a better way of doing this? Right now I am just creating: import SwiftData @Model final class UserSettings { var age: Int = 0 var sortAtoZ: Bool = true init(age: Int = 0, sortAtoZ: Bool = true) { self.age = age self.sortAtoZ = sortAtoZ } } In my view I am doing as follows: import SwiftUI import SwiftData struct SettingsView: View { @Environment(\.modelContext) var context @Query var settings: [UserSettings] var body: some View { ForEach(settings) { setting in let bSetting = Bindable(setting) Toggle("Sort A-Z", isOn: bSetting.sortAtoZ) TextField("Age", value: bSetting.age, format: .number) } .onAppear { if settings.isEmpty { context.insert(UserSettings(age: 0, sortAtoZ: true)) } } } } Unfortunately, there are two issues with this approach: I am having to fetch multiple items when I only ever want one. Sometimes when running on a new device it will create a second UserSettings while it is waiting for the original one to sync from CloudKit. AppStorage is not an option here as I am looking to persist for the user across devices and use CloudKit syncing.

Hello, I'm trying to make a white-Label sort of thing for my app, that is: a script runs before the app launches, sets a certain LaunchAgent command that sets and environment variable, and based on that variable's value tha main app's icon changes to a certain logo (change only happens in the dock because changing the icon on disk breaks the signature) When the app launches it takes a noticeable time until the dock icon changes to what I want, so I worked around that by setting the app's plist property to hide the dock icon and then when the app is launched I call an objc++ function to display the icon in the dock again (this time it displays as the new icon) The showing happens through [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular]; The problem happens when I try to close the app, it returns back to the old logo before closing which is what I want to prevent. I tried hiding the app dock icon before closing but even the hiding itself changes the icon before hiding The hiding happens through [NSApp setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited]; My goal is that the main app icon doesn't appear to the user through the dock, and that the icon that is only visible is the other one that changes during runtime The reason for this is that I have an app that should be visible differently depending on an environment variable that I set using an installer app. The app is the same for all users with very minor UI adjustments depending on that env variable's value. So instead of creating different versions of the app I'd like to have just 1 version that adjusts differently depending on the env variable's value. Somehow this is the only step left to have a smooth experience Feel free to ask more clarification questions I'd be happy to help Thank you

Dear Apple Customer Support, I’m developing a new Swift iPadOS app and I want the app to run in landscape only (portrait disabled). In Xcode, under Target > General > Deployment Info > Device Orientation, if I select only Landscape Left and Landscape Right, the app builds successfully, but during upload/validation I receive this message and the upload is blocked: “Update the Info.plist: Support for all orientations will soon be required.” Could you please advise what the correct/recommended way is to keep an iPad app locked to landscape only while complying with the current App Store upload requirements? Is there a specific Info.plist configuration (e.g., UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad) or another setting that should be used? Thank you,

I'm working on a watchOS app using SwiftUI that updates its UI based on regular, time-driven logic. On a real Apple Watch, after the app has been running for ~1 minute, the device enters Always-On / power-saving display mode (screen dimmed, wrist down). From that point on, SwiftUI UI updates become noticeably delayed. The underlying logic continues to run correctly, but the UI only redraws sporadically and often "catches up" once the screen becomes fully active again. The app is running in workout mode, which keeps it alive and maintains WatchConnectivity, but this does not prevent UI redraw throttling. Below is a minimal reproducible example that demonstrates the issue. PlaybackModel.swift import SwiftUI @MainActor final class PlaybackModel: ObservableObject { @Published var beat: Int = 0 private var timer: Timer? func start() { timer?.invalidate() timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 0.5, repeats: true) { _ in Task { @MainActor in self.beat += 1 } } } func stop() { timer?.invalidate() } } ContentView.swift (watchOS) import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @StateObject private var model = PlaybackModel() var body: some View { VStack { Text("Beat: \(model.beat)") .font(.largeTitle) } .onAppear { model.start() } .onDisappear { model.stop() } } } Observed Behavior • The beat value continues to increase reliably. • After the watch enters Always-On / power-saving mode, SwiftUI redraws are delayed or skipped. • When the screen becomes fully active again, the UI catches up. Questions: • Is this UI redraw throttling in Always-On / power-saving mode an unavoidable system limitation on watchOS? • Is there any supported way to keep consistent SwiftUI update frequency while the app is visible but dimmed?

Are there tools to inspect why a drag-and-drop drop is not triggering in a SwiftUI app? I've declared .draggable on the dragging view, and .dropDestination on the receiving TabContent Tab view. This combination of modifiers is working on a smaller demo app that I have, but not on my more complex one. Is there a means to debug this in SwiftUI? I'd like to see if the drag-and-drop pasteboard actually has what I think it should have on it. Notably: "TabContent" has a far more restricted list of modifiers that can be used on it.

Is anyone else getting new warning about menu items with submenus when running on Tahoe? I'm getting big performance problems using my menu as well as seeing these messages and I'm wondering if there's a connection. My app is faceless with a NSStatusItem with an NSMenu. Specifically it's my own subclass of NSMenu where I have a lot of code to manage the menu's dynamic behavior. This code is directly in the menu subclass instead of in a controller because the app I forked had it this way, a little wacky but I don't see it being a problem. A nib defines the contents of the menu, and it's instantiated manually with code like: var nibObjects: NSArray? = [] guard let nib = NSNib(nibNamed: "AppMenu", bundle: nil) else { ... } guard nib.instantiate(withOwner: owner, topLevelObjects: &nibObjects) else { ... } guard let menu = nibObjects?.compactMap({ $0 as? Self }).first else { ... } Within that nib.instantiate call I see a warning logged that seems new to Tahoe, before the menu's awakeFromNib is called, that says (edited): Internal inconsistency in menus - menu <NSMenu: 0x6000034e5340> believes it has <My_StatusItem_App.AppMenu: 0x7f9570c1a440> as a supermenu, but the supermenu does not seem to have any item with that submenu My_StatusItem_App.AppMenu: 0x7f9570c1a440 is my menu belonging to the NSStatusItem, NSMenu: 0x6000034e5340 is the submenu of one of its menu items. At a breakpoint in the NSMenu subclass's awakeFromNib I print self and see clear evidence of the warning's incorrectness. Below is a snippet of the console including the full warning, only edited for clarity and brevity. It shows on line 32 menu item with placeholder title "prototype batch item" that indeed has that submenu. Internal inconsistency in menus - menu <NSMenu: 0x6000034e5340> Title: Supermenu: 0x7f9570c1a440 (My StatusItem App), autoenable: YES Previous menu: 0x0 (None) Next menu: 0x0 (None) Items: ( "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e4fa0 Do The Thing Again, ke mask='<none>'>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e5040 Customize\U2026, ke mask='<none>'>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e50e0, ke mask='<none>'>" ) believes it has <My_StatusItem_App.AppMenu: 0x7f9570c1a440> Title: My StatusItem App Supermenu: 0x0 (None), autoenable: YES Previous menu: 0x0 (None) Next menu: 0x0 (None) Items: ( ) as a supermenu, but the supermenu does not seem to have any item with that submenu (lldb) po self <My_StatusItem_App.AppMenu: 0x7f9570c1a440> Title: My StatusItem App Supermenu: 0x0 (None), autoenable: YES Previous menu: 0x0 (None) Next menu: 0x0 (None) Items: ( "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fd7c0 About My StatusItem App\U2026, ke mask='<none>', action: showAbout:, action image: info.circle>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fd860 Show Onboarding Window\U2026, ke mask='Shift', action: showIntro:>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fd900 Update Available\U2026, ke mask='<none>', action: installUpdate:, standard image: icloud.and.arrow.down, hidden>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e46e0, ke mask='<none>'>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e4780 Start The Thing, ke mask='<none>', action: startTheThing:>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e4dc0 \U2318-\U232b key detector item, ke mask='<none>', view: <My_StatusItem_App.KeyDetectorView: 0x7f9570c1a010>>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e4e60, ke mask='<none>'>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010e4f00 saved batches heading item, ke mask='<none>', view: <NSView: 0x7f9570b4be10>, hidden>", "<My_StatusItem_App.BatchMenuItem: 0x6000016e02c0 prototype batch item, ke mask='<none>', action: replaySavedBatch:, submenu: 0x6000034e5340 ()>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010f7d40, ke mask='<none>'>", "<My_StatusItem_App.ClipMenuItem: 0x7f956ef14fd0 prototype copy clip item, ke mask='<none>', action: copyClip:>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fa620 Settings\U2026, ke='Command-,', action: showSettings:>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fa6c0, ke mask='<none>'>", "<NSMenuItem: 0x6000010fa760 Quit My StatusItem App, ke='Command-Q', action: quit:>" ) Is this seemingly incorrect inconsistency message harmless? Am I only grasping at straws to think it has some connection to the performance issues with this menu?

Since I moved to Xcode 26.1 and Xcode 26.2 then, my UI tests all fail only for iOS 26+, for both simulator and real device. Everything worked perfectly with Xcode 26.0, and the code base of the application under test and the test cases are the same. With Xcode 26.0, the tests pass for iOS 26+ and iOS < 26, for both simulator and real device. In addition, even the Accessibility Inspector tool fails to display the view hierarchy for iOS 26+ with Xcode 26.2. With Xcode 26.0, whatever are the devices and the OS versions, the tool was able to display the view hierarchy. Otherwise the tool is empty even if the device and app are selected. This failing tests issue occurs both on my local environment and on GitHub Actions runners, excluding the hypothesis I have troubles with my own side. The error message for failing tests explains the element cannot be found anymore. Given for example the test case: @MainActor func testMakeScreenshotsForDocumentation_Button() { let app = launchApp() goToComponentsSheet(app) waitForButtonToAppear(withWording: "app_components_button_label", app) tapButton(withWording: "app_components_button_label", app) tapButton(withWording: "Strong", app) takeScreenshot(named: "component_button_", ACDC.buttonX, ACDC.buttonY, ACDC.buttonWidth, ACDC.buttonHeight, app) } the goToComponentSheet(app) line shows the error: ActionsDocumentationScreenshots.testMakeScreenshotsForDocumentation_Button() In details the function: /// Opens the page of the components, i.e. tap on the 2nd of the tab bar @MainActor func goToComponentsSheet(_ app: XCUIApplication) { app.tabBars.buttons.element(boundBy: 1).tap() } with the following error on the app.tabBars line: .../AppTestCase.swift:157 testMakeScreenshotsForDocumentation_Button(): Failed to tap Button (Element at index 1): No matches found for Descendants matching type TabBar from input {(Application, pid: 1883)} I have the feeling with Xcode 26.2 (and Xcode 26.1) the view hierarchy is not accessible anymore for both XCUITest framework and Accessibility Inspector tool. Note I have on my side macOS Tahoe 26.1 (25B78) and my GitHub Actions runner are on macOS 26.0.1 (25A362). When I used Xcode 26.0 I was on macOS Tahoe 26.1 (25B78) . Any ideas? 🙂

We have submitted a feedback for this issue: FB21230723 We're building a note-taking app for iOS and macOS that uses both UITextView and NSTextView. When performing text input that involves a marked range (such as Japanese input) in a UITextView or NSTextView with a UITextViewDelegate or NSTextViewDelegate set, the text view's marked range (markedTextRange / markedRange()) has not yet been updated at the moment when shouldChangeTextIn is invoked. UITextViewDelegate.textView(_:shouldChangeTextIn:replacementText:) NSTextViewDelegate.textView(_:shouldChangeTextIn:replacementString:) The current behavior is this when entering text in Japanese: (same for NSTextView) func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldChangeTextIn range: NSRange, replacementText text: String) -> Bool { print(textView.markedTextRange != nil) // prints out false DispatchQueue.main.async { print(textView.markedTextRange != nil) // prints out true } } However, we need the value of markedTextRange right away in order to determine whether to return true or false from this method. Is there any workaround for this issue?

How to change the image launch screen using story to show picture display in rotated view when ipad in portrait orientation ? Current launch screen -Image Portrait Orientation -Image Landscape Orientation -Info Setting Expected launch screen as below (Not Working) -Expected Launch Screen I have uploaded the entire sample source here

I’m running into a problem with SwiftUI/AppKit event handling on macOS Tahoe 26.2. I have a layered view setup: Bottom: AppKit NSView (NSViewRepresentable) Middle: SwiftUI view in an NSHostingView with drag/tap gestures Top: Another SwiftUI view in an NSHostingView On macOS 26.2, the middle NSHostingView no longer receives mouse or drag events when the top NSHostingView is present. Events pass through to the AppKit view below. Removing the top layer immediately restores interaction. Everything works correctly on macOS Sequoia. I’ve posted a full reproducible example and detailed explanation on Stack Overflow, including a single-file demo: Stack Overflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/q/79862332 I also found a related older discussion here, but couldn’t get the suggested workaround to apply: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/759081 Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

Description Title of the view controller is not displayed for the 1st view controller in navigation stack. Is there a way to show it? Main problem is that selected tab is a UITabGroup and there's no way to understand which child of it is currently selected without opening the sidebar or guessing by the content. Human Interface Guidelines In the guidelines there are examples with title visible on the iPad in similar case: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/tab-bars Code import UIKit import SwiftUI struct TestView: View { var tab: UITab? let id = UUID() var body: some View { ScrollView { HStack { Spacer() VStack { Text(tab?.title ?? id.uuidString) } Spacer() } .frame(height: 1000) .background(.red) .onTapGesture { tab?.viewController?.navigationController?.pushViewController( TestViewController(nil), animated: true ) } } } } class TestViewController: UIHostingController<TestView> { let _tab: UITab? init(_ tab: UITab?) { self._tab = tab super.init(rootView: TestView(tab: _tab)) } @MainActor @preconcurrency required dynamic init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) { fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented") } override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() navigationItem.title = _tab?.title ?? "tab-nil" } } class ViewController: UITabBarController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() mode = .tabSidebar let provider: (UITab) -> UIViewController = { tab in print(tab) return TestViewController(tab) } let tab1 = UITabGroup( title: "Tab 1", image: UIImage(systemName: "1.square.fill"), identifier: "tab1", children: [ UITab(title: "Sub 1", image: UIImage(systemName: "1.circle"), identifier: "First Tab", viewControllerProvider: provider), UITab(title: "Sub 2", image: UIImage(systemName: "2.circle"), identifier: "Second Tab", viewControllerProvider: provider) ]) tab1.selectedChild = tab1.children[0] tab1.managingNavigationController = UINavigationController() let tab2 = UITabGroup( title: "Tab 2", image: UIImage(systemName: "2.square.fill"), identifier: "Section one", children: [ UITab( title: "Sub 1", image: UIImage(systemName: "a.circle"), identifier: "Section 1, item A", viewControllerProvider: provider), UITabGroup(title: "Sub Group", image: nil, identifier: "q", children: [ UITab( title: "Item 1", image: UIImage(systemName: "b.circle"), identifier: "c1", viewControllerProvider: provider), UITab( title: "Item 2", image: UIImage(systemName: "b.circle"), identifier: "c2", viewControllerProvider: provider) ], viewControllerProvider: provider ), ] ) tab2.selectedChild = tab2.children[0] tab2.managingNavigationController = UINavigationController() tabs = [ tab1, tab2, ] selectedTab = tab1 } }

Running print operation on WKWebView I hit EXC_BREAKPOINT and there is all kinds of console spew that looks concerning: ERROR: The NSPrintOperation view's frame was not initialized properly before knowsPageRange: returned. (WKPrintingView) ** CGContextClipToRect: invalid context 0x0. If you want to see the backtrace, please set CG_CONTEXT_SHOW_BACKTRACE environmental variable.** WebContent[7743] networkd_settings_read_from_file Sandbox is preventing this process from reading networkd settings file at "/Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkd.plist", please add an exception. CRASHSTRING: XPC_ERROR_CONNECTION_INVALID from launchservicesd CRASHSTRING: rdar://problem/28724618 Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. WebContent[7921] The sandbox in this process does not allow access to RunningBoard. Safe to ignore all this?

With iOS 26 there has been a change in behavior with Pickers in the toolbar. The Picker looks expanded unlike other views such as a Button and Menu. See screenshots below. Is this the intended behavior or a bug? (I already submitted a feedback for this at FB19276474) What Picker looks like in the toolbar: What Button looks like in the toolbar:

Applying glass effect, providing a shape isn't resulting in the provided shape rendering the interaction correctly. .glassEffect(.regular.tint(Color(event.calendar.cgColor)).interactive(), in: .rect(cornerRadius: 20)) results in properly drawn view but interactive part of it is off. light and shimmer appear as a capsule within the rect.

Hello, I’m reaching out after several days of investigation, as I’ve exhausted all standard troubleshooting steps and would truly appreciate guidance from Apple engineers or experienced developers. I am experiencing a persistent issue where StoreKit does not return any subscription products on any device, despite all subscriptions being fully approved and correctly configured in App Store Connect. What is happening • Auto-renewable subscriptions exist and are approved in App Store Connect • The app is installed from the production App Store (not TestFlight, not sandbox) • initConnection / StoreKit initialization succeeds • Requests for products/subscriptions return an empty result (no errors, no IDs) • In the UI, prices are shown as “Unavailable” • This behavior is 100% reproducible on every device, every Apple ID, every network Important detail This issue is not device-specific, account-specific, or environment-specific: • Tested on multiple iPhones • Tested with different Apple IDs • Tested on different networks • Same result every time — no subscriptions returned Why I believe this is not a code issue The exact same symptoms previously occurred on Google Play, where the root cause turned out to be a store-side configuration flag blocking billing visibility, not an application bug. Because: • StoreKit initializes correctly • No runtime errors occur • The issue is global across devices and users …I strongly suspect there may be an App Store Connect / StoreKit configuration, availability, storefront, agreement, or propagation-related factor that is preventing StoreKit from returning the products at runtime. Is there any known App Store Connect or StoreKit condition where: • subscriptions are approved and visible in App Store Connect • but StoreKit returns an empty result set in production? If so, I would be extremely grateful for guidance on where exactly to verify or correct this. Thank you very much for your time and support — any insight would be hugely appreciated. Kind regards, Mateusz

I am trying to use the UIButtonConfiguration to set the UI state for the button.isEnabled status. I do see the ConfigurationUpdateHandler code below being executed but when the button.isEnabled is set to false, the UI does not reflect the updated backgroundColor. Instead it is a very light gray but the foregroundColor/text is being updated. It seems that the default disabled button treatment is being used despite being set to a different color. Is there a better way to suppress the default UIButton disabled state so I can customize? [newButton setConfigurationUpdateHandler:^(__kindof UIButton * _Nonnull button) { UIButtonConfiguration *updatedConfiguration; if (newButton.configuration != nil) { updatedConfiguration = newButton.configuration; if (button.isEnabled) { updatedConfiguration.baseBackgroundColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor]; updatedConfiguration.baseForegroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; } else { updatedConfiguration.baseBackgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor]; updatedConfiguration.baseForegroundColor = [UIColor blackColor]; } } button.configuration = updatedConfiguration; }];

When I call this method on a thread that isn`t thread. And chose main thread check on target, The Console show the world : Main Thread Checker: UI API called on a background thread: -[UIApplication canOpenURL:] PID: 8818, TID: 10191278, Thread name: (none), Queue name: com.myqueue.canopen, QoS: 0 Backtrace: 4 TestDemo 0x0000000102f6c068 __39-[AppTools isExists:]_block_invoke_3 + 892 5 CoreFoundation 0x000000019e22995c 7519E999-1053-3367-B9D5-8844F6D3BDC6 + 1042780 6 CoreFoundation 0x000000019e12ec98 7519E999-1053-3367-B9D5-8844F6D3BDC6 + 15512 7 TestDemo 0x0000000102f6bba0 __39-[AppTools isExists:]_block_invoke_2 + 424 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103a4d7fc _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 24 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103a4ebd8 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 10 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103a55b48 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 744 11 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103a566e4 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 448 12 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000103a61adc _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 1324 13 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000019df72b88 _pthread_wqthread + 276 14 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000019df75760 start_wqthread + 8

Description: When following Apple's WWDC guidance to hide the default Liquid Glass background on a ToolbarItem using .sharedBackgroundVisibility(.hidden) and draw a custom circular progress ring, a rectangular rendering artifact appears during navigation bar transition animations (e.g., when the navigation bar dims/fades during a push/pop transition). Steps to Reproduce: Create a ToolbarItem with a custom circular view (e.g., a progress ring using Circle().trim().stroke()). Apply .sharedBackgroundVisibility(.hidden) to hide the default Liquid Glass background. Navigate to a detail view (triggering a navigation bar transition animation). Observe the ToolbarItem during the transition. Expected Result: The custom circular view should transition smoothly without any visual artifacts. Actual Result: A rectangular bounding box artifact briefly appears around the custom view during the navigation bar's dimming/transition animation. The artifact disappears after the transition completes. Attempts to Resolve (All Failed): Using .frame(width: 44, height: 44) with .aspectRatio(1, contentMode: .fit) Using .fixedSize() instead of explicit frame Using Circle().fill() as a base view with .overlay for content Using Button with .buttonStyle(.plain) and Color.clear placeholder Various combinations of .clipShape(Circle()), .contentShape(Circle()), .mask(Circle()) Workaround Found (Trade-off): Removing .sharedBackgroundVisibility(.hidden) eliminates the rectangular artifact, but this prevents customizing the Liquid Glass appearance as intended by the API. Code Sample: swift if #available(iOS 26.0, *) { ToolbarItem { Button { // action } label: { Color.clear .frame(width: 32, height: 32) .overlay { ZStack { // Background arc (3/4 circle) Circle() .trim(from: 0, to: 0.75) .stroke(Color.blue.opacity(0.3), style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 4, lineCap: .round)) .rotationEffect(.degrees(135)) .frame(width: 28, height: 28) // Progress arc Circle() .trim(from: 0, to: 0.5) // Example: 50% progress .stroke(Color.blue, style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 4, lineCap: .round)) .rotationEffect(.degrees(135)) .frame(width: 28, height: 28) Text("50") .font(.system(size: 12, weight: .bold)) .foregroundStyle(Color.blue) Text("100") .font(.system(size: 8, weight: .bold)) .foregroundStyle(.primary) .offset(y: 12) } .background { Circle() .fill(.clear) .glassEffect(.clear.interactive(), in: Circle()) } } } .buttonStyle(.plain) } .sharedBackgroundVisibility(.hidden) // ⚠️ This modifier causes the rectangular artifact during transitions } Environment: iOS 26 Beta