Hi,
I have added widgets to my iOS app and I would like to make this feature only accessible to "pro" users that have made a non-consumable in-app purchase.
Currently, I am doing the following: I store an "isUnlocked" property in the Keychain after the purchase is made
I read data to be displayed in the widget and here I also query the Keychain and store whether the widget is unlocked
I have no refresh policy, but only change the widget data on a significant time change
a different view is displayed when the app is locked
Some dummy code snippets:
func getTimeline(in context: Context, completion: @escaping (Timeline<Entry>) -> Void) {
		let entry = readContents()
		let timeline = Timeline(entries: [entry], policy: .never)
		completion(timeline)
}
struct WidgetEntryView: View {
		let entry: Provider.Entry
@Environment(\.widgetFamily) var family
@ViewBuilder
var body: some View {
switch family {
case .systemSmall:
if !entry.isUnlocked {
LockedWidgetView()
} else if let event = entry.event {
SmallWidgetEventView(event: event)
} else {
NoDataWidgetView()
}
...
func applicationSignificantTimeChange(_ application: UIApplication) {
		if #available(iOS 14.0, *) {
				WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines()
		}
...
However, 2 unexpected things happen: the view is refreshed intraday (not only at midnight i.e. at significant time change)
sometimes the LockedWidgetView is displayed.
Especially the latter is problematic, because it gives false information to a user that has already made the in-app purchase.
How can I achieve my goal of only displaying info when the user has made the in-app purchase?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Although it would not have my preference, I would also find it acceptable if the widget is only shown as option to add once the purchase is made. In other words, I was considering changing the Widget itself:
struct MyWidget: Widget {
private var supportedFamilies: [WidgetFamily] = isUnlocked() ? [.systemSmall, .systemMedium] : []
but I believe I cannot re-initialise the widget from the app when the user makes the in-app purchase, because the only refresh option that I have is
WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines()
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Hi,
In my apps, the recent iOS 16.0 beta 7 (20A5356a) broke the .timer DateStyle property of the Text view, in a SwiftUI widget.
In previous OS and beta, Text(Date(), style: .timer) was correctly displaying an increasing counter.
In iOS 6.0 beta 7, Text(Date(), style: .timer) does not update anymore, (and is offset to the left).
The other DateStyle (like .offset, .relative, ...) seems to update correctly.
Anyone noticed that (very specific) problem ?
I am trying to learn Xcode and swift ui for a class project but the attribute inspector just does not show up, I can have the simulator open or closed I click on it nothing works. I feel so stupid. I suppose you don't need it but it helps a lot. anyone have any trouble shooting that could help?
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
When you use .navigationTransition(.zoom(sourceID: "placeholder", in: placehoder)) for navigation animation, going back using the swipe gesture is still very buggy on IOS26. I know it has been mentioned in other places like here: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/796805?answerId=856846022#856846022 but nothing seems to have been done to fix this issue.
Here is a video showing the bug comparing when the back button is used vs swipe to go back: https://imgur.com/a/JgEusRH
I wish there was a way to at least disable the swipe back gesture until this bug is fixed.
I created a Radar for this FB14766095, but thought I would add it here for extra visibility, or if anyone else had any thoughts on the issue.
Basic Information
Please provide a descriptive title for your feedback:
iOS 18 hit testing functionality differs from iOS 17
What type of feedback are you reporting?
Incorrect/Unexpected Behavior
Description:
Please describe the issue and what steps we can take to reproduce it:
We have an issue in iOS 18 Beta 6 where hit testing functionality differs from the expected functionality in iOS 17.5.1 and previous versions of iOS.
iOS 17: When a sheet is presented, the hit-testing logic considers subviews of the root view, meaning the rootView itself is rarely the hit view.
iOS 18: When a sheet is presented, the hit-testing logic changes, sometimes considering the rootView itself as the hit view.
Code:
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
@State var isPresentingView: Bool = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("View One")
Button {
isPresentingView.toggle()
} label: {
Text("Present View Two")
}
}
.padding()
.sheet(isPresented: $isPresentingView) {
ContentViewTwo()
}
}
}
#Preview {
ContentView()
}
struct ContentViewTwo: View {
@State var isPresentingView: Bool = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("View Two")
}
.padding()
}
}
extension UIWindow {
public override func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {
/// Get view from superclass.
guard let hitView = super.hitTest(point, with: event) else { return nil }
print("RPTEST rootViewController = ", rootViewController.hashValue)
print("RPTEST rootViewController?.view = ", rootViewController?.view.hashValue)
print("RPTEST hitView = ", hitView.hashValue)
if let rootView = rootViewController?.view {
print("RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: \(Unmanaged.passUnretained(rootView).toOpaque())")
print("RPTEST hitView memory address: \(Unmanaged.passUnretained(hitView).toOpaque())")
print("RPTEST Are they equal? \(rootView == hitView)")
}
/// If the returned view is the `UIHostingController`'s view, ignore.
print("MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView", rootViewController?.view == hitView)
print("MTEST: -")
return hitView
}
}
Looking at the print statements from the provided sample project:
iOS 17 presenting a sheet from a button tap on the ContentView():
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x0000000120009200
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x000000011fd25000
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x0000000120009200
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x000000011fd25000
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
iOS 17 dismiss from presented view:
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x0000000120009200
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x000000011fe04080
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x0000000120009200
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x000000011fe04080
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
iOS 18 presenting a sheet from a button tap on the ContentView():
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x000000010333e3c0
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x0000000103342080
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x000000010333e3c0
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x000000010333e3c0
RPTEST Are they equal? true
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView true
You can see here ☝️ that in iOS 18 the views have the same memory address on the second call and are evaluated to be the same. This differs from iOS 17.
iOS 18 dismiss
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x000000010333e3c0
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x0000000103e80000
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
RPTEST rootViewController's view memory address: 0x000000010333e3c0
RPTEST hitView memory address: 0x0000000103e80000
RPTEST Are they equal? false
MTEST: hitTest rootViewController?.view == hitView false
The question I want to ask:
Is this an intended change, meaning the current functionality in iOS 18 is expected?
Or is this a bug and it's something that needs to be fixed?
As a user, I would expect that the hit testing functionality would remain the same from iOS 17 to iOS 18.
Thank you for your time.
This issue was in the first iOS 26 beta and it still there with Xcode 26 beta 6 (17A5305f). Feedback is FB18581605 and contains sample project to reproduce the issue.
I assign a target and action to a UISlider for the UIControl.Event.valueChanged value:
addTarget(self, action: #selector(sliderValueDidChange), for: .valueChanged)
Here’s the function.
@objc
func sliderValueDidChange(_ sender: UISlider, event: UIEvent) {
print(event)
}
When printing the event value, there is a crash. When checking the event value with lldb, it appears uninitialized.
Using desaturated mode on an image in a widget will break any links or buttons that use the image as their 'label'.
Using the following will just open the app as if there was no link at all - therefore just using the fallback userActivity handler, or any .widgetURL() urls provided.
Link(destination: URL(string: "bug://never-works")!) {
Image("puppy")
.widgetAccentedRenderingMode(.desaturated)
}
The same goes for buttons:
Button(intent: MyDemoIntent()) {
Image("puppy")
.widgetAccentedRenderingMode(.desaturated)
}
I've tried hacky solutions like putting the link behind the image using a ZStack, and disabling hit testing on the image, but they don't work. Anything else to try?
Logged as Feedback #15152620.
On iOS17, UIDevice.current.batteryLevel is returning values rounded to 0.05, such as 1, 0.95, 0.9. Which used to be a 1% granularity in iOS16. Is this a bug or a new feature?
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.
When I build my app for iPad OS, either 26, or 18.5, as well as iOS on 16.5 from Xcode 26 with UIDesignRequiresCompatibility enabled my app is crashing as it loads the main UIViewController, a subclassed UITabBarController which is being loaded programatically from a Storyboard from another SplashScreen ViewController.
On i(Pad)OS 18.5 I get this error:
Thread 1: "Could not instantiate class named _TtGC5UIKit17UICoreHostingViewVCS_21ToolbarVisualProvider8RootView_ because no class named _TtGC5UIKit17UICoreHostingViewVCS_21ToolbarVisualProvider8RootView_ was found; the class needs to be defined in source code or linked in from a library (ensure the class is part of the correct target)"
On iPadOS 26 I get this error:
UIKitCore/UICoreHostingView.swift:54: Fatal error: init(coder:) has not been implemented
There is no issue building from Xcode 16.4, regardless of targeted i(Pad)OS.
Hello!
I have experienced a weird bug in iOS 26 Beta (8) and previous beta versions. The safe area inset is not correctly aligned with the keyboard toolbar on real devices and simulators.
When you focus a new textfield the bottom safe area is correctly placed aligned the keyboard toolbar.
On real devices the safe area inset view is covered slightly by the keyboard toolbar, which is even worse than on the simulator.
Here's a clip from a simulator:
Here's the code that reproduced the bug I experienced in our app.
#Preview {
NavigationStack {
ScrollView {
TextField("", text: .constant(""))
.padding()
.background(Color.secondary)
TextField("", text: .constant(""))
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
}
.padding()
.safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom, content: {
Color.red
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.frame(height: 40)
})
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .keyboard) {
Button {} label: {
Text("test")
}
}
}
}
}
There seems to be a performance issue when scrolling using the track pad with SwiftUI scroll views in macOS 15. This issue is NOT present in macOS 14.
When using the track pad the scrolling is not smooth, but "stutters". However scrolling using the scroll bars is very smooth. The "stuttering" is worse if the SwiftUI ScrollView is in the detail view of a NavigationSplitView.
The problem is not noticeable in scroll views with a small number views, but when the more views inside the scroll view, the more prominent the problem becomes.
I have a simple example app that illustrates the problem here (the example app is a simplification of my app Yammixer): https://github.com/danwaltin/SwiftUIScrollViewPerformance
When running this example app on macOS 14 (Sonoma) on an Intel i7 Mac book pro from 2019 the scrolling is "buttery smooth".
But on macOS 15 (Sequoia) on my Apple Silicon M1 Mac book pro the issue is very obvious.
When using Instruments I see that on macOS 15 "flame graph" shows that 85% of the execution time is in a "_hitTestForEvent" method. If the test app does not use NavigationSplitView about 70% of execution time is in the _hitTestForEvent method.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I have a List in a sidebar style which contains a LazyVGrid and a Section with a simple list contents. Every thing works well except when content increases and layout changes (from two columns to one column) for the LazyVGrid with editMode changing to .active ... LazyVGrid does not expand/resize when the content increases (the increased content gets clipped)...but does when user expands/folds on the section below :(. However LazyVGrid resizes to show the entire content when the content shrinks with editMode reverting to .inactive
Note: If I replace the List with a ScrollView...lazyVGrid resizes perfectly when content increases in editMode = .active....but then I would lose all the Sidebar and List characteristics for the Section below :(
Also, looks like .onMove is not supported in LazyVGrids
Any pointers to solve the LazyVGrid (embedded in a List) not resizing or expanding when content increases ... will be deeply appreciated.
var body: some View {
List {
LazyVGrid(columns: editMode?.wrappedValue == .active ? singleColumn : twoColumns, alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
ForEach(editMode?.wrappedValue == .active ? allDashItems : selectedDashItems) { dashitem in
DashItemCell(dashitem)
}
.onMove(perform: moveDashItem)
.environment(\.editMode, editMode)
}
Section(header: Text("Bottom Section")) {
ForEach (sectionList)	{ item in
ListItemCell(item)
}
.onDelete(perform: deleteFolder)
.onMove(perform: moveFolder)
}
}
.listStyle(SidebarListStyle())
}
I am using a LayzVStack embedded into a ScrollView. The list items are fetched from a core data store by using a @FetchResult or I tested it also with the new @Query command coming with SwiftData.
The list has one hundred items 1, 2, 3, ..., 100.
The user scrolled the ScrollView so that items 50, 51, ... 60 are visible on screen.
Now new data will be fetched from the server and updates the CoreData or SwiftData model. When I add new items to the end of the list (e.g 101, 102, 103, ...) then the ScrollView is keeping its position.
Opposite to this when I add new items to the top (0, -1, -2, -3, ...) then the ScrollView scrolls down.
Is there a way with the new SwiftData and SwiftUI ScrollView modifiers to update my list model without scrolling like with UIKit where you can query and set the scroll offset pixel wise?
Hi folks,
I've used a NavigationSplitView within one of the tabs of my app since iOS 16, but with the new styling in iOS 18 the toolbar region looks odd. In other tabs using e.g. simple stacks, the toolbar buttons are horizontally in line with the new tab picker, but with NavigationSplitView, the toolbar leaves a lot of empty space at the top (see below). Is there anything I can do to adjust this, or alternatively, continue to use the old style?
Thanks!
My usage of TextField.focused() works fine in Xcode 14.3.1 but is broken as of Xcode 15. I first noticed it in the second beta and it's still broken as of the 4th beta.
Feedback / OpenRadar # FB12432084
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
@State private var text = ""
@FocusState var isFocused: Bool
var body: some View {
ScrollView {
TextField("Test", text: $text)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.focused($isFocused)
Text("Text Field Is Focused: \(isFocused.description)")
}
}
}
Any view that is content for the tabViewBottomAccessory API fails to retain its state as of the last couple of 26.1 betas (and RC). The loss of state happens (at least) when the currently selected tab is switched (filed as FB20901325).
Here's code to reproduce the issue:
struct ContentView: View {
@State private var selectedTab = TabSelection.one
enum TabSelection: Hashable {
case one, two
}
var body: some View {
TabView(selection: $selectedTab) {
Tab("One", systemImage: "1.circle", value: .one) {
BugExplanationView()
}
Tab("Two", systemImage: "2.circle", value: .two) {
BugExplanationView()
}
}
.tabViewBottomAccessory {
AccessoryView()
}
}
}
struct AccessoryView: View {
@State private var counter = 0 // This guy's state gets lost (as of iOS 26.1)
var body: some View {
Stepper("Counter: \(counter)", value: $counter)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
}
struct BugExplanationView: View {
var body: some View {
ScrollView {
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 16) {
Text("(1) Manipulate the counter state")
Text("(2) Then switch tabs")
Text("BUG: The counter state gets unexpectedly reset!")
}
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
}
}
}
Hello.
In my app, I use RegisterEventHotkey to implement global keyboard shortcuts to trigger actions.
Up until macOS Sequoia, I was able to use a keyboard shortcut with option and shift as the modifiers, like option shift 2 (⌥ ⇧ 2).
Now, on macOS Sequoia, using RegisterEventHotkey to register a hotkey with those exact modifiers (option and shift), regardless of the key, fails with the error -9868 (eventInternalErr).
Is this a documented and wanted change, or is this a bug? Other modifier keys (just command, command option, command shift, command control, control shift, etc), all work.
Any insight into this would be appreciated. (Feedback filed: FB15163561)
Thank you,
Matthias
For information I stumbled upon a regression with SwiftUI Slider on iOS 26. Its onEditingChanged closure might be called twice when interaction ends, with a final Boolean incorrect value of true provided to the closure.
As a result apps cannot reliably rely on this closure to detect when an interaction with the slider starts or ends.
I filed a feedback under FB20283439 (iOS 26.0 regression: Slider onEditingChanged closure is unreliable).
Dear All,
Recent updates in SwiftUI allow to add scope bars just beneath the search bar. Those are limited in space, though.
How does one implement a scrollable filter as is seen in the Apple’s own Developer app?