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How do I add alternative app icons for a SwiftUI tvOS app?
I am familiar with providing the main layered app icon for a tvOS project, but I cannot work out how to successfully add support for alternative layered icons in the info.plist and/or asset catalog and/or build settings for a SwiftUI (or Swift) tvOS project. Whenever I check the result of UIApplication.shared.supportsAlternateIcons it returns false I have witnessed other tvOS apps such as Plex successfully switch the app icon, so it must be possible to do. How should the project be configured, what am I missing?
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Oct ’24
Is There an Official VisionOS Component for Dragging UI Elements (Like in Window Footer)?
I’m currently working on a VisionOS project and was wondering if Apple provides an official component for dragging UI elements, similar to how you can drag a window from its footer in vi sion os. Specifically, I’m looking for a way to allow users to drag and move UI elements without directly interacting with the component itself (since this could trigger unintended interactions with its content, like on a webpage). I’ve tried adding a draggable rectangle below the component, but it causes flickering and doesn’t feel smooth, but I’d like to use any built-in functionality that Apple might already offer for this in VisionOS. If anyone has experience with this or knows if such a component exists, I’d really appreciate your insights! Thanks in advance! Let me know if you’d like to tweak anything!
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Oct ’24
EKEventStore unable to save events
I have a feature where I need to write some events to the calendar. It's not working saying Calendar is read only. So I tried the sample app from Apple - Repeating lessions and drop in lessions from link below https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit/accessing_calendar_using_eventkit_and_eventkitui Drop in sessions which uses EKEventEditViewController works fine. But when I run Repeating lessions which requires calendar permissions it keeps saying Calendar is read only. I have hit allow on the access permissions alert and also check settings which shows app has required permissions. can someone help why this is the case? if its a Calendar issue where do you set the modifiable permissions for it? How is EKEventEditViewController able to save events if the Calendar is readonly.
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Oct ’24
Context Menu Position and Preview Fade
By default, when using Context Menu the menu will flip positions to be above or below the content based on the current screen position. Many apps however, tend to keep the menu anchored to the bottom of the content it is associated with and move the content up to fit the menu (iMessage messages for example). In order to get this behavior, where the menu is always anchored to the bottom and the content "shifts up" to make space you have to use a custom preview by passing a previewProvider. So to get the desired behavior you can use a preview that is the same content as the original view. However, when you do this there is a small fade in animation that gets added and since the content of the original view and preview is the same this appears as a flicker. Is there any way to disable this fade animation or force anchor the menu to the bottom when using the standard preview?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Nov ’24
NSAlert accessory view
I need to add an accessory view with a text field to an NSAlert. This works as expected but as my app comes in different languages, the alert looks a bit different depending on the language used: So I wonder how I can make the text field automatically use the full width of the alert window. I tried to call the alert's layout method and then resize the text field but this seems not work in all cases. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks!
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: AppKit Tags:
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Oct ’24
How to close the keyboard using SwiftUI
I've been having trouble with finding a good way to allow the user to close the keyboard. Naturally, I'd like to use the keyboard toolbar but it's so inconsistent, it's impossible. Sometimes it shows up, other times it doesn't. At the moment, it's not appearing at all no matter where I put it. On the NavigationStack, on the List inside of it, on the TextField. It just doesn't appear. I added a TapGesture to my view to set my FocusState that I'm using for the fields back to nil, however, this stops the Picker I have from working. I tried using SimultaneousGesture with TapGesture, and that didn't work. For example: .simultaneousGesture( TapGesture() .onEnded() { if field != nil { field = nil } } ) With the current setup, each TextField switches to the next TextField in the onSubmit. The last one doesn't, which will close the keyboard, but I want to give people the option to close the keyboard before that. Does anyone have a good way to close the keyboard?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’24
Help by Swift Playground App
I would like to program an app in Swift Playground that displays WhatsApp Web in a webview, so to speak. But I keep seeing an error like in the screenshot. My Code: import SwiftUI import WebKit import PlaygroundSupport struct WebView: UIViewRepresentable { let url: URL func makeUIView(context: Context) -> WKWebView { let webView = WKWebView() let request = URLRequest(url: url) webView.load(request) return webView } func updateUIView(_ webView: WKWebView, context: Context) { } } struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { WebView(url: URL(string: "https://web.whatsapp.com")!) .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all) } } PlaygroundPage.current.setLiveView(ContentView())
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Oct ’24
How do you control the location of the menu in a UIContextMenu ?
class Coordinator: NSObject, UIContextMenuInteractionDelegate, ContextMenuManagerDelegate { var container: ContextMenuContainer var auxiliaryContent: AuxiliaryContent var menuItems: () -> [UIMenuElement] init(container: ContextMenuContainer) { self.container = container self.auxiliaryContent = container.auxiliaryContent self.menuItems = container.menuItems super.init() } func contextMenuInteraction( _ interaction: UIContextMenuInteraction, configurationForMenuAtLocation location: CGPoint ) -> UIContextMenuConfiguration? { container.viewModel.contextMenuManager?.notifyOnContextMenuInteraction( interaction, configurationForMenuAtLocation: location ) return UIContextMenuConfiguration(identifier: nil, previewProvider: nil) { [weak self] _ in UIMenu(title: "", children: self?.menuItems() ?? []) } } func contextMenuInteraction( _ interaction: UIContextMenuInteraction, willDisplayMenuFor configuration: UIContextMenuConfiguration, animator: UIContextMenuInteractionAnimating? ) { container.viewModel.contextMenuManager?.notifyOnContextMenuInteraction( interaction, willDisplayMenuFor: configuration, animator: animator ) } func contextMenuInteraction( _ interaction: UIContextMenuInteraction, willEndFor configuration: UIContextMenuConfiguration, animator: UIContextMenuInteractionAnimating? ) { container.viewModel.contextMenuManager?.notifyOnContextMenuInteraction( interaction, willEndFor: configuration, animator: animator ) } func contextMenuInteraction( _ interaction: UIContextMenuInteraction, previewForHighlightingMenuWithConfiguration configuration: UIContextMenuConfiguration ) -> UITargetedPreview? { guard let targetView = interaction.view else { return nil } let bubbleWithTail = BubbleWithTailPath() let customPath = bubbleWithTail.path(in: targetView.bounds) let parameters = UIPreviewParameters() parameters.visiblePath = customPath return UITargetedPreview( view: targetView, parameters: parameters ) } func onRequestMenuAuxiliaryPreview(sender: ContextMenuManager) -> UIView? { let hostingController = UIHostingController(rootView: auxiliaryContent) hostingController.view.backgroundColor = .clear return hostingController.view } } i am trying to recreate apple's iMessage tapback reaction context menu. i have figured out how to attach an auxiliary view to the view with the menu, however the menu itself varies in position. if i bring up the context menu on a view below half the screen height, the menu appears above the view. else, it appears below. i need it to always be below.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
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Nov ’24
App Crashes on QuartzCore: CA::Layer::layout_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 504
I have facing an above crash for many users device running on iOS 17.6.1 mostly on iPad devices. I'm not sure why this happening only in 17.X. In Xcode Organizer unable to see this crash in any devices running on OS 18.x. Our app crashes got spiked due to this. I am unable to fix or reproduce the same. The crash log is not pointing to our app code to find the root cause and fix this issue. Have attached the crash log in this post also the crash log roles have mixed values Background & Foreground. But most of the crash is in background. Is this any crash related to system and that only solved by OS update? I have updated the app using Xcode 16 and 16.1 still facing this crash unable to symbolicate the crash report as well. Any ideas/solution how to solve this or how to proceed further. Have attached the entire crash log below. RoleBackgroundCrash.crash RoleForeGroundCrash.crash
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Nov ’24
Struggling with NSScrollView
I'm still discovering swift and the various frameworks. So I'm now trying to create scrolling composition with a grid - containing images - and an NSStackView at on top. However, I'm running into a problem that might seem stupid, but when I try to wrap my NSCollectionView in another NSView and pointing the scrollView.documentView to, I can't scroll anymore... Even though it works fine when I set the scrollView.documentView to the NSCollectionView directly. Working case: override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() scrollView = NSScrollView(frame: .zero) scrollView.hasVerticalScroller = true scrollView.hasHorizontalScroller = false scrollView.scrollerStyle = .overlay scrollView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false view.addSubview(scrollView) vStack = NSStackView(frame: .zero) vStack.orientation = .vertical vStack.spacing = 12 * 2 vStack.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let hStack = NSStackView() hStack.orientation = .horizontal hStack.spacing = 12 hStack.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let label1 = NSTextField(labelWithString: "Collection") hStack.addArrangedSubview(label1) let layout = PinterestLayout() layout.delegate = self collectionView = NSCollectionView(frame: .zero) collectionView.collectionViewLayout = layout collectionView.dataSource = self collectionView.delegate = self collectionView .register( ArtCardCell.self, forItemWithIdentifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier("ArtCardCell") ) collectionView.backgroundColors = [.BG] collectionView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false // vStack.addArrangedSubview(hStack) // vStack.addArrangedSubview(collectionView) scrollView.documentView = collectionView NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor), scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor), scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor), scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor), // vStack.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.leadingAnchor), // vStack.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.trailingAnchor), // vStack.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor), // vStack.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.bottomAnchor), // vStack.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor), collectionView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor), // vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.leadingAnchor, constant: 12), // vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.trailingAnchor, constant: -12), // vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor, constant: 80) ]) collectionView.postsBoundsChangedNotifications = true NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(didScroll(_:)), name: NSView.boundsDidChangeNotification, object: collectionView.enclosingScrollView?.contentView ) } collectionView height: 3549.0 ScrollView height: 628.0 StackView height: -- Dysfunctional case: override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() scrollView = NSScrollView(frame: .zero) scrollView.hasVerticalScroller = true scrollView.hasHorizontalScroller = false scrollView.scrollerStyle = .overlay scrollView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false view.addSubview(scrollView) vStack = NSStackView(frame: .zero) vStack.orientation = .vertical vStack.spacing = 12 * 2 vStack.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let hStack = NSStackView() hStack.orientation = .horizontal hStack.spacing = 12 hStack.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let label1 = NSTextField(labelWithString: "Collection") hStack.addArrangedSubview(label1) let layout = PinterestLayout() layout.delegate = self collectionView = NSCollectionView(frame: .zero) collectionView.collectionViewLayout = layout collectionView.dataSource = self collectionView.delegate = self collectionView .register( ArtCardCell.self, forItemWithIdentifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier("ArtCardCell") ) collectionView.backgroundColors = [.BG] collectionView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false vStack.addArrangedSubview(hStack) vStack.addArrangedSubview(collectionView) scrollView.documentView = vStack NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ scrollView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor), scrollView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor), scrollView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor), scrollView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor), vStack.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.leadingAnchor), vStack.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.trailingAnchor), vStack.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor), vStack.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.bottomAnchor), vStack.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor), collectionView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.widthAnchor), vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.leadingAnchor, constant: 12), vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.trailingAnchor, constant: -12), vStack.arrangedSubviews[0].topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: scrollView.topAnchor, constant: 80) ]) } collectionView height: 508.0 ScrollView height: 628.0 StackView height: 628.0
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Nov ’24
TabView doesn't support scrollClipDisabled
I’m trying to use TabView as a page view, but I’m having some trouble. When I select a tab, the content gets cut off. I tried setting scrollClipDisabled, but that didn’t help. var body: some View { TabView { Button { } label: { AsyncImage( url: URL( string: "https://plus.unsplash.com/premium_photo-1693227521269-d90b70e3ee06?q=80&w=2940&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D" ) ) { image in image .resizable() .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit) } placeholder: { Color.red } } .buttonStyle(.borderless) } .scrollClipDisabled() .tabViewStyle(.page(indexDisplayMode: .always)) .indexViewStyle(.page(backgroundDisplayMode: .always)) Button("Button") { } } If you switch between tab content and the button, you will notice that the bottom corner radius is clipped. Does anyone have any idea how to avoid this action?
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Oct ’24
UIPrintInteractionController IOS 18 issue on shared.
Only IOS 18+ bug. After tap share on UIPrintInteractionController - crash. So: #0 0x00000001bc38edf4 in _realizeSettingsExtension.cold.5 () #1 0x00000001bc310ed0 in _realizeSettingsExtension () #2 0x00000001bc33d100 in _ingestPropertiesFromSettingsSubclass () #3 0x00000001bc33be50 in __FBSIngestSubclassProperties_block_invoke () #4 0x00000001bc33bd7c in FBSIngestSubclassProperties () #5 0x00000001bc33d814 in FBSSettingForLegacySelector () #6 0x00000001bc30ecf8 in FBSSettingForSelector () #7 0x00000001bc350d98 in -[FBSMutableSceneSettings addPropagatedProperty:] () #8 0x00000001a64bae88 in __58-[_UISceneHostingController createSceneWithConfiguration:]_block_invoke_3 () #9 0x00000001c5bc16ec in -[FBScene _joinUpdate:block:completion:] () #10 0x00000001a64bab9c in -[_UISceneHostingController createSceneWithConfiguration:] () #11 0x00000001a64ba838 in -[_UISceneHostingController initWithAdvancedConfiguration:] () #12 0x00000001a64ba8cc in -[_UISceneHostingController initWithProcessIdentity:sceneSpecification:] () #13 0x00000001c05a8bd0 in -[SHSheetRemoteScene setupSceneHosting] () #14 0x00000001c05a88d0 in -[SHSheetRemoteScene activate] () #15 0x00000001c05f2e88 in -[SHSheetInteractor startSession] () #16 0x00000001c05ebc08 in -[SHSheetPresenter initWithRouter:interactor:] () #17 0x00000001c05de3c8 in +[SHSheetFactory createMainPresenterWithContext:] () #18 0x00000001c05d4dec in -[UIActivityViewController _createMainPresenterIfNeeded] () #19 0x00000001c05d6320 in -[UIActivityViewController _viewControllerPresentationDidInitiate] () #20 0x00000001a5a109c4 in -[UIViewController _presentViewController:withAnimationController:completion:] () #21 0x00000001a5a1311c in __63-[UIViewController _presentViewController:animated:completion:]_block_invoke () #22 0x00000001a5a0d248 in -[UIViewController _performCoordinatedPresentOrDismiss:animated:] () #23 0x00000001a5a0ceb4 in -[UIViewController _presentViewController:animated:completion:] () #24 0x00000001a5a0ccc0 in -[UIViewController presentViewController:animated:completion:] () #25 0x00000002001f3660 in -[UIPrintPanelViewController showSharePanelForPDFURL:] () In log throwing an error (I'm not 100% sure that is related - but last class in stack trace the same): failure in void _realizeSettingsExtension(__unsafe_unretained Class, __unsafe_unretained Class) (FBSSceneExtension.m:502) : could not convert "1" to an integer What I have is that big project with a lot of dependencies and etc.. Trying on clear project and it worked. (sharing simple local image with url). Testing on my project: With no controllers at all - check. With different approaches (htm content; pdf data, image local url) - check. With UIActivityViewController - check With day of UIPrintInteractionController creation (not a thread/related issue) - check. No other work can be done from my side (except rewrite 10years project). Help me please to debug it from private api prospective as I have no Idea what is happening. (trying to remove all appearances and all dependency - not easy task). Thanks
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
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Nov ’24
UIButtonLegacyVisualProvider Crash
0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000183f687cc ___exceptionPreprocess + 164 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000018123b2e4 _objc_exception_throw + 88 2 CoreFoundation 0x000000018406e5f0 +[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 0 3 UIKitCore 0x0000000186849a48 -[UIButtonLegacyVisualProvider _newLabelWithFrame:] + 60 4 UIKitCore 0x00000001867652b0 -[UIButtonLegacyVisualProvider _setupTitleViewRequestingLayout:] + 84 5 UIKitCore 0x0000000186763ba4 -[UIButtonLegacyVisualProvider titleViewCreateIfNeeded:] + 44 6 UIKitCore 0x00000001867d3f74 -[UIButton titleLabel] + 36 Hello bro, in IOS 18 our team find issue ,We created a button like this: UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; button.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:paramFontName size: fontSize]; Please tell me whether we need to set button frame before we call button.titleLabe?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Nov ’24
could someone or an apple dev help me get data on an tableview in objective c?
I understand the mvc thing kinda, theres an array as a model, a tableview as a control, and the interface as a control (right?) so like, I drag an array controller on to the form display thing, assign a delegate to it the view and app module/header, add data to it and the tableview updates after I add a function to it? in vs the events are in the event browser, do I just copy and paste the code from the tutorial? how do I add controls and do all the advanced stuff? the documentation on developer.apple.com isnt that detailed, and most books are outdated or n/a since its objective c tutorials would be nice, some home grown method would be cool too thank you unidef warrell yashizzo
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Oct ’24