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Distributing Mac Desktop Apps using GTKMM Without AppKit/UIKit on Mac App Store
Dear DTS Engineer, I hope this message finds you well. I am currently developing a Mac desktop application using the GTKMM framework, and I have some questions regarding the distribution of such an application through the Mac App Store. Project Context: I am building a native Mac desktop application using GTKMM as the UI framework. As GTKMM does not rely on macOS's AppKit or UIKit, my application does not use these Apple-specific frameworks for the UI. Instead, GTKMM provides its own cross-platform UI components. While this approach allows me to target macOS alongside Linux and Windows, I am uncertain whether this setup will be compatible with the Mac App Store's submission guidelines. My Questions: App Store Compatibility: Is it possible to distribute a macOS desktop application built with GTKMM (without using AppKit or UIKit) on the Mac App Store? App Store Guidelines: Are there specific App Store guidelines I should be aware of when submitting a non-native, non-AppKit UI-based app, such as one using GTKMM for macOS? Notarization & Code Signing: Does my app need to use AppKit/UIKit to meet the code signing and notarization requirements, or can I proceed with signing and notarizing a GTKMM-based app? App Store Review Process: Will the absence of AppKit/UIKit affect the review process or the acceptance of the app into the Mac App Store? I would greatly appreciate any guidance or clarification on these points. If you need additional details about my development environment or the specific technologies I'm using, please let me know. Thank you for your time and assistance.
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Nov ’24
UIDocumentPickerViewController fullScreen not working
When I present a UIDocumentPickerViewController I want it to occupy the fullscreen but it never displays as fullscreen The modalPresentationStyle seems to have no effect no matter what I set it to Running the code with DispatchQueue.main.async did not help either Here is the code Anybody got any suggestions? `@objc private func plusButtonPressed() { DispatchQueue.main.async { let picker = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: [kUTTypeData as String], in: .import) picker.delegate = self picker.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen self.present(picker, animated: true) } }`
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Nov ’24
traitCollectionDidChange iOS18
iOS18.2 / iPhone 16pro / Xcode 16.2 'traitCollectionDidChange' This function has been deprecated since ios17. However, in ios18, when I changed the app to the background state or changed it to the foreground state again, it was confirmed that the function worked. It hasn't been confirmed in ios17, but why is it only confirmed in ios18?
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Dec ’24
Implement two lists side by side with SwiftUI on iPad
I'm currently building an App using a TabView as the main navigation method. In my app I would like to build a page similar to the Top Charts in the native App Store App with two lists side by side: So far I came up with this code (simplified demo): import SwiftUI struct Demo: View { var body: some View { TabView { Tab("Main Tab", systemImage: "tray.and.arrow.down.fill") { NavigationStack { HStack { List { Text("Left List") } List { Text("Right List") } } .navigationTitle("Demo") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline) } } } } } #Preview { Demo() } However, I’m encountering a couple of issues: • Scrolling to the top of the left list doesn’t trigger the toolbar background effect, and the content overlaps with the tabs in a strange way. Scrolling to the top of the right list works as expected. • The navigation title is always hidden. I haven’t been able to find a solution to these problems. What would be the correct approach? Thank you!
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Jan ’25
PHPickerViewController No Auto Focus
The issue is, I cannot auto acquire bluetooth keyboard focus in PHPickerViewController after enabling 'Full Keyboard Access' in my IPhone 14 with iOS version 18.3.1. The keyboard focus in PHPickerViewController will show, however, after I tapped on the blank space of the PHPickerViewController. How to make the focus on at the first place then? I'm using UINavigationController and calling setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false). Then I use this controller to present PHPickerViewController using some configuration setup below. self.configuration = PHPickerConfiguration() configuration.filter = .any(of: filters) configuration.selectionLimit = selectionLimit if #available(iOS 15.0, *), allowOrdering { configuration.selection = .ordered } configuration.preferredAssetRepresentationMode = .current Finally I set the delegate to PHPickerViewController and call UINavigationController.present(PHPickerViewController, animated: true) to render it. Also I notice animation showing in first video then disappear.
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Mar ’25
Unexpected onAppear behavior in NavigationStack with ViewThatFits
Hello, My goal is to have a NavigationStack whose root view is determined based on its height and width. To do so, I'm using ViewThatFits, which should choose the right view to display. It is working fine, but unexpectedly both views trigger onAppear, whereas only the appropriate one should. This causes the logic in both closures to be executed, which is not intended. The code below demonstrates the problem: struct NavigationStackContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { ViewThatFits(in: .vertical) { Color.yellow .onAppear { print("|-> on appear: yellow") } .onDisappear { print("|-> on disappear: yellow") } Color.red .frame(width: 1500, height: 1500) .onAppear { print("|-> on appear: red") } .onDisappear { print("|-> on disappear: red") } } } } } this produces: |-> on appear: red |-> on disappear: red |-> on appear: yellow When ViewThatFits is not nested within NavigationStack, the problem does not occur — only the yellow view (in this sample) triggers onAppear, which is the expected behavior. I also checked the macOS version, and the problem does not occur at all, whether within NavigationStack or not. This example is simple and demonstrates that the larger view is the second one. When I switch their places, the problem does not occur because it recognizes that the first view would not fit at this point. However, in my case I will have these views without knowing which one will not fit, so switching their order is not a viable solution if this works without NavigationStack. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? // iOS: 18.3.1 Xcode: 16.2
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Mar ’25
memory leak/increased memory by NSTextField setString
I just put the TextField on UI and call the NSTextField setString, but it is memory usage is increasing. StoryBoard Objective C put TextField and button to UI set TextField variable to "ABC" in ViewController.h @property (weak) IBOutlet NSTextView* ABC; on button event function //dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ [_ABC setString:str]; //}); How to block the memory usage increase? Also I was check on Instruments app, and there are many malloc 48bytes, its count is almost same with setString count. Thank you!
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May ’25
The NSTextViewDelegate method textViewDidChangeSelection(:) will not fire, while all other text view delegate methods do.
I am trying to implement the NSTextViewDelegate function textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification). My text view's delegate is the Coordinator of my NSViewRepresentable. I've found that this delegate function never fires, but any other delegate function that I implement, as long as it doesn't take a Notification as an argument, does fire (e.g., textView(:willChangeSelectionFromCharacterRange:toCharacterRange:), fires and is called on the delegate exactly when it should be). For context, I've verified all of the below: textView.isSelectable = true textView.isEditable = true textView.delegate === my coordinator I can call textViewDidChangeSelection(:) directly on the delegate without issue. I can select and edit text without issues. I.e., the selections are being set correctly. But the delegate method is never called when they are. I am able to add the intended delegate as an observer for the selector textViewDidChangeSelection via NotificationCenter. If I do this, the function executes when it should, but fires for every text view in my view hierarchy, which can number in the hundreds. I'm using an NSLayoutManager, so I figure this should only fire once. I've added a check within my code: func textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification) { guard let textView = notification.object as? NSTextView, textView === layoutManager.firstTextView else { return } // Any code I want to execute... } But the above guard check lets through every notification, so, no matter what, my closure executes hundreds of times if I have hundreds of text views, all of them being sent by textView === layoutManager.firstTextView, but once for each and every text view managed by that layoutManager. Does anyone know why this method isn't ever called on the delegate, while seemingly all other delegate methods are? I could go the NotificationCenter route, but I'd love to know why this won't execute as a delegate method when documentation says that it should, and I don't want to have to implement a counter to make sure my code only executes once per selection update. And for more reasons than that, implementing via delegate method is preferable to using notifications for my use case. Thanks for any help!
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May ’25
SwiftUI buttons behind NSToolbarView are not clickable on macOS 26 beta
Overview Starting with macOS 26 beta 1, a new NSGlassContainerView is added inside NSToolbarView. This view intercepts mouse events, so any SwiftUI Button (or other interactive view) overlaid on the title‑bar / toolbar area no longer receives clicks. (The same code works fine on macOS 15 and earlier.) Filed as FB18201935 via Feedback Assistant. Reproduction (minimal project) macOS 15 or earlier → button is clickable macOS 26 beta → button cannot be clicked (no highlight, no action call) @main struct Test_macOS26App: App { init() { // Uncomment to work around the issue (see next section) // enableToolbarClickThrough() } var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } .windowStyle(.hiddenTitleBar) // ⭐️ hide the title bar } } struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List { Text("sidebar") } } detail: { HSplitView { listWithOverlay listWithOverlay } } } private var listWithOverlay: some View { List(0..<30) { Text("item: \($0)") } .overlay(alignment: .topTrailing) { // ⭐️ overlay in the toolbar area Button("test") { print("test") } .glassEffect() .ignoresSafeArea() } } } Investigation In Xcode View Hierarchy Debugger, a layer chain NSToolbarView > NSGlassContainerView sits in front of the button. -[NSView hitTest:] on NSGlassContainerView returns itself, so the event never reaches the SwiftUI layer. Swizzling hitTest: to return nil when the result is the view itself makes the click go through: func enableToolbarClickThrough() { guard let cls = NSClassFromString("NSGlassContainerView"), let m = class_getInstanceMethod(cls, #selector(NSView.hitTest(_:))) else { return } typealias Fn = @convention(c)(AnyObject, Selector, NSPoint) -> Unmanaged<NSView>? let origIMP = unsafeBitCast(method_getImplementation(m), to: Fn.self) let block: @convention(block)(AnyObject, NSPoint) -> NSView? = { obj, pt in guard let v = origIMP(obj, #selector(NSView.hitTest(_:)), pt)?.takeUnretainedValue() else { return nil } return v === (obj as AnyObject) ? nil : v // ★ make the container transparent } method_setImplementation(m, imp_implementationWithBlock(block)) } Questions / Call for Feedback Is this an intentional behavioral change? If so, what is the recommended public API or pattern for allowing clicks to reach views overlaid behind the toolbar? Any additional data points or confirmations are welcome—please reply if you can reproduce the issue or know of an official workaround. Thanks in advance!
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Clarification on Using Secure UITextField to Prevent Screen Capture
Hello Developer Forums Team, I’ve seen that some banking apps prevent screenshots on certain sensitive screens. I’m working on a similar feature in my SDK and want to confirm if my implementation complies with App Store guidelines. Since there’s no public API to block screenshots, I’m using a workaround based on the secure rendering behavior of UITextField (isSecureTextEntry = true). I embed my custom content (e.g., a UITableView) inside the internal secure container of a UITextField, which results in blank content being captured during screenshots—similar to what some banking apps do. Approach Summary I create a UITextField I detect its internal secure container by matching UIKit internal class names as strings I embed my real UI content into that container I do not use or call any private APIs, just match view class names via strings. ScreenshotPreventingView.swift final class ScreenshotPreventingView: UIView { private let textField = UITextField() private let recognizer = HiddenContainerRecognizer() private var contentView: UIView? public var preventScreenCapture = true { didSet { textField.isSecureTextEntry = preventScreenCapture } } public init(contentView: UIView? = nil) { super.init(frame: .zero) self.contentView = contentView setupUI() } private func setupUI() { guard let container = try? recognizer.getHiddenContainer(from: textField) else { return } addSubview(container) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ container.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor), container.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor), container.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor), container.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor) ]) if let contentView = contentView { setup(contentView: contentView, in: container) } DispatchQueue.main.async { self.preventScreenCapture = true } } private func setup(contentView: UIView) { self.contentView?.removeFromSuperview() self.contentView = contentView guard let container = hiddenContentContainer else { return } container.addSubview(contentView) container.isUserInteractionEnabled = isUserInteractionEnabled contentView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false let bottomConstraint = contentView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.bottomAnchor) bottomConstraint.priority = .required - 1 NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ contentView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.leadingAnchor), contentView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.trailingAnchor), contentView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.topAnchor), bottomConstraint ]) } } HiddenContainerRecognizer.swift struct HiddenContainerRecognizer { private enum Error: Swift.Error { case unsupportedOSVersion(version: Float) case desiredContainerNotFound(_ containerName: String) } func getHiddenContainer(from view: UIView) throws -> UIView { let containerName = try getHiddenContainerTypeInStringRepresentation() let containers = view.subviews.filter { subview in type(of: subview).description() == containerName } guard let container = containers.first else { throw Error.desiredContainerNotFound(containerName) } return container } private func getHiddenContainerTypeInStringRepresentation() throws -> String { if #available(iOS 15, *) { return "_UITextLayoutCanvasView" } if #available(iOS 14, *) { return "_UITextFieldCanvasView" } if #available(iOS 13, *) { return "_UITextFieldCanvasView" } if #available(iOS 12, *) { return "_UITextFieldContentView" } let currentIOSVersion = (UIDevice.current.systemVersion as NSString).floatValue throw Error.unsupportedOSVersion(version: currentIOSVersion) } } How I use it in my Screen let container = ScreenshotPreventingView() override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() container.preventScreenCapture = true container.setup(contentView: viewContainer) //viewContainer is UIView in storyboard, in which all other UI elements are placed in e.g. UITableView self.view.addSubview(container) container.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ container.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.topAnchor), container.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.bottomAnchor), container.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor), container.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor) ]) } What I’d Like to Confirm Is this approach acceptable for App Store submission? Is there a more Apple-recommended approach to prevent screen capture of arbitrary UI? Thank you for your help in ensuring compliance.
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Jul ’25
UITabBar hitTest method is not triggered when click button that is a subview of UITabBar and the subview frame is beyond UITabBar when using Xcode26 build app on OS 26
In our project, we defined a CustomTabBar that inherits UITabBar, and we add some subviews and these subviews' frame is beyond UITabBar, see below picture(a beyond area button, this button is a subview of UITabBar, but frame is out of UITabBar's area): and in order to let this button response to click action, we override the UITabBar's hitTest method, this works well below OS 26 with Xcode version below 26: override public func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? { let pointInCollectionView = self.beyondAreaButton.convert(point, from: self) if self.beyondAreaButton.bounds.contains(pointInCollectionView) { return self.beyondAreaButton.hitTest(pointInCollectionView, with: event) } return super.hitTest(point, with: event) } but when using Xcode26 build app on OS 26, I noticed the UITabBar is wrapped by a UIKit._UITabBarContainerView and UIKit._UITabBarContainerWrapperView, and it can not trigger the hitTest method. since the hitTest is not triggered, so the button action is no chance to trigger too. Any suggestions to solve this problem, thank you~ And I have file a feedback assistant: FB19252973
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Jul ’25
Avoid trackpad gesture conflict between dragging and accessibility zooming when using three fingers
Double-tap three fingers and drag to change zoom” should suppress “Three Finger to Drag”. Currently these gestures are triggered simultaneously, for no real reasons. I saw different behaviors for different environments, but none is desired. Current and desired behavior: This seems an issue so I filed a feedback.
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Aug ’25
Compositional Layout's broken `visibleItemsInvalidationHandler`
Hello everybody! TLDR: Issues with visibleItemsInvalidationHandler. Minimal code to reproduce available. I've been working with Compositional Layout for a while now and recently I've found myself needing to implement custom animation based on scroll position of UI elements. Once I found visibleItemsInvalidationHandler it felt like the exact solution that I needed. Once I implement I've found out it doesn't quite behave as you'd expect. To put it simply, it seems like the animations only work if your whole layout does not use .estimated nor .uniformAcrossSiblings. As soon as you use them then the animations will stop working, I've debugged it deeper and it seems like the invalidation context generated by it does not include the indexPath of the cells, which is always included in the version in which it works. Feel free to swap the line 51 with its comment to flip between the working and failing version of it. Playground Example My final question therefore is... Is this the expected behavior? The documentation doesn't give any clues about such behavior and although I've tried relentlessly to find a workaround for this specific hiccup I was not successful with it.
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Aug ’25
Automatic menu translation ok with El Capitan, notok with Mojave
Hi everybody, I use a very old photo software called Snapseed v 1.2.1 on 2 MacBook, one runs with El Capitan and the second runs with Mojave. These app has no language selection during install, and no preferences language choice in menu when running. When I execute app on El Capitan, all menus and topics are translate in French, but on Mojave no translation is done. I looked Contents of app and found differents languages files (structured as xx.po where xx=country) located in Resources folder. I deduced translation was executed after getting language param. I checked values on both systems and there are same (LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8). So I tried to change Info.plist file to force code langage to 'fr' in CFBundleLocalizations key. Result is same. Does somebody has a idea of reason of issue and how to solve it ? Snapseed release was 2012, El Capitan 2015 and Mojave 2018, it seems framework used to code app runs differently and can't get language value.
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Sep ’25
Webview In-App Browser Microsoft Login Redirection Not Working
Hello, We received a rejection on one of our IOS applications because we were doing Microsoft MSAL login through the user's browser. The representative recommended that we use Webview to do in-app logins. However when we tried to handle the custom app uri redirection (looking like myapp://auth/), Webview does not seem to send the user back to the application. Does anyone have a fix for this? Thanks!
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Sep ’25