I have an iOS 13 app that I’m hoping to release soon that is written entirely in SwiftUI. If I was starting from scratch today, I’d obviously use the new multi platform template which looks awesome.... But since I’m not starting from scratch, what are the recommendations/best practices for existing apps? Is there a path for migrating existing apps to take advantage of the new app structure (below) when moving to iOS 14? @main struct HelloWorld: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { Text(“Hello, world!”).padding() } } }

Hi All, I'm very new to iOS development and Swift UI is my first coding language. I'm trying to link the users search results in Spotlight with the detail view that is stored in Core Data. I can search for users data in spotlight but when I tap on it, it's only appearing in the main view of the app. Is there anyways that I can use .onContinueUserActivity at the launch of the app or is there any different code that I have to use? I've searched for many articles but I couldn't get a solution. It would be good if anyone can share some links or guide here. Thank you. .onContinueUserActivity(DetailView.productUserActivityType) { userActivity in             if let product = try? userActivity.typedPayload(Product.self) {                 selectedProduct = product.id.uuidString             }         } I get this code from Apple's State restoration app but I can't use this with Core Data.

I'm reworking my app and update code and design. Because my app is one both iPhone and iPad, i'm using Splitview to handle the configurations. But my app has 4 section that I manage using a Tab bar and each tab has a SplitView. As you can see in images, the problem is that if I attach directly the UISplitViewController to UITabBarController you don't see two columns but only one (the primary or secondary view) both iPhone landscape orientation and iPad. A solution that I found is to attach the splitviewcontroller to a view that contains a ContainerViewController e connect the split view to this container. If you do this, you see the split view work correctly ma the problem is the customization of appearance (look at image 3) So may questions are: why I have to embed a split view in a container view controller and i can't connect it directly to tabbar as we done until now? Is there an other better solution then put a split view in a containerView? Thank you )

In iOS 15 SDK you added the new FocusState API in SwiftUI. However there is no discussion or explanation anywhere that I could find, which explains: What exactly is "focus"? What isn't focus? What is the relationship between FocusState and accessibility focus? What is the relationship between whether a SecureField is being edited, and whether it's "focused"? Example: Lets say my tvOS app has an on-screen keyboard, where the user uses the remote's directional controls to move focus around to the letter buttons. To enter their password, they focus the password field, then click the center button to activate it. Now that it's active, they move focus to each letter of their password and click on each one: P... A... S... S... W... R... D... !... then they move focus to the "Submit" button and click. In this case, while the SecureField is being edited, focus moves around to a bunch of different buttons. The point of this example is that, if SecureField had a public "isBeingEdited" property, then it would be TRUE even while the field is not focused. However most Workday's designers interpret "focused" as being totally equivalent to "isBeingEdited" because in a web browser, tabbing out of a field makes it stop being edited. What is Apple's intent here? When not using a remote or physical keyboard or screen-reader, how is focus supposed to relate to whether a field is being edited? Does this relationship change when a user now has a bluetooth keyboard connected and Full Keyboard Access is turned ON? How does this correlate with accessibility focus? I cannot find any documentation from Apple that explains what focus is, or how this is supposed to work in SwiftUI in the various different scenarios where the concept of "focus" is relevant. Do you have a link to something current that explains how it's supposed to work so that we will know if there's a bug? Last question: how can we make the iOS simulator treat the physical keyboard as if it was a bluetooth keyboard to be used for focus-based keyboard navigation?

I have made an UICollectionView in which you can double tap a cell to resize it. I'm using a CompositionalLayout, a DiffableDataSource and the new UIHostingConfiguration hosting a SwiftUI View which depends on an ObservableObject. The resizing is triggered by updating the height property of the ObservableObject. That causes the SwiftUI View to change its frame which leads to the collectionView automatically resizing the cell. The caveat is that it does so immediately without animation only jumping between the old and the new frame of the view. The ideal end-goal would be to be able to add a .animation() modifier to the SwiftUI View that then determines animation for both view and cell. Doing so now without additional setup makes the SwiftUI View animate but not the cell. Is there a way to make the cell (orange) follow the size of the view (green) dynamically? The proper way to manipulate the cell animation (as far as I known) is to override initialLayoutAttributesForAppearingItem() and finalLayoutAttributesForDisappearingItem() but since the cell just changes and doesn't appear/disappear they don't have an effect. One could also think of Auto Layout constraints to archive this but I don’t think they are usable with UIHostingConfiguration? I've also tried: subclassing UICollectionViewCell and overriding apply(_ layoutAttributes: UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes) but it only effects the orange cell-background on initial appearance. to put layout.invalidateLayout() or collectionView.layoutIfNeeded() inside UIView.animate() but it does not seem to have an effect on the size change. Any thoughts, hints, ideas are greatly appreciated ✌️ Cheers! Here is the code I used for the first gif: struct CellContentModel { var height: CGFloat? = 100 } class CellContentController: ObservableObject, Identifiable { let id = UUID() @Published var cellContentModel: CellContentModel init(cellContentModel: CellContentModel) { self.cellContentModel = cellContentModel } } class DataStore { var data: [CellContentController] var dataById: [CellContentController.ID: CellContentController] init(data: [CellContentController]) { self.data = data self.dataById = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: data.map { ($0.id, $0) } ) } static let testData = [ CellContentController(cellContentModel: CellContentModel()), CellContentController(cellContentModel: CellContentModel(height: 80)), CellContentController(cellContentModel: CellContentModel()) ] } class CollectionViewController: UIViewController { enum Section { case first } var dataStore = DataStore(data: DataStore.testData) private var layout: UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout! private var collectionView: UICollectionView! private var dataSource: UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource<Section, CellContentController.ID>! override func loadView() { createLayout() createCollectionView() createDataSource() view = collectionView } } // - MARK: Layout extension CollectionViewController { func createLayout() { let itemSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(widthDimension: .fractionalWidth(1), heightDimension: .estimated(50)) let Item = NSCollectionLayoutItem(layoutSize: itemSize) let groupSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(widthDimension: .fractionalWidth(0.8), heightDimension: .estimated(300)) let group = NSCollectionLayoutGroup.horizontal(layoutSize: groupSize, subitems: [Item]) let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection(group: group) layout = .init(section: section) } } // - MARK: CollectionView extension CollectionViewController { func createCollectionView() { collectionView = .init(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout) let doubleTapGestureRecognizer = DoubleTapGestureRecognizer() doubleTapGestureRecognizer.doubleTapAction = { [unowned self] touch, _ in let touchLocation = touch.location(in: collectionView) guard let touchedIndexPath = collectionView.indexPathForItem(at: touchLocation) else { return } let touchedItemIdentifier = dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: touchedIndexPath)! dataStore.dataById[touchedItemIdentifier]!.cellContentModel.height = dataStore.dataById[touchedItemIdentifier]!.cellContentModel.height == 100 ? nil : 100 } collectionView.addGestureRecognizer(doubleTapGestureRecognizer) } } // - MARK: DataSource extension CollectionViewController { func createDataSource() { let cellRegistration = UICollectionView.CellRegistration<UICollectionViewCell, CellContentController.ID>() { cell, indexPath, itemIdentifier in let cellContentController = self.dataStore.dataById[itemIdentifier]! cell.contentConfiguration = UIHostingConfiguration { TextView(cellContentController: cellContentController) } .background(.orange) } dataSource = .init(collectionView: collectionView) { collectionView, indexPath, itemIdentifier in return collectionView.dequeueConfiguredReusableCell(using: cellRegistration, for: indexPath, item: itemIdentifier) } var initialSnapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot<Section, CellContentController.ID>() initialSnapshot.appendSections([Section.first]) initialSnapshot.appendItems(dataStore.data.map{ $0.id }, toSection: Section.first) dataSource.applySnapshotUsingReloadData(initialSnapshot) } } class DoubleTapGestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer { var doubleTapAction: ((UITouch, UIEvent) -> Void)? override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent) { if touches.first!.tapCount == 2 { doubleTapAction?(touches.first!, event) } } } struct TextView: View { @StateObject var cellContentController: CellContentController var body: some View { Text(cellContentController.cellContentModel.height?.description ?? "nil") .frame(height: cellContentController.cellContentModel.height, alignment: .top) .background(.green) } }

I've been trying to disable the "Smart Selection" feature introduced in https://developer.apple.com/wwdc20/10107 from a PKCanvasView. This feature could be very useful for some apps but if you want to start from a clean state canvas it might get in your way as you add gestures and interactions. Is there any way to opt out from it? The #WWDC20-10107 video demonstrates the "Smart Selection" feature at around 1:27.

After Updating my app to iOS 17.0 I noticed some odd behavior when swiping a detail view away with a parent view that has a toolbar with a ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar). As the user starts a leading swipe gesture to navigate back to the previous view the parent navigation title strangely animates to the center and the leading nav bar button disappears. If the user stops this gesture at any point before completing the swipe they will be stuck in the detail view as the leading nav button has disappeared. This only seems to be an issue if one attempts to swipe back to the parent view and not when the leading nav button is tapped. The following is the minimum code to reproduce this issue for me. I am testing on a physical device on iOS 17.0 with Xcode Version 15.0 (15A240d). struct ToolbarIssueView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { NavigationLink { Text("Detail View") .navigationTitle("Detail") } label: { Text("To Detail View") } .toolbar { // This seems to cause strange behavior ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Text("Bottom Bar Content") } } .navigationTitle("Main") } } } I understand that this bottom bar could easily be replaced with a .safeAreaInset(edges: .bottom) but I would prefer to use the more standard ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar). If anyone has any fixes for this issue or know what I am missing I would love to hear it!

Customers are reporting after the update to mac OS Sonoma 14.2 bitmap images have a black background! When we run the same application on Sonoma 14.1.1 the bitmap images appear as expected Like I said at the beginning, it happened after upgrading to Sonoma 14.2 so it introduced the issue.

I am directed from https://discuss.appium.io/t/create-multiple-instances-of-the-same-app/41266/14?u=lxnm, the context is that Appium max2 driver is implementing the activating of MacOS app using XCTest API methods. There are 2 ways to implement the activating of the app, using app path (calling initWithURL) and bundle id (calling initWithBundleIdentifier). This pull request shows how the XCTest methods are called when using the Mac2 driver, specifically in the file WebDriverAgentMac/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBSession.m. The problem is that I am able to launch my MacOS app(it is a company app) using bundle id, but when I launch the app with app path, I receive XcodeBuild errors: [WebDriverAgentMac] [xcodebuild] XCTExpectFailure: matcher accepted Assertion Failure: Failed to launch com.company.companyApp: You do not have permission to run the application “companyApp”. You don’t have permission. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info. (Underlying Error: The operation couldn’t be completed. Operation not permitted) I followed this to enable R+W permissions to all users, but the same error is displayed.

Summary Hello Apple Developers, I've made a custom UITableViewCell that includes a UITextField and UILabel. When I run the simulation the UITableViewCells pop up with the UILabel and the UITextField, but the UITextField isn't clickable so the user can't enter information. Please help me figure out the problem. Thank You! Sampson What I want: What I have: Screenshot Details: As you can see when I tap on the cell the UITextField isn't selected. I even added placeholder text to the UITextField to see if I am selecting the UITextField and the keyboard just isn't popping up, but still nothing. Relevant Code: UHTextField import UIKit class UHTextField: UITextField { override init(frame: CGRect) { super.init(frame: frame) configure() } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented") } convenience init(placeholder: String) { self.init(frame: .zero) self.placeholder = placeholder } private func configure() { translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false borderStyle = .none textColor = .label tintColor = .blue textAlignment = .left font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body) adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true minimumFontSize = 12 backgroundColor = .tertiarySystemBackground autocorrectionType = .no } } UHTableTextFieldCell import UIKit class UHTableTextFieldCell: UITableViewCell, UITextFieldDelegate { static let reuseID = "TextFieldCell" let titleLabel = UHTitleLabel(textAlignment: .center, fontSize: 16, textColor: .label) let tableTextField = UHTextField() override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) { super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier) configure() } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented") } func set(title: String) { titleLabel.text = title tableTextField.placeholder = "Enter " + title } private func configure() { addSubviews(titleLabel, tableTextField) let padding: CGFloat = 12 NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ titleLabel.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor), titleLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: padding), titleLabel.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20), titleLabel.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 80), tableTextField.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: centerYAnchor), tableTextField.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: titleLabel.trailingAnchor, constant: 24), tableTextField.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -padding), tableTextField.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 20) ]) } } LoginViewController class LoginViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate { let tableView = UITableView() let loginTableTitle = ["Username", "Password"] override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() configureTableView() updateUI() createDismissKeyboardTapGesture() } func createDismissKeyboardTapGesture() { // create the tap gesture recognizer let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self.view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing)) // add it to the view (Could also add this to an image or anything) view.addGestureRecognizer(tap) } func configureTableView() { view.addSubview(tableView) tableView.layer.borderWidth = 1 tableView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.systemBackground.cgColor tableView.layer.cornerRadius = 10 tableView.clipsToBounds = true tableView.rowHeight = 44 tableView.delegate = self tableView.dataSource = self tableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false tableView.removeExcessCells() NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ tableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: loginTitleLabel.bottomAnchor, constant: padding), tableView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor, constant: padding), tableView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor, constant: -padding), tableView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 88) ]) tableView.register(UHTableTextFieldCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: UHTableTextFieldCell.reuseID) } func updateUI() { DispatchQueue.main.async { self.tableView.reloadData() self.view.bringSubviewToFront(self.tableView) } } } extension LoginViewController: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource{ func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int { return 2 } func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell { let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: UHTableTextFieldCell.reuseID, for: indexPath) as! UHTableTextFieldCell let titles = loginTableTitle[indexPath.row] cell.set(title: titles) cell.titleLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16, weight: .bold) cell.tableTextField.delegate = self return cell } } Again thank you all so much for your help. If you need more clarification on this let me know.

I'm seeing many apps, when restoring their state from a previous launch, have trouble opening windows to the space and minimized state they were last. What do I need to do so my AppKit app doesn't have this problem?

I've defined a custom layout container by having a struct conform to Layout and implementing the appropriate methods, and it works as expected. The problem comes when trying to display Image, as they are shown squished when just using the .resizable() view modifier, not filling the container when using .scaledToFit() or extending outside of the expected bounds when using .scaledToFill(). I understand that this is the intended behaviour of these modifiers, but I would like to replicate UIImageView's scaledAspectFill. I know that this can usually be achieved by doing: Image("adriana-wide") .resizable() .scaledToFill() .frame(width: 200, height: 200) .clipped() But hardcoding the frame like that defeats the purpose of using the Layout, plus I wouldn't have direct access to the correct sizes, either. The only way I've managed to make it work is by having a GeometryReader per image, so that the expected frame size is known and can bet set, but this is cumbersome and not really reusable. GalleryGridLayout() { GeometryReader { geometry in Image("adriana-wide") .resizable() .scaledToFill() .frame(width: geometry.size.width, height: geometry.size.height) .clipped() } [...] } Is there a more elegant, and presumably efficient as well as reusable, way of achieving the desired behaviour? Here's the code of the Layout.

Keyboard shortcuts that use the Command key modifier are not handled properly, and the UIKeyCommand action and pressesBegan and pressesEnded methods are not called at all or are called unreliably. It is easy to reproduce using this snippet: class ViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() let textView = MyTextView() textView.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 24) textView.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec efficitur eros vitae dui consectetur molestie. Integer sed massa rutrum, pharetra orci eget, molestie sem. Fusce vestibulum massa nisi, vitae viverra purus condimentum et. Sed nec turpis aliquam, tempus enim sit amet, gravida libero. Praesent scelerisque venenatis nunc, vel convallis nisl auctor vitae. Mauris malesuada tempus pharetra. Nullam ornare venenatis ullamcorper. In viverra feugiat tincidunt. Nullam iaculis urna eu semper rutrum. " textView.isEditable = true textView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false view.addSubview(textView) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ textView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor), textView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor), textView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor), textView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor) ]) } } class MyTextView: UITextView { override var keyCommands: [UIKeyCommand]? { [ UIKeyCommand(input: "[", modifierFlags: .command, action: #selector(commandAction(_:))) ] } override func pressesBegan(_ presses: Set<UIPress>, with event: UIPressesEvent?) { print("pressesBegan") super.pressesBegan(presses, with: event) } override func pressesEnded(_ presses: Set<UIPress>, with event: UIPressesEvent?) { print("pressesEnded") super.pressesEnded(presses, with: event) } @objc private func commandAction(_ sender: Any?) { print("commandAction") } } Run the code in a Simulator or on a Device with an external keyboard connected. Observe the console for a string "commandAction" when pressing the combination Command + [ on the keyboard. Result it not predictable, the UIKeyCommand is not called at all, or called in a loop, or sometimes called after change selection in the UITextView. The same with pressesBegan and pressesEnded. Compare results with the change where instead of Command modifier, we use Control modifier eg.: "UIKeyCommand(input: "[", modifierFlags: .command, action: #selector(commandAction(_:))" - now each keyboard shortcut is properly reported to methods. The UIKeyCommand.wantsPriorityOverSystemBehavior property changes nothing. Behavior reproducible in the Simulator and on the Device (iPad) (the issue was confirmed during online WWDC24 Labs) Reported as FB13897415

I just noticed that when closing a new document with edits in MacOS Sonoma that it skips the Save/Don't Save/Cancel panel and goes directly to default NSSavePanel with Delete/Cancel/Save buttons. The problem is that when I click "Delete" nothing happens. It should have simple solution, but I could not find anything. How does one respond to the "Delete" button? My undocumented (as far as I can tell) hack was to implement document:didSave:contextinfo selector for runModalSavePanelForSaveOperation. It appears that in this method for a new document: Delete button has didSave=YES (even though it did not save) and the document fileURL nil Cancel button has didSave=NO and document fileURL nil Save button has didSave=YES and document filieURL to saved file I can handle Delete button this way, but since it is not a documented method, it make me uncomfortable. For example what happens is user clicks "Save", but the save has an error? As an aside, since Apple is now working with ChatGPT, I thought it might provide some help. I asked it how I can respond to "Delete" button in MacOS Sonoma and it said to implement deleteDocument: in your NSDocument subclass. I pointed out to ChatGPT that deleteDocument: does not exist. It said "you are correct" and you should instead check the returned result from runModalSavePanelForSaveOperation and look for "stop" action. I pointed out to ChatGPT that runModalSavePanelForSaveOperation is void and does not return a result, it said again, "you are correct." It gave a third option which basically said to override runModalSavePanelForSaveOperation and build your own save panel from scratch. I didn't know if I should trust this answer. I reverted to my hack and wrote this post. Also ChatGPT never apologized for wasting my time with the wrong answers.

I am trying to change the colour of the "Back" from blue to white but having difficulty do so, if anyone can suggest me a better way to do it would be grateful. "import UIKit class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate { var window: UIWindow? func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool { let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance() appearance.configureWithOpaqueBackground() appearance.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.216, green: 0.776, blue: 0.349, alpha: 1) appearance.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.white] appearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.white] UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = appearance UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = .white return true } }"

we found new crash about UIFont since iOS 18 beta published.This crash never occurred on previous operating system. Can anyone give the answer that how to fix it and tell whether later beta version might fix it.

Hi team, Currently, I am using two Modal prompts consecutively to display force update popups based on a condition. However, there's an issue where the UI thread is occasionally not binding properly after dismissing the first prompt. Please ensure that after dismissing the first prompt, the second prompt is not bound. After reviewing everything, I understand this is an iOS core library binding issue and it's occurring from the latest iOS version onwards. Could you please provide me with a solution to resolve this issue? Thank you!

Anyone else get these warnings when using UI Tab Bar in visionOS? Are these detrimental to pushing my visionOS app to the App Review Team? import SwiftUI import UIKit struct HomeScreenWrapper: UIViewControllerRepresentable { func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> UITabBarController { let tabBarController = UITabBarController() // Home View Controller let homeVC = UIHostingController(rootView: HomeScreen()) homeVC.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "Home", image: UIImage(systemName: "house"), tag: 0) // Brands View Controller let brandsVC = UIHostingController(rootView: BrandSelection()) brandsVC.tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: "Brands", image: UIImage(systemName: "bag"), tag: 1) tabBarController.viewControllers = [homeVC, brandsVC] return tabBarController } func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UITabBarController, context: Context) { // Update the UI if needed } } struct HomeScreenWrapper_Previews: PreviewProvider { static var previews: some View { HomeScreenWrapper() } }

navigationController.popToRootViewController(animated: true) does not work on Xcode 16 / iOS 18 Simulator. However, setting animated: to false works fine. This is only happening on iOS 18 / Xcode 16.

I have an Xcode project written in Objc where Xcode recognizes GoogleMaps code (GMS SDK 9) and applies appropriate theme colors. I'm porting the app into Swift and Xcode does not seem recognize GMS code for theme colors. The theme otherwise works and the Swift/GMS code works (ie the app works). I've tried 'Clean All Targets', deleting the DerivedData folder, cleaning the Xcode cache, re-installing the GMS SDK (both CocoaPod & manual methods) etc. When the Swift project is re-opened, Xcode shows the project is being re-indexed. After indexing, the rest of the code is 'colorized' - but not the GMS code. Both StackOverflow & StackExchange rejected this question. And Apple Developer Support has not been able to help (Case ID: 102334926141). Any advice will be greatly appreciated. TIA