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In Xcode 26 ß (iOS 26 simulator) UIBarButtonItem content disappear when tapped
Just testing an existing app with Xcode 26. I notice that content of UIBarButtonItem (either text or image) disappears when tapped (and reappear on release). Those are custom, bordered buttons. Attribute inspector: Buttons in Xcode: When selected in Xcode, we see a rectangle inside the rounder rect of iOS 26 In simulator: When tapped in simulator: I have edited code from backButton.setTitleTextAttributes([ .font : boldFont, .foregroundColor : UIColor.systemBlue, ], for: .normal) to backButton.setTitleTextAttributes([ .font : boldFont, .foregroundColor : UIColor.systemBlue, ], for: [.normal, .focused, .selected, .highlighted]) to no avail. What am I missing ?
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Aug ’25
Swift 6 conversion for IBOutlet
I'm struggling to convert Swift 5 to Swift 6. As advised in doc, I first turned strict concurrency ON. I got no error. Then, selected swift6… and problems pop up. I have a UIViewController with IBOutlets: eg a TextField. computed var eg duree func using UNNotification: func userNotificationCenter I get the following error in the declaration line of the func userNotificationCenter: Main actor-isolated instance method 'userNotificationCenter(_:didReceive:withCompletionHandler:)' cannot be used to satisfy nonisolated requirement from protocol 'UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate' So, I declared the func as non isolated. This func calls another func func2, which I had also to declare non isolated. Then I get error on the computed var used in func2 Main actor-isolated property 'duree' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context So I declared duree as nonsilated(unsafe). Now comes the tricky part. The computed var references the IBOutlet dureeField if dureeField.text == "X" leading to the error Main actor-isolated property 'dureeField' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context So I finally declared the class as mainActor and the textField as nonisolated @IBOutlet nonisolated(unsafe) weak var dureeField : UITextField! That silences the error (but declaring unsafe means I get no extra robustness with swift6) just to create a new one when calling dureeField.text: Main actor-isolated property 'text' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context Question: how to address properties inside IBOutlets ? I do not see how to declare them non isolated and having to do it on each property of each IBOutlet would be impracticable. The following did work, but will make code very verbose: if MainActor.assumeIsolated({dureeField.text == "X"}) { So I must be missing something.
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Aug ’25
Cannot close my own threads
Since recently, when I try to close a thread I created on an answer of mine, I get the following error: Trying later, next day, does not solve it. In the list of all threads, the post is not marked as answered. But if I look via Chrome or plain Safari, I see the answer itself is marked as correct: Which is not the case when opening in Safari Technology Preview (Release 233) where the same answer is still to be accepted:
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No more possible to properly size images in a forums post ?
I used to resize images (editing width and height when writing the post) in order to avoid ridiculously large images in reading published post. Since a few weeks, that does not work anymore. When I edit, I see the reduced size in Live Preview: But once posted, images are much larger as seen below: Looks like the image is now resized to fill full width. I filed a bug report: Dec 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM – FB21446929 PS: that change ignores @eskimo wise advice "Quinn’s Top Ten DevForums Tips" n°10 (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/706527).
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Jan ’26
NSKeyedArchiving issue
I have a large code that I try to update to change deprecated APIs. In the former version, I used forWritingWith and forReadingWith let data = NSMutableData() let archiver = NSKeyedArchiver(forWritingWith: data) archiver.encode(myObject, forKey: theKey) if let data = NSMutableData(contentsOf: anURL) { let unarchiver = NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingWith: data as Data) let myObject = unarchiver.decodeObject(forKey: theKey) as! TheObjectType // <<-- returns the object That I changed to let data = NSMutableData() let archiver = NSKeyedArchiver(requiringSecureCoding: true) archiver.encode(myObject, forKey: theKey) if let data = NSMutableData(contentsOf: anURL) { do { let unarchiver = try NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingFrom: data as Data) let myObject = unarchiver.decodeObject(forKey: theKey) as? TheObjectType // <<-- This returns nil This builds correctly. But on execution, unarchiver.decodeObject now returns nil. I have searched extensively to find the cause to no avail. I may probably change the design to avoid NSKeyedArchiver, but that would be a huge refactoring. I probably miss something obvious. Could someone hint at the possible cause ?
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Jan ’26
How to encode / decode Array < Array < SomeStruct > >
I need to encode and decode Array<Array> SomeStruct is multiplexed in an Int The former API did work: if let format = decoder.decodeObject(forKey: someKey) as? Array<Array<SomeStruct>> { } But using the new API if let format = decoder.decodeObject(of: Array<Array<Int>>.self, forKey: someKey) { generates an error: Cannot convert value of type 'Array<Array<Int>>.Type' to expected argument type '[AnyClass]' (aka 'Array<any AnyObject.Type>') encoding is done as follows: var format = Array(repeating: Array(repeating: 0, count: 4), count: 4) // initialize the var coder.encode(format, forKey: someKey) What is the correct syntax ?
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Jan ’26
How to call decoder with the right types ?
I have defined a class : class Item: NSObject, NSSecureCoding { var name : String = "" var color : ColorTag = .black // defined as enum ColorTag: Int var value : Int = 0 static var supportsSecureCoding: Bool { return true } Its decoder includes the following print statement to start: required init(coder decoder: NSCoder) { print(#function, "item should not be nil", decoder.decodeObject(of: Item.self, forKey: someKey))   Another class uses it: class AllItems: NSObject, NSSecureCoding { var allItems : [Item]? static var supportsSecureCoding: Bool { return true } and decodes as follows required init(coder decoder: NSCoder) { super.init() // Not sure it is necessary allItems = decoder.decodeObject(of: NSArray.self, forKey: mykey) as? [Item] print(#function, allItems) // <<-- get nil } I note: decoder returns nil at line 5 I have tried to change to decoder.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, NSString.self, NSColor.self, NSNumber.self], forKey: mykey)) Still get nil And, decoder of class Item is not called (no print in the log) What am I missing ?
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Jan ’26
How to solve this NSKeyedArchiver warning
I get several warnings in log: *** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver validateAllowedClass:forKey:] allowed unarchiving safe plist type ''NSNumber' (0x204cdbeb8) [/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework]' for key 'NS.objects', even though it was not explicitly included in the client allowed classes set: '{( "'NSArray' (0x204cd5598) [/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework]" )}'. This will be disallowed in the future. I am not sure how to understand it: I have removed every NSNumber.self in the allowed lists for decode. To no avail, still get the avalanche of warnings. What is the key NS.objects about ? What may allowed classes set: '{( "'NSArray' be referring to ? An inclusion of NSArray.self in a list for decode ? The type of a property in a class ?
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Jan ’26
Can we decode twice in the same session with unarchiver?
In a class, I call the following (edited to simplify, but it matches the real case). If I do this: func getData() -> someClass? { _ = someURL.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() if let data = NSData(contentsOf: someURL as URL) { do { let unarchiver = try NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingFrom: data as Data) print((unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* and few others*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass)?.aProperty) if let result = unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* same other types*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass { unarchiver.finishDecoding() print("unarchived success") return result } else { unarchiver.finishDecoding() print("unarchiving failed") return someClass() } } catch { return nil } } I get a failure on log : unarchiving failed But if I comment out the print(unarchiver.decodeObject) - line 8, it works and I get unarchived success // print((unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* and few others*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass)?.aProperty) However, when I do exactly the same for another class (I've compared line by line to be sure), it works even with the print statement. What could be happening here ?
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Jan ’26
Setting the highlight colour of a selected cell in NSTableView
That's a question for Mac app (Cocoa). I want to change the standard highlighting. I thought to use tableView.selectionHighlightStyle. But there are only 2 values: .none and .regular. Cannot find how to define a custom one. So I tried a workaround: set tableView.selectionHighlightStyle to .none func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, viewFor tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> NSView? { tableView.selectionHighlightStyle = .none keep track of previousSelection Then, in tableViewSelectionDidChange reset for previousSelection func tableViewSelectionDidChange(_ notification: Notification) { } if previousSelection >= 0 { let cellView = theTableView.rowView(atRow: previousSelection, makeIfNecessary: false) cellView?.layer?.backgroundColor = .clear } set for the selection to a custom color let cellView = theTableView.rowView(atRow: row, makeIfNecessary: false) cellView?.layer?.backgroundColor = CGColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 1, alpha: 0.4) previousSelection = row Result is disappointing : Even though tableView.selectionHighlightStyle is set to .none, it does overlays the cellView?.layer Is there a way to directly change the color for selection ?
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Jan ’26
Inserting an NSView (Cocoa) in NSWindowController Views hierarchy
I have an NSWindowController with several IBOutlets created in storyboard. I want to add an NSView and fill it with some color. I need to place it at a specific position in views hierarchy. I have tried 2 ways, no one succeeds. First. include a custom view in storyboard connect to an IBOutlet in an init of controller, set the layer for the view Result: crash Second build programmatically Result: I do not find where to put this code in the controller code That's basic Cocoa, but way more painful than iOS.
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Jan ’26
init?(coder: NSCoder) or init?(coder: (NSCoder?))
In this code, I use in some places required init?(coder: (NSCoder?)) { // Init some properties super.init(coder: coder!) } And in other places required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) // Init some properties } Both seem to work. Is there a preferred one ? In which cases ? Or should I always use the second one ? And can super be called at anytime ?
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Feb ’26
Getting back from Splitview
In this app, I have: a VC as entry point (root) which segues (push) to a SplitViewController On iPad, when I get into the splitView, I can get back to the root by dragging down the split view. But on iPhone, this does not work: even though presentation is .automatic, Splitview covers all screen. No way to get back. I tried to create a back button in the detail views… Could not get it. What is the best way to do this ? is there a setup for the initial segue or the views presentation modes to allow pop back ? can I add a back button ? Where, calling what action to return ? I cannot embed splitViewController in nav stack … I would like to have the same solution on both iPhone and iPad…
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Jun ’21
Bug in Apple Developer Program License Agreement
Is it only me (or a localisation issue in french) or is there a bug in the submission form (buttons titles): But acceptance (dark blue button) works as intended.
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In Xcode 26 ß (iOS 26 simulator) UIBarButtonItem content disappear when tapped
Just testing an existing app with Xcode 26. I notice that content of UIBarButtonItem (either text or image) disappears when tapped (and reappear on release). Those are custom, bordered buttons. Attribute inspector: Buttons in Xcode: When selected in Xcode, we see a rectangle inside the rounder rect of iOS 26 In simulator: When tapped in simulator: I have edited code from backButton.setTitleTextAttributes([ .font : boldFont, .foregroundColor : UIColor.systemBlue, ], for: .normal) to backButton.setTitleTextAttributes([ .font : boldFont, .foregroundColor : UIColor.systemBlue, ], for: [.normal, .focused, .selected, .highlighted]) to no avail. What am I missing ?
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Aug ’25
Swift 6 conversion for IBOutlet
I'm struggling to convert Swift 5 to Swift 6. As advised in doc, I first turned strict concurrency ON. I got no error. Then, selected swift6… and problems pop up. I have a UIViewController with IBOutlets: eg a TextField. computed var eg duree func using UNNotification: func userNotificationCenter I get the following error in the declaration line of the func userNotificationCenter: Main actor-isolated instance method 'userNotificationCenter(_:didReceive:withCompletionHandler:)' cannot be used to satisfy nonisolated requirement from protocol 'UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate' So, I declared the func as non isolated. This func calls another func func2, which I had also to declare non isolated. Then I get error on the computed var used in func2 Main actor-isolated property 'duree' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context So I declared duree as nonsilated(unsafe). Now comes the tricky part. The computed var references the IBOutlet dureeField if dureeField.text == "X" leading to the error Main actor-isolated property 'dureeField' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context So I finally declared the class as mainActor and the textField as nonisolated @IBOutlet nonisolated(unsafe) weak var dureeField : UITextField! That silences the error (but declaring unsafe means I get no extra robustness with swift6) just to create a new one when calling dureeField.text: Main actor-isolated property 'text' can not be referenced from a nonisolated context Question: how to address properties inside IBOutlets ? I do not see how to declare them non isolated and having to do it on each property of each IBOutlet would be impracticable. The following did work, but will make code very verbose: if MainActor.assumeIsolated({dureeField.text == "X"}) { So I must be missing something.
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Cannot close my own threads
Since recently, when I try to close a thread I created on an answer of mine, I get the following error: Trying later, next day, does not solve it. In the list of all threads, the post is not marked as answered. But if I look via Chrome or plain Safari, I see the answer itself is marked as correct: Which is not the case when opening in Safari Technology Preview (Release 233) where the same answer is still to be accepted:
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Jan ’26
No more possible to properly size images in a forums post ?
I used to resize images (editing width and height when writing the post) in order to avoid ridiculously large images in reading published post. Since a few weeks, that does not work anymore. When I edit, I see the reduced size in Live Preview: But once posted, images are much larger as seen below: Looks like the image is now resized to fill full width. I filed a bug report: Dec 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM – FB21446929 PS: that change ignores @eskimo wise advice "Quinn’s Top Ten DevForums Tips" n°10 (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/706527).
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NSKeyedArchiving issue
I have a large code that I try to update to change deprecated APIs. In the former version, I used forWritingWith and forReadingWith let data = NSMutableData() let archiver = NSKeyedArchiver(forWritingWith: data) archiver.encode(myObject, forKey: theKey) if let data = NSMutableData(contentsOf: anURL) { let unarchiver = NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingWith: data as Data) let myObject = unarchiver.decodeObject(forKey: theKey) as! TheObjectType // <<-- returns the object That I changed to let data = NSMutableData() let archiver = NSKeyedArchiver(requiringSecureCoding: true) archiver.encode(myObject, forKey: theKey) if let data = NSMutableData(contentsOf: anURL) { do { let unarchiver = try NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingFrom: data as Data) let myObject = unarchiver.decodeObject(forKey: theKey) as? TheObjectType // <<-- This returns nil This builds correctly. But on execution, unarchiver.decodeObject now returns nil. I have searched extensively to find the cause to no avail. I may probably change the design to avoid NSKeyedArchiver, but that would be a huge refactoring. I probably miss something obvious. Could someone hint at the possible cause ?
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Jan ’26
How to encode / decode Array < Array < SomeStruct > >
I need to encode and decode Array<Array> SomeStruct is multiplexed in an Int The former API did work: if let format = decoder.decodeObject(forKey: someKey) as? Array<Array<SomeStruct>> { } But using the new API if let format = decoder.decodeObject(of: Array<Array<Int>>.self, forKey: someKey) { generates an error: Cannot convert value of type 'Array<Array<Int>>.Type' to expected argument type '[AnyClass]' (aka 'Array<any AnyObject.Type>') encoding is done as follows: var format = Array(repeating: Array(repeating: 0, count: 4), count: 4) // initialize the var coder.encode(format, forKey: someKey) What is the correct syntax ?
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Jan ’26
How to call decoder with the right types ?
I have defined a class : class Item: NSObject, NSSecureCoding { var name : String = "" var color : ColorTag = .black // defined as enum ColorTag: Int var value : Int = 0 static var supportsSecureCoding: Bool { return true } Its decoder includes the following print statement to start: required init(coder decoder: NSCoder) { print(#function, "item should not be nil", decoder.decodeObject(of: Item.self, forKey: someKey))   Another class uses it: class AllItems: NSObject, NSSecureCoding { var allItems : [Item]? static var supportsSecureCoding: Bool { return true } and decodes as follows required init(coder decoder: NSCoder) { super.init() // Not sure it is necessary allItems = decoder.decodeObject(of: NSArray.self, forKey: mykey) as? [Item] print(#function, allItems) // <<-- get nil } I note: decoder returns nil at line 5 I have tried to change to decoder.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, NSString.self, NSColor.self, NSNumber.self], forKey: mykey)) Still get nil And, decoder of class Item is not called (no print in the log) What am I missing ?
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Jan ’26
How to solve this NSKeyedArchiver warning
I get several warnings in log: *** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver validateAllowedClass:forKey:] allowed unarchiving safe plist type ''NSNumber' (0x204cdbeb8) [/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework]' for key 'NS.objects', even though it was not explicitly included in the client allowed classes set: '{( "'NSArray' (0x204cd5598) [/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework]" )}'. This will be disallowed in the future. I am not sure how to understand it: I have removed every NSNumber.self in the allowed lists for decode. To no avail, still get the avalanche of warnings. What is the key NS.objects about ? What may allowed classes set: '{( "'NSArray' be referring to ? An inclusion of NSArray.self in a list for decode ? The type of a property in a class ?
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Can we decode twice in the same session with unarchiver?
In a class, I call the following (edited to simplify, but it matches the real case). If I do this: func getData() -> someClass? { _ = someURL.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() if let data = NSData(contentsOf: someURL as URL) { do { let unarchiver = try NSKeyedUnarchiver(forReadingFrom: data as Data) print((unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* and few others*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass)?.aProperty) if let result = unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* same other types*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass { unarchiver.finishDecoding() print("unarchived success") return result } else { unarchiver.finishDecoding() print("unarchiving failed") return someClass() } } catch { return nil } } I get a failure on log : unarchiving failed But if I comment out the print(unarchiver.decodeObject) - line 8, it works and I get unarchived success // print((unarchiver.decodeObject(of: [NSArray.self, someClass.self /* and few others*/], forKey: oneKey) as? someClass)?.aProperty) However, when I do exactly the same for another class (I've compared line by line to be sure), it works even with the print statement. What could be happening here ?
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Setting the highlight colour of a selected cell in NSTableView
That's a question for Mac app (Cocoa). I want to change the standard highlighting. I thought to use tableView.selectionHighlightStyle. But there are only 2 values: .none and .regular. Cannot find how to define a custom one. So I tried a workaround: set tableView.selectionHighlightStyle to .none func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, viewFor tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> NSView? { tableView.selectionHighlightStyle = .none keep track of previousSelection Then, in tableViewSelectionDidChange reset for previousSelection func tableViewSelectionDidChange(_ notification: Notification) { } if previousSelection >= 0 { let cellView = theTableView.rowView(atRow: previousSelection, makeIfNecessary: false) cellView?.layer?.backgroundColor = .clear } set for the selection to a custom color let cellView = theTableView.rowView(atRow: row, makeIfNecessary: false) cellView?.layer?.backgroundColor = CGColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 1, alpha: 0.4) previousSelection = row Result is disappointing : Even though tableView.selectionHighlightStyle is set to .none, it does overlays the cellView?.layer Is there a way to directly change the color for selection ?
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Inserting an NSView (Cocoa) in NSWindowController Views hierarchy
I have an NSWindowController with several IBOutlets created in storyboard. I want to add an NSView and fill it with some color. I need to place it at a specific position in views hierarchy. I have tried 2 ways, no one succeeds. First. include a custom view in storyboard connect to an IBOutlet in an init of controller, set the layer for the view Result: crash Second build programmatically Result: I do not find where to put this code in the controller code That's basic Cocoa, but way more painful than iOS.
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init?(coder: NSCoder) or init?(coder: (NSCoder?))
In this code, I use in some places required init?(coder: (NSCoder?)) { // Init some properties super.init(coder: coder!) } And in other places required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) // Init some properties } Both seem to work. Is there a preferred one ? In which cases ? Or should I always use the second one ? And can super be called at anytime ?
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Feb ’26
Window size of iOS app running on Mac
I need constraint the window size for an iOS app running on Mac. That's easy for a MacApp, using self.window?.minSize.width = 450 self.window?.maxSize.width = 450 or use func windowDidResize(_ notification: Notification) { } but how to achieve it in UIKit ?
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Getting back from Splitview
In this app, I have: a VC as entry point (root) which segues (push) to a SplitViewController On iPad, when I get into the splitView, I can get back to the root by dragging down the split view. But on iPhone, this does not work: even though presentation is .automatic, Splitview covers all screen. No way to get back. I tried to create a back button in the detail views… Could not get it. What is the best way to do this ? is there a setup for the initial segue or the views presentation modes to allow pop back ? can I add a back button ? Where, calling what action to return ? I cannot embed splitViewController in nav stack … I would like to have the same solution on both iPhone and iPad…
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