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Printing from a SwiftUI app (on macOS)?
How does one print from a SwiftUI app (on macOS)? Is there any SwiftUI or Swift API for this, or do I just use the old AppKit APIs (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/printing)? What if I wanted to print from iOS?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’24
macOS app gets error when I attempt to open a file URL provided by SwiftUI fileImporter
I'm using the SwiftUI .fileImporter() modifier to present a file open panel to the user, and then I access the returned file URL using String(contentsOf:encoding:). Then I get an error, "The file “order_history.csv” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." The thing is, my app (recently created in Xcode 16.1 beta from macOS template) has the User Selected File entitlement set to "Read Only." It should allow reading such a file, should it not?
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Sep ’24
UICloudSharingContainer equivalent on macOS (i.e. SwiftUI)?
I'm trying to write a SwiftUI iOS/macOS app that allows users to collaborate, but I keep running into limitations. The latest is that I can't figure out what the UICloudSharingContainer equivalent is on macOS. It doesn't seem like there’s a SwiftUI version of this, so I have to write a lot of platform-specific code to handle it, but it's not clear what the AppKit equivalent is.
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Oct ’24
Invalid bundle ID for container
I'm trying to get the CoreDataCloudKitShare example to work, but having trouble. The first error I see when running the InitializeCloudKitSchema target (on macOS) is the following: error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate _performSetupRequest:]_block_invoke(1242): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x60000229c0f0>: Failed to set up CloudKit integration for store: <NSSQLCore: 0x15b807830> (URL: file:///Users/rmann/Library/Application%20Support/InitializeCloudKitSchema/CoreDataStores/Private/private.sqlite) <CKError 0x600001311290: "Partial Failure" (2/1011); "Failed to modify some record zones"; uuid = 3E1B1380-AE1C-4B14-97A8-7F60B4A8F3EF; container ID = "iCloud.com.example.CoreDataCloudKitShareH6F2W964VK"; partial errors: { com.apple.coredata.cloudkit.zone:__defaultOwner__ = <CKError 0x60000132f810: "Permission Failure" (10/2007); server message = "Invalid bundle ID for container"; op = F3987848B25CEED7; uuid = 3E1B1380-AE1C-4B14-97A8-7F60B4A8F3EF> }> I see a database in the Dashboard with that container ID, but don't know what it means by "Invalid bundle ID for container". I've seen several other posts about this across the web, and the only answer is ever "seems to be an Apple issue, wait a bit."
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Oct ’24
SwiftUI previews and CloudKit sharing
The SwiftUI templates provided by Xcode typically create an in-memory store for preview purposes. I started from one of these templates and added the necessary code for working with CloudKit shares, but now the existing preview store creation gets runtime errors I'm struggling to understand. The ultimate error is: FAULT: NSInternalInconsistencyException: Unsupported feature in this configuration; { store = "<NSSQLCore: 0x12e26b170> (URL: file:///dev/null)"; } There are other things in the log like: warning: Multiple NSEntityDescriptions claim the NSManagedObject subclass 'Trip' so +entity is unable to disambiguate. This might be due in part to the normal full stack being instantiated during a unit test, but that was the only way I could step through the code to try to see what was causing the SwiftUI preview to crash. I can't build the full core data stack as normal, because then the unit tests and previews pollute the real store.
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Oct ’24
Refreshing AASA file?
I recently started a new app that supports universal links. I noticed an error in the apple-app-site-association (AASA) file and updated it. I used mode=developer in the applinks configuration, and it works well on Simulator, but for the life of me I can't get my device to load the new file, and the CDN hasn't updated in days. Any suggestions for how to get it to update, or get iOS to load the file directly? mode=developer is supposed to do this, but it simply won't on device. I've tried touching the file, and I can see its reported HTTP last modification date and eTag have changed. I've tried deleting and reinstalling the app; I've tried restarting the phone; I've tried clean builds; I've tried changing the applinks: to something else and reinstalling; I've tried installing via TestFlight.
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Jul ’25
AXIsProcessTrusted returns true, but AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue fails with .cannotComplete
This was working a few days ago, but it has since stopped and I can't figure out why. I've tried resetting TCC, double-checking my entitlements, restarting, deleting and rebuilding, and nothing works. My app is a sandboxed macOS SwiftUI LSUIElement app that, when invoked, checks to see if the frontmost process is Terminal, then tries to get the frontmost window’s title. func getFrontmostWindowTitle() throws -&gt; String? { let trusted = AXIsProcessTrusted() print("getFrontmostWindowTitle AX trusted: \(trusted)") guard let app = NSWorkspace.shared.frontmostApplication else { return nil } let appElement = AXUIElementCreateApplication(app.processIdentifier) var focusedWindow: AnyObject? let status = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(appElement, kAXFocusedWindowAttribute as CFString, &amp;focusedWindow) guard status == .success, let window = focusedWindow else { if status == .cannotComplete { throw Errors.needAccessibilityPermission } return nil } var title: AnyObject? let titleStatus = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(window as! AXUIElement, kAXTitleAttribute as CFString, &amp;title) guard titleStatus == .success else { return nil } return title as? String } I recently renamed the app, but the Bundle ID has not yet changed. I have com.apple.security.accessibility set to YES in the Entitlements file (although i had to add it manually), and a NSAccessibilityUsageDescription string set in Info.plist. The first time I ran this, macOS nicely prompted for permission. Now it won't do that, even when I use AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions() to try to force it. If I use tccutil to reset accessibility and apple events, it still doesn't prompt. If I drag my app from the build products folder to System Settings, it gets added to the system TCC DB (not the user DB). It shows an auth value of 2 for my app: % sudo sqlite3 "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db" "SELECT client,auth_value FROM access WHERE service='kTCCServiceAccessibility' OR service='kTCCServiceAppleEvents';" com.latencyzero.&lt;redacted&gt;|2 &lt;redactd&gt; I'm at a loss as to what went wrong. I proved out the concept earlier and it worked, and have since spent a lot of time enhancing and polishing the app, and now things aren't working and I'm starting to worry.
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Jul ’25
Error when using SecItemAdd with kSecReturnPersistentRef and user presence kSecAttrAccessControl
I'm trying to add a generic password to the keychain and get back the persistent ID for it, and give it .userPresence access control. Unfortunately, if I include that, I get paramError back from SecItemAdd. Here's the code: @discardableResult func set(username: String, hostname: String?, password: String, comment: String? = nil) throws -> PasswordEntry { // Delete any existing matching password… if let existing = try? getEntry(forUsername: username, hostname: hostname) { try deletePassword(withID: existing.id) } // Store the new password… var label = username if let hostname { label = label + "@" + hostname } var item: [String: Any] = [ kSecClass as String : kSecClassGenericPassword, kSecAttrDescription as String : "TermPass Password", kSecAttrGeneric as String : self.bundleID.data(using: .utf8)!, kSecAttrLabel as String : label, kSecAttrAccount as String : username, kSecValueData as String : password.data(using: .utf8)!, kSecReturnData as String : true, kSecReturnPersistentRef as String: true, ] if self.synchronizable { item[kSecAttrSynchronizable as String] = kCFBooleanTrue! } if let hostname { item[kSecAttrService as String] = hostname } if let comment { item[kSecAttrComment as String] = comment } // Apply access control to require the user to prove presence when // retrieving this password… var error: Unmanaged<CFError>? guard let accessControl = SecAccessControlCreateWithFlags(nil, kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly, .userPresence, &error) else { let cfError = error!.takeUnretainedValue() as Error throw cfError } item[kSecAttrAccessControl as String] = accessControl item[kSecAttrAccessible as String] = kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly var result: AnyObject! let status = SecItemAdd(item as CFDictionary, &result) try Errors.throwIfError(osstatus: status) load() guard let secItem = result as? [String : Any], let persistentRef = secItem[kSecValuePersistentRef as String] as? Data else { throw Errors.malformedItem } let entry = PasswordEntry(id: persistentRef, username: username, hostname: hostname, password: password, comment: comment) return entry } (Note that I also tried it omitting kSecAttrAccessible, but it had no effect.) This code works fine if I omit setting kSecAttrAccessControl. Any ideas? TIA!
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Jul ’25
Coalescing @Published changes?
I've got the following code that updates a @Published var messages: OrderedSetMessage property: swift public func add(messages inMsgs: [IncomingMessage]) { for msg in inMsgs { let msg = Message(fromIncoming: msg, user: user) self.messages.append(msg) } self.messages.sort() } In my SwiftUI view, however, .onChanged(self.stream.messages) gets called three times each time a single message is added. I tried operating on a local copy of self.messages, and then just setting self.messages = local, but that didn't change anything. Maybe the issue is on the SwftUI side? In any case, how are published updates to a property coalesced?
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May ’21
SwiftUI previews fail with
As in the locked question here - https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/674534, I'm constantly running into this error: Compiling failed: 'main' attribute cannot be used in a module that contains top-level code Once it starts, it's not clear how to stop it. No changes were made to my AppDelegate (It's a mostly-UIKit app that I'm adding some SwiftUI views to). It compiles just fine with a regular build, but the SwiftUI preview can't build it. This is proving to be a real hindrance. I can sometimes clear the condition by cleaning build and test results, and relaunching Xcode. But not always. I filed FB9104575 and included the diagnostics.
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May ’21
Xcode 13 templates don't add built products to navigator
I just created a new macOS app project in Xcode 13 beta. SwiftUI, unit tests, no Core Data. I just noticed that it does not add the traditional "Products/MyApp.app" group and file, and I can't figure out how to add those via the UI. At least one solution online edits the pbxproj file directly; I'd rather not do that. Is there any sanctioned way to add this? Is not having it a bug?
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Jun ’21
AppStoreConnect app icon won't show
I recently created a new app record in AppStoreConnect. The app is still in development and testing, so we use this for TestFlight builds. The app has a complete app icon internally, and shows up in the Simulator and devices correctly. But in AppStoreConnect, it shows the generic app icon placeholder. I contacted Apple support about this, and they told me I needed to include the app icon in the app. I told them I already do, and showed them the screenshots. They basically said sorry, not my problem, try the dev forums. So here I am.
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Jun ’21
Customizing ShareLink menu on macOS?
In Ivory, there are custom menu items in the ShareLink sheet that pops up. How can I customize my own ShareLink?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jul ’24
Compression support for LZW?
Near as I can tell, Compression doesn't support LZW, is that right? I'm not sure if the available compression algorithms implicitly know how to decompress LZW. FB14643019
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Aug ’24
Printing from a SwiftUI app (on macOS)?
How does one print from a SwiftUI app (on macOS)? Is there any SwiftUI or Swift API for this, or do I just use the old AppKit APIs (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/printing)? What if I wanted to print from iOS?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’24
Any way to suppress system-provided playback controls on VideoPlayer?
AVKit provides the SwiftUI view VideoPlayer, and allows you to add an interactive overlay. But that overlay is normally placed behind the system-provided playback controls. Is there any way to suppress those controls, without resorting to wrapping AVPlayerView?
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Sep ’24
macOS app gets error when I attempt to open a file URL provided by SwiftUI fileImporter
I'm using the SwiftUI .fileImporter() modifier to present a file open panel to the user, and then I access the returned file URL using String(contentsOf:encoding:). Then I get an error, "The file “order_history.csv” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." The thing is, my app (recently created in Xcode 16.1 beta from macOS template) has the User Selected File entitlement set to "Read Only." It should allow reading such a file, should it not?
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Sep ’24
UICloudSharingContainer equivalent on macOS (i.e. SwiftUI)?
I'm trying to write a SwiftUI iOS/macOS app that allows users to collaborate, but I keep running into limitations. The latest is that I can't figure out what the UICloudSharingContainer equivalent is on macOS. It doesn't seem like there’s a SwiftUI version of this, so I have to write a lot of platform-specific code to handle it, but it's not clear what the AppKit equivalent is.
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Oct ’24
Invalid bundle ID for container
I'm trying to get the CoreDataCloudKitShare example to work, but having trouble. The first error I see when running the InitializeCloudKitSchema target (on macOS) is the following: error: CoreData+CloudKit: -[NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate _performSetupRequest:]_block_invoke(1242): <NSCloudKitMirroringDelegate: 0x60000229c0f0>: Failed to set up CloudKit integration for store: <NSSQLCore: 0x15b807830> (URL: file:///Users/rmann/Library/Application%20Support/InitializeCloudKitSchema/CoreDataStores/Private/private.sqlite) <CKError 0x600001311290: "Partial Failure" (2/1011); "Failed to modify some record zones"; uuid = 3E1B1380-AE1C-4B14-97A8-7F60B4A8F3EF; container ID = "iCloud.com.example.CoreDataCloudKitShareH6F2W964VK"; partial errors: { com.apple.coredata.cloudkit.zone:__defaultOwner__ = <CKError 0x60000132f810: "Permission Failure" (10/2007); server message = "Invalid bundle ID for container"; op = F3987848B25CEED7; uuid = 3E1B1380-AE1C-4B14-97A8-7F60B4A8F3EF> }> I see a database in the Dashboard with that container ID, but don't know what it means by "Invalid bundle ID for container". I've seen several other posts about this across the web, and the only answer is ever "seems to be an Apple issue, wait a bit."
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Oct ’24
SwiftUI previews and CloudKit sharing
The SwiftUI templates provided by Xcode typically create an in-memory store for preview purposes. I started from one of these templates and added the necessary code for working with CloudKit shares, but now the existing preview store creation gets runtime errors I'm struggling to understand. The ultimate error is: FAULT: NSInternalInconsistencyException: Unsupported feature in this configuration; { store = "<NSSQLCore: 0x12e26b170> (URL: file:///dev/null)"; } There are other things in the log like: warning: Multiple NSEntityDescriptions claim the NSManagedObject subclass 'Trip' so +entity is unable to disambiguate. This might be due in part to the normal full stack being instantiated during a unit test, but that was the only way I could step through the code to try to see what was causing the SwiftUI preview to crash. I can't build the full core data stack as normal, because then the unit tests and previews pollute the real store.
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Oct ’24
Refreshing AASA file?
I recently started a new app that supports universal links. I noticed an error in the apple-app-site-association (AASA) file and updated it. I used mode=developer in the applinks configuration, and it works well on Simulator, but for the life of me I can't get my device to load the new file, and the CDN hasn't updated in days. Any suggestions for how to get it to update, or get iOS to load the file directly? mode=developer is supposed to do this, but it simply won't on device. I've tried touching the file, and I can see its reported HTTP last modification date and eTag have changed. I've tried deleting and reinstalling the app; I've tried restarting the phone; I've tried clean builds; I've tried changing the applinks: to something else and reinstalling; I've tried installing via TestFlight.
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Jul ’25
AXIsProcessTrusted returns true, but AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue fails with .cannotComplete
This was working a few days ago, but it has since stopped and I can't figure out why. I've tried resetting TCC, double-checking my entitlements, restarting, deleting and rebuilding, and nothing works. My app is a sandboxed macOS SwiftUI LSUIElement app that, when invoked, checks to see if the frontmost process is Terminal, then tries to get the frontmost window’s title. func getFrontmostWindowTitle() throws -&gt; String? { let trusted = AXIsProcessTrusted() print("getFrontmostWindowTitle AX trusted: \(trusted)") guard let app = NSWorkspace.shared.frontmostApplication else { return nil } let appElement = AXUIElementCreateApplication(app.processIdentifier) var focusedWindow: AnyObject? let status = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(appElement, kAXFocusedWindowAttribute as CFString, &amp;focusedWindow) guard status == .success, let window = focusedWindow else { if status == .cannotComplete { throw Errors.needAccessibilityPermission } return nil } var title: AnyObject? let titleStatus = AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(window as! AXUIElement, kAXTitleAttribute as CFString, &amp;title) guard titleStatus == .success else { return nil } return title as? String } I recently renamed the app, but the Bundle ID has not yet changed. I have com.apple.security.accessibility set to YES in the Entitlements file (although i had to add it manually), and a NSAccessibilityUsageDescription string set in Info.plist. The first time I ran this, macOS nicely prompted for permission. Now it won't do that, even when I use AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions() to try to force it. If I use tccutil to reset accessibility and apple events, it still doesn't prompt. If I drag my app from the build products folder to System Settings, it gets added to the system TCC DB (not the user DB). It shows an auth value of 2 for my app: % sudo sqlite3 "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db" "SELECT client,auth_value FROM access WHERE service='kTCCServiceAccessibility' OR service='kTCCServiceAppleEvents';" com.latencyzero.&lt;redacted&gt;|2 &lt;redactd&gt; I'm at a loss as to what went wrong. I proved out the concept earlier and it worked, and have since spent a lot of time enhancing and polishing the app, and now things aren't working and I'm starting to worry.
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Error when using SecItemAdd with kSecReturnPersistentRef and user presence kSecAttrAccessControl
I'm trying to add a generic password to the keychain and get back the persistent ID for it, and give it .userPresence access control. Unfortunately, if I include that, I get paramError back from SecItemAdd. Here's the code: @discardableResult func set(username: String, hostname: String?, password: String, comment: String? = nil) throws -> PasswordEntry { // Delete any existing matching password… if let existing = try? getEntry(forUsername: username, hostname: hostname) { try deletePassword(withID: existing.id) } // Store the new password… var label = username if let hostname { label = label + "@" + hostname } var item: [String: Any] = [ kSecClass as String : kSecClassGenericPassword, kSecAttrDescription as String : "TermPass Password", kSecAttrGeneric as String : self.bundleID.data(using: .utf8)!, kSecAttrLabel as String : label, kSecAttrAccount as String : username, kSecValueData as String : password.data(using: .utf8)!, kSecReturnData as String : true, kSecReturnPersistentRef as String: true, ] if self.synchronizable { item[kSecAttrSynchronizable as String] = kCFBooleanTrue! } if let hostname { item[kSecAttrService as String] = hostname } if let comment { item[kSecAttrComment as String] = comment } // Apply access control to require the user to prove presence when // retrieving this password… var error: Unmanaged<CFError>? guard let accessControl = SecAccessControlCreateWithFlags(nil, kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly, .userPresence, &error) else { let cfError = error!.takeUnretainedValue() as Error throw cfError } item[kSecAttrAccessControl as String] = accessControl item[kSecAttrAccessible as String] = kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly var result: AnyObject! let status = SecItemAdd(item as CFDictionary, &result) try Errors.throwIfError(osstatus: status) load() guard let secItem = result as? [String : Any], let persistentRef = secItem[kSecValuePersistentRef as String] as? Data else { throw Errors.malformedItem } let entry = PasswordEntry(id: persistentRef, username: username, hostname: hostname, password: password, comment: comment) return entry } (Note that I also tried it omitting kSecAttrAccessible, but it had no effect.) This code works fine if I omit setting kSecAttrAccessControl. Any ideas? TIA!
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Jul ’25
Coalescing @Published changes?
I've got the following code that updates a @Published var messages: OrderedSetMessage property: swift public func add(messages inMsgs: [IncomingMessage]) { for msg in inMsgs { let msg = Message(fromIncoming: msg, user: user) self.messages.append(msg) } self.messages.sort() } In my SwiftUI view, however, .onChanged(self.stream.messages) gets called three times each time a single message is added. I tried operating on a local copy of self.messages, and then just setting self.messages = local, but that didn't change anything. Maybe the issue is on the SwftUI side? In any case, how are published updates to a property coalesced?
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May ’21
SwiftUI previews fail with
As in the locked question here - https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/674534, I'm constantly running into this error: Compiling failed: 'main' attribute cannot be used in a module that contains top-level code Once it starts, it's not clear how to stop it. No changes were made to my AppDelegate (It's a mostly-UIKit app that I'm adding some SwiftUI views to). It compiles just fine with a regular build, but the SwiftUI preview can't build it. This is proving to be a real hindrance. I can sometimes clear the condition by cleaning build and test results, and relaunching Xcode. But not always. I filed FB9104575 and included the diagnostics.
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May ’21
Xcode 13 templates don't add built products to navigator
I just created a new macOS app project in Xcode 13 beta. SwiftUI, unit tests, no Core Data. I just noticed that it does not add the traditional "Products/MyApp.app" group and file, and I can't figure out how to add those via the UI. At least one solution online edits the pbxproj file directly; I'd rather not do that. Is there any sanctioned way to add this? Is not having it a bug?
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Jun ’21
AppStoreConnect app icon won't show
I recently created a new app record in AppStoreConnect. The app is still in development and testing, so we use this for TestFlight builds. The app has a complete app icon internally, and shows up in the Simulator and devices correctly. But in AppStoreConnect, it shows the generic app icon placeholder. I contacted Apple support about this, and they told me I needed to include the app icon in the app. I told them I already do, and showed them the screenshots. They basically said sorry, not my problem, try the dev forums. So here I am.
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