The iPhone Lock Screen lets you display a small time and date at the top of the display that has a neat image processing effect where the text takes on the underlying colors with a blurred gradient while still maintaining legibility appearing largely white. In this screenshot you can see the white text features blue colors at the top left and transitions to a purple color on the right due to the underlying vibrant blue and purple blocks. Can you share how this text effect is achieved using Core Image?

From what I understand, Volume Purchasing is coming this fall and Group Purchases will arrive later this year for subscriptions. What’s the difference between these? Will either support non-consumable in-app purchases? I really don’t want to require recurring payments nor build a paid duplicate version of my app, seems the freemium business model is important to support going forward. Thanks!

In my plant watering app, I created a PlantEntity and a WaterPlantIntent that edits the plant to mark it as watered. PlantEntity conforms to AppEntity and IndexedEntity. I also created OpenPlantIntent that conforms to OpenIntent. My AppShortcutsProvider is implemented like so: struct ShortcutsProvider: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { return [ AppShortcut( intent: WaterPlantIntent(), phrases: [ "Water plant in \(.applicationName)", "Water \(\.$plantEntity) in \(.applicationName)" ], shortTitle: "Water Plant", systemImageName: "drop.fill" ) ] } } Now, when I search in Spotlight for a plant name, two results are shown but both are titled the name of the plant. The one in the App Name section just opens the plant in the app but the one in the Top Hit section actually performs the WaterPlantIntent! There's no indication that would occur. I expected it to be titled Water Plant Name so users know what shortcut is being run. Is there a way I can configure my code to show the proper title here?

What modern tools would you recommend to replace a drawing classification machine learning model I built years ago (with Turi Create) to recognize emojis trained on drawings users submit? I tried an image classifier with CreateML but training time is much longer and accuracy is worse. Does Apple have a solution for drawing classification? Is a ML model still the best solution, or any AI advancements good for this use case? Thanks!

How do you create a prominent glass button in SwiftUI? In UIKit it’s let button = UIButton(configuration: .prominentGlass()) button.configuration?.title = "Agree" I tried Button("Agree") {} .buttonStyle(.glassProminent) but the title text is white not glassified 🤨

Apps that try to access the contents of the pasteboard cause a system prompt to appear asking the user "AppName" would like to paste from "OtherAppName" Do you want to allow this? Don't Allow Paste Allow Paste This prompt does not appear if you implement a UIPasteControl and the user taps it to signal intent to paste, but this control cannot be placed into a UIMenu. I read this could be achieved with UIAction.Identifiers like .paste or .newFromPasteboard but the prompt still appears with the following code. What's the trick? override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() title = "TestPaste" view.backgroundColor = .systemBackground let imageView = UIImageView() imageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit imageView.clipsToBounds = true view.addSubview(imageView) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ imageView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor), imageView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor), imageView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor), imageView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor) ]) navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Add", image: UIImage(systemName: "plus"), menu: UIMenu(children: [ UIAction(identifier: .paste) { _ in imageView.image = UIPasteboard.general.image } ])) }

I just submitted FB22318443. In Mac Catalyst apps running on macOS 26.4, if you choose to limit the app's access to specific photos (as opposed to granting full access), the photos do not appear in the app. 💀 This issue does not occur on iPadOS. It is a macOS 26.4 regression. It occurs even with apps built using a previous version of the SDK such as 26.2. A sample of the console logs: [RM]: 4-1-1 failed to decode for asset: 9290CC20-B85D-47B5-BDBE-D330FE61773D, error code: 3303, description: Error Domain=PHPhotosErrorDomain Code=3303 "(null)" Failed to get sandbox extension for url: file:///Users/Jordan/Pictures/Photos%20Library.photoslibrary/resources/derivatives/masters/9/9290CC20-B85D-47B5-BDBE-D330FE61773D_4_5005_c.jpeg, error: Error Domain=com.apple.photos.error Code=44001 "sandbox extension not in the cache after requesting them for path: /Users/Jordan/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/derivatives/masters/9/9290CC20-B85D-47B5-BDBE-D330FE61773D_4_5005_c.jpeg" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=sandbox extension not in the cache after requesting them for path: /Users/Jordan/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/derivatives/masters/9/9290CC20-B85D-47B5-BDBE-D330FE61773D_4_5005_c.jpeg} [RM]: 1-1-1 Image request failed with error: Error Domain=PHPhotosErrorDomain Code=3303 "(null)"

If you add a new string in your app (for example String(localized: "contact_support_message", defaultValue: "Please contact support")), then later you change that default value and rebuild, the string catalog updates to match as expected. But once that string is translated, changing the default value in code and rebuilding does not update the catalog. You seemingly have to go manually change the default value for English in the catalog to match the code (which marks the translation as Needs Review). Is there a better way? Or is there a way to determine what strings have default values in code that do not match the catalog values to see if any were missed as wording was tweaked over time?

My app is currently using CLGeocoder to get a CLPlacemark, then using placemark.postalAddress with CNPostalAddressFormatter to get an attributed string for the full address, I then enumerate its attributes to pull out specific elements like just the street or state or zip etc. This is deprecated in iOS 26 with MKReverseGeocodingRequest being the intended replacement. This API returns an MKMapItem which doesn’t provide a CNPostalAddress - you can get a full address as a String but not structured address data that I’m seeing. Am I missing some way to get the postal address? Or is it a non-goal to provide that anymore? Thanks!

The documentation for CLGeocoder states Geocoding requests are rate-limited for each app, so making too many requests in a short period of time may cause some of the requests to fail. (When the maximum rate is exceeded, the geocoder returns an error object with the CLError.Code.network error to the associated completion handler.) And it provides helpful guidance on how and when to submit geocoding requests. The documentation for MKReverseGeocodingRequest does not mention requests are rate-limited. Does this mean it is not rate-limited? If it is rate-limited, is it similar to CLGeocoder, what is its behavior? It is important to understand behavior of the API in order to understand impact on my app’s use case and how users will be affected should I change the implementation. Thanks!

I implemented BGContinuedProcessingTask in my app and it seems to be working well for everyone except one user (so far) who has reached out to report nothing happens when they tap the Start Processing button. They have an iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 26.1. Restarting iPhone does not fix it. When they turn off the background processing feature in the app, it works. In that case my code directly calls the function to start processing instead of waiting for it to be invoked in the register block (or submit catch block). Is this a bug that's possible to occur, maybe device specific? Or have I done something wrong in the implementation? func startProcessingTapped(_ sender: UIButton) { if isBackgroundProcessingEnabled { startBackgroundContinuedProcessing() } else { startProcessing(backgroundTask: nil) } } func startBackgroundContinuedProcessing() { BGTaskScheduler.shared.register(forTaskWithIdentifier: taskIdentifier, using: .main) { @Sendable [weak self] task in guard self != nil else { return } startProcessing(backgroundTask: task as? BGContinuedProcessingTask) } let request = BGContinuedProcessingTaskRequest(identifier: taskIdentifier, title: title, subtitle: subtitle) request.strategy = .fail if BGTaskScheduler.supportedResources.contains(.gpu) { request.requiredResources = .gpu } do { try BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request) } catch { startProcessing(backgroundTask: nil) } } func startProcessing(backgroundTask: BGContinuedProcessingTask?) { // FIXME: Never called for this user when isBackgroundProcessingEnabled is true }

Hello! What UIKit API enables you to add a view below the navigation bar and extend the scroll edge effect below it in iOS 26? safeAreaBar is how you do it in SwiftUI but I need to achieve this design in my UIKit app (which has a collection view in a view controller in a navigation controller). struct ContentView: View { let segments = ["First", "Second", "Third"] @State private var selectedSegment = "First" var body: some View { NavigationStack { List(0..<50, id: \.self) { i in Text("Row \(i + 1)") } .safeAreaBar(edge: .top) { Picker("Segment", selection: $selectedSegment) { ForEach(segments, id: \.self) { Text($0) } } .pickerStyle(.segmented) .padding(.horizontal) .padding(.bottom, 8) } .navigationTitle("Title") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline) } } }

I want to keep an eye on the App Store Connect release notes to find out when builds created with Xcode 26.2 RC will be accepted. I tried to add https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/release-notes/ to my RSS reeder but the items listed are not the same, it’s the items from the latest news from Apple Developer instead. Can we get an RSS feed please? Seems will be useful to monitor these release notes over time.

In what scenario will an app receive the limitExceeded PHPhotosError code? This case was added in iOS 26.1 and is not currently documented. What PhotoKit APIs can encounter this error and how should it be handled?

How can you distribute an XCFramework via Swift Package Manager when it has dependencies on other Swift packages? We accomplished this with CocoaPods in order to distribute our closed source SDK that has dependencies, but need to migrate to SPM. Note none of the types from the dependencies are used as part of our module’s public interface - usage is purely internal. I’ve made a lot of progress following these steps for a simple example: Create Framework Project Create a new iOS Framework project in Xcode and name it WallpaperKit In the project settings select the target and verify in Build Settings that Build Libraries for Distribution is Yes then set Skip Install to No Create a new UIViewController subclass, name it WallpaperPreviewViewController, make it public, and add some functionality to it to show a UIImageView Add a new Package Dependency in the project settings, for this example we’ll use https://github.com/onevcat/Kingfisher, and specify exact version 8.5.0 Add internal import Kingfisher and use it in WallpaperPreviewViewController to download and show an image from the web Close the WallpaperKit project Create Hosting App Project (this makes it easier to develop the framework functionality and test it in an app with Xcode building both in the same workspace) Create a new iOS app project and name it WallpaperApp Create a new workspace named WallpaperApp Close the WallpaperApp project Drag and drop WallpaperApp.xcodeproj into the workspace’s sidebar Drag and drop WallpaperKit.xcodeproj into the workspace’s sidebar Switch the scheme to WallpaperKit and build Select WallpaperApp project, then with WallpaperApp target selected, in the General tab under Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content, click + and add WallpaperKit.framework In ViewController.swift, import WallpaperKit and add functionality to present an instance of WallpaperPreviewViewController Run the app and verify it works Create XCFramework In Terminal, cd into WallpaperKit and run xcodebuild archive -scheme WallpaperKit -configuration Release -destination 'generic/platform=iOS' -archivePath './build/WallpaperKit.framework-iphoneos.xcarchive' SKIP_INSTALL=NO BUILD_LIBRARIES_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES DEFINES_MODULE=YES Run xcodebuild archive -scheme WallpaperKit -configuration Release -destination 'generic/platform=iOS Simulator' -archivePath './build/WallpaperKit.framework-iphonesimulator.xcarchive' SKIP_INSTALL=NO BUILD_LIBRARIES_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES DEFINES_MODULE=YES Run xcodebuild -create-xcframework -framework './build/WallpaperKit.framework-iphonesimulator.xcarchive/Products/Library/Frameworks/WallpaperKit.framework' -framework './build/WallpaperKit.framework-iphoneos.xcarchive/Products/Library/Frameworks/WallpaperKit.framework' -output './build/WallpaperKit.xcframework' Open the build folder and retrieve the XCFramework Create Swift Package Create a new package in Xcode, select Library, and name it WallpaperKitDist Drag and drop WallpaperKit.xcframework into Sources Create a new directory in Sources called WallpaperKitDependencies Create a new Swift file in WallpaperKitDependencies called WallpaperKitDependencies (SPM requires a Swift file to recognize WallpaperKitDependencies as a valid target and fetch dependencies) Open Package.swift and change it to import PackageDescription let package = Package( name: "WallpaperKit", platforms: [ .iOS(.v18) ], products: [ .library( name: "WallpaperKit", targets: ["WallpaperKit", "WallpaperKitDependencies"] ), ], dependencies: [ .package( url: "https://github.com/onevcat/Kingfisher.git", exact: "8.5.0" ) ], targets: [ .binaryTarget( name: "WallpaperKit", path: "./Sources/WallpaperKit.xcframework" ), .target( name: "WallpaperKitDependencies", dependencies: [ "Kingfisher" ], path: "./Sources/WallpaperKitDependencies" ) ] ) Create Test App (to simulate a third-party app using the package) Create a new iOS app project and name it TestApp Add a new Local package selecting the WallpaperKitDist directory that contains Package.swift Import WallpaperKit and use it to present a WallpaperPreviewViewController This works! Though the console logs objc[39953]: Class _TtC10KingfisherP33_6AA794C9C370CDB07604B4D8B99AEAA312BundleFinder is implemented in both /Users/Name/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TestApp-capvhjiqxrdgdnbevpkajicnjpcs/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/WallpaperKit.framework/WallpaperKit (0x100e8bbf8) and /Users/Name/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/E0AF13C2-874C-47B9-B864-72AF3E4D5D4B/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/AF32011A-92E7-4E26-9A97-9F0C25C07863/TestApp.app/TestApp.debug.dylib (0x101a543b0). This may cause spurious casting failures and mysterious crashes. One of the duplicates must be removed or renamed. I thought using internal import Kingfisher (or @_implementationOnly import Kingfisher) would have resolved this, but seems to make no difference compared to just import Kingfisher. I suspect it might not be an issue as long as the Kingfisher version number specified in the distribution Package.swift matches the version used in the framework project (and the app does not add a different version as a dependency), but not positive. Can these warnings be resolved, or is it not a concern in this setup? Is this the best solution to distribute an XCFramework via Swift Package Manager that has dependencies on other Swift packages for now or is there a better approach? Thanks!