Hi,
I'm trying to add an extension to my app on iOS 26.
I've followed the instructions on https://developer.apple.com/documentation/extensionfoundation/adding-support-for-app-extensions-to-your-app
and made it as far as being able to launch the extension:
let monitor = try await AppExtensionPoint.Monitor(appExtensionPoint: .localWebServerExtension)
currentIdentity = monitor.identities.first
if let currentIdentity = currentIdentity {
let myConfig = AppExtensionProcess.Configuration(appExtensionIdentity: currentIdentity, onInterruption: { NSLog("extension was terminated") })
myProcess = try await AppExtensionProcess(configuration: myConfig)
myConnection = try myProcess?.makeXPCConnection()
}
None of these calls throw, and when I examine myProcess from inside that code, it seems to be normal (there's a pid, for example).
Yet the code inside my extension seems to not be executed: breakpoints are not triggered, NSLog() calls do not appear on the console. The onInterruption() callback is also not triggered, or at least it does not appear on the console either.
I've probably missed something obvious, but what could it be?
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I have an iOS app with ExtensionFoundation. It runs well on my local device, but when I upload on the AppStore it gets rejected with:
Validation failed
Invalid Info.plist value. The value of the EXExtensionPointIdentifier key, AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer, in the Info.plist of “a-Shell.app/Extensions/localWebServer.appex” is invalid. Please refer to the App Extension Programming Guide at https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Action.html#/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014214-CH13-SW1. (ID: ae8dd1dd-8caf-4a48-9651-7a225faed4eb)
The Info.plist in my Extension is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EXAppExtensionAttributes</key>
<dict>
<key>EXExtensionPointIdentifier</key>
<string>com.example.example-extension</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
so the Info.plist that causes the issue has been automatically generated by Xcode. I can access it as well, and it says:
{
"BuildMachineOSBuild" => "25A354"
"CFBundleDevelopmentRegion" => "en"
"CFBundleDisplayName" => "localWebServerExtension"
"CFBundleExecutable" => "localWebServer"
"CFBundleIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServerExtension"
"CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion" => "6.0"
"CFBundleName" => "localWebServer"
"CFBundlePackageType" => "XPC!"
"CFBundleShortVersionString" => "1.0"
"CFBundleSupportedPlatforms" => [
0 => "iPhoneOS"
]
"CFBundleVersion" => "1"
"DTCompiler" => "com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0"
"DTPlatformBuild" => "23A339"
"DTPlatformName" => "iphoneos"
"DTPlatformVersion" => "26.0"
"DTSDKBuild" => "23A339"
"DTSDKName" => "iphoneos26.0"
"DTXcode" => "2601"
"DTXcodeBuild" => "17A400"
"EXAppExtensionAttributes" => {
"EXExtensionPointIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer"
}
"MinimumOSVersion" => "26.0"
"NSHumanReadableCopyright" => "Copyright © 2025 AsheKube. All rights reserved."
"UIDeviceFamily" => [
0 => 1
1 => 2
]
"UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities" => [
0 => "arm64"
]
}
What should I do to be able to upload on the AppStore?
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Hello,
I am getting reports from some users that one of my apps is behaving weirdly when:
Stage Manager is enabled
with an external display connected (presumably with app windows on the external display).
I would like to debug this issue. However, I do not have an iPad compatible with Stage Manager. On the Simulator in Xcode, I can run an iPad with Stage Manager (good) and pretend to connect an external display (good), but I cannot move windows to the external display, so I cannot reproduce the issue.
What can I do?
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