Did you find the root cause, @evilmint45? I'm also facing this issue: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/763520

Thank you @Engineer! We were able to resolve the issue (in SwiftUI). The error was caused by presenting the PHPickerViewControllerRepresentable on an adaptiveSheetPresentationController that sometimes lead to the issue. We just had to remove the adaptiveSheetPresentationController and use a fullScreenCover instead. This fixed the issue.

+1 Seeing the exact same issue The issue happens only on iPadOS 18. To reproduce the user has to open the popover on the iPad and then switch the app to the background (keeping the popover visible). Then the crash occurs. See FB16077587 for a sample project with instructions.

So, what is the Apple recommended way in dealing with this? Using a type erased NSArray? @DTS Engineer

I have filed a feedback report to get clarification from DTS FB17026528 Unfortunately no answer and "Recent similar reports: None".

Thanks for your quick reply! However, this doesn't resolve the issue. In transparent mode all texts and also background colors (even when they are black) gets converted to white or a very light color, so there is no more contrast between the background (image) and text because it's not possible to add e.g. a black background behind the text to have it better readable. The only workarounds I have found is to darken the images, so that there is more contrast, what I want to avoid. Another option is to save the images with the rendered black texts as a single image object, then the contrast between texts and background images remain. However, I would prefer to have some native solutions within WidgetKit. ZStack { Image(...) // light coloured or white image VStack { Text("Normal") // text gets white or light coloured .foregroundStyle(Color.black) // gets white or very light coloured .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .bottomLeading) // .background(.black) // gets white or light coloured } }

With the posted code I just wanted to show the simplified principal structure of the views to get a better picture. Additionally, I have added an image to better illustrate the issue. No setting of widgetAccentedRenderingMode or widgetAccentable with considering widgetRenderingMode makes the contrast between the text and the image better. (When user has transparent mode enabled). And I have really played around a lot! You have mentioned the photos widget, this is the most similar to the one I have. They typically doesn't show any text. Very seldom there is a text but on a dark image. So I guess, they check if the image is dark and only in this case show a white text. What would you do in my case?