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Comment on User Name components
FWIW, Apple Music, as of iOS 17.3, still shows "Find Friends" -- "Apple Music will periodically check the contacts on your devices to recommend new friends.". Given ALL of the discover user APIs are deprecated, one only using CloudKit would then have to create a new record type that saves user contact info. By design, in order to query that data, it would have to be public otherwise you couldn't perform query operations on it against your contact info.
Jan ’24
Comment on User Name components
I spoke with the CloudKit team during WWDC23 about this feature. They said, unfortunately there is not a replacement and that I should file feedback. I did - FB12341314. The feedback got a reply saying there is not plans to replace the functionality. Apple Music is accessing user contacts if you look at App Privacy Report, previously it felt like they were using this feature to build their discover users. This feature was underrated and might be gone forever. I suggest you also file feedback.
Jan ’24
Comment on Pre-order link preview in Messages app is showing unapproved/older App Store screenshot
Thanks! I checked media manager and the 5.5 inch didn't get updated, looks like a mistake on my end. However, I think it was still expected that the link preview would take the 6.5 inch screenshot if previewing on an iPhone 13 Pro vs an SE given that the 5.8" display is falling back to 6.5. Here is to hoping I can change preorder screenshots with FB11255286.
Aug ’22
Comment on Advanced AppClips creation code in WWDC Video is incorrect and doesn't match the documentation.
@SebC99, does the documentation here seem correct to you? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/app_store/app_clips_and_app_clip_experiences if not, mind creating a feedback? I'm experiencing issues with App Store Connect portal and cannot edit my experiences and started to look at the API as a workaround.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: General Tags:
Aug ’22
Comment on CloudKit and Serial-port Communication
@eskimo and @grahm34, WWDC 2021, when asked how to integrate CloudKit where the entitlement is not available, the workaround was to use the CloudKit Web Services API. I don't think there is any way to programmatically log in (get an auth token) which would be required since you are saving records. Right now my AppClip performs read-only functions on CloudKit, but I'd be curious to see what you come up with!
Apr ’22
Comment on Initialization order of SwiftUI Application + @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor
Thanks @MobileTen for the link. Ironically, when conforming the ApplicationDelegate to ObservableObject, its initializer gets hit first, then the application struct's; the order is changed. No conformance it is Application init THEN ApplicationDelegate. I haven't found documentation yet on the property wrappers describing initialization differences if the wrapped value conforms to ObservableObject or not.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
Mar ’22
Comment on Connecting to a bluetooth device while app is terminated
Yes, CoreLocation will bring the app back from user-terminated state. This works for both the GPS based and Beacon based APIs. However becoming a legitimate iBeacon isn't an easy task if you have a battery budget.
Topic: App & System Services SubTopic: Core OS Tags:
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Feb ’24
Comment on visionOS as a BLE peripheral: CBMutableService init unavailable
I would suggest you file feedback for this. I too want this as a capability and it is rather limiting for a brand new device. Fingers crossed just a V1 of software sort of thing and not a long term constraint. FB13596401 - Core Bluetooth: Enable ability for visionOS device to be a peripheral - CBMutableService init is unavailable
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Feb ’24
Comment on CKQueryOperation in private database produces 500 errors from server and in CloudKit Console
@Developer Tools Engineer Any comment on what happened or what was performed to resolve it? If none that can be shared, what is the best course of action if it occurs again? I will mark my feedback as resolved.
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Jan ’24
Comment on User Name components
FWIW, Apple Music, as of iOS 17.3, still shows "Find Friends" -- "Apple Music will periodically check the contacts on your devices to recommend new friends.". Given ALL of the discover user APIs are deprecated, one only using CloudKit would then have to create a new record type that saves user contact info. By design, in order to query that data, it would have to be public otherwise you couldn't perform query operations on it against your contact info.
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Jan ’24
Comment on User Name components
I spoke with the CloudKit team during WWDC23 about this feature. They said, unfortunately there is not a replacement and that I should file feedback. I did - FB12341314. The feedback got a reply saying there is not plans to replace the functionality. Apple Music is accessing user contacts if you look at App Privacy Report, previously it felt like they were using this feature to build their discover users. This feature was underrated and might be gone forever. I suggest you also file feedback.
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Jan ’24
Comment on MetricKit for System Extension
+1 FB9069616 - Make MetricKit available for other Apple platforms
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Apr ’23
Comment on Pre-order link preview in Messages app is showing unapproved/older App Store screenshot
Thanks! I checked media manager and the 5.5 inch didn't get updated, looks like a mistake on my end. However, I think it was still expected that the link preview would take the 6.5 inch screenshot if previewing on an iPhone 13 Pro vs an SE given that the 5.8" display is falling back to 6.5. Here is to hoping I can change preorder screenshots with FB11255286.
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Aug ’22
Comment on Advanced AppClips creation code in WWDC Video is incorrect and doesn't match the documentation.
@SebC99, does the documentation here seem correct to you? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/app_store/app_clips_and_app_clip_experiences if not, mind creating a feedback? I'm experiencing issues with App Store Connect portal and cannot edit my experiences and started to look at the API as a workaround.
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Aug ’22
Comment on AppClip Size Limit of 10 MB
For what it is worth, this size limit was increased to 15 MB for iOS / iPadOS 16 devices. DTS's answer should be marked as correct with respect to iOS 14/15 devices.
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Jun ’22
Comment on NavigationStack suggestions
@Appeloper, have you made a feedback for this yet? Post your feedback number in here and I'll mention it in mine. FB10346298
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Jun ’22
Comment on Crash on "Library not loaded: /usr/lib/swift/libswiftCloudKit.dylib" in WatchOS 9 and iOS 16 simulators when using CloudKit
I can confirm this workaround provided allows the simulator to run. I also filed a feedback: FB10328082
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Jun ’22
Comment on CloudKit and Serial-port Communication
@eskimo and @grahm34, WWDC 2021, when asked how to integrate CloudKit where the entitlement is not available, the workaround was to use the CloudKit Web Services API. I don't think there is any way to programmatically log in (get an auth token) which would be required since you are saving records. Right now my AppClip performs read-only functions on CloudKit, but I'd be curious to see what you come up with!
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Apr ’22
Comment on Local Experiences seems to be missing in iOS 15.4
As it happens to be, one of my NFC local experiences still works, even though the "Local Experience" is missing from Settings. But that doesn't help me demo to new businesses, just the ones I already have partnered with. :/
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Mar ’22
Comment on Initialization order of SwiftUI Application + @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor
Thanks @MobileTen for the link. Ironically, when conforming the ApplicationDelegate to ObservableObject, its initializer gets hit first, then the application struct's; the order is changed. No conformance it is Application init THEN ApplicationDelegate. I haven't found documentation yet on the property wrappers describing initialization differences if the wrapped value conforms to ObservableObject or not.
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Mar ’22
Comment on CoreSpotlightContinuation
This was still relevant in 2022. After I added the plist key the simulator wouldn't show the 'search in app' but after restarting the simulator it showed up as expected.
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Jan ’22