Hi, I have a paid macOS app available in the Mac App Store for the past few years, and I'm looking into converting it into a freemium app. I wanted to add a check to see if the app was purchased legitimately or not, since I know there's a lot of pirated copies available on the internet. I just did some basic analytics with the app already on the store, the app receipt validation fails because there's no file found at the receipt URL location. I'm just doing this basic check and it fails for a lot of the cases ....     NSURL *receiptURL = [NSBundle mainBundle].appStoreReceiptURL;     BOOL exists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:receiptURL.path isDirectory:nil]; Does this signify that the user has a non-AppStore copy of the app? Or could the receipt be missing for other legitimate reasons? Do I have to make a call to refresh the receipt to confirm this (as I would on iOS)? Again, this is for an existing app on the Mac App Store, not testing for sandbox users. Thanks.

Hi, My iOS app includes 4 dependencies added through SPM, and a xcframework file from an external source. When I build the iOS app for the visionOS simulator, it works fine, and it runs in the compatibility mode. When I try to build for the new visionOS SDK, I get build errors related to these external dependencies, like "When building for visionOS Simulator, no library for this platform was found ..." How do I remove these dependencies for just the visionOS SDK? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I am trying to migrate my custom intents to App Intents, and was running into some issues. My current intentdefinitions file and all intent handling code are in a framework that is shared with my app target. I went through the migration assistant and added the App Intents codes directly to my main app target. When I run a shortcut with the App Intent, it doesn't work ... I get some messages in the console that say: Could not find an intent with identifier MyCustomAddContactIntent, mangledTypeName: Optional("") I guess the old custom intents and new App Intents should both live in the same package to see each other. In this case, I'm not sure if all the existing custom intents file and all the intents handler logic should be moved into the main app bundle (and removed from framework), or should I add the new App Intents handlers into the framework (in addition to the main app)? Also, will the custom framework even be needed or run in iOS16+? Thanks.

Hi, I am looking at the ContactAccessButton and contactAccessPicker functionality that's new in iOS18. I had a couple of questions about this: is this available through UIKit as well as SwiftUI, or is it a SwiftUI-only feature? is it going to be available on the Mac as well as iOS? Thanks.

Hi, When I use 'listSectionSeparator' on hide the section separator on a List 'section', it works as expected on iOS, but doesn't have any effect on macOS. Is that a known issue? Are there any workarounds for this? Here's a basic reproducible example: import SwiftUI struct TestItem: Identifiable, Hashable { let id = UUID() let itemValue: Int var itemString: String { get { return "test \(itemValue)" } } } struct TestListSelection: View { let testArray = [TestItem(itemValue: 1), TestItem(itemValue: 2), TestItem(itemValue: 3), TestItem(itemValue: 4)] @State private var selectedItem: TestItem? = nil var body: some View { List (selection: $selectedItem) { Section("Header") { ForEach (testArray, id: \.self) { item in Button { print("main row tapped for \(item.itemValue)") } label: { HStack { Text(item.itemString) Spacer() Button("Tap me") { print("button tapped") } .buttonStyle(.borderless) } } .buttonStyle(.plain) } } .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) // has no effect on macOS Section("2nd Header") { ForEach (testArray, id: \.self) { item in Text(item.itemString) } } .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) // has no effect on macOS } .listStyle(.plain) } } #Preview { TestListSelection() }

Hi, I have an existing app with AppEntities defined, that works on iOS16 and iOS17. The AppEntities also have EntityPropertyQuery defined, so they work as 'find intents'. I want to use the new @AssistantEntity on iOS18, while supporting the previous versions. What's the best way to do this? For e.g. I have a 'person' AppEntity: @available(iOS 16.0, macOS 13.0, watchOS 9.0, tvOS 16.0, *) struct CJLogAppEntity: AppEntity { static var defaultQuery = CJLogAppEntityQuery() .... } struct CJLogAppEntityQuery: EntityPropertyQuery { ... } How do I adopt this with @AssistantEntity(schema: .journal.entry) for iOS18, while maintaining compatibility with iOS16 and 17?

Hi, I just updated my machine to macOS 15, and while developing and running my app (with Xcode), I keep getting messages about my app "would like to access data from other apps". This happens even from Xcode Previews, so it's pretty annoying. My production app doesn't seem to be affected by this problem; the system prompt just pops when running the debug version. I came across something about App Groups in macOS and how something has changed in macOS15 regarding system permissions. I use the "group.xxx" prefix in my macOS app, without the team prefix. Is that the problem here? But why is my production app working fine, but the development app is triggering the prompt repeatedly? Would love any feedback or workarounds. Thanks.

Hi, I have noticed a major uptick in crash reports, ever since I updated my app for macOS Sequoia. All of them have to do with NSOutlineView, and they all have a similar internal API in the crash log, which shows that the issue is something to do with the framework. They all have references to NSConcreteMapTable and _TtCs12_SwiftObject isEqual. The issue isn't reproducible, but it's reported by many different users, all on macOS15+, and it was never an issue with macOS14 or below, so I'm not sure what to do about it. Here's a couple of examples of the new crash reports: Date/Time: 2024-10-29T06:55:19.999Z Launch Time: 2024-10-29T06:50:08Z OS Version: Mac OS X 15.0.1 (24A348) Report Version: 104 Exception Type: SIGTRAP Exception Codes: TRAP_BRKPT at 0x1a98c9c90 Crashed Thread: 0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libswiftCore.dylib 0x00000001a98c9c90 -[_TtCs12_SwiftObject isEqual:] + 240 1 Foundation 0x0000000199ad4e0c probeGC + 408 2 Foundation 0x0000000199b01e6c -[NSConcreteMapTable removeObjectForKey:] + 76 3 AppKit 0x000000019c5966a8 _NSOVFreeRowEntry + 44 4 AppKit 0x000000019c5965c4 _NSOVRecursiveFreeChildrenAndItem + 100 5 AppKit 0x000000019c59649c _NSOVFastRemoveChildRowEntries + 260 6 AppKit 0x000000019c595d40 -[NSOutlineView reloadItem:reloadChildren:] + 1016 7 MyApp 0x0000000104b454fc CJ_CRM.MacCJSidebarViewController.compareContactsDictionariesForPublicGroups() -> () (MacCJSidebarViewController.swift:1611) 8 MyApp 0x0000000104b44518 $s20MyApp26MacCJSidebarViewControllerC27contactsChangedNotificationyySo14NSNotificationCFySo7NSTimerCYbcfU_ (MacCJSidebarViewController.swift:461) 9 MyApp 0x0000000104ba5310 $sSo7NSTimerCIeghg_ABIeyBhy_TR (<compiler-generated>:0) 10 Foundation 0x0000000199b64cfc __NSFireTimer + 100 11 CoreFoundation 0x0000000198988184 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 28 12 CoreFoundation 0x0000000198987e28 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 1008 13 CoreFoundation 0x0000000198987938 __CFRunLoopDoTimers + 352 14 CoreFoundation 0x000000019896d0f0 __CFRunLoopRun + 1852 15 CoreFoundation 0x000000019896c334 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 568 16 HIToolbox 0x00000001a3da50cc RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 288 17 HIToolbox 0x00000001a3daaebc ReceiveNextEventCommon + 632 18 HIToolbox 0x00000001a3dab020 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 72 19 AppKit 0x000000019c4b0a70 _DPSNextEvent + 656 20 AppKit 0x000000019cdd67b8 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 684 21 AppKit 0x000000019c4a3b7c -[NSApplication run] + 476 22 AppKit 0x000000019c47a44c NSApplicationMain + 884 23 MyApp 0x0000000104a1e26c main (main.m:24) 24 ??? 0x0000000198504274 0x0 + 0 Another one with a different trigger but same internal API: Date/Time: 2024-10-29T16:49:12.999Z Launch Time: 2024-10-29T15:51:27Z OS Version: Mac OS X 15.1 (24B83) Report Version: 104 Exception Type: SIGSEGV Exception Codes: SEGV_MAPERR at 0x4cde11282080 Crashed Thread: 0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libswiftCore.dylib 0x00000001a04efa1c isSubclass(swift::TargetMetadata<swift::InProcess> const*, swift::TargetMetadata<swift::InProcess> const*) + 28 1 libswiftCore.dylib 0x00000001a04ef9f8 _swift_class_isSubclass + 12 2 libswiftCore.dylib 0x00000001a04ffa9c -[_TtCs12_SwiftObject isEqual:] + 252 3 Foundation 0x00000001906b4cec probeGC + 408 4 Foundation 0x00000001906b4adc -[NSConcreteMapTable objectForKey:] + 64 5 AppKit 0x00000001930f8eec -[NSOutlineView _rowEntryForItem:requiredRowEntryLoadMask:] + 48 6 AppKit 0x00000001930f8e80 -[NSOutlineView parentForItem:] + 24 7 MyApp 0x0000000100e2faec MyApp.MacCJSidebarViewController.outlineView(_: __C.NSOutlineView, selectionIndexesForProposedSelection: Foundation.IndexSet) -> Foundation.IndexSet (MacCJSidebarViewController.swift:759) 8 MyApp 0x0000000100e30dbc @objc MyApp.MacCJSidebarViewController.outlineView(_: __C.NSOutlineView, selectionIndexesForProposedSelection: Foundation.IndexSet) -> Foundation.IndexSet (<compiler-generated>:0) 9 AppKit 0x000000019324c4e4 -[NSTableView _userSelectableRowIndexesForProposedSelection:userCanAlreadyChangeSelection:] + 288 10 AppKit 0x00000001933176c4 -[NSTableView _userSelectRowIndexes:withNewSelectedRow:] + 140 11 AppKit 0x00000001933175a0 -[NSTableView _userSelectSingleRow:] + 76 12 AppKit 0x0000000193315c8c -[NSTableView mouseDown:] + 2536 13 AppKit 0x0000000193315120 -[NSOutlineView mouseDown:] + 72 14 MyApp 0x0000000100dabb38 -[CustomNSOutlineView mouseDown:] (CustomNSOutlineView.m:180) 15 AppKit 0x000000019320d98c forwardMethod + 248 16 AppKit 0x000000019320d98c forwardMethod + 248 17 AppKit 0x0000000193213518 -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) _handleMouseDownEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 3668 18 AppKit 0x000000019319f00c -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) _reallySendEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 380 19 AppKit 0x000000019319ecbc -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) sendEvent:] + 280 20 AppKit 0x00000001939b6bf0 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) sendEvent:] + 1652 21 AppKit 0x00000001935c489c -[NSApplication _handleEvent:] + 56 22 AppKit 0x000000019306ab08 -[NSApplication run] + 516 23 AppKit 0x0000000193041364 NSApplicationMain + 884 24 MyApp 0x0000000100d0626c main (main.m:24) 25 ??? 0x000000018f0e4274 0x0 + 0 I just created a Feedback FB15625970. Please let me know if this is a known issue, and/or if there's any ideas out there on how I can do to avoid this. It's causing a lot of instability in my app, that wasn't there before macOS15, so something changed in the internal APIs, and hopefully there's a way to work around it.

Hi, WWDC24 videos have a lot of references to an "Image Playground" API, and the "What's New in AppKit" session even shows it in action, with a "ImagePlaygroundViewController". However, there doesn't seem to be any access to the new API, even with Xcode 16.2 beta. Am I missing something, or is that 'coming later'?

I'm trying to use the new #Playground feature in Xcode, but it keeps crashing in the canvas. I am testing on Xcode 26.0 beta 4, on both macOS 15 and macOS26 beta 4. How do I figure out what's going on? I also have a few SwiftUI previews in my project, which also crashes if I try to preview them. They're not in any active tab right now in Xcode. But the #Playground feature still doesn't work. I also don't get a crash when working on a #Playground in a different project. I've tried cleaning out Derived Data and restarting the Mac / Xcode, all with no avail. How do I track down what's causing this? Do previews and playground run on the same engine? System Integrity Protection: enabled Triggered by Thread: 0 Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Termination Reason: Namespace OBJC, Code 1, Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x100634ad0 __abort_with_payload + 8 1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x100659dc0 abort_with_payload_wrapper_internal + 100 2 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x100659d5c abort_with_reason + 28 3 libobjc.A.dylib 0x18009bd08 _objc_fatalv(unsigned long long, unsigned long long, char const*, char*) + 112 4 libobjc.A.dylib 0x18009bc98 _objc_fatal(char const*, ...) + 28 5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x18008be14 lookUpImpOrForward + 580 6 libobjc.A.dylib 0x180072f00 _objc_msgSend_uncached + 64 7 ??? 0x340a44048 ??? 8 CJournal 0x1001c54c4 __debug_blank_executor_run_user_entry_point + 152 9 PreviewsInjection 0x241623bf4 0x2415ff000 + 150516 10 PreviewsInjection 0x24162481c 0x2415ff000 + 153628 11 PreviewsInjection 0x241624740 __previews_injection_run_user_entrypoint + 12 12 XOJITExecutor 0x25543ad48 __xojit_executor_run_program_wrapper + 1460 13 XOJITExecutor 0x25543725c 0x255435000 + 8796 14 PreviewsInjection 0x24162468c 0x2415ff000 + 153228 15 CJournal 0x1001c4c7c __debug_blank_executor_main + 996 16 ??? 0x1003e13d0 ??? 17 dyld 0x100218924 start + 6400

I'm deliberating on whether to use CloudKit for an app that requires sharing data amongst self-created groups of users (for e.g. sharing company-wide directories). I would use a public database for this, but I had a couple of questions:- if I create a subscription to listen to record changes for a partcular record type, will all the users get a notification when data changes, or only the logged-in iCloud user amongst his/her multiple devices? can there by 'group' notifications that cross iCloud users?- if there's no way for a 'group' of users to get notifications, I guess polling from the app to CloudKit would work, with the groupID part of the predicate? Or is there another options?Thanks.

Hi,I am rrying to add unit tests for my CloudKit error handling code. One of my tests requires me to set the 'recordChangeTag' property to something that's not nil (so it can simulate an existing server record) ... but I can't figure out a way how to set this. Setting a value using the record.recordChangeTag doesn't work, wont even compile. I tried using [record setObject: @"aad" forKey:@"recordChangeTag"]; but even that fails at run-time, failing with this:"caught "NSInvalidArgumentException", ""recordChangeTag" is a reserved key name"Is there any other way to set this? I need to test some conflict-handling code, and the only way to do this sensibly is to simulate an existing server record, which you can't do without a 'recordChangeTag'.

Hi,I saw the WWDC talk on the new Contacts framework, and I had a couple of questions about the identifier property:When users upgrade from iOS8 to iOS9, will their old AddressBook recordIDs still work if we are using the AddressBook framework in the app (i.e. haven't upgraded to using Contacts framework)?Are the new CNContact identifiers consistent across iOS and Mac devices? i.e. if we have the identifier on one device, we can lookup the contact on another device with the same identifier?Can these identifiers change in the lifetime of that contact? This was a problem with AddressBook recordIDs ... if you removed the account and then synced it back again, all the contacts would get a different identifier. Same with restoring the device. Will the CNGroup and CNContainer identifiers also be consistent across devices?Hope someone in the Apple Contacts frameworks team can answer. Thanks.

Hi, My app is free-to-download but with an in-app purchase to unlock all the features. A user wants to buy 15 copies of the "unlock" IAP and distribute it to his team, using MDM to distribute it easily. I don't believe there is a way to do this through business purchases, is that right? You can only download apps through MDM but not in-app purchases. So what's the best way to do this? Are there any standard solutions? Can I upload a new version of the app that's "paid up-front" but not available through the regular App Store, but only through MDM?

If we are presenting a sheet controller without any dimming view, would we be able to drop drag-and-drop between the sheet view and the presenting view controller (if the views themselves supported drag-and-drop)? Thanks.