Hi!
We are seeing a bit surprising behavior of dispatch_main on macOS where it seems to spawn a different thread instead of preserving the one it gets called from.
Managed to reproduce it in a completely empty command-line tool project in Xcode
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
@autoreleasepool {
dispatch_main();
return 0;
}
}
I put a breakpoint on the line with dispatch_main and see that I am on Thread 1 and inside main function. That makes sense.
I resume execution and pause again. Looking at Thread output in Xcode, I can only see Thread 2.
Thread 1 is gone and the executable keeps on running.
So dispatch_main did what was expected (prevented the process from termination) but throws out the thread it was called from and creates a new one? Is that behavior expected or am I missing something?
Just a brain teaser at this point. But we could not make sense out of it. :)
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I have a simple shell script as follows:
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT="network.$(date +'%d-%m-%y').info.txt"
SUPPORT_ID="emailaddress"
echo "---------------------------------------------------" > $OUTPUT
echo "Run date and time: $(date)" >> $OUTPUT
echo "---------------------------------------------------" >> $OUTPUT
ifconfig >> $OUTPUT
echo "---------------------------------------------------" >> $OUTPUT
echo "Network info written to file: $OUTPUT."
echo "Please email this file to: $SUPPORT_ID."
It just dumps the network config into a file. At some point I will have the file emailed out, but right now I'm just trying to figure out why the output looks like the following?
bash ./test.sh
.etwork info written to file: network.26-01-25.info.txt
.lease email this file to: emailaddress
Why in the world does the initial character of the last couple of "echo" commands get clipped and turned into periods? The echos for the output of the commands piped into the output file are fine. Strange...
Any ideas?
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I have a simple shell script as follows:
#!/bin/bash
OUTPUT="network.$(date +'%d-%m-%y').info.txt"
SUPPORT_ID="email"
echo "---------------------------------------------------" > $OUTPUT
echo "Run date and time: $(date)" >> $OUTPUT
echo "---------------------------------------------------" >> $OUTPUT
ifconfig >> $OUTPUT
echo "---------------------------------------------------" >> $OUTPUT
echo "Network info written to file: $OUTPUT."
echo "Please email this file to: $SUPPORT_ID."
It just dumps the network config into a file. At some point I will have the file emailed out, but right now I'm just trying to figure out why the output looks like the following?
bash ./test.sh
.etwork info written to file: network.26-01-25.info.txt
.lease email this file to: email
Why in the world does the initial character of the last couple of "echo" commands get clipped and turned into periods? The echos for the output of the commands piped into the output file are fine. Strange...
Any ideas?
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Hello, I am a software engineer student and I have recently been getting problems on my Mac regarding the C/C++ libraries. I have used my macbook for uni work for months, but around 3 or 4 months ago my macbook could not compile my work since it couldnt find the basic libraries I was using. For example, iostream. I have been using VSCode, and what it exactly says is "cannot open source file "iostream". Please run the 'Select IntelliSense Configuration...' command to locate your system headers." I have tried researching, changing the include path, even using chatgpt, and nothing. Is anyone having this same problem, or is able to help me? If any other information is needed, please let me know!
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I have a class object created dynamically using Runtime, and I want to release some manually allocated memory resources when this object is deallocated. To achieve this, I added a custom implementation of the dealloc method using the following code:
SEL aSel = NSSelectorFromString(@"dealloc");
class_addMethod(kvoClass, aSel, (IMP)custom_dealloc, method_getTypeEncoding(class_getInstanceMethod(kvoClass, aSel)));
However, I encountered some issues. If I don't call the superclass's dealloc method in the cus_dealloc function, the superclass's dealloc implementation will not be executed. On the other hand, if I explicitly call the superclass's dealloc method, the program crashes.
Here is the implementation of the cus_dealloc function:
void custom_dealloc(id self, SEL _cmd) {
// Release other memory

Class superClass = class_getSuperclass(object_getClass(self));
void (*originIMP)(struct objc_super *, SEL, ...) = (void *)objc_msgSendSuper;
struct objc_super *objcSuper = &(struct objc_super){self, superClass};
originIMP(objcSuper, _cmd);
}
demo
Crash Log
We have a issue with our watch app. When we do a release build with xcode 16 the watch app will not launch and crashes on watchOS 10 and below devices.
It does not do this on debug builds...and it does not do this on xcode 15 release/debug builds.
Anybody running into watch crashes on xcode 16?
Thanks
We want to do below addition to iOS Mobile App.
Airpod announces Push notification = which is workking
now we want to use voice command that "Reply to this" and sending Reply to that notification but it is saying it is not supported in your app.
So basically we need to use feature - Listen and respond to messages with AirPods
Do we need to add any integration inside app for this or it will directly worked with Siri settings ?
Is it possible to do in non messaging App?
Is it possible to do without syncing contacts ?
Hello,
I have a problem with Xcode, in C++ language. When I create a new project, I put my program in a file and click Build. It works correctly and without any problems, but when I enter a second file in the same project and click build, it says build failed. In the log it says, duplicate symbols appear.
We are Java application developers and we have a question regarding camera access via WebRTC on iPadOS. Specifically, on iPadOS 17.1, we are encountering an issue when trying to access the camera via the WKWebView API in the Chrome browser, where an error occurs and the camera capture fails. Our investigation suggests that device access through the navigator.mediaDevices property via the WKWebView API may not work in Chrome. However, it works as expected in the Safari browser, leading us to wonder if this is a Chrome-specific limitation, or if it's due to an iPadOS setting or specification.
At this point, we are unsure if this issue is related to the WKWebView and WebRTC specifications on iPadOS 17.1, or if there are specific limitations in Chrome. We would appreciate any insights or solutions regarding camera access in iPadOS 17.1 with WKWebView and WebRTC, especially in relation to Chrome.
Hello everyone.
macOS, IOBluetooth framework.
My goal is to create a temporary SDP service. According to the documentation, by default a temporary service is created (aka Persistent = NO), which is deleted after the application is closed.
The documentation also mentions the IOBluetoothRemoveServiceWithRecordHandle function for forced removal of the service. This function is deprecated and is currently unavailable. I guesse that it has been replaced by the IOBluetoothSDPServiceRecord.removeServiceRecord method.
The essence of the problem is that the server is not deleted either using removeServiceRecord or even after app closing.
That is, if you create several services and try to delete them, they will remain alive. Only turning Bluetooth off and on in the OS helps.
I tested all versions of macOS starting with Monteray. The same behavior.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
service = [IOBluetoothSDPServiceRecord publishedServiceRecordWithDictionary:dictionary];
if (!service) {
NSLog(@"Failed to create service");
}
else
{
[service getRFCOMMChannelID:&channelID];
[service getServiceRecordHandle:&serverHandle];
NSLog(@"A new service has been created handle=%u, channelID=%hhu", serverHandle, channelID);
if (service.removeServiceRecord != kIOReturnSuccess) {
NSLog(@"Failed to delete service");
}
//service.release;
service = nil;
}
}
Can someone confirm this behavior? And is there a solution?
A minimal test example is available at the link
I am using CHCSVParser in objective-c to use the CSVString extension of the Array instance method.
When I installed a new app on iOS18.1.1, the correct value (@"Application,"abc,def"") was returned for both the first and second turns, but
when I installed a new app on iOS18.2, the correct value was returned for the first turn, but @"" was returned for the second turn.
Even when I debug with step into, I can enter the CSVString for the first turn, but I cannot enter it for the second turn and after. It's as if the instance method is not being generated.
There are in-app purchases between the first and second turns, but the view controllers that are called are also the same.
Is there any change between iOS18.1.1 and iOS18.2?
[Code]
NSArray *application = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:KEY_APPLICATION, @"abc,def", nil];
NSString *applistring = [application CSVString];
NSString *appliStr = [application CSVString];
[Debug window 18.1.1 First]
application __NSArrayI * @"2 elements" 0x0000000302118c00
[0] __NSCFConstantString * @"Application" 0x00000001005deab8
[1] __NSCFConstantString * @"abc,def" 0x00000001005deb78
applistring __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x0000000302f7d050
appliStr __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x0000000302f706f0
[18.1.1 Second]
application __NSArrayI * @"2 elements" 0x00000003021b5200
[0] __NSCFConstantString * @"Application" 0x00000001005deab8
[1] __NSCFConstantString * @"abc,def" 0x00000001005deb78
applistring __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x0000000302ff6dc0
appliStr __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x0000000302fa4d20
[18.2 First]
sapplication __NSArrayI * @"2 elements" 0x00000003019d7e80
[0] __NSCFConstantString * @"Application" 0x00000001041c6ab8
[1] __NSCFConstantString * @"abc,def" 0x00000001041c6b78
applistring __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x000000030179e430
appliStr __NSCFString * @"Application,"abc,def"" 0x000000030179e5e0
[18.2 Second]
application __NSArrayI * @"2 elements" 0x00000003019679a0
[0] __NSCFConstantString * @"Application" 0x00000001041c6ab8
[1] __NSCFConstantString * @"abc,def" 0x00000001041c6b78
applistring __NSCFConstantString * @"" 0x00000001efa04768
appliStr __NSCFConstantString * @"" 0x00000001efa04768
I'm working on a cross-platform C# application that converts HTML content to PDF. The goal is to render dynamic HTML pages (including CSS and JavaScript) as high-quality, printable PDF files. Additionally, I need to support features like adding headers/footers, securing PDFs with passwords, and controlling user permissions. While everything works well on Windows, I need some help rendering consistency and handling permissions on MacOS.
Every time a (valid) vector instruction is added to the .s file, xcode report an error
(without vector instruction the .s file compile correctly)
By example
vand q8, q8, q10
found in https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/104424
give an error
What I am missing to tell xcode to accept vector instruction ?
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