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macOS Sequoia/Xcode 16.2 - Catalyst App Missing Tab Bar
My Objective-C Catalyst app when built with Xcode 16.x/iOS 18 does not have a visible Tab Bar when run on Sequoia. App starts up in first tab, but there is no way to access other tabs. The same app when run on macOS Sonoma (or macOS Catalina) has a normal Tab Bar. The app has an initial View UITabBarController with 3 tabs. The main tab is a UiSplitViewController. Minimum macOS deployment 10.5. If app is built on Sonoma with Xcode 15.x/iOS 17 the Tab Bar is normal on macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Catalina. I've tried without success: if (@available(macCatalyst 18.0, *)) { self.tabBarController.tabBarHidden = false; } else { // Fallback on earlier versions } I wonder if this console log message has anything to do with the problem: CLIENT OF UIKIT REQUIRES UPDATE: This process does not adopt UIScene lifecycle. This will become an assert in a future version.
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Charts - Exclude dates on x-axis
Hi! I'm building an app that uses Swift Charts to visualize stock market data, and I'm encountering a couple of issues. The stock API I’m using provides data only for the trading days when the market is open. The problem is that I need to skip over the missing dates (non-trading days) in the chart, but still keep the x-axis formatted correctly (e.g., group ticks by month). If I convert the dates to String to handle missing data, I lose the correct x-axis formatting, and the date labels become inaccurate among with its data. Here’s som of the code I’m using for parsing the dates and structuring the data: struct StockDataPoint: Identifiable, Decodable { var id: String { datetime } let datetime: String let close: String var date: Date { datetime.toDate() ?? Date() } var closePrice: Double { Double(close) ?? 0.0 } } extension String { func toDate() -> Date? { let formatter = DateFormatter() formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC") formatter.dateFormat = self.count == 10 ? "yyyy-MM-dd" : "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" return formatter.date(from: self) } } And: LineMark( x: .value("Datum", point.date), y: .value("Pris", point.closePrice) ) .interpolationMethod(.cardinal) .lineStyle(StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 0.7)) .foregroundStyle(.linearGradient(colors: [.blue, .yellow, .orange], startPoint: .bottomTrailing, endPoint: .topLeading)) .frame(height: 300) .background(Color.black.opacity(0.6)) .chartYScale( domain: ( (stockAPI.stockData.map { $0.closePrice }.min() ?? 0) * 0.98 ... (stockAPI.stockData.map { $0.closePrice }.max() ?? 100) * 1.02 ) ) .chartXAxis { AxisMarks(values: .automatic(desiredCount: 5)) { value in AxisGridLine().foregroundStyle(Color.gray.opacity(0.5)) AxisTick().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) AxisValueLabel().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) } } .chartYAxis { AxisMarks(values: .automatic(desiredCount: 5)) { value in AxisGridLine().foregroundStyle(Color.gray.opacity(0.5)) AxisTick().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) AxisValueLabel().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) } } What I need help with: Skipping missing dates on the x-axis and show correct data for corresponding days. Keeping the x-axis well formatted (grouped by month, accurate labels). Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Jun ’25
ARQuickLook controls not displaying in SwiftUI
Hi, I'm embedding the QLPreviewController in a UIViewControllerRepresentable. When I view .usdz models I don't see the AR/Object selector at the top, nor the sharing button. I have tried presenting modally with a .sheet modifier and had the same result. What do I need to do to get the controls? Thanks, code attached. Code Spiff
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Does adding a bar button item to the navigation bar programmatically when offering scene support differ from the old app delegate approach
I have used the following code for years to add a right bar button item to the navigation bar, but for some unknown reason, this no longer works. It stopped working when I updated my app to have Scene support. I don't understand what is preventing this code from working. @interface ViewController () @end @implementation ViewController - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any additional setup after loading the view. NSLog(@"viewDidLoad"); // Add a Share Button UIBarButtonItem *shareButton; shareButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction target:self action:@selector(editProject:)]; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = shareButton; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem.tintColor = [UIColor blueColor]; } -(void) editProject:(id)sender { } @end To test this, I created a brand new test app that does nothing except for attempting to add this button. The autogenerated code gives you the following project and I simply modified the ViewController class as shown above: What do I need to do differently to make the right bar button item to display? I know that I can add buttons using the storyboard that can be controlled via IBOutlets, but just want to know if its still possible to do this programmatically.
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SwiftUI Picker does cause unresponsive views
Using the native SwiftUI.Picker to set a @State which is then used to render different child views based on the selected state (using a switch-case inside body) seems to cause those child views to be unresponsive. The following code below is a replicates the issue. The solution I am currently using is to build my own custom Picker that relies on SwiftUI.Buttons to set the state. This works. enum PickerSelection: Hashable { case binding, ownState } struct MainApp: View { @State private var pickerSelection: PickerSelection? = nil @State private var isToggled: Bool = false var body: some View { VStack(alignment: .leading) { /// Changing `pickerSelection` via `SwiftUI.Picker` causes child views' toggles to be unresponsive. Picker("Picker", selection: $pickerSelection) { Text("No Option").tag(Optional<PickerSelection>(nil)) Text("Binding").tag(PickerSelection.binding) Text("Own state").tag(PickerSelection.ownState) } /// Changing `pickerSelection` via a custom `Button`-based picker works as expected. CustomPickerWithButtonBased(pickerSelection: $pickerSelection) switch pickerSelection { case .binding: ChildViewWithBinding(isToggled: $isToggled) case .ownState: ChildViewManagingOwnState() case .none: EmptyView() } Spacer() } .padding() } } struct ChildViewWithBinding: View { @Binding var isToggled: Bool var body: some View { Toggle("ChildViewWithBinding", isOn: $isToggled) } } struct ChildViewManagingOwnState: View { @State private var isToggled: Bool = false var body: some View { Toggle("ChildViewManagingOwnState", isOn: $isToggled) } } struct CustomPickerWithButtonBased: View { @Binding var pickerSelection: PickerSelection? var body: some View { HStack { Button { pickerSelection = .binding } label: { Text("Binding") } Button { pickerSelection = .ownState } label: { Text("OwnState") } } } } Am I missing something with Picker?
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Open new document in SwiftUI on iOS
I have a SwiftUI document based app. The iOS version has a Scene Delegate: class SceneDelegate: NSObject, UIWindowSceneDelegate { func scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) { for context in URLContexts { let url = context.url // url.scheme = my custom scheme let text = ... extracted from url ... // I want to open a new untitled document with text // but 'newDocument' has been explicitly marked unavailable for iOS } } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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How to hide the tab bar in SwiftUI's TabView for macOS?
In SwiftUI for macOS, how can I hide the tab bar when using TabView? I would like to provide my own tab bar implementation. In AppKit's NSTabViewController, we can do the following: let tabViewController = NSTabViewController() tabViewController.tabStyle = .unspecified I've come across various posts that suggest using the .toolbar modifier, but none appear to work on macOS (or at least I haven't found the right implementation). struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { TabView { // ... content } <- which view modifier hides the tab bar? } } Latest macOS, Latest Xcode
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May ’25
NSLayoutManager laying out overlapping text into the same NSTextContainer even when there are more containers available.
In summation: I have a nasty bug where my layout manager is laying out text visually overlapping on top of other text, i.e., into a container that it should have left in the rear view as it continues to lay out into ensuing containers. Details below... I'm coding a word processing app with some custom pagination that involves multiple pages, within which there can be multiple NSTextView/NSTextContainer pairs that represent single column or dual column runs of text. I generate pagination data by using a measuring NSLayoutManager. This process ensures that no containers overlap, and that they are sized correctly for their associated ranges of text (i.e., non-overlapping, continuous ranges from a single NSTextStorage). I determine frame sizes by a series of checks, most importantly, by finding the last glyph in a column. Prior to the code below, remainingColumnRange represents the remaining range of my textStorage that is of a consistent column type (i.e., single, left column, or right column). My measuring passes consist of my measuringLayoutManager laying out text into its textContainers, the final of which is an extra overflowContainer (i.e., == measuringLayoutManager.textContainers.last!) which I only use to find the last glyph in the second to last container (measuringContainer, which is thus == measuringLayoutManager.textContainers[count - 2]) let glyphRangeOfLastColumnChar = measuringLayoutManager.glyphRange(forCharacterRange: remainingColumnRange, actualCharacterRange: nil) let lastGlyphIndex = NSMaxRange(glyphRangeOfLastColumnChar) - 1 measuringLayoutManager.ensureLayout(for: measuringContainer) // Not sure if this is necessary, but I've added it to insure I'm getting accurate measurements. if measuringLayoutManager.textContainer(forGlyphAt: lastGlyphOfColumnIndex, effectiveRange: &actualGlyphRangeInContainer) == overflowContainer { actualCharRangeInContainer = measuringLayoutManager.characterRange(forGlyphRange: actualGlyphRangeInContainer, actualGlyphRange: nil) let overflowLoc = actualCharRangeInContainer.location remainingColumnRange = NSRange(location: overflowLoc, length: remainingColumnRange.length - overflowLoc) currentPage += 1 } else { lineFragmentRectForLastChar = measuringLayoutManager.lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt: lastGlyphIndex, effectiveRange: nil) // Resize measuring container if needed. let usedHeight = lineFragmentRectForLastChar.maxY if usedHeight < measuringContainer.size.height { measuringContainer.size = CGSize(width: measuringContainer.size.width, height: usedHeight) } else if usedHeight == measuringContainer.size.height { currentPage += 1 // we perfectly filled the page } else { // This would be an error case, because all cases should have been handled prior to arriving here. I throw an error. I have never fallen through here. throw MyClass.anError } } // I use the above data to create a PageLayoutItem, which is a struct that has frame data (CGRect/x,y,w,h), a containerIndex (Int), pageNumber (Int), textRange (NSRange), columnType (custom enum). // After this I remove the overflowContainer, and continue to iterate through. This is inefficient but I'm simplifying my code to identify the root issue. I don't explicitly use these containers when done with my pagination process. Rather, I use the PageLayoutItems I have created to generate/resize/remove textContainers/textViews for the UI as needed. My UI-interfacing/generating NSLayoutManager, which is of course assigned to the same NSTextStorage as the measuring layout manager, then iterates through my paginator model class' pageLayoutItems array to generate/resize/remove. I have verified my pagination data. None of my frames overlap. They are sized exactly the same as they should be per my measurement passes. The number of containers/views needed is correct. But here's the issue: My views render the text that SHOULD appear in my final textContainer/textView as visually overlapping the text in my second to last textContainer/textView. I see a garble of text. When I iterate through my UI textContainers, I get this debug print: TextContainer 0 glyphRange: {0, 172} TextContainer 1 glyphRange: {172, 55} TextContainer 2 glyphRange: {227, 100} // this is wrong, final 31 chars should be in container 3 TextContainer 3 glyphRange: {327, 0} // empty range here, odd I have tried setting textContainers for glyph ranges explicitly, via: // Variable names just for clarity here layoutManager.setTextContainer(correctTextView.textContainer!, forGlyphRange: correctGlyphRangeForThisContainer) Debug prints show that I'm setting the right ranges there. But they don't retain. I have tried resizing my final text container to be much larger in case that was the issue. No dice. My final range of text/glyphs still lays out in the wrong container and overlaps the other content laid out there. Any help here?? I've scoured the forums and have been dealing with this bug for two weeks straight with no hope in sight.
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Deadline for Adopting Scene-Based Life-Cycle in UIKit Apps
I found the following statement on the site https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3187-migrating-to-the-uikit-scene-based-life-cycle: "Soon, all UIKit based apps will be required to adopt the scene-based life-cycle, after which your app won’t launch if you don’t. While supporting multiple scenes is encouraged, only adoption of scene life-cycle is required." Could you please clarify when exactly apps will no longer be able to launch if they do not adopt the scene-based life-cycle? I would like to confirm the deadline as the impact of this change is significant.
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App Name Display
For now, my app name length is more than 20 characters, so the iPhone app name displays without a space, and uses the range operator to ensure showing the rest in the next line. Is it possible to show space and name with 2 lines?
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The NSTextViewDelegate method textViewDidChangeSelection(:) will not fire, while all other text view delegate methods do.
I am trying to implement the NSTextViewDelegate function textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification). My text view's delegate is the Coordinator of my NSViewRepresentable. I've found that this delegate function never fires, but any other delegate function that I implement, as long as it doesn't take a Notification as an argument, does fire (e.g., textView(:willChangeSelectionFromCharacterRange:toCharacterRange:), fires and is called on the delegate exactly when it should be). For context, I've verified all of the below: textView.isSelectable = true textView.isEditable = true textView.delegate === my coordinator I can call textViewDidChangeSelection(:) directly on the delegate without issue. I can select and edit text without issues. I.e., the selections are being set correctly. But the delegate method is never called when they are. I am able to add the intended delegate as an observer for the selector textViewDidChangeSelection via NotificationCenter. If I do this, the function executes when it should, but fires for every text view in my view hierarchy, which can number in the hundreds. I'm using an NSLayoutManager, so I figure this should only fire once. I've added a check within my code: func textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification) { guard let textView = notification.object as? NSTextView, textView === layoutManager.firstTextView else { return } // Any code I want to execute... } But the above guard check lets through every notification, so, no matter what, my closure executes hundreds of times if I have hundreds of text views, all of them being sent by textView === layoutManager.firstTextView, but once for each and every text view managed by that layoutManager. Does anyone know why this method isn't ever called on the delegate, while seemingly all other delegate methods are? I could go the NotificationCenter route, but I'd love to know why this won't execute as a delegate method when documentation says that it should, and I don't want to have to implement a counter to make sure my code only executes once per selection update. And for more reasons than that, implementing via delegate method is preferable to using notifications for my use case. Thanks for any help!
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Keep ScrollView position when adding items on the top
I am using a LayzVStack embedded into a ScrollView. The list items are fetched from a core data store by using a @FetchResult or I tested it also with the new @Query command coming with SwiftData. The list has one hundred items 1, 2, 3, ..., 100. The user scrolled the ScrollView so that items 50, 51, ... 60 are visible on screen. Now new data will be fetched from the server and updates the CoreData or SwiftData model. When I add new items to the end of the list (e.g 101, 102, 103, ...) then the ScrollView is keeping its position. Opposite to this when I add new items to the top (0, -1, -2, -3, ...) then the ScrollView scrolls down. Is there a way with the new SwiftData and SwiftUI ScrollView modifiers to update my list model without scrolling like with UIKit where you can query and set the scroll offset pixel wise?
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UserDefaults.standard was cleared and app UUDI is also changed when I update new version from app store
Facing issue of NSUserDefaults data got cleared on update new version from app store. so all data of user got cleared and user have to login again. I was having app in store with version 1.1.3 and then we have uploaded new version to store with version 1.1.4 but when user download app from store their data was cleared from UserDefaults.so this is big issue in update. need to help. is that apple updated any process on update. Question How Apple change version build in device when we update app from app store. is it uninstall old build and install new build ? Or it is install new version on old version ? Should UserDefaults.standard will delete on update ? Updating Provisioning profile from manual to automatically cause issue on UserDefaults.standard Like UserDefaults got cleared and uuid will change ? Do we have anythings that we can identify specific user as uniq user ? What is better solution to store login data into SQLite store or in UserDefaults as model ? Will appreciate for your help. this is very big issue and login again on update will make app user more effect
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How to have different colors in Charts with AreaMark
I would like to have different fill colors in my chart. What I want to achieve is that if the values drop below 0 the fill color should be red. If they are above the fill color should be red. My code looks as follows: import SwiftUI import Charts struct DataPoint: Identifiable {     let id: UUID = UUID()     let x: Int     let y: Int } struct AlternatingChartView: View {          enum Gradients {         static let greenGradient = LinearGradient(gradient: Gradient(colors: [.green, .white]), startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)         static let blueGradient = LinearGradient(gradient: Gradient(colors: [.white, .blue]), startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)     }          let data: [DataPoint] = [         DataPoint(x: 1, y: 10),         DataPoint(x: 2, y: -5),         DataPoint(x: 3, y: 20),         DataPoint(x: 4, y: -8),         DataPoint(x: 5, y: 15),     ]               var body: some View {         Chart {             ForEach(data) { data in                 AreaMark(                     x: .value("Data Point", data.x),                     y: .value("amount", data.y))                 .interpolationMethod(.catmullRom)                 .foregroundStyle(data.y < 0 ? Color.red : Color.green)                                  LineMark(                 x: .value("Data Point", data.x),                 y: .value("amount", data.y))                 .interpolationMethod(.catmullRom)                 .foregroundStyle(Color.black)                 .lineStyle(StrokeStyle.init(lineWidth: 4))                              }         }         .frame(height: 200)     } } #Preview {     AlternatingChartView() } The result looks like this: I also tried using foregroundStyle(by:) and chartForegroundStyleScale(_:) but the result was, that two separate areas had been drawn. One for the below and one for the above zero datapoints. So, what would be the right approach to have two different fill colors?
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macOS Sequoia/Xcode 16.2 - Catalyst App Missing Tab Bar
My Objective-C Catalyst app when built with Xcode 16.x/iOS 18 does not have a visible Tab Bar when run on Sequoia. App starts up in first tab, but there is no way to access other tabs. The same app when run on macOS Sonoma (or macOS Catalina) has a normal Tab Bar. The app has an initial View UITabBarController with 3 tabs. The main tab is a UiSplitViewController. Minimum macOS deployment 10.5. If app is built on Sonoma with Xcode 15.x/iOS 17 the Tab Bar is normal on macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Catalina. I've tried without success: if (@available(macCatalyst 18.0, *)) { self.tabBarController.tabBarHidden = false; } else { // Fallback on earlier versions } I wonder if this console log message has anything to do with the problem: CLIENT OF UIKIT REQUIRES UPDATE: This process does not adopt UIScene lifecycle. This will become an assert in a future version.
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Jun ’25
Charts - Exclude dates on x-axis
Hi! I'm building an app that uses Swift Charts to visualize stock market data, and I'm encountering a couple of issues. The stock API I’m using provides data only for the trading days when the market is open. The problem is that I need to skip over the missing dates (non-trading days) in the chart, but still keep the x-axis formatted correctly (e.g., group ticks by month). If I convert the dates to String to handle missing data, I lose the correct x-axis formatting, and the date labels become inaccurate among with its data. Here’s som of the code I’m using for parsing the dates and structuring the data: struct StockDataPoint: Identifiable, Decodable { var id: String { datetime } let datetime: String let close: String var date: Date { datetime.toDate() ?? Date() } var closePrice: Double { Double(close) ?? 0.0 } } extension String { func toDate() -> Date? { let formatter = DateFormatter() formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC") formatter.dateFormat = self.count == 10 ? "yyyy-MM-dd" : "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" return formatter.date(from: self) } } And: LineMark( x: .value("Datum", point.date), y: .value("Pris", point.closePrice) ) .interpolationMethod(.cardinal) .lineStyle(StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 0.7)) .foregroundStyle(.linearGradient(colors: [.blue, .yellow, .orange], startPoint: .bottomTrailing, endPoint: .topLeading)) .frame(height: 300) .background(Color.black.opacity(0.6)) .chartYScale( domain: ( (stockAPI.stockData.map { $0.closePrice }.min() ?? 0) * 0.98 ... (stockAPI.stockData.map { $0.closePrice }.max() ?? 100) * 1.02 ) ) .chartXAxis { AxisMarks(values: .automatic(desiredCount: 5)) { value in AxisGridLine().foregroundStyle(Color.gray.opacity(0.5)) AxisTick().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) AxisValueLabel().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) } } .chartYAxis { AxisMarks(values: .automatic(desiredCount: 5)) { value in AxisGridLine().foregroundStyle(Color.gray.opacity(0.5)) AxisTick().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) AxisValueLabel().foregroundStyle(Color.gray) } } What I need help with: Skipping missing dates on the x-axis and show correct data for corresponding days. Keeping the x-axis well formatted (grouped by month, accurate labels). Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Jun ’25
ARQuickLook controls not displaying in SwiftUI
Hi, I'm embedding the QLPreviewController in a UIViewControllerRepresentable. When I view .usdz models I don't see the AR/Object selector at the top, nor the sharing button. I have tried presenting modally with a .sheet modifier and had the same result. What do I need to do to get the controls? Thanks, code attached. Code Spiff
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Does adding a bar button item to the navigation bar programmatically when offering scene support differ from the old app delegate approach
I have used the following code for years to add a right bar button item to the navigation bar, but for some unknown reason, this no longer works. It stopped working when I updated my app to have Scene support. I don't understand what is preventing this code from working. @interface ViewController () @end @implementation ViewController - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any additional setup after loading the view. NSLog(@"viewDidLoad"); // Add a Share Button UIBarButtonItem *shareButton; shareButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction target:self action:@selector(editProject:)]; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = shareButton; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem.tintColor = [UIColor blueColor]; } -(void) editProject:(id)sender { } @end To test this, I created a brand new test app that does nothing except for attempting to add this button. The autogenerated code gives you the following project and I simply modified the ViewController class as shown above: What do I need to do differently to make the right bar button item to display? I know that I can add buttons using the storyboard that can be controlled via IBOutlets, but just want to know if its still possible to do this programmatically.
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May ’25
May I ask what the official term is for the top indicator that appears during background recording? I haven't been able to find it in the official documentation.
May I ask what the official term is for the top indicator that appears during background recording? I haven't been able to find it in the official documentation.
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May ’25
SwiftUI Picker does cause unresponsive views
Using the native SwiftUI.Picker to set a @State which is then used to render different child views based on the selected state (using a switch-case inside body) seems to cause those child views to be unresponsive. The following code below is a replicates the issue. The solution I am currently using is to build my own custom Picker that relies on SwiftUI.Buttons to set the state. This works. enum PickerSelection: Hashable { case binding, ownState } struct MainApp: View { @State private var pickerSelection: PickerSelection? = nil @State private var isToggled: Bool = false var body: some View { VStack(alignment: .leading) { /// Changing `pickerSelection` via `SwiftUI.Picker` causes child views' toggles to be unresponsive. Picker("Picker", selection: $pickerSelection) { Text("No Option").tag(Optional<PickerSelection>(nil)) Text("Binding").tag(PickerSelection.binding) Text("Own state").tag(PickerSelection.ownState) } /// Changing `pickerSelection` via a custom `Button`-based picker works as expected. CustomPickerWithButtonBased(pickerSelection: $pickerSelection) switch pickerSelection { case .binding: ChildViewWithBinding(isToggled: $isToggled) case .ownState: ChildViewManagingOwnState() case .none: EmptyView() } Spacer() } .padding() } } struct ChildViewWithBinding: View { @Binding var isToggled: Bool var body: some View { Toggle("ChildViewWithBinding", isOn: $isToggled) } } struct ChildViewManagingOwnState: View { @State private var isToggled: Bool = false var body: some View { Toggle("ChildViewManagingOwnState", isOn: $isToggled) } } struct CustomPickerWithButtonBased: View { @Binding var pickerSelection: PickerSelection? var body: some View { HStack { Button { pickerSelection = .binding } label: { Text("Binding") } Button { pickerSelection = .ownState } label: { Text("OwnState") } } } } Am I missing something with Picker?
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May ’25
Advanced App Clip experience URL Status
Hello Team, We have Advanced App Clip Experiences live but we have add App Clip experience URL since long ago but status remains as Received and never changed to Published, can you please help us to fix this issue. Please see attached. Thanks
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Open new document in SwiftUI on iOS
I have a SwiftUI document based app. The iOS version has a Scene Delegate: class SceneDelegate: NSObject, UIWindowSceneDelegate { func scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) { for context in URLContexts { let url = context.url // url.scheme = my custom scheme let text = ... extracted from url ... // I want to open a new untitled document with text // but 'newDocument' has been explicitly marked unavailable for iOS } } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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May ’25
How to hide the tab bar in SwiftUI's TabView for macOS?
In SwiftUI for macOS, how can I hide the tab bar when using TabView? I would like to provide my own tab bar implementation. In AppKit's NSTabViewController, we can do the following: let tabViewController = NSTabViewController() tabViewController.tabStyle = .unspecified I've come across various posts that suggest using the .toolbar modifier, but none appear to work on macOS (or at least I haven't found the right implementation). struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { TabView { // ... content } <- which view modifier hides the tab bar? } } Latest macOS, Latest Xcode
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May ’25
NSLayoutManager laying out overlapping text into the same NSTextContainer even when there are more containers available.
In summation: I have a nasty bug where my layout manager is laying out text visually overlapping on top of other text, i.e., into a container that it should have left in the rear view as it continues to lay out into ensuing containers. Details below... I'm coding a word processing app with some custom pagination that involves multiple pages, within which there can be multiple NSTextView/NSTextContainer pairs that represent single column or dual column runs of text. I generate pagination data by using a measuring NSLayoutManager. This process ensures that no containers overlap, and that they are sized correctly for their associated ranges of text (i.e., non-overlapping, continuous ranges from a single NSTextStorage). I determine frame sizes by a series of checks, most importantly, by finding the last glyph in a column. Prior to the code below, remainingColumnRange represents the remaining range of my textStorage that is of a consistent column type (i.e., single, left column, or right column). My measuring passes consist of my measuringLayoutManager laying out text into its textContainers, the final of which is an extra overflowContainer (i.e., == measuringLayoutManager.textContainers.last!) which I only use to find the last glyph in the second to last container (measuringContainer, which is thus == measuringLayoutManager.textContainers[count - 2]) let glyphRangeOfLastColumnChar = measuringLayoutManager.glyphRange(forCharacterRange: remainingColumnRange, actualCharacterRange: nil) let lastGlyphIndex = NSMaxRange(glyphRangeOfLastColumnChar) - 1 measuringLayoutManager.ensureLayout(for: measuringContainer) // Not sure if this is necessary, but I've added it to insure I'm getting accurate measurements. if measuringLayoutManager.textContainer(forGlyphAt: lastGlyphOfColumnIndex, effectiveRange: &actualGlyphRangeInContainer) == overflowContainer { actualCharRangeInContainer = measuringLayoutManager.characterRange(forGlyphRange: actualGlyphRangeInContainer, actualGlyphRange: nil) let overflowLoc = actualCharRangeInContainer.location remainingColumnRange = NSRange(location: overflowLoc, length: remainingColumnRange.length - overflowLoc) currentPage += 1 } else { lineFragmentRectForLastChar = measuringLayoutManager.lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt: lastGlyphIndex, effectiveRange: nil) // Resize measuring container if needed. let usedHeight = lineFragmentRectForLastChar.maxY if usedHeight < measuringContainer.size.height { measuringContainer.size = CGSize(width: measuringContainer.size.width, height: usedHeight) } else if usedHeight == measuringContainer.size.height { currentPage += 1 // we perfectly filled the page } else { // This would be an error case, because all cases should have been handled prior to arriving here. I throw an error. I have never fallen through here. throw MyClass.anError } } // I use the above data to create a PageLayoutItem, which is a struct that has frame data (CGRect/x,y,w,h), a containerIndex (Int), pageNumber (Int), textRange (NSRange), columnType (custom enum). // After this I remove the overflowContainer, and continue to iterate through. This is inefficient but I'm simplifying my code to identify the root issue. I don't explicitly use these containers when done with my pagination process. Rather, I use the PageLayoutItems I have created to generate/resize/remove textContainers/textViews for the UI as needed. My UI-interfacing/generating NSLayoutManager, which is of course assigned to the same NSTextStorage as the measuring layout manager, then iterates through my paginator model class' pageLayoutItems array to generate/resize/remove. I have verified my pagination data. None of my frames overlap. They are sized exactly the same as they should be per my measurement passes. The number of containers/views needed is correct. But here's the issue: My views render the text that SHOULD appear in my final textContainer/textView as visually overlapping the text in my second to last textContainer/textView. I see a garble of text. When I iterate through my UI textContainers, I get this debug print: TextContainer 0 glyphRange: {0, 172} TextContainer 1 glyphRange: {172, 55} TextContainer 2 glyphRange: {227, 100} // this is wrong, final 31 chars should be in container 3 TextContainer 3 glyphRange: {327, 0} // empty range here, odd I have tried setting textContainers for glyph ranges explicitly, via: // Variable names just for clarity here layoutManager.setTextContainer(correctTextView.textContainer!, forGlyphRange: correctGlyphRangeForThisContainer) Debug prints show that I'm setting the right ranges there. But they don't retain. I have tried resizing my final text container to be much larger in case that was the issue. No dice. My final range of text/glyphs still lays out in the wrong container and overlaps the other content laid out there. Any help here?? I've scoured the forums and have been dealing with this bug for two weeks straight with no hope in sight.
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May ’25
Deadline for Adopting Scene-Based Life-Cycle in UIKit Apps
I found the following statement on the site https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3187-migrating-to-the-uikit-scene-based-life-cycle: "Soon, all UIKit based apps will be required to adopt the scene-based life-cycle, after which your app won’t launch if you don’t. While supporting multiple scenes is encouraged, only adoption of scene life-cycle is required." Could you please clarify when exactly apps will no longer be able to launch if they do not adopt the scene-based life-cycle? I would like to confirm the deadline as the impact of this change is significant.
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May ’25
LPLinkView override context menu / LongPress
SwiftUI, using LPLinkView through UIViewRepresentable. Default behavior is a long press brings up a context menu and a popover to preview content. I want to replace that default long press behavior with my own custom screen. Adding a UILongPressGestureRecognizer didn't work. Thanks!
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May ’25
App Name Display
For now, my app name length is more than 20 characters, so the iPhone app name displays without a space, and uses the range operator to ensure showing the rest in the next line. Is it possible to show space and name with 2 lines?
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May ’25
The NSTextViewDelegate method textViewDidChangeSelection(:) will not fire, while all other text view delegate methods do.
I am trying to implement the NSTextViewDelegate function textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification). My text view's delegate is the Coordinator of my NSViewRepresentable. I've found that this delegate function never fires, but any other delegate function that I implement, as long as it doesn't take a Notification as an argument, does fire (e.g., textView(:willChangeSelectionFromCharacterRange:toCharacterRange:), fires and is called on the delegate exactly when it should be). For context, I've verified all of the below: textView.isSelectable = true textView.isEditable = true textView.delegate === my coordinator I can call textViewDidChangeSelection(:) directly on the delegate without issue. I can select and edit text without issues. I.e., the selections are being set correctly. But the delegate method is never called when they are. I am able to add the intended delegate as an observer for the selector textViewDidChangeSelection via NotificationCenter. If I do this, the function executes when it should, but fires for every text view in my view hierarchy, which can number in the hundreds. I'm using an NSLayoutManager, so I figure this should only fire once. I've added a check within my code: func textViewDidChangeSelection(_ notification: Notification) { guard let textView = notification.object as? NSTextView, textView === layoutManager.firstTextView else { return } // Any code I want to execute... } But the above guard check lets through every notification, so, no matter what, my closure executes hundreds of times if I have hundreds of text views, all of them being sent by textView === layoutManager.firstTextView, but once for each and every text view managed by that layoutManager. Does anyone know why this method isn't ever called on the delegate, while seemingly all other delegate methods are? I could go the NotificationCenter route, but I'd love to know why this won't execute as a delegate method when documentation says that it should, and I don't want to have to implement a counter to make sure my code only executes once per selection update. And for more reasons than that, implementing via delegate method is preferable to using notifications for my use case. Thanks for any help!
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May ’25
Keep ScrollView position when adding items on the top
I am using a LayzVStack embedded into a ScrollView. The list items are fetched from a core data store by using a @FetchResult or I tested it also with the new @Query command coming with SwiftData. The list has one hundred items 1, 2, 3, ..., 100. The user scrolled the ScrollView so that items 50, 51, ... 60 are visible on screen. Now new data will be fetched from the server and updates the CoreData or SwiftData model. When I add new items to the end of the list (e.g 101, 102, 103, ...) then the ScrollView is keeping its position. Opposite to this when I add new items to the top (0, -1, -2, -3, ...) then the ScrollView scrolls down. Is there a way with the new SwiftData and SwiftUI ScrollView modifiers to update my list model without scrolling like with UIKit where you can query and set the scroll offset pixel wise?
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May ’25
Highlight the model not with the eyes, but by clicking a button
Hello, we have a requirement where clicking a button will highlight the model, similar to the effect seen by the eyes. However, the eyes do not see it and it is achieved by clicking a button. What should we do? Thank you for your reply
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Jun ’25
Can the macOS Quick Look preview plugin support network capabilities?
I developed a quick look preview plugin on MacOS, and want to add some data tracking to understand user usage. However, I'm encountering errors when using network capabilities within the plugin. I want to confirm whether the preview plugin blocks network capabilities.
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May ’25
How to display such a window in a mixed space
I saw this demo on the website. Do you have the address for the demo? If not, how is the following image content implemented? Can you tell me which style of WindowGroup is used to create this custom window, and the buttons to move and close the window are located at the bottom of the menu bar. Thank you, thank [you]
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Jun ’25
UserDefaults.standard was cleared and app UUDI is also changed when I update new version from app store
Facing issue of NSUserDefaults data got cleared on update new version from app store. so all data of user got cleared and user have to login again. I was having app in store with version 1.1.3 and then we have uploaded new version to store with version 1.1.4 but when user download app from store their data was cleared from UserDefaults.so this is big issue in update. need to help. is that apple updated any process on update. Question How Apple change version build in device when we update app from app store. is it uninstall old build and install new build ? Or it is install new version on old version ? Should UserDefaults.standard will delete on update ? Updating Provisioning profile from manual to automatically cause issue on UserDefaults.standard Like UserDefaults got cleared and uuid will change ? Do we have anythings that we can identify specific user as uniq user ? What is better solution to store login data into SQLite store or in UserDefaults as model ? Will appreciate for your help. this is very big issue and login again on update will make app user more effect
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May ’25
How to have different colors in Charts with AreaMark
I would like to have different fill colors in my chart. What I want to achieve is that if the values drop below 0 the fill color should be red. If they are above the fill color should be red. My code looks as follows: import SwiftUI import Charts struct DataPoint: Identifiable {     let id: UUID = UUID()     let x: Int     let y: Int } struct AlternatingChartView: View {          enum Gradients {         static let greenGradient = LinearGradient(gradient: Gradient(colors: [.green, .white]), startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)         static let blueGradient = LinearGradient(gradient: Gradient(colors: [.white, .blue]), startPoint: .top, endPoint: .bottom)     }          let data: [DataPoint] = [         DataPoint(x: 1, y: 10),         DataPoint(x: 2, y: -5),         DataPoint(x: 3, y: 20),         DataPoint(x: 4, y: -8),         DataPoint(x: 5, y: 15),     ]               var body: some View {         Chart {             ForEach(data) { data in                 AreaMark(                     x: .value("Data Point", data.x),                     y: .value("amount", data.y))                 .interpolationMethod(.catmullRom)                 .foregroundStyle(data.y < 0 ? Color.red : Color.green)                                  LineMark(                 x: .value("Data Point", data.x),                 y: .value("amount", data.y))                 .interpolationMethod(.catmullRom)                 .foregroundStyle(Color.black)                 .lineStyle(StrokeStyle.init(lineWidth: 4))                              }         }         .frame(height: 200)     } } #Preview {     AlternatingChartView() } The result looks like this: I also tried using foregroundStyle(by:) and chartForegroundStyleScale(_:) but the result was, that two separate areas had been drawn. One for the below and one for the above zero datapoints. So, what would be the right approach to have two different fill colors?
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