I would like to provide a way to choose an app icon as a reward for using the referral feature of the app.
I found that setting the image via NSApp.applicationIconImage works, but only when the app is running, and the app icon is reset on the next launch.
I also found NSDockTile plugin APIs, and that seems to be the way, but it won't be allowed on the Mac App Store.
Is there really no way to do it legit way and pass the Mac App Store review?
Seems to be another really strange limitation imposed.
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Hello!
I have a destination navigation which is TabVIew where each tab item is ScrollView. And when scrolling content of any of tab items is underneath navigation bar its background is always hidden. But at the same time tab bar background is toggled depending on scrolling content position.
I expected it would work with TabView the same as with any other view.
Is it supposed to work like that?
Hello Apple Developer Community,
I’m experiencing an issue with my iOS app, "WaterReminder," where it builds successfully in Xcode 16.2 but crashes immediately upon launch in the iPhone 16 Pro Simulator running iOS 18.3.1. The crash is accompanied by a "Thread 1: signal SIGABRT" error, and the Xcode console logs indicate a dyld error related to XCTest.framework/XCTest not being loaded. I’ve tried several troubleshooting steps, but the issue persists, and I’d appreciate any guidance or insights from the community.
Here are the details:
Environment:
Xcode Version: 16.2
Simulator: iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18.3.1
App: WaterReminder (written in SwiftUI 6)
Build Configuration: Debug
Issue Description:
The app builds without errors, but when I run it in the iPhone 16 Pro Simulator, it shows a white screen and crashes with a SIGABRT signal. The Xcode debugger highlights the issue in the main function or app delegate, and the console logs show the following error:
dyld[7358]: Library not loaded: @rpath/XCTest.framework/XCTest
Referenced from: <549B4D71-6B6A-314B-86BE-95035926310E> /Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/WaterReminder.debug.dylib
Reason: tried: '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WaterReminder-cahqrulxghamvyclxaozotzrbsiz/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Users/faytek/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/2A51383F-D8EA-4750-AE22-4CDE745164CE/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/56D8B44F-6613-4756-89F0-CB33991F0821/WaterReminder.app/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file), '/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_22D8075/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 18.3.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/XCTest.framework/XCTest' (no such file)
What I’ve Tried:
◦ Verified that FBSnapshotTestCase is correctly added to the "Embed Frameworks" build phase.
◦ Confirmed that the Framework Search Paths in build settings point to the correct location.
◦ Ensured that all required frameworks are available in the dependencies folder.
◦ Cleaned the build folder (Shift + Option + Command + K) and rebuilt the project.
◦ Checked the target configuration to ensure XCTest.framework isn’t incorrectly linked to the main app target (it’s only in test targets).
◦ Updated Xcode and the iOS Simulator to the latest versions.
◦ Reset the simulator content and settings.
Despite these steps, the app continues to crash with the same dyld error and SIGABRT signal. I suspect there might be an issue with how XCTest.framework is being referenced or loaded in the simulator, possibly related to using SwiftUI 6, but I’m unsure how to resolve it.
Could anyone provide advice on why XCTest.framework is being referenced in my main app (since it’s not intentionally linked there) or suggest additional troubleshooting steps? I’d also appreciate any known issues or workarounds specific to Xcode 16.2, iOS 18.3.1, and SwiftUI 6.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Faycel
Hi everyone,
I believe this should be a simple and expected default behavior in a real-world app, but I’m unable to make it work:
1. I have a View (a screen/page in this case) that calls an endpoint using async/await.
2. If the endpoint hasn’t finished, but I navigate forward to a DetailView, I want the endpoint to continue fetching data (i.e., inside the @StateObject ViewModel that the View owns). This way, when I go back, the View will have refreshed with the fetched data once it completes.
3. If the endpoint hasn’t finished and I navigate back to the previous screen, I want it to be canceled, and the @StateObject ViewModel should be deinitialized.
I can achieve 1 and 3 using the .task modifier, since it automatically cancels the asynchronous task when the view disappears:
view
.task { await vm.getData() }
I can achieve 1 and 2 using a structured Task in the View (or in the ViewModel, its the same behavior), for example:
.onFirstAppearOnly {
Task { away vm.getData() }
}
onFirstAppearOnly is a custom modifier that I have for calling onAppear only once in view lifecycle. Just to clarify, dont think that part is important for the purpose of the example
But the question is: How can I achieve all three behaviors? Is this really such an unusual requirement?
My minimum deployment target is iOS 15, and I’m using NavigationView + NavigationLink. However, I have also tried using NavigationStack + NavigationPath and still couldn’t get it to work.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you, folks!
Below is a basic test app to resemble an actual app I am working on to hopefully better describe an issue I am having with tab view. It seems only in split screen when I am triggering something onAppear that would cause another view to update, or another view updates on its own, the focus gets pulled to that newly updated view instead of staying on the view you are currently on. This seems to only happen with views that are listed in the more tab. In any other orientation other than 50/50 split this does not happen. Any help would be appreciated.
struct ContentView: View {
@State var selectedTab = 0
var body: some View {
NavigationStack {
NavigationLink(value: 0) {
Text("ENTER")
}.navigationDestination(for: Int.self) { num in
TabsView(selectedTab: $selectedTab)
}
}
}
}
struct TabsView: View {
@Binding var selectedTab: Int
@State var yikes: Int = 0
var body: some View {
if #available(iOS 18.0, *) {
TabView(selection: $selectedTab) {
MyFlightsView(yikes: $yikes)
.tabItem {
Label("My Flights", systemImage: "airplane.circle")
}.tag(0)
FlightplanView()
.tabItem {
Label("Flight Plan", systemImage: "doc.plaintext")
}.tag(1)
PreFlightView()
.tabItem {
Label("Pre Flight", systemImage: "airplane.departure")
}.tag(2)
CruiseView(yikes: $yikes)
.tabItem {
Label("Cruise", systemImage: "airplane")
}.tag(3)
PostFlightView()
.tabItem {
Label("Post Flight", systemImage: "airplane.arrival")
}.tag(4)
MoreView()
.tabItem {
Label("More", systemImage: "ellipsis")
}.tag(5)
NotificationsView()
.tabItem {
Label("Notifications", systemImage: "bell")
}.tag(6)
}.tabViewStyle(.sidebarAdaptable)
}
}
}
Hi,
I am developing a new SwiftUI app. Running under OSX, I see very high cpu usage (I am generating lots of gpu based updates which shouldn't affect the cpu).
I have used the profiler to ensure my swift property updates are minimal, yet the cpu usage is high coming from SwiftUI.
It seems the high cpu usage is coming from NSAppearance, specifically, CUICopyMeasurements - for a single button??? But the swift updates don't show any buttons being updating
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I writing swift code to change the app icon using setAlternateIconName and flutter MethodChannel to invoke swift.
UIApplication.shared.setAlternateIconName(iconName) { error in
if let error = error {
print("Error setting alternate icon: \(error.localizedDescription)")
result(FlutterError(code: "ICON_CHANGE_ERROR", message: error.localizedDescription, details: nil)) // Send error back to Flutter
} else {
print("App icon changed successfully!")
result(nil) // Success!
}
}
But I got an error message the requested operation couldn't be completed because the feature is not supported when using it on iOS 17+.
So, Is setAlternateIconName still available?
PS. In XCode, the code hinting shows that setAlternateIconName is still not deprecated.
Our Apple TV provides UIImages with renderingMode forced to .alwaysTemplate (the images are also configured with "Render As" to "Template image" in the Asset catalog) to UIActions as UIMenuElement when building a UICollectionView UIContextMenuConfiguration.
Problem: these images are not displayed with vibrancy effect by the system.
The issue does not occur with system images (SVG from SF Catalog).
Here is a screenshot showing the issue with custom images ("Trailer" and "Remove from favourites"):
I don't know the underlying implementation of the context menu items image but UIImageView already implements the tintColorDidChange() method and the vibrancy should work if the UIImage is rendered as template.
According to my tests, the vibrancy is correctly applied when using Symbols sets instead of Images sets but I understand that custom images rendered as template should support it as-well, shouldn't they?
I have a UITextView being added at runtime to a UIImageView as the result of doing text recognition. It's set to be editable = NO and selectable = YES. When I set the text and select it, it asks the delegate for the menu to display via:
textView:editMenuForTextInRange:suggestedActions:
The suggested items contains many UIAction and UICommand objects that have private methods or do not have the destructive attribute set, yet they are destructive. Some of these are:
promptForReplace:
transliterateChinese:
_insertDrawing:
_showTextFormattingOptions:
I need to return a menu that has only non-destructive commands in it.
First, why isn't UITextView sending only non-destructive suggested commands when its editable is NO?
Second, how can I filter the array of suggested commands when it's impossible to know if they're destructive (as some are missing that attribute)?
In addition to that, even non-destructive commands are causing an unrecognized selector exception, such as the Speak command, which it is sending to my view controller instead of to the UITextView, which is the only thing that knows what the text is that it should speak.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
UIKit
I have an app that run Monte Carlo simulations. I run thousands of simulations in the app and a simulation runs can take on the order of 30 seconds to a minute to complete. I would like to have a progress view that tracks the number of simulation runs. How can I implement this in swiftui?
In one of my applications I use several List views with Sections. After upgrading to Sequoia I faced the issue, that after selecting an item, the List suddenly scrolls to a different position. Sometimes the selection even gets out of the view, but in every case a double click just went to the wrong item.
At one list I found out, that the issue could be solved after changing the data source. I used a computed property, what seems to be a stupid idea. After changing this it now works.
Unfortunately there is another List, where this didn't bring the solution. And unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the issue in a code example. One guess of mine is, that it could be related to the fact, that the rows have different heights (because in some are two lines of text and in some are three). And it seems to happen only in very long lists.
It worked perfectly in Sonoma.
Does anyone face the same issue?
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
In my collection view I have allowsSelection, allowsSelectionDuringEditing, and allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing set to true.
In my delegate's collectionView(_:shouldBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt:) I return true unconditionally, getting me the desired behavior of triggering edit mode with a two-finger swipe. So far so good.
The problem is that collectionView(_:shouldBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt:) is also called on a single-finger click from a trackpad. Tapping one of my cells is supposed to open a sub-screen, so with this happening there's no way to navigate my screen using a trackpad. This also goes against the documentation, which says this delegate method is supposed to get called because of a two-finger swipe.
Is there a way to keep that call from happing from a trackpad click? Or a way to distinguish whether I'm getting the call because of an actual two finger swipe?
now i must use voip + livekit to developing, When incoming offline messages arrive at the device through VoIP, call ConversationManager The method of reporting NewIncomingConversation (uuid: update:) only first time can push new system UI,second or more time will crash, and acrsh stack appears to indicate that callkit has not been called
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
General
SWIFTUI :
Chart control / view
is there way to align the Legends to align the center
I see there only 2 options,
.chartLegend(position: .bottom, alignment: .leading,spacing: 10)
.leading or .trailing
code :
Chart{
.....
SectorMark..
}
.chartLegend(position: .bottom, alignment: .leading,spacing: 10)
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I have created an AppIntent and added it to shortcuts to be able to read by Siri. When I say the phrase, the Siri intent dialog appears just fine. I have added a custom SwiftUI View inside Siri dialog box with 2 buttons with intents. The callback or handling of those buttons is not working when initiated via Siri. It works fine when I initiate it in shortcuts. I tried using the UIButton without the intent action as well but it did not work. Here is the code.
static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "My Custom Intent"
static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = false
@MainActor
func perform() async throws -> some ShowsSnippetView & ProvidesDialog {
return .result(dialog: "Here are the details of your order"), content: {
OrderDetailsView()
}
}
struct OrderDetailsView {
var body: some View {
HStack {
if #available(iOS 17.0, *) {
Button(intent: ModifyOrderIntent(), label : {
Text("Modify Order")
})
Button(intent: CancelOrderIntent(), label : {
Text("Cancel Order")
})
}
}
}
}
struct ModifyOrderIntent: AppIntent {
static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Modify Order"
static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = true
@MainActor
func perform() async throws -> some OpensIntent {
// performs the deeplinking to app to a certain page to modify the order
}
}
struct CancelOrderIntent: AppIntent {
static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Cancel Order"
static var openAppWhenRun: Bool = true
@MainActor
func perform() async throws -> some OpensIntent {
// performs the deeplinking to app to a certain page to cancel the order
}
}
Button(action: {
if let url = URL(string: "myap://open-order") {
UIApplication.shared.open(url)
}
}
I have a struct that holds an instance of UINavigationController:
struct NavigationController {
static let shared = UINavigationController()
}
I use NavigationController.shared to push and pop ViewControllers around the app, rather than using the ViewController's .navigationController property.
The issue I'm having is that when I pop I get new instances of my previous ViewController, this is my hierarchy:
(0) UIWindow
|
---- (1) NavigationController (is set as the UIWindow.rootViewController)
|
---- (2) UITabBarController (is set with NavigationController.shared.setViewControllers)
|
---- (3) ViewController (HomeVC) (is the first tab of the UITabController)
|
---- (4) ViewController (ScanVC) (is pushed into the stack by NavigationController.shared.pushViewController)
---- (5) ViewController (NotificationsVC)
---- (6) ViewController (SettingsVC)
I put a print statement in my HomeVC in the viewDidLoad method
My understanding is that the viewDidLoad should only be called once in the lifecycle of a ViewController
When I go back to the HomeVC from the ScanVC then the print always gets triggered which means I have a new instance of the HomeVC
This is the print statement I created inside the viewDidLoad method:
print("\(#function) View Did Load, instance: \(self)")
Here's the output from going back and forth from the HomeVC to ScanVC:
viewDidLoad() View Did Load, instance: <HomeVC: 0x118db0000>
viewDidLoad() View Did Load, instance: <HomeVC: 0x118db3100>
viewDidLoad() View Did Load, instance: <HomeVC: 0x118db0700>
Any one has any suggestions on how to fix this? Because ideally going back to the HomeVC should not instantiate a new ViewController.
I tested this on a small test project and viewDidLoad would only be triggered once when the ViewController was instantiated.
We use @Query macro in our App. After we got macOS 15.3 update, our App crashes at @Query line.
SwiftData/Schema.swift:305: Fatal error: KeyPath \Item.<computed 0x0000000100599e54 (Vec3D)>.x points to a field (<computed 0x0000000100599e54 (Vec3D)>) that is unknown to Item and cannot be used.
This problem occurs only when the build configuration is "Release", and only when I use @Query macro with sort: parameter. The App still works fine on macOS 14.7.3.
This issue seems similar to what has already been reported in the forum. It looks like a regression on iOS 18.3.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/773308
Item.swift
import Foundation
import SwiftData
public struct Vec3D {
let x,y,z: Int
}
extension Vec3D: Codable { }
@Model
final class Item {
var timestamp: Date
var vec: Vec3D
init(timestamp: Date) {
self.timestamp = timestamp
self.vec = Vec3D(x: 0, y: 0, z: 0)
}
}
ContentView.Swift
import SwiftUI
import SwiftData
struct ContentView: View {
@Environment(\.modelContext)
private var modelContext
@Query(sort: \Item.vec.x) // Crash
private var items: [Item]
var body: some View {
NavigationSplitView {
List {
ForEach(items) { item in
NavigationLink {
Text("Item at \(item.timestamp, format: Date.FormatStyle(date: .numeric, time: .standard))")
} label: {
Text(item.timestamp, format: Date.FormatStyle(date: .numeric, time: .standard))
}
}
.onDelete(perform: deleteItems)
}
.navigationSplitViewColumnWidth(min: 180, ideal: 200)
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem {
Button(action: addItem) {
Label("Add Item", systemImage: "plus")
}
}
}
} detail: {
Text("Select an item")
}
}
private func addItem() {
withAnimation {
let newItem = Item(timestamp: Date())
modelContext.insert(newItem)
}
}
private func deleteItems(offsets: IndexSet) {
withAnimation {
for index in offsets {
modelContext.delete(items[index])
}
}
}
}
I have a scrollview displaying a sequence of circles, which a user should be able to scroll through to select an item. When the user stops scrolling and the animation comes to rest the circle selected should display screen-centered.
I had hoped to achieve this using .scrollPosition(id: selectedItem, anchor: .center) but it appears that the anchor argument is ignored when scrolled manually. (BTW - I searched but didn't locate this aspect in the Apple documentation so I'm not confident that this observation is really correct).
https://youtu.be/TpXDTuL5yPQ
The video shows the user-scrolling behaviour, and also the snap-to-anchor that I would like to achieve, but I would like this WITHOUT forcing a button press.
I could juggle the container size and size of the circles so that they naturally fit centered into the screen, but I would prefer a more elegant solution.
How can I force the scrolling to come to rest such that the circle glides to rest in the center of the screen/container?
struct ItemChooser: View {
@State var selectedItem: Int?
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("You have picked: \(selectedItem ?? 0)")
ScrollHorizontalItemChooser(selectedItem: $selectedItem)
}
}
}
#Preview {
ItemChooser(selectedItem: 1)
}
struct ScrollHorizontalItemChooser: View {
@Binding var selectedItem: Int?
@State var scrollAlignment: UnitPoint? = .center
let ballSize: CGFloat = 150
let items = Array(1...6)
@State var scrollPosition: ScrollPosition = ScrollPosition()
var body: some View {
VStack {
squareUpButton
ScrollView(.horizontal) {
HStack(spacing: 10) {
showBalls
}
.scrollTargetLayout()
}
.scrollPosition(id: $selectedItem, anchor: scrollAlignment )
.overlay{ crosshairs } }
}
var crosshairs: some View {
Image(systemName: "scope").scaleEffect(3.0).opacity(0.3)
}
@ViewBuilder
var showBalls: some View {
let screenWidth: CGFloat = UIScreen.main.bounds.width
var emptySpace: CGFloat {screenWidth / 2 - ballSize / 2 - 10}
Spacer(minLength: emptySpace)
ForEach(items, id: \.self) { item in
poolBall( item)
.id(item)
}
Spacer(minLength: emptySpace)
}
@ViewBuilder
private func poolBall(_ item: Int) -> some View {
Text("Item \(item)")
.background {
Circle()
.foregroundColor(Color.green)
.frame(width: ballSize, height: ballSize)
}
.frame(width: ballSize, height: ballSize)
}
@ViewBuilder
var squareUpButton: some View {
var tempSelected: Int? = nil
Button("Square up with Anchor") {
tempSelected = selectedItem
selectedItem = 0
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) {
selectedItem = tempSelected ?? 0
}
}
}
}
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
As you can see in the screenshot, the verification popups that appear when making a StoreKit purchase cut off the buttons. When typing the code into the input field, the window will also flicker and stutter with random view refreshes. Is this something I can configure/change? It's not a very pleasant experience for making an in app purchase.
Is there any way to change the height of the "day" cells in the UICalendarView? The view is very tall on the screen and I'd like to shorten it so I can put more content below it without using a scroll view.
I'm using SwiftUI with a UICalendarView with UIViewRepresentable. The calendar will have default decorations to indicate a date with events.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI