Hello everyone, I’m currently developing an iOS app and would like to leverage the AccessorySetupKit framework introduced in iOS 18 to implement pairing functionality with our company's custom hardware product. The specific requirements are as follows: Our hardware supports both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections, and both are enabled. When the hardware device is in proximity to an iPhone, I want the device to be automatically recognized, and a pairing screen similar to the one in AccessorySetupKit should appear. Users should be able to perform the pairing process without needing to open our app, even if the app is not in the foreground. The system-level pairing screen should show the hardware information and allow the user to proceed with the pairing. My questions are: Does AccessorySetupKit allow the pairing screen to trigger when the app is running in the background, or must the app be in the foreground? How should I configure AccessorySetupKit to automatically recognize and display my company’s hardware device information? Are there any specific configurations or code implementations needed? Do I need to implement any specific Bluetooth/Wi-Fi advertising broadcasts to ensure the device is correctly detected by the iOS system when in proximity? Are there any additional permissions or configurations required, especially for handling background tasks? Thank you very much for your help, and I look forward to your advice and insights!

The app I'm converting includes two unique document types. UI-wise they have key similarities (eg contents are password protected) But serialization/model - wise. they are different documents. I have not been able to find any documentation on options for implementing this (eg use a (abstract?) base class derived from FileDocument, with two concrete sub classes? maybe just a single subclass of FileDocument that contains model details for both file types?) Stepping back from implementation options, am I crazy for attempting to use DocumentGroup to create a single app that would need to be able to open/modify/save multiple unique document types? any/all guidance much appreciated.

Hello, I tried to use the ManagedAppView component to display a list of apps, I have a text field above my list to make it searchable. The problem is that when the keyboard appear, all my ManagedAppView components shift half of their height up, inside there list cell, so they are only half visible with the rest of the cell blank. As the component is Apple Internal, I didn't find any solution to avoid that, is there any fix to have this component stays in place even when the keyboard appear ? I tried to replace the ManagedAppView by other components and the issue arise only with ManagedAppView.

I'm looking for a reliable way to detect when the UIScreen of a UIView changes. I'm developing a renderer SDK that provides a custom UIView subclass which performs OpenGL / Metal rendering, driven by a CADisplayLink. To support scenarios like screen mirroring or external displays on iPad, I need to ensure the CADisplayLink is created using the correct UIScreen, so the refresh rate is accurate. Ideally, I’d like a way to be notified in the view itself (without requiring scene delegate integration) whenever self.window.windowScene.screen changes, even if trait values remain the same. Any ideas or workarounds that work safely in production would be hugely appreciated! Since iOS 13, the architecture is: The app can have multiple UIScene instances (typically UIWindowScene). Each UIWindowScene can have multiple UIWindows. Each UIWindow hosts a view hierarchy. To determine the correct UIScreen, I access self.window.windowScene.screen. If any component in that key path changes (window, windowScene, or screen), I need to detect it and react. Here’s what I’ve tried so far: Overriding willMoveToWindow: and didMoveToWindow: This allows me to detect changes to window, but if windowScene (of the window) or screen (of the scene) changes directly, I get no notification. Overriding traitCollectionDidChange: This works if the screen change causes a difference in traits (e.g., a different displayScale), but fails if the old and new screens share the same traits (e.g., identical scale). Listening to UIScene-related notifications Notifications like UISceneDidDisconnectNotification or UISceneWillEnterForegroundNotification only indicate scene lifecycle events, not that a particular view or window has moved to a different screen. Using KVO to observe self.window.windowScene.screen I found WebKit does something similar, but in practice this causes crashes. The error message suggests that "windowScene" is not KVO-compliant, and my experience confirms it's not safe in production. Apple's official guidance uses UIWindowSceneDelegate In this example, Apple shows how to update a CADisplayLink in a UIWindowSceneDelegate's windowScene:didUpdateCoordinateSpace:interfaceOrientation:traitCollection:. However, as an SDK provider delivering just a UIView, I don't have control over the host app's UIWindowSceneDelegate.

I was trying to move from appkit to swiftUI. As a learning project I am building a cellular automata style project based on Pattersons Worms.. I am trying something similar to the EA game Worms? for the Commodore 64. There is a video on YouTube of the game running, but I'm not allowed to link it here. The problem I have is that the animation is driven by a ruleset. When the automata hits a configuration that is not in the ruleset it is supposed to stop and ask the user. For each step the model returns either the next move, or nil to indicate the user need to make a choice that will be sent back to the model to be added to the ruleset. My current approach, and I might be following the wrong path, is a ZStack where the bottom level is the grid, the middle level is the established worm segments and the top level is either the animation of the next worm segment or the user chooser to choose the segment. I've only implemented the animation of the next worm segment. The idea is that when the model adds a segment that it first animated at the top level and then displayed by the middle level. Then the top level animates the next segment. I was animating the trim on the segment to draw the line. If the current move is nil, then the middle level draws the segment. If current move has a value, the animation draw it, and then on completion sets the current move to nil so that the bottom level draw it. The problem I ran into was resetting the animation to draw the next segment. I've tried two approaches. in one the completion resets the animation boolean variable, but I need a manual step to set the next stage of the animation. The other uses the completion to set the next step, but it the animation doesn't run for the step and the display is an always a step behind. I'm not sure how to both update the move and reset the animation at the same time. I have uploaded a simplified version without the full grid and simplified model to GitHub (https://github.com/thomasrdean/AnimationTest). Is there any other way to reset the animation the than the completion so I can use the completion to retrieve the next step from the model?

I am currently developing an AR experience using ARKit with SceneKit and am looking to implement functionality that enables: Zooming into the AR camera feed, ideally leveraging the ultra-wide or telephoto lenses available on supported devices. Macro-style focus capabilities, allowing users to view and interact with virtual content closely aligned with small or nearby real-world objects (within a few centimeters). My objective is to ensure that ARKit continues to render the scene accurately while enabling a zoomed-in view or macro-level focus for better detail visibility and alignment. Could you please advise on: Whether ARKit currently supports camera zoom or allows access to macro or ultra-wide cameras within an ARSession. Limitations or considerations when using multi-camera setups in conjunction with ARKit. Any guidance or references to documentation or sample code would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Ayush

I have a macOS application developed in SwiftUI. It's a document-based application. I know how to hide the Show Tab Bar command under View. I don't want to hide it. I always want to show tabs. I wonder how to enable this command programmatically such that the document window always has the + button to the right. Thanks.

The badge is cut if it's assigned to the last item. Is it a known issue? Thank you.

Description I've encountered an issue with NavigationSplitView on visionOS when using a refreshable ScrollView or List in the detail view. The Problem: When implementing pull-to-refresh in the detail view of a NavigationSplitView, the ProgressView disappears and generates this warning: Trying to convert coordinates between views that are in different UIWindows, which isn't supported. Use convertPoint:fromCoordinateSpace: instead. I discovered that if the detail view includes a .navigationTitle(), the ProgressView remains visible and works correctly! Below is a minimal reproducible example showing this behavior. When you run this code, you'll notice: The sidebar refreshable works fine The detail refreshable works only when .navigationTitle("Something") is present Remove the navigationTitle and the detail view's refresh indicator disappears minimal Demo import SwiftUI struct MinimalRefreshableDemo: View { @State private var items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] @State private var detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] @State private var selectedItem: String? = "Item 1" var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List(items, id: \.self, selection: $selectedItem) { item in Text(item) } .refreshable { items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] } .navigationTitle("Chat") } detail: { List { ForEach(detailItems, id: \.self) { item in Text(item) .frame(height: 100) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } } .refreshable { detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] } .navigationTitle("Something") } } } #Preview { MinimalRefreshableDemo() } Is this expected behavior? Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a solution that doesn't require adding a navigation title?

Hi! I develop an iOS library and I met an issue with SwiftUI previews in iOS app project with my library integrated. After I open preview, build for preview finishes successfully, but preview itself never appears. I failed to find any error messages or any other indicators of what went wrong or how to fix it. Switching to legacy preview execution seems to fix problem, but I think that is not ideal. Could you help fixing this? Xcode 16.2, Simulator iPhone 16, iOS 18.2 Project to reproduce - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cU6JKwshK_wQfe9YIqcMg3UGWq45OYlx/view?usp=sharing Preview diagnostics - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kPcgVSSqreiepGuqhdIoCW2rLSicgsWr/view?usp=sharing

I have a UIPageViewController embedded in a UIScrollView and each page has a drawing view with a UIPanGestureRecognizer to free-draw. With this setup, the 1st time I attempt to draw, the pan gesture is ignored. It works the 2nd time I perform the gesture. In my case I need to wrap the UIPageViewController in a UIScrollView to have a pull to refresh mechanism (set thescrollView.refreshControl). I’ve tried every combination of UIGestureRecognizerDelegate methods (shouldRecognizeSimultaneously…, require(toFail:), etc.) with no luck. This is my view hierarchy: ScrollView |- UIPageViewController |- Page 1 | |- DrawingView with UIPanGestureRecognizer |- Page 2 |- DrawingView with UIPanGestureRecognizer Is this a known limitation when a UIPageViewController is nested inside another scroll view? Reproduction steps (tested on iOS 18.4 / Xcode 16.3, iPhone 16 Pro) Launch the app; the first page shows a white canvas in the bottom part. Try to draw immediately → nothing happens. Lift your finger and draw again → works. Here is a link for the sample project with the reproducible code: https://github.com/marcod-storyteller/page-controller-sample P.S: If the UIPageViewController has a .pageCurl transition style instead, the problem disappears.

I'm trying to create a .pkg installer with productbuild/pkgbuild. But I'd also like to add my custom installer plugin to this. I'm using the following script. I'd like to add my bundle into this script. Since there are no official docs from apple how to do this nor there are a lot of updated resources, here are some things I have tried. adding the following line to Distrubtion.xml <bundle id="pluginid" path="path/to/myplugin.bundle"/> adding component tag to pkgbuild also doesn't do anything --component "path/to/myplugin.bundle" The bundle itself is build with XCode - it is a simple UI for user to type some input in Apple provides documentation for Distribution.xml file, which supports different UI elements but doesn't support text input - docs I have been also looking at this tutorial , it is very outdated but i could still fit it to my needs except the part where the .bundle file needs to be inserted into .pkg. Note - there is no option to view the contents of .pkg file build with pkbuild/productbuild How can i do this process correctly? I would like to link my installer pane plugin to a generic .pkg(with licenses and so on). I'd appreciate any kind of help!

I have a UITextView that contains paragraphs with text bullet lists (via NSTextList). I also implement NSTextContentStorageDelegate.textContentStorage(_:, textParagraphWith:) in order to apply some custom attributes to the text without affecting the underlying attributed text. My implementation returns a new NSParagraph that modifies the foreground color of the text. I based this on the example in the WWDC 21 session "Meet Text Kit 2". UITextView stops rendering the bullets when I implement the delegate function and return a custom paragraph. Why? func textContentStorage(_ textContentStorage: NSTextContentStorage, textParagraphWith range: NSRange) -> NSTextParagraph? { guard let originalText = textContentStorage.textStorage?.attributedSubstring(from: range) else { return nil } let updatedText = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: originalText) updatedText.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: UIColor.green, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: updatedText.length)) let paragraph = NSTextParagraph(attributedString: updatedText) // Verify that the text still contains NSTextList if let paragraphStyle = paragraph.attributedString.attribute(.paragraphStyle, at: 0, effectiveRange: nil) as? NSParagraphStyle { assert(!paragraphStyle.textLists.isEmpty) } else { assertionFailure("Paragraph has lost its text lists") } return paragraph }

I have something that looks like: NavigationStack { List(self.items, id: \.self, selection: self.$selectedItems) { item in NavigationLink { ItemView(item: item) .environment(\.managedObjectContext, self.viewContext) } label: { LabelWithMenuView(object: item) { ptr in self.labelHandler(item: item, newName: ptr) } } } if self.editMode?.wrappedValue == .active { editButtons } else { TextField("Add Item", text: self.$newItem) .onSubmit { self.addItem() self.newItem = "" } .padding() } } #if os(iOS) .toolbar { EditButton() } .onChange(of: self.editMode?.wrappedValue) { old, new in print("editMode \(old) -> \(new)") } #endif With that layout, the edit button doesn't show up at all; if I put it as part of the List, it does show up, but the first click doesn't do anything; after that, it works, but the onChange handler doesn't show it getting changed, and the editButtons don't go away.

With CarPlay, is it possible to programmatically know which side of the screen the status bar is placed on?

Hoping someone can help me with this… The error is… Generic parameter ‘/‘ cannot be inferred. .multilineTextAlignment(.center) .onAppear(perform: { var checkFirstCardLatitude = cards.firstCardLatitude let charArray = Array(checkFirstCardLatitude) let allowed: [Character] = ["-", ".", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"] for char in charArray { if char != allowed { cards.firstCardLatitude = "000.000000" // Reset Text Field } } })

I am working on a widget that allows the user to specify a list of items. Each item is an AppEntity and has an id, a type and a name. In the DisplayRepresentation I have and icon / image for each type. So when I tap on the specified items option a list of user specified items comes up with the option to search, select, deselect items. This works nicely. I sort them suggested entities by type then name so the list is predictable. How would like to be able to have a group / type header for each type of item. However, I don't know how to do that with the AppEntities. Help would be appreciated. I noticed that HomeKit takes a different approach. They have a list of items at the bottom labeled "Choose Scene Or Accessory". You can move the items up / down in the list, you can delete, and add items. When you tap "Add an item" in the list it goes to a search screen where the items are grouped by the room and have the individual items beneath them. I don't like that you have to select one item at a time but I love having the headings for the rooms. The question here is how did they do that? Is there sample code somewhere that does something similar.

In SwiftUI's List, on macOS, if I embed a TextField then the text field is presented as non-editable. If the user clicks on the text and waits a short period of time, the text field will become editable. I'm aware this is generally the correct behaviour for macOS. However, is there a way in SwiftUI to supress this behaviour such that the TextField is always presented as being editable? I want a scrollable, List of editable text fields, much like how a Form is presented. The reason I'm not using a Form is because I want List's support for reordering by drag-and-drop (.onMove). Use Case A view that allows a user to compose a questionnaire. They are able to add and remove questions (rows) and each question is editable. They require drag-and-drop support so that they can reorder the questions.

Hi, I’d like to display items in a grid from right to left. Like the image: Is this possible with a grid? What would be the best approach in terms of performance?

For an iOS app that runs in both child and parent mode across iOS devices. On the child device, with Family Controls enabled using .child permissions via AuthorizationCenter.requestAuthorization(for: .child). Is any way to display a list of recently used apps by the child on the parent (guardian) device, in a privacy-preserving and Apple-compliant way?