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New features for APNs token authentication now available
Team-scoped keys introduce the ability to restrict your token authentication keys to either development or production environments. Topic-specific keys in addition to environment isolation allow you to associate each key with a specific Bundle ID streamlining key management. For detailed instructions on accessing these features, read our updated documentation on establishing a token-based connection to APNs.
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Feb ’25
What are the criteria for CLVisit in CoreLocation?
There is no official documentation specifying the exact criteria for determining a CLVisit. For example, if a user starts at a target location, will the following method be called? func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didVisit visit: CLVisit) This did not work during my testing. It was only successfully triggered when starting from a distant location and arriving at the target point. It would be helpful to know the exact conditions, such as how long a user must stay at a location for it to be considered a visit. Are there any specific thresholds (e.g., minimum duration, distance moved) that determine when this method is triggered?
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Mar ’25
Universal Links: Is the 'paths' Array Deprecated in Favor of 'components' in AASA?
Hello! I'm working with universal links in my app and have configured the /.well-known/apple-app-site-association file. Currently, I use the paths array in this file to define URL routing rules. However, I’m struggling to find up-to-date documentation on the pattern syntax supported by the paths field. "paths": [ "/page/*", "NOT /page/*/subpage" ] Could someone clarify: Is the paths array still officially supported, or is it deprecated in favor of the newer components dictionary (as referenced here https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/applinks/details-swift.dictionary/components-swift.dictionary)? If paths is still valid, where can I find documentation for its pattern-matching capabilities? I want to ensure my implementation aligns with Apple’s current best practices. Thank you!
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Mar ’25
WeatherKit - hourly temperature details
we’re looking to get some clarification around how the hourly forecasts should be interpreted to ensure we’re using your data in the correct manner. If you could provide the answers to the following questions would be extremely helpful: 1. What do the data points (e.g temperature) in the hourly forecast represent for a future hour? Do they represent the expected average over that future hour or do they represent the forecast for the point in time at the top of the hour? 2. What do those same data points represent in the hourly forecast for an hour which has already begun? e.g. it’s 8:30 and we pull the hourly forecast and the 8:00 hour is still returned. Which of the following would be the correct interpretation for the values returned for the 8:00 hour: The values represent the forecast for the point in time at the top of the 8:00 hour (if this is the case we would expect it to stop updating) The values represent the current forecast i.e. what the weather is right now The values represent the average over the remaining portion of the 8:00 hour The values represent the average over the full 8:00 hour including both the portion which has already elapsed and the portion which is still to come 3. What does the data represent after the hour (i.e. looking at historical hours)? Is it: The last forecast made within the hour? If so, is that point-in-time or average for the hour (as explained above)? The actual weather for that hour (using some non-forecast measure of real weather)? If so, again is that point-in-time at top of hour / point-in-time at end of hour / average over the hour?
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Mar ’25
How to test application using Thread networking on MacOS?
I would like to test running some Thread Networking code on my MacOS machine: import ThreadNetwork let client = THClient() let bIsPreferredAvailable = await client.isPreferredAvailable() but I get some errors when trying to create an instance of the THClient class: Client: -[THClient connectToXPCService]_block_invoke - CTCS XPC Client is interrupted. Client: -[THClient getConnectionEntitlementValidity]_block_invoke - clientProxyWithErrorHandler Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.ThreadNetwork.xpc" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.ThreadNetwork.xpc} Client: -[THClient init] - XPC Client Init Failed Invalidating XPC connection. Client: -[THClient getConnectionEntitlementValidity]_block_invoke - clientProxyWithErrorHandler Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.apple.ThreadNetwork.xpc" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.apple.ThreadNetwork.xpc} How can I get the code to run?
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Mar ’25
UDP Broadcast/Multicast Reception Stops for Intervals
Our app receives real-time GPS and aircraft data from devices via UDP broadcast and/or multicast on a WiFi network created by the device. We have identified that the iPhone or iPad will just stop receiving UDP broadcast/multicast data for an interval of time. In general, it appears after roughly every 128KB of data is received. In the attached screenshot from Xcode instruments, you can see the data reception alternating on/off. We have verified with Wireshark that the data is still flowing during that entire time period. And by tracking bytes received the app ultimately receives about 55% of the bytes, which tracks with the Network graph. We have used different approaches to the network code, including GCDAsyncUdpSocket, BSD Sockets, and the Network framework. We've tried it on background threads and the main thread. Tested it on iPads and iPhones. All produce the same result. The data is just never reaching the app code. Any insight on what may be temporarily disabling data reception?
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Mar ’25
Why can't the app get the subscription status occasionally?
Hi, I have developed an app which has two in-app purchase subscriptions. During the test, the app can successfully get the status of the subscriptions. After it's released, I downloaded it from app store and subscribed it with my apple account. I found that in most cases, the app can identify that I have subscribed it and I can use its all functions. But yesterday, when I launched it again, it showed the warning that I haven't subscribed it. I checked my subscription in my account and the subscription status hasn't been changed, that is, I have subscribed it. And after one hour, I launched it again. This time the app identified that I have subscribed it. Why? The following is the code about listening to the subscription status. Is there any wrong about it? HomeView() .onAppear(){ Task { await getSubscriptionStatus() } } func getSubscriptionStatus() async { var storeProducts = [Product]() do { let productIds = ["6740017137","6740017138"] storeProducts = try await Product.products(for: productIds) } catch { print("Failed product request: \(error)") } guard let subscription1 = storeProducts.first?.subscription else { // Not a subscription return } do { let statuses = try await subscription1.status for status in statuses { let info = try checkVerified(status.renewalInfo) switch status.state { case .subscribed: if info.willAutoRenew { purchaseStatus1 = true debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is active.") } else { purchaseStatus1 = false debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is expiring.") } case .inBillingRetryPeriod: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is in billing retry period.") purchaseStatus1 = false case .inGracePeriod: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is in grace period.") purchaseStatus1 = false case .expired: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is expired.") purchaseStatus1 = false case .revoked: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription was revoked.") purchaseStatus1 = false default: fatalError("getSubscriptionStatus WARNING STATE NOT CONSIDERED.") } } } catch { // do nothing } guard let subscription2 = storeProducts.last?.subscription else { // Not a subscription return } do { let statuses = try await subscription2.status for status in statuses { let info = try checkVerified(status.renewalInfo) switch status.state { case .subscribed: if info.willAutoRenew { purchaseStatus2 = true debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is active.") } else { purchaseStatus2 = false debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is expiring.") } case .inBillingRetryPeriod: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is in billing retry period.") purchaseStatus2 = false case .inGracePeriod: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is in grace period.") purchaseStatus2 = false case .expired: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription is expired.") purchaseStatus2 = false case .revoked: debugPrint("getSubscriptionStatus user subscription was revoked.") purchaseStatus2 = false default: fatalError("getSubscriptionStatus WARNING STATE NOT CONSIDERED.") } } } catch { // do nothing } if purchaseStatus1 == true || purchaseStatus2 == true { purchaseStatus = true } else if purchaseStatus1 == false && purchaseStatus2 == false { purchaseStatus = false } return }
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Mar ’25
SetFocusFilterIntent `perform()` method is not called on iOS 18 beta
I’ve set up a focus filter, but the perform() method in SetFocusFilterIntent isn't called when the focus mode is toggled on or off on my iPhone since I updated to iOS 18 beta (22A5326f). I can reproduce the issue for my app, but focus filters are also broken for any third-party apps installed on my phone, so I guess it's not specific to how I've implemented my filter intent. This used to work perfectly on iOS 17. I didn't change a single line of code, and it broke completely on the latest iOS 18 beta. I've filed a bug report including a sysdiagnose (FB14715113). To the developers out there, is this something you are also observing in your apps?
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Mar ’25
AppIntent, should I delete previous donations to the system and how?
Hi, In my application I am donating AppIntent instances that I have to the system using the donate() API. I recently came across this article that talks about deleting donations but it does not mention how to handle AppIntent instances. I am wondering when working with dynamic AppIntents (with different properties that can change in the future), should I be worried about "outdated" donated AppIntent instances? And if yes how can I delete previously donated AppIntent instances.
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Mar ’25
Displaying an email in mail preview pane by message ID
Hi, I want to open an email message with AppleScript. Everything is working correctly, but in the Mail app, instead of focusing on targetMessage, it highlights the email after the target message. When I use: tell targetMessage to open the correct email opens in new window but the wrong email is highlighted in the Mail app list. tell application "Mail" activate set targetAccount to missing value repeat with anAccount in every account if name of anAccount is "AccountName" then set targetAccount to anAccount exit repeat end if end repeat if targetAccount is not missing value then set targetBox to missing value repeat with aBox in mailboxes of targetAccount if name of aBox is "MailboxName" then set targetBox to aBox exit repeat end if end repeat if targetBox is not missing value then set targetMessage to missing value set oneWeekAgo to (current date) - (7 * days) set filteredMessages to (every message of targetBox whose date received ≥ oneWeekAgo) repeat with aMessage in filteredMessages try if message id of aMessage is "MessageID" then set targetMessage to aMessage exit repeat end if end try end repeat if targetMessage is not missing value then if (count of message viewers) > 0 then set mailViewer to message viewer 1 else set mailViewer to make new message viewer end if tell mailViewer set selected mailboxes to {targetBox} delay 0.2 set selected messages to {targetMessage} end tell return "Found" else return "Message Not found" end if else return "Folder Not found" end if else return "Account Not found" end if end tell Why is this behavior happening?
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Mar ’25
How to test each status of Get All Subscription Statuses of App Store Server API
I am currently using the App Store Server API Get All Subscription Statuses in the app I am in charge of. Please let me confirm the following regarding Get All Subscription Statuses. ■Prerequisites The language used is Objective-c, and I am using both XCode 15 and 16. I also have an App Store Connect account. ■Questions Is it possible to set and test each status of the App Store Server API Get All Subscription Statuses with TestFlight?
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Mar ’25
URLSession works for request but not NWConnection
I am trying to convert a simple URLSession request in Swift to using NWConnection. This is because I want to make the request using a Proxy that requires Authentication. I posted this SO Question about using a proxy with URLSession. Unfortunately no one answered it but I found a fix by using NWConnection instead. Working Request func updateOrderStatus(completion: @escaping (Bool) -> Void) { let orderLink = "https://shop.ccs.com/51913883831/orders/f3ef2745f2b06c6b410e2aa8a6135847" guard let url = URL(string: orderLink) else { completion(true) return } let cookieStorage = HTTPCookieStorage.shared let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default config.httpCookieStorage = cookieStorage config.httpCookieAcceptPolicy = .always let session = URLSession(configuration: config) var request = URLRequest(url: url) request.httpMethod = "GET" request.setValue("text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept") request.setValue("none", forHTTPHeaderField: "Sec-Fetch-Site") request.setValue("navigate", forHTTPHeaderField: "Sec-Fetch-Mode") request.setValue("Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.0.1 Safari/605.1.15", forHTTPHeaderField: "User-Agent") request.setValue("en-US,en;q=0.9", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept-Language") request.setValue("gzip, deflate, br", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept-Encoding") request.setValue("document", forHTTPHeaderField: "Sec-Fetch-Dest") request.setValue("u=0, i", forHTTPHeaderField: "Priority") // make the request } Attempted Conversion func updateOrderStatusProxy(completion: @escaping (Bool) -> Void) { let orderLink = "https://shop.ccs.com/51913883831/orders/f3ef2745f2b06c6b410e2aa8a6135847" guard let url = URL(string: orderLink) else { completion(true) return } let proxy = "resi.wealthproxies.com:8000:akzaidan:x0if46jo-country-US-session-7cz6bpzy-duration-60" let proxyDetails = proxy.split(separator: ":").map(String.init) guard proxyDetails.count == 4, let port = UInt16(proxyDetails[1]) else { print("Invalid proxy format") completion(false) return } let proxyEndpoint = NWEndpoint.hostPort(host: .init(proxyDetails[0]), port: NWEndpoint.Port(integerLiteral: port)) let proxyConfig = ProxyConfiguration(httpCONNECTProxy: proxyEndpoint, tlsOptions: nil) proxyConfig.applyCredential(username: proxyDetails[2], password: proxyDetails[3]) let parameters = NWParameters.tcp let privacyContext = NWParameters.PrivacyContext(description: "ProxyConfig") privacyContext.proxyConfigurations = [proxyConfig] parameters.setPrivacyContext(privacyContext) let host = url.host ?? "" let path = url.path.isEmpty ? "/" : url.path let query = url.query ?? "" let fullPath = query.isEmpty ? path : "\(path)?\(query)" let connection = NWConnection( to: .hostPort( host: .init(host), port: .init(integerLiteral: UInt16(url.port ?? 80)) ), using: parameters ) connection.stateUpdateHandler = { state in switch state { case .ready: print("Connected to proxy: \(proxyDetails[0])") let httpRequest = """ GET \(fullPath) HTTP/1.1\r Host: \(host)\r Connection: close\r Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8\r User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.0.1 Safari/605.1.15\r Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9\r Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br\r Sec-Fetch-Dest: document\r Sec-Fetch-Mode: navigate\r Sec-Fetch-Site: none\r Priority: u=0, i\r \r """ connection.send(content: httpRequest.data(using: .utf8), completion: .contentProcessed({ error in if let error = error { print("Failed to send request: \(error)") completion(false) return } // Read data until the connection is complete self.readAllData(connection: connection) { finalData, readError in if let readError = readError { print("Failed to receive response: \(readError)") completion(false) return } guard let data = finalData else { print("No data received or unable to read data.") completion(false) return } if let body = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) { print("Received \(data.count) bytes") print("\n\nBody is \(body)") completion(true) } else { print("Unable to decode response body.") completion(false) } } })) case .failed(let error): print("Connection failed for proxy \(proxyDetails[0]): \(error)") completion(false) case .cancelled: print("Connection cancelled for proxy \(proxyDetails[0])") completion(false) case .waiting(let error): print("Connection waiting for proxy \(proxyDetails[0]): \(error)") completion(false) default: break } } connection.start(queue: .global()) } private func readAllData(connection: NWConnection, accumulatedData: Data = Data(), completion: @escaping (Data?, Error?) -> Void) { connection.receive(minimumIncompleteLength: 1, maximumLength: 65536) { data, context, isComplete, error in if let error = error { completion(nil, error) return } // Append newly received data to what's been accumulated so far let newAccumulatedData = accumulatedData + (data ?? Data()) if isComplete { // If isComplete is true, the server closed the connection or ended the stream completion(newAccumulatedData, nil) } else { // Still more data to read, so keep calling receive self.readAllData(connection: connection, accumulatedData: newAccumulatedData, completion: completion) } } }
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Mar ’25
Unable to re-verify Merchant Domain
Hi, we are trying to verify our domain and we uploaded the file to our domain {DOMAIN}/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association.txt and we can access it. But when we want verify the domain in your platform we can't do it and you see the message "Domain verification failed". How can we verified or if we need change something in our side to verify it? thanks!
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Mar ’25
HCE Entitlement in EEA: Picking the correct category
Hi all, we are a Software company located in the EU. Or focus is building solutions for closed-loop fuel cards. To allow our customers to move to "virtual" closed-loop cards, we would like to request a HCE Entitlement. When filling the HCE entitlement form non of the provided Use Cases seemed to cover our case. In addition I'm unsure if AID Prefixes are mandatory for the closed-loop use case our App is meant for. I would like to avoid starting an HCE entitlement process with incorrect parameters and delay the overall process due to this. Thanks for any insights / feedback in advance.
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Mar ’25
SwiftData duplicates values inside array on insert()
After copying and inserting instances I am getting strange duplicate values in arrays before saving. My models: @Model class Car: Identifiable { @Attribute(.unique) var name: String var carData: CarData func copy() -> Car { Car( name: "temporaryNewName", carData: carData ) } } @Model class CarData: Identifiable { var id: UUID = UUID() var featuresA: [Feature] var featuresB: [Feature] func copy() -> CarData { CarData( id: UUID(), featuresA: featuresA, featuresB: featuresB ) } } @Model class Feature: Identifiable { @Attribute(.unique) var id: Int @Attribute(.unique) var name: String @Relationship( deleteRule:.cascade, inverse: \CarData.featuresA ) private(set) var carDatasA: [CarData]? @Relationship( deleteRule:.cascade, inverse: \CarData.featuresB ) private(set) var carDatasB: [CarData]? } The Car instances are created and saved to SwiftData, after that in code: var fetchDescriptor = FetchDescriptor<Car>( predicate: #Predicate<Car> { car in car.name == name } ) let cars = try! modelContext.fetch( fetchDescriptor ) let car = cars.first! print("car featuresA:", car.featuresA.map{$0.name}) //prints ["green"] - expected let newCar = car.copy() newCar.name = "Another car" newcar.carData = car.carData.copy() print("newCar featuresA:", newCar.featuresA.map{$0.name}) //prints ["green"] - expected modelContext.insert(newCar) print("newCar featuresA:", newCar.featuresA.map{$0.name}) //prints ["green", "green"] - UNEXPECTED! /*some code planned here modifying newCar.featuresA, but they are wrong here causing issues, for example finding first expected green value and removing it will still keep the unexpected duplicate (unless iterating over all arrays to delete all unexpected duplicates - not optimal and sloooooow).*/ try! modelContext.save() print("newCar featuresA:", newCar.featuresA.map{$0.name}) //prints ["green"] - self-auto-healed??? Tested on iOS 18.2 simulator and iOS 18.3.1 device. Minimum deployment target: iOS 17.4 The business logic is that new instances need to be created by copying and modifying previously created ones, but I would like to avoid saving before all instances are created, because saving after creating each instance separately takes too much time overall. (In real life scenario there are more than 10K objects with much more properties, updating just ~10 instances with saving takes around 1 minute on iPhone 16 Pro.) Is this a bug, or how can I modify the code (without workarounds like deleting duplicate values) to not get duplicate values between insert() and save()?
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Mar ’25
A script to open files from Finder in Vim
Here is an AppleScript script to make it possible double-click files in Finder so that they will be opened in Vim, by Normen Hansen: https://github.com/normen/vim-macos-scripts/blob/master/open-file-in-vim.applescript (it must be used from Automator). I try to simplify it and also to make it possible to use it without Automator. To use my own version, you only need to save it as application instead, like this: osacompile -o open-with-vim.app open-with-vim.applescript and then copy it to /Applications and set your .txt files to be opened using this app. Here it is, it alsmost works: -- https://github.com/normen/vim-macos-scripts/blob/master/open-file-in-vim.applescript -- opens Vim with file or file list -- sets current folder to parent folder of first file on open theFiles set command to {} if input is null or input is {} or ((item 1 in input) as string) is "" then -- no files, open vim without parameters set end of command to "vim;exit" else set firstFile to (item 1 of theFiles) as string tell application "Finder" to set pathFolderParent to quoted form of (POSIX path of ((folder of item firstFile) as string)) set end of command to "cd" &amp; space &amp; (pathFolderParent as string) set end of command to ";hx" -- e.g. vi or any other command-line text editor set fileList to {} repeat with i from 1 to (theFiles count) set end of fileList to space &amp; quoted form of (POSIX path of (item i of theFiles as string)) end repeat set end of command to (fileList as string) set end of command to ";exit" -- if Terminal &gt; Settings &gt; Profiles &gt; Shell &gt; When the shell exits != Don't close the window end if set command to command as string set myTab to null tell application "Terminal" if it is not running then set myTab to (do script command in window 1) else set myTab to (do script command) end if activate end tell return end open The only problem is the if block in the very beginning: if input is null or input is {} or ((item 1 in input) as string) is "" then What is wrong here? How to make it work? (Assuming it already works fine if AppleScript is used using Automator.)
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Mar ’25
No notification on declined pending transaction
I'm working on adding a single Non-Consumable In-App purchase to my app. Essentially a "try before you buy" type thing. Limited functionality unless the app is purchased. I am currently testing this using Xcode and the Manage StoreKit Transactions window. So far most everything appears to be working except for declined pending transactions. If I set Ask to Buy to Enabled, the Ask Permission (for parent or guardian) dialog appears. After pressing the Ask button, I see a transaction listed as Pending Approval. If I Approve the transaction, then my app is notified and all is well. However, if I Decline the transaction then my app is not notified. Is that normal? Also, how do I (i.e. the app) know that there is a pending transaction?
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Mar ’25