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Our compliance with the Digital Services Act is still under review after more than a month. We have sent several emails to Apple, but have received no response. Furthermore, we cannot find any information or links to submit new information or restart the review. What should we do? We need to publish our application in Europe.

Received email from Apple with title "notification of apple Developer Program License Agreement (“DPLA”) violation." We're writing to inform you that your company isn't in compliance with the Apple Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA). Section 11.2 (Termination) states: (g) if You engage, or encourage others to engage, in any misleading, fraudulent, improper, unlawful or dishonest act relating to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, misrepresenting the nature of Your Application (e.g., hiding or trying to hide functionality from Apple’s review, falsifying consumer reviews for Your Application, engaging in payment fraud, etc.). Be aware that manipulating App Store chart rankings, user reviews or search index may result in the loss of your developer program membership. Please address this issue promptly. Same day i response that do not did any actions from this list or similar to them, describing every point. Next day i received response Thank you for your reply. As noted in the original notification, manipulating App Store chart rankings, user reviews, or search index is a violation of the Apple Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA) and may result in the loss of your Developer program membership. We suggest you conduct internal investigations to ensure you and any third-parties you may work with are in compliance with the DPLA and App Store Review Guidelines. We also encourage you to closely monitor your app activities. If you notice any unusual activity in the future, please follow these steps: Sign in to App Store Connect > Contact Us > Report a Concern > Report a Fraud Concern. We are unable to provide additional information at this time. Thank you for your efforts to make the App Store a safe and enjoyable experience for users and a great opportunity for all developers to be successful. I made response, that i checked everything, only one problem was in backend functionality working badly, but already fixed it (it was not about Apple license rules, it is just one of app functionalities returns error instead of answer. And it was fixed) Also i asked if current problem is solved and write emails if something else needs to be fixed. But no any responses was, and in 20 days i received email "Notice of Termination" Pursuant to Section 3.2(f) of the ADP Agreement, you agreed that you would not “commit any act intended to interfere with any of the Apple Software or Services, the intent of this Agreement, or Apple’s business practices including, but not limited to, taking actions that may hinder the performance or intended use of the App Store, Custom App Distribution, TestFlight, Xcode Cloud, Ad Hoc distribution, or the Program…” Apple has good reason to believe that you violated this Section due to documented indications of fraudulent conduct associated with your account. ... "AppStoreConnect -> Contact Us" page not working, because i cannot log in for it. Please help to resolve this problem: How to contact with apple in a fast way to describe that i did not do any actions that are not in compliance and find a way to fix and restore account and app. App used Auto-renewable subscriptions, so we have maximum 1 week to restore app before subscriptions automatically canceling At least, how to get payments for subscriptions that was already collected by app. Apple wrote "If applicable, no further payments will be made to you pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Paid Applications agreement (Schedules 2 and 3 to the ADP Agreement)." But i ready to prove and discuss that I am not at fault, and if there is fault in the third-party companies promoting my app - the promotion will be stoped

WorkoutKit WorkoutScheduler seems broken with the first beta of iOS 18.2. I have tested using my app from Xcode and the one that is on the App Store (and working properly on other devices), and it's not working with this new beta of iOS. They appears in WorkoutScheduler.shared.scheduledWorkouts, but not on the watch. I even tried with other apps that do the same with Manual add to Apple Watch with SwiftUI workoutPreview work. Xcode 16.0 iOS 18.2 Beta 1 WatchOS 11.1

I'm a member of 10+ developer accounts where I have app privileges but not account privileges. Every time there is a new agreement to review and accept, I'm blocked from doing app releases until the account owner agrees to yet another agreement. This requires back and forth communication with another person for every account. I wouldn't mind but these agreements keep changing every couple of weeks and it's just a constant blocker from Apple. It's not developer friendly at all. How about an option to just auto accept whatever agreement draws up next? It's what everyone does anyway so why are Apple insisting on manual busywork every time?

Hello, We are facing an issue with In-App Purchases (subscriptions) in two iOS apps built with React Native + react-native-iap. Issue Some users receive the error: E_CONNECTION_CLOSED during the purchase flow. However: The payment is successfully deducted via the App Store. The subscription appears in the user's Apple ID subscription list. But on our side: The app does not receive the StoreKit transaction callback No receipt or transaction ID is delivered Our backend cannot validate the purchase. Restore Purchases When affected users try Restore Purchases, StoreKit returns: No purchases found even though the subscription is visible in their Apple ID. Most affected users are from India, and many payments are made via UPI through App Store billing. Has anyone experienced a case where: *the user is charged *the subscription exists in Apple ID *but StoreKit never returns the transaction or receipt? Any suggestions on how to recover these transactions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have a question concerning Xcode version 26. Ever since I installed this version on my Mac, I have been experiencing issues with the StoreKit configuration file. The Simulated StoreKit Failures check boxes and selections are all grayed out. Once in a while, I see a pop-up stating "The document 'TaConfig.storekit' could not be autosaved. The file has been changed by another application. The pop-up Save as... points to where my config file is located, but the config file is grayed out. I thought maybe the directory where the file is located is write protected, but I have been able to save other files to the same directory. The Edit Scheme... -> Run -> Options has the StoreKit Configuration set for my file TaConfig.storekit. It feels like there is an option somewhere that I'm missing.

Getting a couple of errors on the Signing & Capabilities section in Xcode when trying to provision my iPhone for on-device prototyping. "Communication with Apple failed Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile. Connect a device to use or manually add device IDs in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. https://developer.apple.com/account/" "No profiles for 'com.danieljbuckley.Throwaway' were found Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'com.danieljbuckley.Throwaway'." Any ideas on how to resolve this?

We have found that on iOS 26 beta some of our app icons built from an Xcode 16 asset catalog containing a single 1024x1024 .png file have a Liquid Glass effect applied to them while others have not. The documentation states that If you choose not to use Icon Composer, you can still use an AppIcon asset catalog in your project containing individual app icon images and let the system apply the Liquid Glass material. and If you prefer, you can take advantage of the system’s automatically generated treatment that is applied to all app icons. Is there any insight into how the system treats app icons that have not yet been updated with Icon Composer?

Hi everyone, My app transfer (individual → company account) has been stuck since February 6th (68+ days), and I’ve been completely blocked from shipping any updates during this time. Impact: Cannot release bug fixes or improvements iOS app is now out of sync with Android Paying users are affected Developer Support has confirmed it’s with engineering, but there’s been no ETA or workaround. Has anyone experienced this before or found a way to: Regain the ability to push updates during a transfer? Escalate this internally? This is starting to significantly impact my business, so any guidance would be hugely appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I need your opinion about an issue we faced while trying to implement an iOS widget in our Flutter app. Here is what we did and the problems we encountered: We created a Widget Extension (SwiftUI + WidgetKit) inside the existing Flutter iOS project. The widget files were generated correctly (Widget.swift, WidgetBundle.swift, Info.plist, etc.). However, during the integration, we faced multiple issues: Build Cycle Error We repeatedly got: “Cycle inside Runner; building could produce unreliable results” This was related to embedding the widget extension into the Runner target. Embed Problems Sometimes Xcode did not automatically create the “Embed App Extensions” phase. When we added it manually → build cycle errors appeared. When we removed it → the widget was not embedded at all (no PlugIns folder in Runner.app). Duplicate / Conflicting Embed The extension appeared both in: “Embed Foundation Extensions” “Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content” Removing one often broke the build or removed the other as well. Widget Not Appearing Even when build succeeded: Widget did not appear on device PlugIns/Widget.appex was missing from build output Flutter Linking Errors In another test project, we got: Undefined symbol: _FlutterMethodChannel Undefined symbol: _FlutterBasicMessageChannel etc. This happened because the widget extension tried to link Flutter dependencies, which should not happen. App Group Confusion We also tried adding App Group (group.com.xxx), but behavior didn’t change. Conclusion: We suspect the root issue is: The Flutter template we are using was not designed for WidgetKit integration Xcode embedding phases and Flutter build scripts conflict with extension targets Question: In your opinion: Is this a known limitation with Flutter-based iOS projects? Is there a clean way to integrate WidgetKit without breaking the Runner target? Or is it better to create a separate native iOS module for the widget? Any guidance would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I’m seeing a crash when running XCTest on iOS 15.2 Simulators with Xcode 26.4. The test bundle never starts. xctest crashes before establishing the XCTest connection. This appears to be a regression from Xcode 26.2. The same test flow worked with Xcode 26.2, but crashes with Xcode 26.4. This does not appear to be caused by my app or package code. I can reproduce it with a minimal Swift Package that only imports Foundation and has one XCTest case using URLRequest.httpMethod. Environment: Xcode with failure: 26.4 Xcode that worked: 26.2 macOS: 26.2 Destinations tested: iPhone SE (2nd generation), iOS 15.2 Simulator iPad mini (6th generation), iOS 15.2 Simulator Test command: xcodebuild test Swift Package deployment target: iOS 15.2 Swift tools version: 6.1 Minimal reproduction package: Package.swift // swift-tools-version:6.1 import PackageDescription let package = Package( name: "FoundationOnlyRepro", platforms: [.iOS("15.2")], products: [ .library( name: "FoundationOnlyRepro", targets: ["FoundationOnlyRepro"] ) ], targets: [ .target(name: "FoundationOnlyRepro"), .testTarget( name: "FoundationOnlyReproTests", dependencies: ["FoundationOnlyRepro"] ) ], swiftLanguageModes: [.v6] ) Sources/FoundationOnlyRepro/FoundationOnlyRepro.swift import Foundation public struct FoundationOnlyRepro { public init() {} public func makeRequest() -> URLRequest { var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://example.invalid")!) request.httpMethod = "GET" return request } } Tests/FoundationOnlyReproTests/FoundationOnlyReproTests.swift import XCTest import Foundation @testable import FoundationOnlyRepro final class FoundationOnlyReproTests: XCTestCase { func testURLRequestHTTPMethod() { let request = FoundationOnlyRepro().makeRequest() XCTAssertEqual(request.httpMethod, "GET") } } Command used: xcodebuild test \ -scheme FoundationOnlyRepro \ -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone SE (2nd generation),OS=15.2' \ -derivedDataPath /tmp/rdp-dd \ -quiet The same kind of crash also occurs when using an iPad mini (6th generation) iOS 15.2 Simulator destination. Result: Testing failed: xctest (...) encountered an error (Early unexpected exit, operation never finished bootstrapping - no restart will be attempted. (Underlying Error: Test crashed with signal abrt before establishing connection.)) ** TEST FAILED ** The diagnostic stderr shows: dyld[28688]: Symbol not found: _$s10Foundation10URLRequestV10httpMethodSSSgvs Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ResultDataPublisher.framework/ ResultDataPublisher Expected in: /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 15.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Foundation Demangling the missing symbol: xcrun swift-demangle '_$s10Foundation10URLRequestV10httpMethodSSSgvs' Output: Foundation.URLRequest.httpMethod.setter : Swift.String? I also checked the iOS 15.2 simulator runtime. The symbol appears to exist in: /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 15.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/usr/lib/swift/libswiftFoundation.dylib but ResultDataPublisher.framework appears to be resolving it from: .../System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Foundation This suggests the crash is in Xcode’s XCTest/result publishing infrastructure, not in the app/test bundle. Questions: Is Xcode 26.4 + iOS 15.2 Simulator + xcodebuild test expected to be supported? Is there a supported workaround to disable or avoid ResultDataPublisher.framework for command-line XCTest runs?

Hello, I am working on a research project focused on creating accessible interactions for visually impaired users. I need to verify some automated assistance processes in a real-world usage environment where VoiceOver is enabled. However, I have encountered a blocking issue: When I connect the device through Xcode UI Test / WebDriverAgent (or Appium + WDA) and perform operations, VoiceOver gets interrupted (sometimes it is even directly turned off), preventing blind users from continuing to use the narrator. Replication steps (stable replication)    On iPhone, enable VoiceOver (Settings → Accessibility → Narrator), and keep the device unlocked and the screen on. On Mac, start [Xcode UI Test / WebDriverAgentRunner / Appium+WDA] and establish a session with the device (XCTest session). Perform any operation: read the accessibility tree (/source), take screenshots, or click/slide. Observe the phenomenon: VoiceOver will [automatically turn off / reading interruption / focus jumping / unable to continue reading the new interface]. Expected behavior VoiceOver, as the core accessibility capability, should remain running and be able to continue reading the interface; the automation/assistance process should not "steal" and cause the narrator to fail. Actual behavior VoiceOver is [turned off / interrupted], and even after interface changes, it cannot read normally, affecting the use of blind users. I would like to ask: Non-jailbroken or external hardware-free methods Is this a known limitation (such as the mutual exclusion between XCTest and VoiceOver as Accessibility clients)? Is there an officially supported way to allow the automation/assistance program to safely read necessary information and trigger operations while VoiceOver is enabled, without disrupting the narrator (such as App Intents, Shortcuts, or other API/framework suggestions)? If it is necessary to avoid XCTest/WDA: In the research prototype stage, what is the recommended "reproducible, measurable" alternative technical route?

I am an audio plugin developer. 11.2.1 we were able to drag audio from the arrange page into the plugin. 11.2.2. that is now broken. I saw someone have a similar post, but MIDI. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi guys, I just joined the dev program, and I am a new coder. I started using swift playground and I am loving it! Is there any other apps that help me to learn coding? Would love to hear some stuff. Thanks.

app id is 6759403692 i have been waiting to be approved my app for two months. I mailed and called several times but no response. please someone help me.

Hello, I am encountering a UI layout issue on iOS 26 where UITabBar items become squashed or overlapping during device rotation (from Portrait to Landscape). This glitch occurs specifically when a custom UITabBarAppearance is applied. 1. "Liquid Glass" and UITabBar Customization According to TN3106, Apple states: "Starting in iOS 26, reduce your use of custom backgrounds in navigation elements and controls. While the techniques in this document remain valid for iOS 18 and earlier, prefer to remove custom effects and let the system determine the navigation bar background appearance. Any custom backgrounds and appearances you use in the navigation bar might overlay or interfere with Liquid Glass or other effects that the system provides, such as the scroll edge effect." Does this guidance also apply to UITabBar? Specifically, could setting a custom background color via UITabBarAppearance interfere with internal layout constraints required for the Liquid Glass effect to adapt correctly during orientation changes? It appears that the internal UIStackView may fail to recalculate width in time when these system effects are active. 2. Validation of the Layout Workaround To maintain our app's visual identity while resolving this squashing issue, I implemented the following fix within the transition coordinator of my UITabBarController: Code Implementation (Objective-C) [coordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> _Nonnull context) { // Forcing a layout refresh to synchronize with the rotation animation [weakSelf.tabBar invalidateIntrinsicContentSize]; [weakSelf.tabBar setNeedsLayout]; [weakSelf.tabBar layoutIfNeeded]; } completion:nil]; Is manually invalidating the intrinsic content size an acceptable practice for iOS 26? Or is there a more "system-native" approach to ensure UITabBar layout remains stable and compatible with Liquid Glass, especially when custom appearances are necessary?

When I create a SwiftUI toolbar item with placement of .keyboard on iOS 26, the item appears directly on top of and in contact with the keyboard. This does not look good visually nor does it match the behavior seen in Apple's apps, such as Reminders. Adding padding to the contents of the toolbar item only expands the size of the item but does not separate the capsule background of the item from the keyboard. How can I add vertical padding or spacing to separate the toolbar item capsule from the keyboard?

We want to implement continuous GPS tracking in a React Native iOS app for security purposes. We need the tracing in the following case scenarios: App is Terminated App is minimised (Not killed) App is open and device is put to sleep mode #Locked App is in minimised and device is put to sleep mode #Locked (sleep mode) Currently it works in following 2 scenarios: Working when the app open in foreground Works when the app is killed (Traces in background) We would like to understand: Is continuous background location tracking during device idle allowed in iOS ? If allowed, what is the recommended approach to ensure reliable tracking? Are there any specific configurations, permissions, or limitations (battery optimization, system restrictions) we should be aware of? We are using React-Native by transistersoft with background location updates enabled and required permissions configured. This use case is specifically for user safety and security tracking. Any guidance on best practices and platform limitations would be helpful.

We have tried using background tasks for file saving via (UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier) beginBackgroundTaskWithName:(NSString *) taskName expirationHandler:(void (^)(void)) handler; when our app goes into the background and/or is closed by the user. But we cannot make it work the way the documentation tells us it should. While task creation never reports an issue (in fact it never calls our expiration handler at all) and the returned task id is always valid, when we ask for how much time we have left via backgroundTimeRemaining we always get 6s instead of the specified 30s. We tried to create the task when the app state goes to inactive or when our delegate is called via applicationDidEnterBackground but it makes no difference, besides the fact that the remaining time reported is basically max double, when the app is not in background yet which is by design as far we understand. But we don't even get the 6s for saving when a user closes the app. Because almost immediately after applicationDidEnterBackground our delegate is called via applicationWillTerminate which will then again almost immediately end in the app receiving a SIGKILL. So we must be doing something wrong. Why would applicationWillTerminate be called at all when we have a valid background task that reports we have 6s left? We tried blocking the thread in both background and terminate to at least give us the 5s the spec says we have before we get the SIGKILL. That works in general but doesn't feel like the correct approach and we do need more time than the 5s or 6s we get this way. Are we supposed to add something to our plist in order for these background tasks to work correctly? It is very confusing that there is a second mechanism that's also called background tasks for running apps in the background in general, which is not applicable to us. Are we supposed to block somewhere when we create the task? Or even spin up an extra thread for the task? Why is our expirationHandler never called? The spec says that our handler should be called if it was unable to "grant the ask assertion" so it seems like we do not have that problem. But it's also supposed to be called just before we are running out of time but by that time the app is already dead. This was all tested on iOS 26.3 and it is probably worth mentioning that our app is Qt-based.

Hello, I enrolled in the Apple Developer Program as an individual and my account has been stuck in a pending state for 6 days with no progress. What I'm seeing: Account status shows Pending in the top-right dropdown The portal displays a banner: "Purchase your membership. To continue your enrollment, complete your purchase now. Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process." It has now been well past 48 hours (6 days) Payment status: Payment was successfully charged confirmed on my bank statement I received an official receipt from Apple with an order number No refund or reversal has been issued What I've tried: Waiting the advertised 48 hours (now 6 days past) Signing out and back in Opened a case via Account Help no response yet I'd prefer not to click "complete your purchase now" since payment has already been captured and I don't want to risk a duplicate charge. I have raised ticket on 12th of April and received no reply. Requested call backs waited almost 2+ hours across 3 calls no agent connected. Has anyone experienced this specific state where payment is confirmed on Apple's side but enrollment remains pending indefinitely? Any staff member who can point me toward the right resolution path would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.