Is this a valid thing to include in the Info.plist file?
If so is a category of public.app-category.astronomyvalid? I couldn't find that, but the categories I did find seemed very limited.
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We are trying to setup Apple Unity Plugins, in out project we have a handful of developers who contribute to the project via git.
When building and importing plugins via tarball (as instructed in the Github repo) the package clearly points to local path, so once pushed all members encounter the error:
An error occurred while resolving packages:
Project has invalid dependencies:
com.apple.unityplugin.accessibility: Tarball package [com.apple.unityplugin.accessibility] cannot be found at path .....
When trying to actually move content to the package folder (same way as any other unity plugins is setup) and add it as "embedded", it works fine on local machine, but team members will get a few of errors:
[Apple Unity Plug-ins] No Apple native plug-in libraries found.
DLLNotFoundException: AppleCoreNativeMac assembly ...
No Apple Native plug-in libraries found.
Moreover AppleCoreNativeMac.bundle is flag as not verified and deleted by macOS.
What is the right way to setup unity plugins in a project used by multiple members via sourcetree ?
When I try to get a new API Key I get the following error.
"API Keys cannot be created due to an invalid Program License Agreement. Please update this agreement and try your request again."
I have been to the agreement section, and it says:
"Issued October 8, 2025. Accepted November 19, 2025."
Any idea why I still get this error??
Not sure if that makes a difference. I had a paid account, but I didn't renew it because I don't need it anymore, and I was told that I can still use this account for free for app testing.
Is anyone seeing flaky results when using parameterized test with pairs of (input, result) data?
I have several (5) tests for a given method. I create a zip sequence by zip([in1, in2, in3, in4, in5],[out1, out2, out3, out4, out5])
Sometimes, the test only runs 4 of the tests and fails to report a failure even though I deliberately place data that should cause a failure.
Sometimes, even though I only select one test to run, the test explorer goes crazy into a loop and I have to clear test results to get it to stop. Following a suggestion, I disabled running tests in parallel.
Xcode 16.2 / OSX 14.7 (Sonoma) / Mac mini M2 Pro
I get a crash in Apple Watch simulator (Series 9 45mm 18.0) as soon as the app launch if I type anything on external keyboard (just hitting command key for instance to capture a screenshot). Same crash on series 7 (45mm, OS 18.1)
But app works normally when I use mouse to interact with the app on simulator.
App does not crash on real device (Watch 4 OS 10.4.1).
Nor does it crash on Series 6 simulator (44 mm OS 17.4).
Here are the log I could collect (apparently, they contain sensitive language !!! so I attach as a file.:
Attached logs
We have a macOS application packaged as a .pkg file. To notarize it, we first code-sign individual library folders and the .app bundle using the following command:
codesign --force --deep --sign "Developer ID Application: <Our Account Name>, LLC (Team ID)" "Our_product.app"
Code Sign result for .app file:
Our_prodcut.app: valid on disk
Our_product.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
We are using packages tool to create .pkg file with code signed .app file.
Steps followed once .pkg file is ready:
1. Product Sign:
productsign -sign "Developer ID Installer: <Our Account Name>" output.pkg signed-output.pkg
2. Submit for notorization:
`xcrun notarytool submit signed-outout.pkg --keychain-profile "notarytool-password" --wait
Received following output:
Current status: Accepted.................................
Processing complete
id: 2d5c450f-5b22-4b4d-9579-ef21c0356548
status: Accepted
Transferred Notarization log:
xcrun notarytool log 10169892-b28c-407c-b348-edab0b34ef34 --keychain-profile "notarytool-password" Desktop/developer_log_6.json
We have observed log with "Accepted" status with issues as "null".
3. Stapler:
stapler staple signed-output.pkg
stapler validate signed-output.pkg
Processing: signed-output.pkg
The validate action worked!
4. Checking status of .pkg file:
Command:
spctl --assess --verbose=4 signed-output.pkg
Output:
signed-output.pkg: rejected
source=no usable signaturess
Warning During Installation:
While installing the .pkg file, a security warning appears as follows. Please help us to resolve this.
How do I support both Liquid Glass app icon for devices running iOS 26 and a regular app icon for devices running iOS18?
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I am working on a Swift package which uses CoreAudio, and includes some tests in a testTarget which use the Testing framework, and a couple of executableTarget targets which exercise the same code. I'm using Xcode 16.2 on macOS 15.3.1.
One of the things I do in the test code is create a HAL plugin, then find that plugin using the kAudioHardwarePropertyTranslateUIDToDevice.
Finding the plugin that I just created always fails from within a Swift Testing test, unless I run the test which creates the plugin individually first, then separately, run the test which finds the plugin, by clicking on the little arrows next to the function names.
If I put the tests in a serialized suite (so creation always happens first, then finding), running the suite always fails - it creates the plugin, but can't find it. If I run the 'find my plugin' test again manually, it is always found.
If I call the same functions from a regular executable (the thing created by a "executableTarget" in my .package.swift file), the just-created plugin is always found.
Is there a way to mimic the runtime environment of a regular executable in a Swift Testing target, or am I misunderstanding something?
this my be related to this issue: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift/issues/76882 but I don't understand it well enough to be sure.
This example fails to compile on Sequoia 15.4 with Xcode 16.3 and the command line tools installed;
jacquesmenu@macstudio:C++Tests > cat pcount_test.cpp
// clang++ -std=c++17 -o IntWrapperTest IntWrapperTest.cpp
#include // std::string
#include // std::cout
#include // std::ostringstream
int main1 (int argc, char* argv[])
{
std::string theString = "Prière d'éviter";
std::cout << theString << ", size(): " << theString.size () << std::endl;
std::stringstream oss;
oss << theString << std::endl;
std::cout << oss.str () << ", pcount(): " << oss.pcount () << std::endl;
}
//_______________________________________________________________________________
// position in output stream
#include // std::ofstream
int main () {
std::ofstream outfile;
outfile.open ("test.txt");
outfile.write ("This is an apple",16);
long pos = outfile.tellp();
outfile.seekp (pos-7);
outfile.write (" sam",4);
outfile.close();
return 0;
}
jacquesmenu@macstudio:C++Tests > clang++ pcount_test.cpp
pcount_test.cpp:3:10: fatal error: 'string' file not found
3 | #include // std::string
| ^~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
The same occurs with iostrem if it is the first include mentioned.
Compiling in Xcode itself does not this problem, though.
This include is to be found here:
jacquesmenu@macstudio:C++Tests > xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
jacquesmenu@macstudio:C++Tests > ls -sal /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/**/string | grep MacOSX
72 -rw-r--r-- 10 root wheel 203802 Mar 8 06:17 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/v1/string
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully helping me.
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/gdl-graded-darts-leagues/id1592502150
I created a mobile app using AppPresser that is connected to my WordPress website.
The iOS app is logging users out when they close the app and go back to it. The login session does not persist, and users are forced to log in again frequently. This happens at any time period between closing and opening the app.
This only happens on iOS — Android keeps the session active as expected.
I don't know if I've included this post in the correct topic, sorry.
Thanks again for any ideas and assistance!
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Hi, We are seeing the below error in our angular application where we use the custom elements. Can you please help us to resolve the issue?
[Error] TypeError: new.target does not define a custom element.
The same code works fine in other browsers.
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I have a Swift package with a test suite that contains some tests implemented with Swift Testing. Locally, they run quickly, but when I run them on Semaphore CI (https://semaphore.io), the first Swift Testing test to execute incurs a performance penalty.
I'm running the tests with xcodebuild on iOS Simulator:
xcodebuild test \
-scheme "Scheme" \
-workspace Workspace.xcworkspace \
-destination "platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 16,OS=18.2"
The scheme is configured to use a test plan that has parallelization disabled.
Here's an excerpt from the output showing what I'm seeing:
Test Suite 'All tests' started at 2025-04-03 07:47:37.328.
◇ Test run started.
↳ Testing Library Version: 102 (arm64-apple-ios13.0-simulator)
◇ Iteration 1 started.
◇ Suite <redacted> started.
◇ Test foo() started.
✔ Test foo() passed after 23.063 seconds.
When foo() is not the first test it runs in under 100 ms.
The reason that I have parallelization disabled is that I was initially seeing all of the tests in this suite incur a performance hit. But now it's clear that there must be some startup cost.
Things I'm wondering:
What is this startup penalty?
Why don't I encounter it locally?
Why is it attributed to the first test? (this seems like a bug)
My wild guesses around 1 so far have been…
maybe some simulator clone is booting. I've tried to rule that out by disabling parallelization, but maybe there's still something there.
maybe swift testing is getting loaded lazily and there's some kind of dynamic linking cost
Thoughts on 2…
maybe there's some one-time penalty when using swift testing that I've already incurred locally but that has not yet been incurred in the CI image
Guidance welcome!
x-posted:
FB17102970 (Unexpected performance penalty attributed to first Swift Testing test)
https://forums.swift.org/t/first-swifttesting-test-always-slow/79066
My Xcode project has the following configuration:
1 iOS app target
1 Xcode framework target (mach-o-type "Dynamic Library")
5 static libraries
Dependencies:
All the static libraries are target dependencies of the framework.
The framework is the only target dependency of the iOS app.
For the iOS app target, within the General tab > Frameworks, Libraries & Embedded content, I've set the framework as "Do not embed"
So now I have a dynamic framework which won't be copied to the .app bundle in the build output.
As per my understanding, this should result in a runtime error, dyld should not be able to find the framework files as they were not embedded in the final .app bundle.
But regardless, my app runs without any errors, using all the methods exposed by the framework.
What is the correct understanding here?
What exactly does Embed/Do not embed mean (apart from excluding the files from .app bundle)
When both settings are specified, is there any priority or precedence of one setting over the other?
I'd like to give control to the app developer that uses my library to select which level of logs they'd like to see from my lib (e.g. do they want to see all debug messages or just errors).
I know there are filtering controls that Xcode gives us, but I'm wondering if there is a way to pull this off with code. Ideally the user callsite would look like MyLib(logLevel: .info).
And then I would pass that info level somehow to OSLog. Today, I create my logger like this:
let myLogger = Logger(
subsystem: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier ?? "UnknownApp",
category: "MyLibrary"
)
As far as I can tell, there is nothing I can then pass to my myLogger instance to configure the threshold level. I'm imagining an interface like:
myLogger.logLevel(.warning)
// Later...
myLogger.debug("You won't see this")
myLogger.error("But you will see this")
Does OSLog and friends give us any ability to do this out of the box, or are we building little wrappers around OSLog to accomplish this?
Thank you,
Lou
When building binutils (2.4.4) on Mac OS Sequoia (15.4), a compilation error occurs.
In file included from ../../zlib/gzguts.h:21:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/stdio.h:61:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/_stdio.h:318:7: error: expected identifier or '('
318:7: error: expected identifier or '('
318 | FILE | FILE fdofdopen(int, cpen(int, const char onst char ) __DARWI) __DARWIN_ALIN_ALIAS_STARTIAS_STARTING(__MAC_NG(__MAC_10_6, __I10_6, __IPHONE_2_0PHONE_2_0, __DARWI, __DARWIN_ALN_ALIAS(fIAS(fdopen));
dopen));
| ^
| ^
../../zlib/zutil.h:147:33: note: expanded from macro 'fdopen'
147 | # ../../zlib/zutil.h:147:33: note: expanded from macro 'fdopen'
147 | # define define fdopefdopen(fd,moden(fd,mode) NULL /) NULL / No f No fdopen() *dopen() */
| ^
/
|
error.txt
In 1311 Line.
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I have static libraries and headers of a C++ project that I believe are correctly built for iOS and iOS Simulator destinations. The C++ project is built via CMake with something like:
cmake dirName \
-G "Unix Makefiles" \
-B buildDir \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=installDir \
-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=iOS \
-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=arm64 \
-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64 \
-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=$(xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-path) \
-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=15.0
...
cmake --build buildDir --config Release --target install
I believe those are all the important parameters. This gives me a static library (.a) and headers that I believe should be compatible with arm64 iOS simulators, and I do this same thing for x86_64 architecture with simulators and for actual iOS non-simulator via the iphoneos SDK path.
I'm pretty sure this gives me the correct static lib and headers. Let's assume it does because I'm not able actually create the XCFramework to know if they're right. This does work with a macOS lib and headers, but I need iOS for this library. How do I package this into an XCFramework now?
This Apple developer articles says I should be a able to create an xcframework via xcodebuild -create-xcframework -library libName.a -headers include but when I try to do this with my my iOS arm64 simulator static lib I get:
error: binaries with multiple platforms are not supported '/Users/.../install/ios-arm64-simulator/libName.a
But, when I run: lips -info libName.a I get Non-fat file libName.a is architecture arm64, so, I'm not sure what to do here. Trying to extract arm64 from that static library also produces an error as it it is just an arm64 lib.
I'm not really sure what's going on, but from reading online this specific command, xcodebuild -create-xcframework is a consistent pain point in the process of trying to get an XCFramework, and the seemingly only workaround is to archive a framework project and then create the xcframework via xcodebuild -create-xcframework -archive MyFramework.xcarchive -framework[or -library].
However, how am I supposed to get this static lib and headers into a suitable xcodeproj so that I can archive it correctly? Everytime I try to copy the headers and static lib into the Framework xcodeproj and set what I believe are all the correct settings, my .xcarchive is always empty.
Does anyone have any advice here on how to get this to work?
The main impetus for trying to get this C++ static lib and headers into an XCFramework as that seems like the only valid way to link a 3rd party C++ lib to an SPM package and have the C++ package be interfaceable with Swift.
Hi, there's this point at which a beginner needs to beg for help.
Unable to open mach-O at path: /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Binaries/RenderBox/install/Root/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/RenderBox.framework/default.metallib Error:2
I get this everytime I select a month and year on a custom date picker, I believe because I try to force the ".generateChartData()" for the chart to update.
I guess the problem might be that the ".onAppear" and ".onChange" are conflicting with each other?
}
.onChange(of: showDatePicker) {
viewModel.startDate = selectedDate
viewModel.generateChartData()
}
}
.onAppear {
viewModel.generateChartData()
}
I'm trying to rewrite an old AppleScript mail rule that I used extensively as a Mail extension using the MailKit framework and I've run into an issue.
Previously, when developing the script, it was possible to debug it by selecting the message I wanted it applied to and choosing the Mail.app menu item "Message/Apply Rules"
This would re-execute my script and I could iterate over it as many times as I liked while developing.
I haven't found any great way of doing this for my extension with a MEMessageActionHandler. The closest I've found is to forward the message to myself and wait for it to come back in again over the internet, at which point the extension would get executed again. Needless to say, this makes debugging my MEMessageAction handler much slower.
I've tried a number of things in Mail.app to try and get it to re-execute my extension with a particular message without any luck. Does anyone know of a good process for debugging a MEMessageActionHandler that doesn't involve forwarding the message to myself over and over and waiting for it to come in each time?
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Hallo zusammen,
ich habe seit einiger Zeit ein Problem, dass ich eine App 'Warenwirtschaft' aus Xcode heraus nicht mehr im Simulator oder auf meinem IPad starten kann.
Ein Compilieren und Verteilen über TestFlight funktioniert weiterhin ohne Probleme.
Leider klappt das Debugger nun nicht mehr.
Anbei die Fehlermeldung von Xcode.
Ich hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen.
Grüsse Mark
Cannot launch simulated executable: no file found at /Applications/Warenwirtschaft.app
Domain: IDEFoundationErrorDomain
Code: 1
User Info: {
DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-02-05 10:10:06 +0000";
IDERunOperationFailingWorker = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
}
Event Metadata: com.apple.dt.IDERunOperationWorkerFinished : {
"device_identifier" = "D572897F-2ECB-4109-9DFC-C7D0FB145C1C";
"device_model" = "iPad16,6";
"device_osBuild" = "18.2 (22C150)";
"device_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"device_thinningType" = "iPad16,6-A";
"dvt_coredevice_version" = "397.28";
"dvt_coresimulator_version" = "993.7";
"dvt_mobiledevice_version" = "1759.81.1";
"launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run;
"launchSession_state" = 1;
"launchSession_targetArch" = arm64;
"operation_duration_ms" = 562;
"operation_errorCode" = 1;
"operation_errorDomain" = IDEFoundationErrorDomain;
"operation_errorWorker" = IDELaunchiPhoneSimulatorLauncher;
"operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup;
"param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0;
"param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1;
"param_debugger_type" = 3;
"param_destination_isProxy" = 0;
"param_destination_platform" = "com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator";
"param_diag_113575882_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_MainThreadChecker_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableDuringAttach" = 0;
"param_diag_MallocStackLogging_enableForXPC" = 1;
"param_diag_allowLocationSimulation" = 1;
"param_diag_checker_tpc_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_gpu_frameCapture_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_shaderValidation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_gpu_validation_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_guardMalloc_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_memoryGraphOnResourceException" = 0;
"param_diag_mtc_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_queueDebugging_enable" = 1;
"param_diag_runtimeProfile_generate" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_asan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_tsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_enable" = 0;
"param_diag_sanitizer_ubsan_stopOnIssue" = 0;
"param_diag_showNonLocalizedStrings" = 0;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_enabled" = 1;
"param_diag_viewDebugging_insertDylibOnLaunch" = 1;
"param_install_style" = 2;
"param_launcher_UID" = 2;
"param_launcher_allowDeviceSensorReplayData" = 0;
"param_launcher_kind" = 0;
"param_launcher_style" = 0;
"param_launcher_substyle" = 0;
"param_runnable_appExtensionHostRunMode" = 0;
"param_runnable_productType" = "com.apple.product-type.application";
"param_structuredConsoleMode" = 1;
"param_testing_launchedForTesting" = 0;
"param_testing_suppressSimulatorApp" = 0;
"param_testing_usingCLI" = 0;
"sdk_canonicalName" = "iphonesimulator18.2";
"sdk_osVersion" = "18.2";
"sdk_variant" = iphonesimulator;
}
System Information
macOS Version 15.3 (Build 24D60)
Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a)
Timestamp: 2025-02-05T11:10:06+01:00
I would like to inquire about a concern related to the app review process. Specifically, I would like to understand if forcefully denying an application's execution on the iOS Simulator (for instance, by implementing a check in the code that prevents the app from running in a simulated environment) could negatively impact or delay the app’s approval during the App Store review process.
This measure is intended solely for security and integrity reasons during development and distribution. The app functions normally on real devices, and all other guidelines and requirements outlined by Apple are being strictly followed.
Could you please confirm whether such a restriction on the Simulator is acceptable, and if there are any best practices or recommendations from Apple regarding this?
Thank you for your support, and I look forward to your guidance.