We updated the apple-app-site-association file two weeks ago and we are only seeing the new content from Apple's CDN serving certain regions such as Texas and Canada. Regions such as Colorado intermittently sees the old content and California has been receiving the old content all the time.
Is this a known issue? If yes, when can we expect this to be fixed and where to check the status? If not, can someone in charge of CDN please look into this? Let me know if there is a better place to report this issue and get the support ASAP though.
Thank you in advance and happy new year!
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I am writing a SwiftUI-based app and have the following requirements:
Use a file browser (such as UIDocumentPickerViewController) to find an arbitrary file (not one that the application knows how to open) which is external to the app bundle but local to the device the app is running on - either in local storage or on an iCloud drive.
Save this location.
At a later time, open this file. The file should open in an app that knows how to open it or in a browser.
Do all of the above in a way that works with multiple devices (synced via CloudKit/SwiftData). For example, select a file on my iCloud drive on my Mac, then save it (using CloudKit/SwiftData) and open it on an iPad that has an app that can open it.
I am addressing requirement #1 using UIDocumentPickerViewController wrapped with a UIViewControllerRepresentable. It returns a security-scoped URL. (Note: this worries me because of requirement #4).
I use the Bookmark API to implement requirement #2.
For requirement #3, I load the bookmark data, convert it back to a security-scoped URL and either
Link("Open", destination: url)
or
@Environment(\.openURL) private var openURL
if url.startAccessingSecurityScopedResource() {
defer { url.stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource() }
openURL(url) { accepted in
// do something here
}
}
Both of these implementations fail. The Link call responds with "invalid input parameters" (Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain, Code=-50), the openURL() call just returns false.
So, my questions are:
Since it appears the Link and openURL work for internet URLs, but not for security-scoped file URLs, how to I cause a document to be opened (using an application which knows how to open it or a browser).
Since UIDocumentPickerViewController is returning a security-scoped URL, how can I make this work on a different device than the one on which the user selected the document? (Assuming, of course, that we are talking about a document that is on an iCloud drive that both devices have access to).
Hello,
I am developing a mobile application focused on helping users centralize and analyze their expenses. The app's key feature is to track transactions made through Apple Pay, providing users with a consolidated view of their spending across all linked bank cards or accounts.
I have a few specific questions regarding the feasibility of this integration:
Does Apple provide any official APIs or tools to access Apple Pay transaction data for third-party applications?
Are there restrictions or guidelines for apps that aim to use Apple Pay to support expense tracking?
What would be the best way to initiate a partnership or obtain further support from Apple for such a project?
Your insights or direction on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and guidance!
Best regards,
Amine
Hi,
I'm attempting to use StoreKit 2 and SwiftUI to add a tip jar to my iOS app. I've successfully added consumable IAPs for each of my tip sizes, and used ProductView to show these on my tip jar screen. However, I am at a loss on how to do the following things:
How and when do I finish the consumable IAP transaction? I see the finish() function in the documentation, but I am not sure how I can call it given that ProductView is handling the purchase for me (I have no access to a Transaction object).
How can I track the amount of consumable IAPs the user has purchased across all their devices? I want to show the user the amount of money they have tipped in total. I have added SKIncludeConsumableInAppPurchaseHistory to my Info.plist and set it to YES as suggested here: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/687199
This is my first time using StoreKit 2 (until now, I was using StoreKit 1), so I would really appreciate any advice and guidance you can provide. Thanks!
Hello, we re developing a loyalty platform for end users and as such emit Apple wallet store cards. Problem we're facing is that the HTTP POST /v1/devices/:deviceLibraryIdentifier/registrations/:passTypeIdentifier/:serialNumber in some cases doesn't come through and we have no idea why.
This only happens to a small percentage of customers, others work just fine.
Does anyone have an idea why this might happen? I believe our setup is correct when 90% of customers work and we receive these HTTP requests to our server.
Posting here for wider visibility...
All over the internet, apple discussions, etc. Seems that this is affecting thousands of people but apparently not millions...othewise we'd have a fix by now. This started showing up in iOS 18 beta and then continued into 18.0, 18.1, and now 18.2
Symptoms are unable to retrieve emails from IMAP mail server. Some have mentioned Dovecot IMAP server. This author happens to have Dovecot IMAP and yes, once iOS 18.0, 18.x was installed, email sync no longer works.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Currently, we use UIDocumentPickerViewController to read the user's connected sdcard. However, this requires the user to select manually, and the event cannot be monitored.
But recently I found that ImageCaptureCore's ICDeviceBrowserDelegate can monitor the plug-in and unplug events in the didAddDevice callback, but cannot obtain the path of the storage card.
I wonder if there is a way to combine the advantages of both, so that with the user's consent, the card reader events can be monitored and the content can be read directly without the user manually selecting the folder
I was wondering if anybody knows if it's possible for an app to use a QR code to join a Wi-Fi network - the same functionality as the iOS 11 Camera app?I have some code reading a QR Code that looks something like - "WIFI:S:name-of-network;T:WPA;P:password;;"This QR code works perfectly in the native camera app - asking the user if they'd like to join the Wi-Fi network and successfully joining if they do.When I scan the QR code in my own code, I get the following error: canOpenURL: failed for URL: "WIFI:S:name-of-network;T:WPA;P:password;;" - error: "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -10814.)"In my app, I've got URL Schemes for "prefs" and have added "wifi" in LSApplicationQueriesSchemes.Am I doing something wrong, or is this simply not possible?If it's not possible, is there anyway to use the iOS native camera functionality within an app?
On macOS 15, if a program installed in /Applications is allowed to connect to a PostgreSQL server on another machine on the local network, a program launched in debug mode from Xcode is not allowed to connect to the local network, and no prompt appears.
Although it is possible to turn off registered programs in Local Network Privacy in Beta 2, permissions for programs launched from Xcode cannot be obtained at all.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
I'm trying to detect the state of Local Network privacy on macOS Sequoia via NWBrowser, as recommended in https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3179-understanding-local-network-privacy
Regardless of the state of Local Network privacy - undetermined, allowed or denied, NWBrowser receives an update indicating that its in the ready state.
Scanning does not seem to trigger the Local Network privacy alert for me - I have to use the other recommended method to trigger the prompt. Enabling or disabling Local Network privacy does not seem to send any updates for NWBrowser.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/666431 seems related, and implies that they did receive further updates to NWBrowser.
Filed as FB16077972
I've implemented a custom VPN for macOS (system extension, Packet Tunnel Provider, Developer ID). My tunneling logic uses BSD sockets.
My VPN is configured with on-demand and should always connect when there's traffic:
targetManager?.isOnDemandEnabled = true
targetManager?.onDemandRules = [NEOnDemandRuleConnect()]
I have encountered some issues when the device enters sleep (or waking up from sleep). I've tried two scenarios.
Scenario 1:
protocolConfiguration?.disconnectOnSleep = true
With this flag set, the OS will disconnect the VPN just before entering to sleep. However, there were cases when the OS disconnected the VPN but immediately restarted it - probably because of how I defined the on-demand rules. This resulted in the VPN disconnection, then trying to reconnect, and then the Mac entered sleep.
When the Mac woke up, the VPN didn't work well.
Is there a way to avoid waking up, just before the Mac enters sleep?
Scenario 2:
protocolConfiguration?.disconnectOnSleep = false
Disconnect on sleep is unset, and I've implemented the sleep/wake functions at the provider.
With this configuration, the OS won't disconnect the VPN, so even in sleep, the extension should stay 'alive,' so it won't have the problem from (1).
But in this case, I had other problems:
On sleep, I'm disconnecting the tunnel. But sometimes, on wake(), all my network calls fail. Are the interfaces still down? How can I detect this case from the system extension?
Is it possible that the OS would call sleep and then quickly call wake?
Is it possible that after sleep, the OS would call the startTunnelWithOptions() function?
Is it possible to restart the extension from a clean state right from the wake() function?
my Date type data is "2024-12-28 15:00:00 +0000" and when I use Date formatter to format date with timezone TimeZone(identifier: "Asia/Seoul"), date formatter return wrong year like below
(lldb) po print(date); let formatter = DateFormatter(); formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "Asia/Seoul"); formatter.dateFormat = "YYYY-MM-dd"; formatter.string(from: date)
2024-12-28 15:00:00 +0000
"2025-12-29"
(lldb) po print(date); let formatter = DateFormatter(); formatter.timeZone = .gmt; formatter.dateFormat = "YYYY-MM-dd"; formatter.string(from: date)
2024-12-28 15:00:00 +0000
"2024-12-28"
I’m working on a solution to archive iMessages by using an API or similar mechanism. Here’s the desired workflow:
The user provides their phone number to initiate the archiving process.
They receive a text message with a URL link.
Clicking on the link authorizes the archiving of their iMessages.
Once authorized, their text messages are archived.
So far, I’ve researched third-party services and APIs but haven’t found any that offer this capability directly for iMessages.
Questions:
Are there any APIs or frameworks (Apple or third-party) that support accessing and archiving iMessages programmatically?
I was trying to log the flow description using control filter and data filter. But when I am trying to log the proc ID in control filter, it is always 0, but in data filter, it logs some value. Same goes with the eproc ID. I want to use the flow description data in some other target so I will be sending the data using sockets and I cannot share data from data filter due to its restrictions and control filter isn't providing the proc ID. What should I do?
Hi,
I have a problem with my OpenVPN connection on my app with iOS 14.4.
I perform my VPN configuration from an oven file, with a NETunnelProviderManager protocol, but when I perform the startVPNTunnel, it starts connecting and immediately disconnects. The error I see in the logs is the following:
NESMVPNSession[Primary Tunnel:OpenVPN Client: -----(null)]: status changed to disconnected, last stop reason Plugin was disabled
This happens to me when running my app on a physical iPad.
Regards
import NetworkExtension
import OpenVPNAdapter
class VPNConnection {
var connectionStatus = "Disconnected"
var myProviderManager: NETunnelProviderManager?
func manageConnectionChanges( manager:NETunnelProviderManager ) - String {
NSLog("Waiting for changes");
var status = "Disconnected"
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: NSNotification.Name.NEVPNStatusDidChange, object: manager.connection, queue: OperationQueue.main, using: { notification in
let baseText = "VPN Status is "
switch manager.connection.status {
case .connected:
status = "Connected"
case .connecting:
status = "Connecting"
case .disconnected:
status = "Disconnected"
case .disconnecting:
status = "Disconnecting"
case .invalid:
status = "Invalid"
case .reasserting:
status = "Reasserting"
default:
status = "Connected"
}
self.connectionStatus = status
NSLog(baseText+status)
});
return status
}
func createProtocolConfiguration() - NETunnelProviderProtocol {
guard
let configurationFileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "app-vpn", withExtension: "ovpn"),
let configurationFileContent = try? Data(contentsOf: configurationFileURL)
else {
fatalError()
}
let tunnelProtocol = NETunnelProviderProtocol()
tunnelProtocol.serverAddress = ""
tunnelProtocol.providerBundleIdentifier = "com.app.ios"
tunnelProtocol.providerConfiguration = ["ovpn": String(data: configurationFileContent, encoding: .utf8)! as Any]
tunnelProtocol.disconnectOnSleep = false
return tunnelProtocol
}
func startConnection(completion:@escaping () - Void){
self.myProviderManager?.loadFromPreferences(completionHandler: { (error) in
guard error == nil else {
// Handle an occurred error
return
}
do {
try self.myProviderManager?.connection.startVPNTunnel()
print("Tunnel started")
} catch {
fatalError()
}
})
}
func loadProviderManager(completion:@escaping () - Void) {
NETunnelProviderManager.loadAllFromPreferences { (managers, error) in
guard error == nil else {
fatalError()
return
}
self.myProviderManager = managers?.first ?? NETunnelProviderManager()
self.manageConnectionChanges(manager: self.myProviderManager!)
self.myProviderManager?.loadFromPreferences(completionHandler: { (error) in
guard error == nil else {
fatalError()
return
}
let tunnelProtocol = self.createProtocolConfiguration()
self.myProviderManager?.protocolConfiguration = tunnelProtocol
self.myProviderManager?.localizedDescription = "OpenVPN Client Ubic"
self.myProviderManager?.isEnabled = true
self.myProviderManager?.isOnDemandEnabled = false
self.myProviderManager?.saveToPreferences(completionHandler: { (error) in
if error != nil {
// Handle an occurred error
fatalError()
}
self.startConnection {
print("VPN loaded")
}
})
})
}
}
}
After setting up all permissions, family members not showing up on the device list
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Family Controls
Device Activity
Managed Settings
Screen Time
I have integrated CloudKit into a CoreData application and am ready to deploy the schema to production but keep getting an "internal error" when trying to deploy to production or reset my CloudKit environment. I have attached images of what I am seeing including one of the console error. Is there any way to resolve this?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
iCloud & Data
Tags:
CloudKit
Cloud and Local Storage
CloudKit Dashboard
CloudKit Console
I am trying to migrate a WatchConnectivity App to Swift6 and I found an Issue with my replyHandler callback for sendMessageData.
I am wrapping sendMessageData in withCheckedThrowingContinuation, so that I can await the response of the reply. I then update a Main Actor ObservableObject that keeps track of the count of connections that have not replied yet, before returning the data using continuation.resume.
...
@preconcurrency import WatchConnectivity
actor ConnectivityManager: NSObject, WCSessionDelegate {
private var session: WCSession = .default
private let connectivityMetaInfoManager: ConnectivityMetaInfoManager
...
private func sendMessageData(_ data: Data) async throws -> Data? {
Logger.shared.debug("called on Thread \(Thread.current)")
await connectivityMetaInfoManager.increaseOpenSendConnectionsCount()
return try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation({
continuation in
self.session.sendMessageData(
data,
replyHandler: { data in
Task {
await self.connectivityMetaInfoManager
.decreaseOpenSendConnectionsCount()
}
continuation.resume(returning: data)
},
errorHandler: { (error) in
Task {
await self.connectivityMetaInfoManager
.decreaseOpenSendConnectionsCount()
}
continuation.resume(throwing: error)
}
)
})
}
Calling sendMessageData somehow causing the app to crash and display the debug message: Incorrect actor executor assumption.
The code runs on swift 5 with SWIFT_STRICT_CONCURRENCY = complete.
However when I switch to swift 6 the code crashes.
I rebuilt a simple version of the App. Adding bit by bit until I was able to cause the crash.
See Broken App
Awaiting sendMessageData and wrapping it in a task and adding the @Sendable attribute to continuation, solve the crash.
See Fixed App
But I do not understand why yet.
Is this intended behaviour?
Should the compiler warn you about this?
Is it a WatchConnectivity issue?
I initially posted on forums.swift.org, but was told to repost here.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Processes & Concurrency
Tags:
Watch Connectivity
Swift
Concurrency
I've encountered an issue with Apple Pay in PC Chrome with iOS 18. Below is the scenario and code for reference:
Issue Scenario:
A button is clicked to initiate the Apple Pay process.
A QR code window pops up, which I scan with my phone.
As soon as the session is established, the window closes immediately, not allowing the user to select a payment card.
No errors appear in the console.
Here's the code snippet for handling the Apple Pay button click:
const onApplePayButtonClicked = () => {
if (!window.ApplePaySession) {
return;
}
log('Apple Pay button clicked');
const request = {
countryCode: 'UA',
currencyCode: 'UAH',
merchantCapabilities: ['supports3DS'],
supportedNetworks: ['visa', 'masterCard'],
total: {
label: 'PoC Merchant Apple Pay',
type: 'final',
amount: amount.toString(),
},
};
const session = new window.ApplePaySession(3, request);
session.onvalidatemerchant = async (event) => {
try {
log('Creating ApplePaySession');
const response = await fetchAppleSessionAPI(event.validationURL, applePayMercantId, { deviceId, refreshToken });
log('validateMerchantResponse', response);
session.completeMerchantValidation(response.applePaySessionData);
} catch (error) {
log('validateMerchantError', error);
}
};
session.onshippingmethodselected = () => {
const newTotal = {
label: 'PoC Merchant Apple Pay',
type: 'final',
amount: amount.toString(),
};
session.completeShippingMethodSelection(window.ApplePaySession.STATUS_SUCCESS, {}, newTotal);
};
session.onpaymentauthorized = async (event) => {
log('onpaymentauthorized', event);
const result = {
status: window.ApplePaySession.STATUS_SUCCESS,
};
session.completePayment(result);
log('TOKEN', event.payment.token);
};
session.begin();
};
Troubleshooting Steps Taken:
Verified that window.ApplePaySession is available.
Checked for any console errors—none found.
Confirmed that the QR code scanning and session initiation work as expected.
Expected Behavior:
After scanning the QR code and establishing the session, the user should be able to select a payment card and proceed with the payment flow.
Current Behavior:
The window closes immediately after the session is established, preventing card selection.
Has anyone else faced this issue or has insights on how to resolve it?
Thanks in advance!
We currently are checking to see if we need to make modifications to account for the new Certification Authority (CA) for APNs that will be changing soon. Since we currently use the newer token-based connection to APNs and not the certificate-based connection, would we be unaffected by this change?