This is from an Xcode generated file.
var values: [String] = []
let exp = Expectation()
let c = pub.filter { $0 != nil }.map { $0! }.sink(
The second line gives an error: "'Expectation' cannot be constructed because it has no accessible initializers". My best guess that Expectation objects come from some other Apple Swift Testing function, but I don't know where.
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When a static library is built with Xcode 26 (with deployment target set to iOS 13) and then linked into an app project compiled with Xcode 16, the build process fails with the following linker error:
Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
"_swift_coroFrameAlloc"
This occurs even though both the static library and the app project have their deployment targets set to iOS 13.0. The static library works on Xcode 26, but fails to link on Xcode 16.
This issue shows up with certain Swift syntax. For example, in my case, using a property getter and setter caused the compiler to emit a reference to _swift_coroFrameAlloc, which in turn triggered the issue.
This issue prevents us from distributing pre-built static libraries compiled with Xcode 26 to teammates who are still using Xcode 16.
I’ve filed feedback for this issue (FB21130604).
Is there any way to work around it? For example, by adding specific Build Settings or something similar?
A demo project is available here: https://github.com/Naituw/SwiftLibraryDeploymentTargetIssue
The demo project includes:
StaticLibraryProject: A simple Swift static library with property getter setter usage
AppProject: An iOS app that links against the static library
verify_compatibility.sh: An automated script to reproduce the issue
Method 1: Manual Build and Verification
Open StaticLibraryProject/StaticLibraryProject.xcodeproj in Xcode 26
Build the StaticLibraryProject for iOS device (Release configuration)
Locate the built libStaticLibraryProject.a in the build products directory
Copy libStaticLibraryProject.a to AppProject/AppProject/ directory
Open AppProject/AppProject.xcodeproj in Xcode 16
Build the AppProject for iOS device
Method 2: Automated Script
Edit verify_compatibility.sh to configure the paths to your Xcode installations:
Set XCODE_26_PATH to your Xcode 26 installation path (e.g., /Applications/Xcode.app)
Set XCODE_16_PATH to your Xcode 16 installation path (e.g., /Applications/Xcode16.app)
Run the script: ./verify_compatibility.sh
My experience with Swift 6 strict concurrency so far doesn't match my understanding of implicit MainActor isolation semantics.
This is a cross-post from StackOverflow. I will link answers between both forums.
TL;DR
Build succeeds when testing a struct declared in the test module, but fails when the struct is moved to the main module:
Main actor-isolated property … cannot be accessed from outside the actor.
Steps to reproduce
Open up Xcode 26 beta 2 on macOS 26 (probably also ok on current stables).
Create a new Swift app with Swift testing, no storage. Call it WhatTheSwift.
Set the Swift Language Version on all three targets to Swift 6.
Update the default test file to be this:
import Testing
@testable import WhatTheSwift
struct WhatTheSwiftTests {
@Test func example() async throws {
let thing = Thing(foo: "bar")
#expect(thing.foo == "bar")
}
}
struct Thing {
let foo: String
}
That should build fine, and the tests should pass.
Now, move the Thing declaration into its own Thing.swift file in the WhatTheSwift module, and try running the test again. You should see this:
Observations
Marking the test @MainActor allows the test to pass, suggesting the compiler actually wants to isolate Thing.foo to the main actor.
My question
Why? And why only when Thing is in a different module?
So, as we found out from WWDC, the migration to Apple Silicon is inevitable.
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a replacement for Macintosh Common Lisp on Apple Silicon? I was using it back in the MPW days and struggling to keep the Lisp code working, but Apple Silicon has thrown a money wrench at it!
Thanks in advance for any advice on any available Apple Silicon Lisp development tools!
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Under macOS 26 and iPadOS, the Help menu in many cases has a menu item for "App Help". This item has the following icon:
I need to use this in my own app. I am unable to find this icon in SF Symbols 7 beta. I've scanned all of the icons under "What's New". I've searched for "help", "light", and "bulb" and this icon does not appear.
Does anyone know if it's even a new SF Symbol? Or does anyone know of a way to use this icon?
Hi! I was wondering if anyone else encountered similar issues and what the solution ended up being.
We're encountering weird sign-in issues on our iOS version of our app. It seems like an uninstall and reinstall solves it, but the issue seems to only impact users who underwent the transfer process from one iOS device to another. What I am curious about:
What is copied over from one device to another in this process?
Is there a way outside of owning multiple test devices to replicate this flow?
Our current suspicion is that NSUserDefaults is not being cleared by our app on first start, and that stale data is copied over during this transfer process, breaking the sign-in until a re-install wipes everything properly.
Does it seem like we're on the right track with this assumption, or completely out to lunch?
I was developing an app using a certain bundle ID, but then had to delete it (and I also removed the app ID Identifier)
My question is, can I make a new app with the exact same bundle ID as I was using on the removed one? Since the old app never went into production I don't see why that would be a problem
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
There was a time that Apple Developer Documentation provides a filter to show the changes across versions, at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technologies , with purple (modified), green (added), and red (deprecated) annotations.
I wonder if this feature is completely removed, or is it still hiding somewhere? It is helpful to diff the API changes among versions. Thanks.
edit: as pointed out by Rick, here is an archive link to what it used to look like
Hello,
Good morning to you all. Please I need a guide on how to change my app icon on the developer account. Necessary steps would be appreciated
Thanks for the anticipated assistance.
Best Regards
Biggie
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I added an Apple Watch app target for an iOS app. If I install it directly through Xcode it runs, however it seems to be able to communicate with iphone through Watch Connectivity framework and once I close the app it seems to uninstall itself from the watch. When I installed the iphone app frist, the app does not show up on the available apps on the iphone Watch application, what could be the issue ?
The iphone app was created using react native through expo.
Testing Devices
Iphone 13 pro max IOS 26.0.1 --- Apple Watch Series 4 WatchOS 10.6
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I’m developing an app that uses Family Controls to block other apps. I’ve already received approval from Apple for the entitlement, and everything works perfectly when I run the app from Xcode on a physical device.
However, when I upload the same build to TestFlight, the app installs and runs, but the Family Controls functionality doesn’t work — it seems like the entitlement isn’t being applied in the TestFlight version.
So I’d like to ask:
👉 Do Family Controls entitlements work automatically on TestFlight builds, or is there any additional step required to enable them?
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In MetricKit, a metric payload comes in with a time range which usually means it contains multiple launches/sessions. How can we relate things that will change between launches or sessions such as pid and lowPowerModeEnabled from the metadata. Will there be multiple payloads for each unique value or is there some other way to use this?
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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In SF Symbols 7 (115), there are 458 symbols missing Availability info. I only discovered this after using one that didn’t appear in iOS 18 but does in iOS 26.
Questions:
Are there plans to add Availability info for all symbols?
If the field is blank, is there a safe latest-OS version we can assume?
I realize managing 7,000+ icons is tough, but missing info like this makes development frustrating. It doesn't help that there's no build warning when a named image isn't found, it just defaults to the text label.
Screenshot
Screenshot of SF Symbols 7 showing three symbols missing Availability info. The symbol ellipsis.circle.badge is selected and its properties pane also shows no Availability info.
Here's a simple C++ program that echoes its arguments...
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
for (int i=0; i<argc; ++i) printf("%d %s\n", i, argv[i]);
}
This works as expected...
> ./test arg1 #arg2 arg3
0 ./test
1 arg1
2 #arg2
3 arg3
Running under lldb gives this...
> lldb ./test arg1 #arg2 arg3
(lldb) target create "./test"
Current executable set to '/Users/richard/Work/test' (arm64).
(lldb) settings set -- target.run-args "arg1" "#arg2" "arg3"
(lldb) run
Process 6138 launched: '/Users/richard/Work/test' (arm64)
0 /Users/richard/Work/test
1 arg1
Process 6138 exited with status = 0 (0x00000000)
I get the same if I quote the arguments, or if I add them to the run line. Stepping into main() we see the argv and args values are as though we only had the first argument. If I quote the second argument and add an initial space " #arg1" then it works.
I first saw this on an M1 running Sequoia 13.1. It am now on OS 13.3.
lldb --version
lldb-1600.0.39.109
Apple Swift version 6.0.3 (swiftlang-6.0.3.1.10 clang-1600.0.30.1)
With the latest (26) version of Apple's developer tools, is there a way to manually attach a debugger (other than lldb) to an iOS app launched with "devicectl device process launch --start-stopped"?
In the past, this was possible via the ios-deploy third-party tool (now defunct), which provided a debugserver port. This information is notably missing when using devicectrl – although the process ID of the launch process is provided, and the tool is clearly aimed at letting you launch and attach to processes from the command line.
lldb can, of course, attach via its built-in support for this using the device set of commands. But I'm explicitly looking for a way to attach my own debugger via the GDB-compatible debug proxy.
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.
I am a developer working on an iOS enterprise application. When I deployed the release version to my device, it crashes upon startup. It works fine in debug mode on my device.
The app is an upgraded version of Xamarin Form to .NET MAUI.
I have attached a crash report.
I would appreciate any help/insights on how to resolve.
--John
In our App we have a need to open Apple Developer App from our iOS App to guide user to Developer App.
But looks like there is no confirmed URL Scheme provided.
Can you help on this.
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