My company wants to be insure that if my Objective-C to Swift conversions fail in anyway, that the app can revert to using the older Objective-C code. By using a remotely controllable flag, the app can switch which code runs as, both are compiled into the app.
Essentially, I create a protocol that describes the original class, then both classes (with a "s" or "o" appended to them) conform to the protocol.
Protocol: Object
Objective-C class: oObject
Swift class: sObject
That said, I hit one issue that I just can't seem reason out. I create a Objective-C function that returns the appropriate class:
Class<Object> classObject(void) {
if (myFlag) {
return [sObject class];
} else {
return [oObject class];
}
}
Swift deals with this really well - I can create an initialized object using:
let object = classObject().init()
but I cannot find a way to do this in Objective-C:
Object *object = [[classSalesForceData() alloc] init];
fails with "No known class method for selector 'alloc'"
Is there a way to do this?
David
PS: my workaround is to return an allocated object:
Object *createObject(void) {
if (myFlag) {
return [sObject alloc];
} else {
return [oObject alloc];
}
}
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Hello Apple Team,
I'm trying to import the Audodesk FBX SDK to my Objective-C iOS Project.
The SDK is written in C++, but has support for iOS and the iOS simulator architectures.
I've added the path to the include folder in the Header Search Path
I've also added the paths to libfbxsdk.a in the Library Search Paths
Finally, I've added the libfbxsdk.a file to the Link Binary with Libraries.
However, when I build the project, I get the following error:
building for 'iOS', but linking in object file (/Users/Lond/Documents/v2/Autodesk/iOS/2020.3.7/lib/ios/debug/libfbxsdk.a[28](fbxalloc.cxx.o)) built for 'macOS'
In the terminal, if I type the command:
lipo -info libfbxsdk.a
I get the message
Non-fat file: libfbxsdk.a is architecture: arm64
confirming that I'm using the library for the correct architecture.
Do I need to add any other confifuration option? (Like the other linker flag or something else)
I'm quite new to C++, and integrating a C++ SDK into iOS is not easy.
I'm using Mac Os Sonoma 14.6.1
Tested on Xcode 15.4 and 16.2
Target Device: iPhone 13 Pro (iOS 17.6.1)
iOS FBX SDK version: 2020.3.7
Link to the SDK if needed:
https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/fbx-sdk
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
Why Ternary operator in not called a binary Operator or ternary Operands ?
question ? answer1 : answer2
When it takes 2 operators ?
I have a transformation function that takes in data, executes some instructions, and returns an output. This function is dynamic and not shipped with the binary. Currently, I’m executing it using JavaScriptCore.JSContext, which works well, but the function itself is written in JavaScript.
Is there a way to achieve something similar using Swift – such as executing a dynamic Swift script, either directly or through other means? I know this is possible on macOS, but I’m not sure about iOS. I’ve also heard that extensions might open up some possibilities here. Any insights or alternative approaches would be appreciated.
In my code I use a binding that use 2 methods to get and get a value. There is no problem with swift 5 but when I swift to swift 6 the compiler fails :
Here a sample example of code to reproduce the problem :
`import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
@State private var isOn = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
Image(systemName: "globe")
.imageScale(.large)
.foregroundStyle(.tint)
Text("Hello, world!")
Toggle("change it", isOn: Binding(get: getValue, set: setValue(_:)))
}
.padding()
}
private func getValue() -> Bool {
isOn
}
private func setValue(_ value: Bool) {
isOn = value
}
}`
Xcode compiler log error :
1. Apple Swift version 6.1.2 (swiftlang-6.1.2.1.2 clang-1700.0.13.5) 2. Compiling with the current language version 3. While evaluating request IRGenRequest(IR Generation for file "/Users/xavierrouet/Developer/TestCompilBindingSwift6/TestCompilBindingSwift6/ContentView.swift") 4. While emitting IR SIL function "@$sSbScA_pSgIeAghyg_SbIeAghn_TR". for <<debugloc at "<compiler-generated>":0:0>>Stack dump without symbol names (ensure you have llvm-symbolizer in your PATH or set the environment var LLVM_SYMBOLIZER_PATH` to point to it):
0 swift-frontend 0x000000010910ae24 llvm::sys::PrintStackTrace(llvm::raw_ostream&, int) + 56
1 swift-frontend 0x0000000109108c5c llvm::sys::RunSignalHandlers() + 112
2 swift-frontend 0x000000010910b460 SignalHandler(int) + 360
3 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x0000000188e60624 _sigtramp + 56
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000188e2688c pthread_kill + 296
5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x0000000188d2fc60 abort + 124
6 swift-frontend 0x00000001032ff9a8 swift::DiagnosticHelper::~DiagnosticHelper() + 0
7 swift-frontend 0x000000010907a878 llvm::report_fatal_error(llvm::Twine const&, bool) + 280
8 swift-frontend 0x00000001090aef6c report_at_maximum_capacity(unsigned long) + 0
9 swift-frontend 0x00000001090aec7c llvm::SmallVectorBase::grow_pod(void*, unsigned long, unsigned long) + 384
10 swift-frontend 0x000000010339c418 (anonymous namespace)::SyncCallEmission::setArgs(swift::irgen::Explosion&, bool, swift::irgen::WitnessMetadata*) + 892
11 swift-frontend 0x00000001035f8104 (anonymous namespace)::IRGenSILFunction::visitFullApplySite(swift::FullApplySite) + 4792
12 swift-frontend 0x00000001035c876c (anonymous namespace)::IRGenSILFunction::visitSILBasicBlock(swift::SILBasicBlock*) + 2636
13 swift-frontend 0x00000001035c6614 (anonymous namespace)::IRGenSILFunction::emitSILFunction() + 15860
14 swift-frontend 0x00000001035c2368 swift::irgen::IRGenModule::emitSILFunction(swift::SILFunction*) + 2788
15 swift-frontend 0x00000001033e7c1c swift::irgen::IRGenerator::emitLazyDefinitions() + 5288
16 swift-frontend 0x0000000103573d6c swift::IRGenRequest::evaluate(swift::Evaluator&, swift::IRGenDescriptor) const + 4528
17 swift-frontend 0x00000001035c15c4 swift::SimpleRequest<swift::IRGenRequest, swift::GeneratedModule (swift::IRGenDescriptor), (swift::RequestFlags)17>::evaluateRequest(swift::IRGenRequest const&, swift::Evaluator&) + 180
18 swift-frontend 0x000000010357d1b0 swift::IRGenRequest::OutputType swift::Evaluator::getResultUncached<swift::IRGenRequest, swift::IRGenRequest::OutputType swift::evaluateOrFatalswift::IRGenRequest(swift::Evaluator&, swift::IRGenRequest)::'lambda'()>(swift::IRGenRequest const&, swift::IRGenRequest::OutputType swift::evaluateOrFatalswift::IRGenRequest(swift::Evaluator&, swift::IRGenRequest)::'lambda'()) + 812
19 swift-frontend 0x0000000103576910 swift::performIRGeneration(swift::FileUnit*, swift::IRGenOptions const&, swift::TBDGenOptions const&, std::__1::unique_ptr<swift::SILModule, std::__1::default_deleteswift::SILModule>, llvm::StringRef, swift::PrimarySpecificPaths const&, llvm::StringRef, llvm::GlobalVariable**) + 176
20 swift-frontend 0x0000000102f61af0 generateIR(swift::IRGenOptions const&, swift::TBDGenOptions const&, std::__1::unique_ptr<swift::SILModule, std::__1::default_deleteswift::SILModule>, swift::PrimarySpecificPaths const&, llvm::StringRef, llvm::PointerUnion<swift::ModuleDecl*, swift::SourceFile*>, llvm::GlobalVariable*&, llvm::ArrayRef<std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits, std::__1::allocator>>) + 156
21 swift-frontend 0x0000000102f5d07c performCompileStepsPostSILGen(swift::CompilerInstance&, std::__1::unique_ptr<swift::SILModule, std::__1::default_deleteswift::SILModule>, llvm::PointerUnion<swift::ModuleDecl*, swift::SourceFile*>, swift::PrimarySpecificPaths const&, int&, swift::FrontendObserver*) + 2108
22 swift-frontend 0x0000000102f5c0a8 swift::performCompileStepsPostSema(swift::CompilerInstance&, int&, swift::FrontendObserver*) + 1036
23 swift-frontend 0x0000000102f5f654 performCompile(swift::CompilerInstance&, int&, swift::FrontendObserver*) + 1764
24 swift-frontend 0x0000000102f5dfd8 swift::performFrontend(llvm::ArrayRef<char const*>, char const*, void*, swift::FrontendObserver*) + 3716
25 swift-frontend 0x0000000102ee20bc swift::mainEntry(int, char const**) + 5428
26 dyld 0x0000000188a86b98 start + 6076
Using Xcode 16.4 / Mac OS 16.4
I came across a code
let myFruitBasket = ["apple":"red", "banana": "yellow", "budbeeri": "dark voilet", "chikoo": "brown"]
Can we have range for keys and values of dictionary, it will be convenient
for keys
print(myFruitBasket.keys[1...3])
// banana, budbeeri, chikoo
same for values
print(myFruitsBasket.values[1...3])
// yellow, voilet, brown
I'm trying to fix some Swift6 warnings, this one seems too strict, I'm not sure how to fix it. The variable path is a String, which should be immutable, it's a local variable and never used again inside of the function, but still Swift6 complains about it being a race condition, passing it to the task
What should I do here to fix the warning?
We developing Native App with C++17 for iOS. We override global new and delete operators. This App deallocate all allocated memories correctly by Run on Xcode (Command + R), but exception occurs launch from xcrun or App icon on iPhone.
I debugged the exception. Overriding new operation was called correctly, but overriding delete operation was not called. The default delete was called. I'm not sure why is that.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Build xcode project.
Run "xcrun devicectl device install app --device "
Run "xcrun devicectl device process launch --console --device "
PLATFORM AND VERSION
iOS
Development environment: Xcode 16.4, macOS macOS Sequoia 15.5
Run-time configuration: iOS 18.5
main.cpp I attached is sample code to reproduce this problem.
main.cpp
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
General
Hi all,
I'm running into a Swift Concurrency issue and would appreciate some help understanding what's going on.
I have a protocol and an actor set up like this:
protocol PersistenceListener: AnyObject {
func persistenceDidUpdate(key: String, newValue: Any?)
}
actor Persistence {
func addListener(_ listener: PersistenceListener) {
listeners.add(listener)
}
/// Removes a listener.
func removeListener(_ listener: PersistenceListener) {
listeners.remove(listener)
}
// MARK: - Private Properties
private var listeners = NSHashTable<AnyObject>.weakObjects()
// MARK: - Private Methods
/// Notifies all registered listeners on the main actor.
private func notifyListeners(key: String, value: Any?) async {
let currentListeners = listeners.allObjects.compactMap { $0 as? PersistenceListener }
for listener in currentListeners {
await MainActor.run {
listener.persistenceDidUpdate(key: key, newValue: value)
}
}
}
}
When I compile this code, I get a concurrency error:
"Sending 'listener' risks causing data races"
I get many warnings like this when I build an old project.
I asked AI chatbot which gave me several solutions, the recommended one is:
var hashBag = [String: Int]()
func updateHashBag() async {
var tempHashBag = hashBag // make copy
await withTaskGroup(of: Void.self) { group in
group.addTask {
tempHashBag["key1"] = 1
}
group.addTask {
tempHashBag["key2"] = 2
}
}
hashBag = tempHashBag // copy back?
}
My understanding is that in the task group, the concurrency engine ensures synchronized modifications on the temp copy in multiple tasks. I should not worry about this.
My question is about performance.
What if I want to put a lot of data into the bag? Does the compiler do some kind of magics to optimize low level memory allocations? For example, the temp copy actually is not a real copy, it is a special reference to the original hash bag; it is only grammar glue that I am modifying the copy.
Is there a swift6 manual that will teach me how to code in swift?
I am encountering a strange issue. I have a class that manages a selection of generic items T in an Array. It's a work in progress, but I'l try to give a gist of the setup.
class FileManagerItemModel: NSObject, Identifiable, Codable, NSCopying, Transferable, NSItemProviderReading, NSItemProviderWriting {
var id: URL
static func == (lhs: FileManagerItemModel, rhs: FileManagerItemModel) -> Bool {
lhs.fileURL == rhs.fileURL
}
var fileURL: URL {
FileManagerItemModel.normalizedFileURL(type: type,
rootURL: rootURL,
filePath: filePath)
}
init(type: FileManagerItemType, rootURL: URL, fileURL: URL) {
self.type = type
self.rootURL = rootURL
self.filePath = FileManagerItemModel.filePathRelativeToRootURL(fileURL: fileURL, rootURL: rootURL) ?? "[unknown]"
self.id = FileManagerItemModel.normalizedFileURL(type: type,
rootURL: rootURL,
filePath: filePath)
}
}
The class that manages the selection of these FileManagerItemModels is like so:
@Observable
class MultiSelectDragDropCoordinator<T: Hashable>: ObservableObject, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
private(set) var multiSelectedItems: [T] = []
func addToSelection(_ item: T) {
if !multiSelectedItems.contains(where: { $0 == item }) {
multiSelectedItems.append(item)
}
}
...
}
My issue is that the check if !multiSelectedItems.contains(where: { $0 == item }) in func addToSelection fails. The if is always executed, even if multiSelectedItems contains the given item.
Now, my first thought would be to suspect the static func == check. But that check works fine and does what it should do. Equality is defined by the whole fileURL.
So, the if should have worked. And If I put a breakpoint in func addToSelection on the if, and type po multiSelectedItems.contains(where: { $0 == item }) in the debug console, it actually returns true if the item is in multiSelectedItems. And it properly return false if the item is not in multiSelectedItems.
Still, if I then continue stepping through the app after the breakpoint was hit and I confirmed that the contains should return true, the app still goes into the if, and adds a duplicate item.
I tried assigning to a variable, I tried using a function and returning the true/false. Nothing helps.
Does anyone have an idea on why the debugger shows one (the correct and expected) thing but the actual code still does something different?
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
I am trying to use initialize a Decimal type using its generic binary integer exactly initializer but it keeps crashing with a fatal error regardless of the value used:
Code to reproduce the issue:
let binaryInteger = -10
let decimal = Decimal(exactly: binaryInteger) // error: Execution was interrupted, reason: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (code=EXC_I386_INVOP, subcode=0x0).
Is it a known bug?
At least with macOS Sequoia 15.5 and Xcode 16.3:
$ cat test.cc
#include &lt;locale.h&gt;
#include &lt;string.h&gt;
#include &lt;xlocale.h&gt;
int main(void) {
locale_t l = newlocale(LC_ALL_MASK, "el_GR.UTF-8", 0);
strxfrm_l(NULL, "ό", 0, l);
return 0;
}
$ c99 test.c &amp;&amp; ./a.out
Assertion failed: (p-&gt;val == key), function lookup_substsearch, file collate.c, line 596.
Abort trap: 6
Just read about the new @concurrent option coming to Swift 6.2 and lover it, but...
It just me, but I which these options would pick a case and stick with it...
@Sendable
@unchecked
@MainActor
@concurrent
@Observable
@ObservationIgnored
I have a VPN application published in the app store. Used Ikev2 for this personal VPN. There are two in-app purchases. One is 'Monthly' and another is 'Yearly' with 3 days free trial. We have seen something strange for the yearly subscriptions which has free trail, the cancellation reason through the billing issue is too high like 70-80% due to billing retry state. Some other apps which have billing issues under 10% always. We have done some research and found that if the user doesn't cancel and Apple is unable to charge then it goes to a billing retry state.
If users don't like the app, they could cancel their subscription/free trail easily but they are not doing this and why Apple unable to charge the bill after the trial ends. Am i missing something in the developer end?
Hello together,
since Xcode Version > 15 the following error handling causes following error "Pattern of type 'DecodingError' cannot match 'Never'
func getSupportedCountries() async {
// fetch all documents from collection "seasons" from firestore
let queryCountries = try? await db.collection("countries").getDocuments()
if queryCountries != nil {
self.countries = (queryCountries!.documents.compactMap({ (queryDocumentSnapshot) -> Country? in
let result = Result { try? queryDocumentSnapshot.data(as: Country.self) }
switch result {
case .success(let country):
if let country = country {
// A country value was successfully initialized from the DocumentSnapshot
self.errorMessage = nil
return country
}
else {
// A nil value was successfully initialized from the DocumentSnapshot,
// or the DocumentSnapshot was nil
self.errorMessage = "Document doesn't exist."
return nil
}
case .failure(let error):
// A Country value could not be initialized from the DocumentSnapshot
switch error {
case DecodingError.typeMismatch(_, let context):
self.errorMessage = "\(error.localizedDescription): \(context.debugDescription)"
case DecodingError.valueNotFound(_, let context):
self.errorMessage = "\(error.localizedDescription): \(context.debugDescription)"
case DecodingError.keyNotFound(_, let context):
self.errorMessage = "\(error.localizedDescription): \(context.debugDescription)"
case DecodingError.dataCorrupted(let key):
self.errorMessage = "\(error.localizedDescription): \(key)"
default:
self.errorMessage = "Error decoding document: \(error.localizedDescription)"
}
return nil
}
}))
} else {
self.errorMessage = "No documents in 'countries' collection"
return
}
}
the interesting part of the code where XCODE shows an error is from "switch error" downwards.
Does anyone of you have an idea what's wrong?
Ay help appreciated !
Thx, Peter
Hello, everyone!
Help me please to find answer. I have two applications: App-1 with share extension and App-2 without it. From the second app I can open share extension via UIActivityViewController. But I need this extension in the second application to open immediately by pressing a button, and not through UIActivityViewController. Can I do this?
I have an @objC used for notification.
kTag is an Int constant, fieldBeingEdited is an Int variable.
The following code fails at compilation with error: Command CompileSwift failed with a nonzero exit code if I capture self (I edited code, to have minimal case)
@objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) {
DispatchQueue.main.async { [self] () -> Void in
switch fieldBeingEdited {
case kTag : break
default : break
}
}
}
If I explicitly use self, it compiles, even with self captured:
@objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) {
DispatchQueue.main.async { [self] () -> Void in
switch fieldBeingEdited { // <<-- no need for self here
case self.kTag : break // <<-- self here
default : break
}
}
}
This compiles as well:
@objc func keyboardDone(_ sender : UIButton) {
DispatchQueue.main.async { () -> Void in
switch self.fieldBeingEdited { // <<-- no need for self here
case self.kTag : break // <<-- self here
default : break
}
}
}
Is it a compiler bug or am I missing something ?
I have a class object created dynamically using Runtime, and I want to release some manually allocated memory resources when this object is deallocated. To achieve this, I added a custom implementation of the dealloc method using the following code:
SEL aSel = NSSelectorFromString(@"dealloc");
class_addMethod(kvoClass, aSel, (IMP)custom_dealloc, method_getTypeEncoding(class_getInstanceMethod(kvoClass, aSel)));
However, I encountered some issues. If I don't call the superclass's dealloc method in the cus_dealloc function, the superclass's dealloc implementation will not be executed. On the other hand, if I explicitly call the superclass's dealloc method, the program crashes.
Here is the implementation of the cus_dealloc function:
void custom_dealloc(id self, SEL _cmd) {
// Release other memory

Class superClass = class_getSuperclass(object_getClass(self));
void (*originIMP)(struct objc_super *, SEL, ...) = (void *)objc_msgSendSuper;
struct objc_super *objcSuper = &(struct objc_super){self, superClass};
originIMP(objcSuper, _cmd);
}
demo