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In navigationLink closure, FocusState doesn't work in sheet
Hello, I have a question about FocusState, navigationLink and sheet, the code which in navigationLink closure doesn’t work, but work without navigationLink, just like the following code struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { // this work interView() // this doesn't work NavigationLink { interView() } label: { Text("into interView") } } } } struct interView: View { @FocusState var focusStateA : Int? @State var show : Bool = false @State var text: String = "" var body: some View { ScrollView { VStack { coreView Button("Detail") { show.toggle() } } .sheet(isPresented: $show, content: { coreView }) } } } extension interView { var coreView : some View { VStack { VStack { putdown TextField("hi", text: $text) .focused($focusStateA , equals: 1) } } } var putdown : some View { Button(action: { if focusStateA != nil { focusStateA = nil print("OK") } else { print("It's nil") } }, label: { Text("Put down the keyboard") }) } } and there are some strange phenomena, I must put all view into a scrollview, otherwise, it even doesn’t work without navigationLink This problem has existed in IOS 18, and now in IOS26 still doesn’t be settled, is it a problem or some character?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jun ’25
unable to click when ZoomNavigationTransition finished
I am using ".navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: xxx, in: xxx))" to zooms the appearing view from a source view . When the appearing view dismissed, I can only click other view after a delay . It seems that the transition is not finished immediately when the appearing view dismissed . After a delay, the transition finished, than I can click other view. struct ContentView: View { @State private var path: NavigationPath = NavigationPath() @Namespace private var namespace var body: some View { NavigationStack(path: $path) { VStack(spacing: 0) { ForEach(["aaa", "bbb"], id: \.self) { string in Text(string) .frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height / 2) .contentShape(Rectangle()) .onTapGesture { path.append(string) } .matchedTransitionSource(id: string, in: namespace) } } .navigationDestination(for: String.self, destination: { route in Text(route) .navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: route, in: namespace)) }) } } } When using sheet on appearing view, It seems that the transition is finished immediately when the appearing view dismissed. extension String: Identifiable { public var id: String { return self } } struct ContentView: View { @State private var path: NavigationPath = NavigationPath() @Namespace private var namespace @State private var stringToSheet: String? var body: some View { NavigationStack(path: $path) { VStack(spacing: 0) { ForEach(["aaa", "bbb"], id: \.self) { string in Text(string) .frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height / 2) .contentShape(Rectangle()) .onTapGesture { stringToSheet = string } .matchedTransitionSource(id: string, in: namespace) } } .sheet(item: $stringToSheet) { newValue in Text(newValue) .navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: newValue, in: namespace)) } } } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jun ’25
FocusedBinding and selecting item in the List issue
Hello dear community! I'm still new to SwiftUI and going through the official Introducing SwiftUI Tutorials (basically, building the Landmarks app) And I'm struggle with some behavior I noticed in the macOS version of the Landmarks app. So, here is the idea, there is a list of Landmarks (the simplified version from the tutorial): struct LandmarkList: View { @Environment(ModelData.self) var modelData @State private var selectedLandmark: Landmark? var index: Int? { modelData.landmarks.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == selectedLandmark?.id }) } var body: some View { @Bindable var modelData = modelData NavigationSplitView { List(selection: $selectedLandmark) { ForEach(modelData.landmarks) { landmark in NavigationLink { LandmarkDetail(landmark: landmark) } label: { LandmarkRow(landmark: landmark) } .tag(landmark) } } .navigationTitle("Landmarks") .frame(minWidth: 300) } detail: { Text("Select a landmark") } .focusedValue(\.selectedLandmark, $modelData.landmarks[index ?? 0]) } } And there are a few helper structs which makes the possibility of the Marking a selected landmark as favorite (or remove) via shortcut and via menu: struct LandmarkCommands: Commands { @FocusedBinding(\.selectedLandmark) var selectedLandmark var body: some Commands { SidebarCommands() CommandMenu("Landmark") { Button("\(selectedLandmark?.isFavorite == true ? "Remove" : "Mark") as Favorite") { selectedLandmark?.isFavorite.toggle() } .keyboardShortcut("f", modifiers: [.shift, .option]) .disabled(selectedLandmark == nil) } } } private struct SelectedLandmarkKey: FocusedValueKey { typealias Value = Binding<Landmark> } extension FocusedValues { var selectedLandmark: Binding<Landmark>? { get { self[SelectedLandmarkKey.self] } set { self[SelectedLandmarkKey.self] = newValue } } } So, with this setup which is presented in the tutorial I notice 3 issues: On the first launch of the app, if I try to select a landmark — it's get unselected instantly. It I try to select it again — it works Marking a selected Landmark as favorite via shortcut (f+shift+opt) or via menu makes the selected Landmark unselected On the Landmark details — marking a Landmark as Favorite also makes the landmark unselected. You can check it on your own if you download the completed project from this page: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui/creating-a-macos-app But could someone please explain why it's happening? And how to avoid such a bad UX with unselecting items in the list?
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Jul ’25
macOS Sequoia/Xcode 16.2 - Catalyst App Missing Tab Bar
My Objective-C Catalyst app when built with Xcode 16.x/iOS 18 does not have a visible Tab Bar when run on Sequoia. App starts up in first tab, but there is no way to access other tabs. The same app when run on macOS Sonoma (or macOS Catalina) has a normal Tab Bar. The app has an initial View UITabBarController with 3 tabs. The main tab is a UiSplitViewController. Minimum macOS deployment 10.5. If app is built on Sonoma with Xcode 15.x/iOS 17 the Tab Bar is normal on macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Catalina. I've tried without success: if (@available(macCatalyst 18.0, *)) { self.tabBarController.tabBarHidden = false; } else { // Fallback on earlier versions } I wonder if this console log message has anything to do with the problem: CLIENT OF UIKIT REQUIRES UPDATE: This process does not adopt UIScene lifecycle. This will become an assert in a future version.
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Jun ’25
memory leak/increased memory by NSTextField setString
I just put the TextField on UI and call the NSTextField setString, but it is memory usage is increasing. StoryBoard Objective C put TextField and button to UI set TextField variable to "ABC" in ViewController.h @property (weak) IBOutlet NSTextView* ABC; on button event function //dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ [_ABC setString:str]; //}); How to block the memory usage increase? Also I was check on Instruments app, and there are many malloc 48bytes, its count is almost same with setString count. Thank you!
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May ’25
Cursor position sync between IOS touch screen and app textview.
The app puts button values into a text view area and controls the cursor. Upon an IOS touch screen, cut or paste, the IOS cursor loses sync with the app cursor causing an address out of bounds and fails. The IOS cut or paste changes the cursor position and the text.endIndex address by shrinking or expanding the text field. IOS doesn't know about the app cursorPosition. If IOS could update the app cursor position and the text.endIndex position would solve the problem. Or if the app knew about the IOS change could update the app cursor position and the text.endIndex. The current work around is the user sets the cursor to the text.startIndex using an app navigating button before the touch screen. The app does not fail. The user then navigates the cursor using arrow buttons to another position. To see this happen download the free SummaGramIPAD Trial.(13") TSIs have been requested with engineer suggestions for well over one year. I hope someone could figure this out. I just finished SummaGram iPhone and would like to host it. Thanks for your help. Charlie
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Jul ’25
Unexpected UINavigationBar Behavior During View Transitions in iOS 18
In iOS 18, I've observed unexpected behavior related to the UINavigationBar when transitioning between view controllers that have differing navigation bar visibility settings. Specifically, when returning from a modal presentation or a web view, the navigation bar reappears with an unexpected height (e.g., 103 points) and lacks content, displaying only an empty bar. Start with a UIViewController (e.g., HomeViewController) where the navigation bar is hidden using: override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewWillAppear(animated) navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated) } Present another UIViewController (e.g., a web view) modally. Dismiss the presented view controller. Observe that upon returning to HomeViewController, the navigation bar is visible with increased height and lacks expected content. Expected Behavior: The navigation bar should remain hidden upon returning to HomeViewController, maintaining the state it had prior to presenting the modal view controller. Actual Behavior: Upon dismissing the modal view controller, the navigation bar becomes visible with an unexpected height and lacks content, leading to a disrupted user interface. Additional Observations: This issue is specific to iOS 18; it does not occur in iOS 17 or earlier versions. The problem seems to stem from setting the navigation bar to be visible in the viewWillDisappear method, as shown below: override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewWillDisappear(animated) navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated) } Removing or modifying this line mitigates the issue, suggesting a change in the view controller lifecycle behavior in iOS 18. Request for Clarification: Is this change in behavior intentional in iOS 18, or is it a regression? Understanding whether this is a new standard or a bug will help in implementing appropriate solutions. Workaround: As a temporary measure, I've adjusted the navigation bar visibility settings to avoid changing its state in viewWillDisappear, instead managing it in viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear. References: Similar issues have been discussed in the Apple Developer Forums: iPad OS 18 UINavigationBar display incorrectly
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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May ’25
Background or Foreground
Hi Team! Has anyone found a reliable way to detect CarPlay connection without the app needing to be in the foreground? I’m exploring a concept where, for example, as someone nears home while driving, a prompt appears on the CarPlay screen asking “Would you like to turn on the lights / open garage?” triggered by proximity and CarPlay connection. Would be cool to have it work automatically, but knowing you're in the car is kind of important. From what I can see, apps can’t reliably detect CarPlay connection unless they’re actively open on the CarPlay screen. Most background detection methods (like external screen connect notifications) appear deprecated. That is, unless you're specifically approved as a "messaging" or "navigation" app that appear to get special privilages to send alerts from the background. If I send an alert (or poll Carplay periodically) it just gives silent/dead response. Is there any approach, framework, entitlement, or UI pattern that could allow a passive trigger or background detection while driving with CarPlay connected? I can't see any way to bring an app to the foreground either. Not looking to abuse any rules... just want to understand if anyone’s found a clean, approved workaround. Thanks in advance!
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Jun ’25
Best way to combine new tab bar with floating action button?
I have a floating action button in my app above a toolbar. The action button adds items to my app, so is pretty important and should be easy to reach. Now with the new liquid glass design, I wonder what the best way is to combine those two. Should I use .tabViewBottomAccessory() for that? Though, that will merge down on scroll. 🤔 Or can I replace the search button in the bottom right with my own custom button action?
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Jun ’25
Label I Added in Storyboard Appears nil when I try to Dequeue a Cell Using a Data Source Cell Provider
I have added a UICollectionViewCell to my storyboard, and I added a UILabel to my UICollectionViewCell in storyboard. I have created a cell registration using UICollectionView.CellRegistration and have implemented the cellProvider closure for the datasource which dequeue a collection view cell of type TapLabelCollectionViewCell(I have subclassed the cell in my storyboard to this class). In my TapLabelCollectionViewCell, I am trying to set the tap gesture recogniser on the label, but the label appears nil, which I've connected using an @IBOutlet. Why is this and how can I fix it? My code : // UI View Controller: class TapGridViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // Do any additional setup after loading the view. tapGridCollectionView.collectionViewLayout = createLayout() configureDataSource() applySnapshot() } func configureDataSource() { let cellRegistration = UICollectionView.CellRegistration<TapLabelCollectionViewCell, CellItem>(handler: { (cell: TapLabelCollectionViewCell, indexPath: IndexPath, item: CellItem) in cell.taplabel.text = String(item.labelCount) }) dataSource = UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource(collectionView: tapGridCollectionView, cellProvider: { (collectionView: UICollectionView, indexPath: IndexPath, item: CellItem) in let cell = collectionView.dequeueConfiguredReusableCell(using: cellRegistration, for: indexPath, item: item) cell.delegate = self cell.index = indexPath.row return cell }) } } // UI Collection View Cell: protocol TapLabelCollectionViewCellDelegate: AnyObject { func incrementNumberOfTaps(index: Int) } class TapLabelCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell { @IBOutlet var taplabel: UILabel! var delegate: TapLabelCollectionViewCellDelegate? var index: Int! static let identifier = "tapLabelCellIdentifier" override init(frame: CGRect) { super.init(frame: frame) setUpTapGestureRecognizer() } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) } func setUpTapGestureRecognizer() { let tapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(incrementNumberOfTaps)) print("tap Label,", taplabel) taplabel.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer) } @objc func incrementNumberOfTaps() { delegate?.incrementNumberOfTaps(index: index) } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
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Jul ’25
visionOS NavigationSplitView - Refreshable ProgressView Disappears
Description I've encountered an issue with NavigationSplitView on visionOS when using a refreshable ScrollView or List in the detail view. The Problem: When implementing pull-to-refresh in the detail view of a NavigationSplitView, the ProgressView disappears and generates this warning: Trying to convert coordinates between views that are in different UIWindows, which isn't supported. Use convertPoint:fromCoordinateSpace: instead. I discovered that if the detail view includes a .navigationTitle(), the ProgressView remains visible and works correctly! Below is a minimal reproducible example showing this behavior. When you run this code, you'll notice: The sidebar refreshable works fine The detail refreshable works only when .navigationTitle("Something") is present Remove the navigationTitle and the detail view's refresh indicator disappears minimal Demo import SwiftUI struct MinimalRefreshableDemo: View { @State private var items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] @State private var detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] @State private var selectedItem: String? = "Item 1" var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List(items, id: \.self, selection: $selectedItem) { item in Text(item) } .refreshable { items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] } .navigationTitle("Chat") } detail: { List { ForEach(detailItems, id: \.self) { item in Text(item) .frame(height: 100) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } } .refreshable { detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] } .navigationTitle("Something") } } } #Preview { MinimalRefreshableDemo() } Is this expected behavior? Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a solution that doesn't require adding a navigation title?
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May ’25
TipKit popover inside ForEach Loop
I've encountered a problem when placing a tip on an element in a ForEach loop. As long as there is only one element in the list the tip will be shown. But if there are more than one element the tip does not appear on iOS and iPadOS. How do I get the tip to be displayed when several elements are displayed? Is it allowed to use the popoverTip() modifier in a ForEach loop or should it be avoided? Interestingly, it works if you run the attached sample code on macOS. Then the tip is displayed on the “Third” element. import SwiftUI import TipKit struct ContentView: View { private var elements: [String] = ["First", "Second", "Third"] let tip = DemoTip() var body: some View { NavigationStack { List { Section { ForEach(elements, id: \.self) { element in Text(element) .popoverTip(tip) } } } } } } struct DemoTip: Tip { var title: Text { Text("Demo Tip") } } @main struct TipKitTestApp: App { init() { #if DEBUG Tips.showAllTipsForTesting() #endif try? Tips.configure([.displayFrequency(.immediate)]) } var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } }
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Jul ’25
Dynamically resizing NSPreferencePane content
Is it not possible to dynamically change or constrain an NSPreferencePane's mainView size? I have looked all over and this doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. The most I can seemingly do is set the frame and hope the user doesn't resize the window. class scor: NSPreferencePane { override func mainViewDidLoad() { mainView = NSHostingView(rootView: ContentView()) mainView.frame = NSMakeRect(0, 0, 668, 1048) } } Here is a screenshot, just with a simple webview as a test, note the scrollbar: My storyboard is just from the default prefpane Xcode template, nothing special. I looked at the header file for NSPreferencePane and came up with nothing. All I can think of is that this is impossible due to the way they are implemented? The only thing we seemingly have access to is mainView, so I can't like constrain the size of mainView to its parent, for example. Additionally, if I make a new preference pane, and make a button or other view that I choose to resize to fill horizontally and vertically, it does that, but not really? Here is what that looks like: The behaviour is similar to the previous preference pane, the width does adapt correctly, the height stays the same, forever. Not that it really matters but I am using macOS 14.7.6 on an M2 air
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Jun ’25
Tap area for focusing element during voice over is not correct
I have two overlay views on each side of a horizontal scroll. The overlay views are helper arrow buttons that can be used to scroll quickly. This issue occurs when I use either ZStack or .overlay modifier for layout. I am using accessibilitySortPriority modifier to maintain this reading order. Left Overlay View Horizontal Scroll Items Right Overlay View When voiceover is on and i do a single tap on views, the focus shifts to particular view as expected. But for the trailing overlay view, the focus does not shift to it as expected. Instead, the focus goes to the scroll item behind it.
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Jul ’25
Search field as in Mail App
How can i achieve the same behavior as the bottom bar on the Mail app? Button -> Search Field -> Button right now, if do as follows, they overlap as if they are not in the same space NavigationStack { VStack { HeaderView() ListView() } } .toolbar(.hidden, for: .tabBar) .searchable(text: $searchText) .searchToolbarBehavior(.minimize) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button { } label: { Label("Button1", systemImage: "person") } } ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button { } label: { Label("Button2", systemImage: "person") } } }
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Jun ’25
Hide title bar in Xcode preview (macOS)
I am trying to hide the titlebar for a macOS app and despite searching throughout the entire day, there's nothing that points to how I can achieve this. I did find this page in the documentation but I don't understand it. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uititlebar/titlevisibility How do I remove the part where it says Xcode Previews? I have used the following on my WindowGroup that works perfectly when the app is being run but it doesn't do anything in the preview. .windowStyle(.hiddenTitleBar)
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jun ’25
In navigationLink closure, FocusState doesn't work in sheet
Hello, I have a question about FocusState, navigationLink and sheet, the code which in navigationLink closure doesn’t work, but work without navigationLink, just like the following code struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { // this work interView() // this doesn't work NavigationLink { interView() } label: { Text("into interView") } } } } struct interView: View { @FocusState var focusStateA : Int? @State var show : Bool = false @State var text: String = "" var body: some View { ScrollView { VStack { coreView Button("Detail") { show.toggle() } } .sheet(isPresented: $show, content: { coreView }) } } } extension interView { var coreView : some View { VStack { VStack { putdown TextField("hi", text: $text) .focused($focusStateA , equals: 1) } } } var putdown : some View { Button(action: { if focusStateA != nil { focusStateA = nil print("OK") } else { print("It's nil") } }, label: { Text("Put down the keyboard") }) } } and there are some strange phenomena, I must put all view into a scrollview, otherwise, it even doesn’t work without navigationLink This problem has existed in IOS 18, and now in IOS26 still doesn’t be settled, is it a problem or some character?
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unable to click when ZoomNavigationTransition finished
I am using ".navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: xxx, in: xxx))" to zooms the appearing view from a source view . When the appearing view dismissed, I can only click other view after a delay . It seems that the transition is not finished immediately when the appearing view dismissed . After a delay, the transition finished, than I can click other view. struct ContentView: View { @State private var path: NavigationPath = NavigationPath() @Namespace private var namespace var body: some View { NavigationStack(path: $path) { VStack(spacing: 0) { ForEach(["aaa", "bbb"], id: \.self) { string in Text(string) .frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height / 2) .contentShape(Rectangle()) .onTapGesture { path.append(string) } .matchedTransitionSource(id: string, in: namespace) } } .navigationDestination(for: String.self, destination: { route in Text(route) .navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: route, in: namespace)) }) } } } When using sheet on appearing view, It seems that the transition is finished immediately when the appearing view dismissed. extension String: Identifiable { public var id: String { return self } } struct ContentView: View { @State private var path: NavigationPath = NavigationPath() @Namespace private var namespace @State private var stringToSheet: String? var body: some View { NavigationStack(path: $path) { VStack(spacing: 0) { ForEach(["aaa", "bbb"], id: \.self) { string in Text(string) .frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height / 2) .contentShape(Rectangle()) .onTapGesture { stringToSheet = string } .matchedTransitionSource(id: string, in: namespace) } } .sheet(item: $stringToSheet) { newValue in Text(newValue) .navigationTransition(ZoomNavigationTransition.zoom(sourceID: newValue, in: namespace)) } } } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jun ’25
iOS26 bottom toolbars space broken
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FocusedBinding and selecting item in the List issue
Hello dear community! I'm still new to SwiftUI and going through the official Introducing SwiftUI Tutorials (basically, building the Landmarks app) And I'm struggle with some behavior I noticed in the macOS version of the Landmarks app. So, here is the idea, there is a list of Landmarks (the simplified version from the tutorial): struct LandmarkList: View { @Environment(ModelData.self) var modelData @State private var selectedLandmark: Landmark? var index: Int? { modelData.landmarks.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == selectedLandmark?.id }) } var body: some View { @Bindable var modelData = modelData NavigationSplitView { List(selection: $selectedLandmark) { ForEach(modelData.landmarks) { landmark in NavigationLink { LandmarkDetail(landmark: landmark) } label: { LandmarkRow(landmark: landmark) } .tag(landmark) } } .navigationTitle("Landmarks") .frame(minWidth: 300) } detail: { Text("Select a landmark") } .focusedValue(\.selectedLandmark, $modelData.landmarks[index ?? 0]) } } And there are a few helper structs which makes the possibility of the Marking a selected landmark as favorite (or remove) via shortcut and via menu: struct LandmarkCommands: Commands { @FocusedBinding(\.selectedLandmark) var selectedLandmark var body: some Commands { SidebarCommands() CommandMenu("Landmark") { Button("\(selectedLandmark?.isFavorite == true ? "Remove" : "Mark") as Favorite") { selectedLandmark?.isFavorite.toggle() } .keyboardShortcut("f", modifiers: [.shift, .option]) .disabled(selectedLandmark == nil) } } } private struct SelectedLandmarkKey: FocusedValueKey { typealias Value = Binding<Landmark> } extension FocusedValues { var selectedLandmark: Binding<Landmark>? { get { self[SelectedLandmarkKey.self] } set { self[SelectedLandmarkKey.self] = newValue } } } So, with this setup which is presented in the tutorial I notice 3 issues: On the first launch of the app, if I try to select a landmark — it's get unselected instantly. It I try to select it again — it works Marking a selected Landmark as favorite via shortcut (f+shift+opt) or via menu makes the selected Landmark unselected On the Landmark details — marking a Landmark as Favorite also makes the landmark unselected. You can check it on your own if you download the completed project from this page: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui/creating-a-macos-app But could someone please explain why it's happening? And how to avoid such a bad UX with unselecting items in the list?
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Jul ’25
New Design - impact to color use in existing app SwiftUI View
I’ve noticed with the new design language, SwiftUI views appear to not use color as much. Example, color modifiers for List View items like carets. Is this intended and can developers introduce color back into SwiftUI view elements, if desired, like in iOS/iPadOS 18? Specifically, accent color not been used in List disclosure outline carets.
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Jun ’25
macOS Sequoia/Xcode 16.2 - Catalyst App Missing Tab Bar
My Objective-C Catalyst app when built with Xcode 16.x/iOS 18 does not have a visible Tab Bar when run on Sequoia. App starts up in first tab, but there is no way to access other tabs. The same app when run on macOS Sonoma (or macOS Catalina) has a normal Tab Bar. The app has an initial View UITabBarController with 3 tabs. The main tab is a UiSplitViewController. Minimum macOS deployment 10.5. If app is built on Sonoma with Xcode 15.x/iOS 17 the Tab Bar is normal on macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Catalina. I've tried without success: if (@available(macCatalyst 18.0, *)) { self.tabBarController.tabBarHidden = false; } else { // Fallback on earlier versions } I wonder if this console log message has anything to do with the problem: CLIENT OF UIKIT REQUIRES UPDATE: This process does not adopt UIScene lifecycle. This will become an assert in a future version.
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Jun ’25
memory leak/increased memory by NSTextField setString
I just put the TextField on UI and call the NSTextField setString, but it is memory usage is increasing. StoryBoard Objective C put TextField and button to UI set TextField variable to "ABC" in ViewController.h @property (weak) IBOutlet NSTextView* ABC; on button event function //dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ [_ABC setString:str]; //}); How to block the memory usage increase? Also I was check on Instruments app, and there are many malloc 48bytes, its count is almost same with setString count. Thank you!
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May ’25
Cursor position sync between IOS touch screen and app textview.
The app puts button values into a text view area and controls the cursor. Upon an IOS touch screen, cut or paste, the IOS cursor loses sync with the app cursor causing an address out of bounds and fails. The IOS cut or paste changes the cursor position and the text.endIndex address by shrinking or expanding the text field. IOS doesn't know about the app cursorPosition. If IOS could update the app cursor position and the text.endIndex position would solve the problem. Or if the app knew about the IOS change could update the app cursor position and the text.endIndex. The current work around is the user sets the cursor to the text.startIndex using an app navigating button before the touch screen. The app does not fail. The user then navigates the cursor using arrow buttons to another position. To see this happen download the free SummaGramIPAD Trial.(13") TSIs have been requested with engineer suggestions for well over one year. I hope someone could figure this out. I just finished SummaGram iPhone and would like to host it. Thanks for your help. Charlie
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Jul ’25
Unexpected UINavigationBar Behavior During View Transitions in iOS 18
In iOS 18, I've observed unexpected behavior related to the UINavigationBar when transitioning between view controllers that have differing navigation bar visibility settings. Specifically, when returning from a modal presentation or a web view, the navigation bar reappears with an unexpected height (e.g., 103 points) and lacks content, displaying only an empty bar. Start with a UIViewController (e.g., HomeViewController) where the navigation bar is hidden using: override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewWillAppear(animated) navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated) } Present another UIViewController (e.g., a web view) modally. Dismiss the presented view controller. Observe that upon returning to HomeViewController, the navigation bar is visible with increased height and lacks expected content. Expected Behavior: The navigation bar should remain hidden upon returning to HomeViewController, maintaining the state it had prior to presenting the modal view controller. Actual Behavior: Upon dismissing the modal view controller, the navigation bar becomes visible with an unexpected height and lacks content, leading to a disrupted user interface. Additional Observations: This issue is specific to iOS 18; it does not occur in iOS 17 or earlier versions. The problem seems to stem from setting the navigation bar to be visible in the viewWillDisappear method, as shown below: override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) { super.viewWillDisappear(animated) navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated) } Removing or modifying this line mitigates the issue, suggesting a change in the view controller lifecycle behavior in iOS 18. Request for Clarification: Is this change in behavior intentional in iOS 18, or is it a regression? Understanding whether this is a new standard or a bug will help in implementing appropriate solutions. Workaround: As a temporary measure, I've adjusted the navigation bar visibility settings to avoid changing its state in viewWillDisappear, instead managing it in viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear. References: Similar issues have been discussed in the Apple Developer Forums: iPad OS 18 UINavigationBar display incorrectly
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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May ’25
Background or Foreground
Hi Team! Has anyone found a reliable way to detect CarPlay connection without the app needing to be in the foreground? I’m exploring a concept where, for example, as someone nears home while driving, a prompt appears on the CarPlay screen asking “Would you like to turn on the lights / open garage?” triggered by proximity and CarPlay connection. Would be cool to have it work automatically, but knowing you're in the car is kind of important. From what I can see, apps can’t reliably detect CarPlay connection unless they’re actively open on the CarPlay screen. Most background detection methods (like external screen connect notifications) appear deprecated. That is, unless you're specifically approved as a "messaging" or "navigation" app that appear to get special privilages to send alerts from the background. If I send an alert (or poll Carplay periodically) it just gives silent/dead response. Is there any approach, framework, entitlement, or UI pattern that could allow a passive trigger or background detection while driving with CarPlay connected? I can't see any way to bring an app to the foreground either. Not looking to abuse any rules... just want to understand if anyone’s found a clean, approved workaround. Thanks in advance!
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Jun ’25
Best way to combine new tab bar with floating action button?
I have a floating action button in my app above a toolbar. The action button adds items to my app, so is pretty important and should be easy to reach. Now with the new liquid glass design, I wonder what the best way is to combine those two. Should I use .tabViewBottomAccessory() for that? Though, that will merge down on scroll. 🤔 Or can I replace the search button in the bottom right with my own custom button action?
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Jun ’25
Label I Added in Storyboard Appears nil when I try to Dequeue a Cell Using a Data Source Cell Provider
I have added a UICollectionViewCell to my storyboard, and I added a UILabel to my UICollectionViewCell in storyboard. I have created a cell registration using UICollectionView.CellRegistration and have implemented the cellProvider closure for the datasource which dequeue a collection view cell of type TapLabelCollectionViewCell(I have subclassed the cell in my storyboard to this class). In my TapLabelCollectionViewCell, I am trying to set the tap gesture recogniser on the label, but the label appears nil, which I've connected using an @IBOutlet. Why is this and how can I fix it? My code : // UI View Controller: class TapGridViewController: UIViewController { override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // Do any additional setup after loading the view. tapGridCollectionView.collectionViewLayout = createLayout() configureDataSource() applySnapshot() } func configureDataSource() { let cellRegistration = UICollectionView.CellRegistration<TapLabelCollectionViewCell, CellItem>(handler: { (cell: TapLabelCollectionViewCell, indexPath: IndexPath, item: CellItem) in cell.taplabel.text = String(item.labelCount) }) dataSource = UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource(collectionView: tapGridCollectionView, cellProvider: { (collectionView: UICollectionView, indexPath: IndexPath, item: CellItem) in let cell = collectionView.dequeueConfiguredReusableCell(using: cellRegistration, for: indexPath, item: item) cell.delegate = self cell.index = indexPath.row return cell }) } } // UI Collection View Cell: protocol TapLabelCollectionViewCellDelegate: AnyObject { func incrementNumberOfTaps(index: Int) } class TapLabelCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell { @IBOutlet var taplabel: UILabel! var delegate: TapLabelCollectionViewCellDelegate? var index: Int! static let identifier = "tapLabelCellIdentifier" override init(frame: CGRect) { super.init(frame: frame) setUpTapGestureRecognizer() } required init?(coder: NSCoder) { super.init(coder: coder) } func setUpTapGestureRecognizer() { let tapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(incrementNumberOfTaps)) print("tap Label,", taplabel) taplabel.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer) } @objc func incrementNumberOfTaps() { delegate?.incrementNumberOfTaps(index: index) } }
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Jul ’25
visionOS NavigationSplitView - Refreshable ProgressView Disappears
Description I've encountered an issue with NavigationSplitView on visionOS when using a refreshable ScrollView or List in the detail view. The Problem: When implementing pull-to-refresh in the detail view of a NavigationSplitView, the ProgressView disappears and generates this warning: Trying to convert coordinates between views that are in different UIWindows, which isn't supported. Use convertPoint:fromCoordinateSpace: instead. I discovered that if the detail view includes a .navigationTitle(), the ProgressView remains visible and works correctly! Below is a minimal reproducible example showing this behavior. When you run this code, you'll notice: The sidebar refreshable works fine The detail refreshable works only when .navigationTitle("Something") is present Remove the navigationTitle and the detail view's refresh indicator disappears minimal Demo import SwiftUI struct MinimalRefreshableDemo: View { @State private var items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] @State private var detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] @State private var selectedItem: String? = "Item 1" var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List(items, id: \.self, selection: $selectedItem) { item in Text(item) } .refreshable { items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"] } .navigationTitle("Chat") } detail: { List { ForEach(detailItems, id: \.self) { item in Text(item) .frame(height: 100) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } } .refreshable { detailItems = ["Detail 1", "Detail 2", "Detail 3"] } .navigationTitle("Something") } } } #Preview { MinimalRefreshableDemo() } Is this expected behavior? Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a solution that doesn't require adding a navigation title?
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May ’25
TipKit popover inside ForEach Loop
I've encountered a problem when placing a tip on an element in a ForEach loop. As long as there is only one element in the list the tip will be shown. But if there are more than one element the tip does not appear on iOS and iPadOS. How do I get the tip to be displayed when several elements are displayed? Is it allowed to use the popoverTip() modifier in a ForEach loop or should it be avoided? Interestingly, it works if you run the attached sample code on macOS. Then the tip is displayed on the “Third” element. import SwiftUI import TipKit struct ContentView: View { private var elements: [String] = ["First", "Second", "Third"] let tip = DemoTip() var body: some View { NavigationStack { List { Section { ForEach(elements, id: \.self) { element in Text(element) .popoverTip(tip) } } } } } } struct DemoTip: Tip { var title: Text { Text("Demo Tip") } } @main struct TipKitTestApp: App { init() { #if DEBUG Tips.showAllTipsForTesting() #endif try? Tips.configure([.displayFrequency(.immediate)]) } var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } }
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Jul ’25
Dynamically resizing NSPreferencePane content
Is it not possible to dynamically change or constrain an NSPreferencePane's mainView size? I have looked all over and this doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. The most I can seemingly do is set the frame and hope the user doesn't resize the window. class scor: NSPreferencePane { override func mainViewDidLoad() { mainView = NSHostingView(rootView: ContentView()) mainView.frame = NSMakeRect(0, 0, 668, 1048) } } Here is a screenshot, just with a simple webview as a test, note the scrollbar: My storyboard is just from the default prefpane Xcode template, nothing special. I looked at the header file for NSPreferencePane and came up with nothing. All I can think of is that this is impossible due to the way they are implemented? The only thing we seemingly have access to is mainView, so I can't like constrain the size of mainView to its parent, for example. Additionally, if I make a new preference pane, and make a button or other view that I choose to resize to fill horizontally and vertically, it does that, but not really? Here is what that looks like: The behaviour is similar to the previous preference pane, the width does adapt correctly, the height stays the same, forever. Not that it really matters but I am using macOS 14.7.6 on an M2 air
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Jun ’25
Tap area for focusing element during voice over is not correct
I have two overlay views on each side of a horizontal scroll. The overlay views are helper arrow buttons that can be used to scroll quickly. This issue occurs when I use either ZStack or .overlay modifier for layout. I am using accessibilitySortPriority modifier to maintain this reading order. Left Overlay View Horizontal Scroll Items Right Overlay View When voiceover is on and i do a single tap on views, the focus shifts to particular view as expected. But for the trailing overlay view, the focus does not shift to it as expected. Instead, the focus goes to the scroll item behind it.
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Jul ’25
Search field as in Mail App
How can i achieve the same behavior as the bottom bar on the Mail app? Button -> Search Field -> Button right now, if do as follows, they overlap as if they are not in the same space NavigationStack { VStack { HeaderView() ListView() } } .toolbar(.hidden, for: .tabBar) .searchable(text: $searchText) .searchToolbarBehavior(.minimize) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button { } label: { Label("Button1", systemImage: "person") } } ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button { } label: { Label("Button2", systemImage: "person") } } }
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Jun ’25
Hide title bar in Xcode preview (macOS)
I am trying to hide the titlebar for a macOS app and despite searching throughout the entire day, there's nothing that points to how I can achieve this. I did find this page in the documentation but I don't understand it. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uititlebar/titlevisibility How do I remove the part where it says Xcode Previews? I have used the following on my WindowGroup that works perfectly when the app is being run but it doesn't do anything in the preview. .windowStyle(.hiddenTitleBar)
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Jun ’25
CarPlay and iOS 18.5, app crashes if the mobile one is not running
Hi, after upgrading to iOS 18.5 our app crashes in CarPlay. Only when the app is running on our mobile the carplay app works fine. If we run the same app in mobiles with iOS < 18.5 everything works. What has changed in iOS 18.5? Thanks
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May ’25
Multitasking Button Notifications in Control Center
In iPadOS 26, the Control Center includes a Multitasking button that lets users switch between full-screen and windowed apps. Is any UISceneDelegate method invoked when this happens, or is there another mechanism by which the app is notified?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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