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In a List row on macOS, changing Image color when row is selected
When using an image in a List item, you sometimes want to tint that image, but only if the item isn’t selected. When it’s selected, you usually want the contents of the list item to be all-white, for contrast. The backgroundProminence Environment value ostensibly exists for this purpose, but in my tests, it never seems to change. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an alternative solution? For instance, this code: import SwiftUI struct ProminentBackgroundInList: View { var body: some View { List(selection: .constant(0)) { ListItem().tag(0) ListItem().tag(1) } } } struct ListItem: View { @Environment(\.backgroundProminence) var backgroundProminence var body: some View { HStack { Image(systemName: "person.fill") .foregroundStyle(backgroundProminence == .standard ? .orange : .primary) Text("Person") } } } #Preview { ProminentBackgroundInList() } Produces this result:
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Feb ’26
Observation feedback loop on simple Map() view declaration
Project minimum iOS deployment is set to 16.4. When running this simple code in console we receive "Observation tracking feedback loop detected!" and map is unusable. Run code: Map(coordinateRegion: .constant(.init())) Console report: ... Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> IDE: Xcode 26 Beta 3 Testing device: iPhone 15 Pro iOS 26 Beta 3 MacOS: Tahoe 26 Beta 3
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Jul ’25
iOS 26 @FocusState Doesn't Work If TextField Is In Toolbar
When I add a TextField with @FocusState to a toolbar, I noticed that setting focus = false doesn't cause the form to lose focus If I move the TextField out of the toolbar setting focus = false works fine. How can I unfocus the text field when the cancel button is tapped? Minimal example tested on Xcode Version 26.0 beta 6 (17A5305f): import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var text: String = "" @FocusState private var focus: Bool var body: some View { NavigationStack { List { Text("Test List") } .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { TextField("Test", text: $text) .padding(.horizontal) .focused($focus) } ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button(role: .cancel) { focus = false // THIS DOESN'T WORK! } } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }```
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Sep ’25
[iOSAppOnMac] ShareKit: Crashes in SHKItemIsPDF() or -[SHKSaveToFilesSharingService saveFileURL:completion:]
I have a custom document-based iOS app that also runs on macOS. After implementing -activityItemsConfiguration to enable sharing from the context menu, I found that the app crashes on macOS when selecting Share… from the context menu and then selecting Save (i.e. Save to Files under iOS). This problem does not occur on iOS, which behaves correctly. - (id<UIActivityItemsConfigurationReading>)activityItemsConfiguration { NSItemProvider * provider = [[NSItemProvider alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:self.document.presentedItemURL]; UIActivityItemsConfiguration * configuration = [UIActivityItemsConfiguration activityItemsConfigurationWithItemProviders:@[ provider ]]; // XXX crashes with com.apple.share.System.SaveToFiles return configuration; } Additionally, I found that to even reach this crash, the workaround implemented in the NSItemProvider (FBxxx) category of the sample project is needed. Without this, the app will crash much earlier, due to SHKItemIsPDF() erroneously invoking -pathExtension on an NSItemProvider. This appears to be a second bug in Apple’s private ShareKit framework. #import <UniformTypeIdentifiers/UniformTypeIdentifiers.h> @implementation NSItemProvider (FBxxx) // XXX SHKItemIsPDF() invokes -pathExtension on an NSItemProvider (when running under macOS, anyway) -> crash - (NSString *)pathExtension { return self.registeredContentTypes.firstObject.preferredFilenameExtension; } @end Again, this all works fine on iOS (17.5) but crashes when the exact same app build is running on macOS (14.5). I believe these bugs are Apple's. Any idea how to avoid the crash? Is there a way to disable the "Save to Files" option in the sharing popup? I filed FB13819800 with a sample project that demonstrates the crash on macOS. I was going to file a TSI to get this resolved, but I see that DTS is not responding to tech support incidents until after WWDC.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Jul ’25
unselectedItemTintColor of tabBarItem in iOS 26
Hi, I am running iOS Simulator on iOS 26 and I am trying to change unselectedItemTintColor of UITabBarItem in my TabBarViewController but it did not work when I tried following ways: Setting an iconColor through UITabBarAppearance() class Setting unselected item tint color like tabBar.unselectedItemTintColor = .black As an example attached file, I would like to set Settings tab's item color (icon + title) with different one when it is unselected.
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Nov ’25
How to do full width .sheet() on iOS 26+ with small presentation detents?
For certain contexts, I'd like to still have my .sheet() be full width even when it's at a small height. In iOS 26, the sheet is inset from the edges at small detents and expands to full width at larger detents. For example, I have a view where I have a .sheet() that has a height of about 200pts and it contains a horizontally scrolling picker that extends past the bounds of the screen. I'd like the .sheet to expand all the way to the edge when at these small detents, like it would previous to iOS 26. Is it possible to configure this? This change will break a number of existing designs :( A new ViewModifier such as enum PresentationWidth { case dynamic, fixed } func presentationWidth(_ width: PresentationWidth) -> some View would be very nice.
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Jun ’25
AsyncImage - Cancelled Loading before View is Visible
I have been playing around with the new AsyncImage Api in SwiftUI I am using the initialiser that passes in a closure with the AsyncImagePhase, to view why an image may not load, when I looked at the error that is passed in if the phase is failure, the localised description of the error is "Cancelled" but this is happening before the view is being displayed. I am loading these images in a list, I imagine I am probably doing something which is causing the system to decide to cancel the loading, but I cannot see what. Are there any tips to investigate this further?
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Jan ’26
.safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom), animation lag on appear/disappear
When I try to show/hide the content in .safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom), especially the content with a large height, the background animation of the toolbar is very laggy. iOS 26 RC Feedback ID - FB19768797 import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var isShown: Bool = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { Button("Toggle") { withAnimation { isShown.toggle() } } ScrollView(.vertical) { ForEach(0..<100) { index in Text("\(index)") .padding() .border(.blue) .background(.blue) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } } .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(.soft, for: .bottom) .safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom) { if isShown { Text("Safe area bar") .padding(64) .background(.red) } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }
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Feb ’26
Persisting User Settings with SwiftData
I was wondering what the recommended way is to persist user settings with SwiftData? It seems the SwiftData API is focused around querying for multiple objects, but what if you just want one UserSettings object that is persisted across devices say for example to store the user's age or sorting preferences. Do we just create one object and then query for it or is there a better way of doing this? Right now I am just creating: import SwiftData @Model final class UserSettings { var age: Int = 0 var sortAtoZ: Bool = true init(age: Int = 0, sortAtoZ: Bool = true) { self.age = age self.sortAtoZ = sortAtoZ } } In my view I am doing as follows: import SwiftUI import SwiftData struct SettingsView: View { @Environment(\.modelContext) var context @Query var settings: [UserSettings] var body: some View { ForEach(settings) { setting in let bSetting = Bindable(setting) Toggle("Sort A-Z", isOn: bSetting.sortAtoZ) TextField("Age", value: bSetting.age, format: .number) } .onAppear { if settings.isEmpty { context.insert(UserSettings(age: 0, sortAtoZ: true)) } } } } Unfortunately, there are two issues with this approach: I am having to fetch multiple items when I only ever want one. Sometimes when running on a new device it will create a second UserSettings while it is waiting for the original one to sync from CloudKit. AppStorage is not an option here as I am looking to persist for the user across devices and use CloudKit syncing.
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Jan ’26
CarPlay app not receiving data updates when iPhone screen is locked
We are building a CarPlay app and have run into an issue with data updates. When the app is running on the CarPlay display and the iPhone screen is locked, no data updates are shown on the CarPlay screen. As soon as the phone is unlocked, the data updates appear instantly on the CarPlay display. Has anyone encountered this behavior before? Is there a specific setting, entitlement, or background mode we need to enable in order to ensure the CarPlay app continues to receive and display data while the iPhone is locked? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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Oct ’25
Sheet-like presentation on the side on iPad
Is there a way to get a sheet on the side over an interactive view with a proper glass background on iPad? Ideally, including being able to drag the sheet between medium/large-height sizes (like a sheet with presentationDetents on iPhone), similar to the Maps app: I tried the NavigationSplitView like in the NavigationCookbook example. This is somewhat like it, but it's too narrow (sidebar-like) and doesn't get the full navigation bar: I also played around with .sheet and .presentationDetents and the related modifiers, thinking I could make the sheet appear to the side; but no luck here. It seems to have all the correct behaviors, but it's always presented form-like in the center: Example code for the sheet: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .sheet(isPresented: .constant(true)) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { Text("Foo") .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } } .presentationDetents([.medium, .large]) .presentationBackgroundInteraction(.enabled) } } } I also tried placing the NavigationStack as an overlay and putting a .glassEffect behind it. From the first sight, this looks okay-ish on beta 3, but seems prone to tricky gotchas and edge cases around the glass effects and related transitions. Seems like not a good approach to me, building such navigational containers myself has been a way too big time-sink for me in the past... Anyway, example code for the overlay approach: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { ScrollView { VStack { ForEach(1...30, id: \.self) { no in Button("Hello world") {} .buttonStyle(.bordered) } } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } .frame(width: 400) .frame(height: 600) .glassEffect(.regular, in: .rect(cornerRadius: 22)) .padding() } } } Do I miss something here or is this not possible currently with built-in means of the SwiftUI API?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’25
Popovers are broken on macCatalyst
.popover(isPresented: modifier doesn't work on Mac Catalyst when attached to the item in the toolbar. The app crashes on button click, when trying to present the popover. iOS 26 RC (macOS 26 RC) Feedback ID - FB20145491 import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var isPresented: Bool = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { Text("Hello, world!") .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .automatic) { Button(action: { self.isPresented.toggle() }) { Text("Toggle popover") } .popover(isPresented: $isPresented) { Text("Hello, world!") } } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }
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Dec ’25
Crash on _UIButtonBarItemLayout _updateItemView
With iOS 26.1 and beta 26.2, there is a crash seen for _UIButtonBarItemLayout update. Has anyone experienced this crash or has any information on this Thread 0 name: Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000019daa144c objc_retain + 16 1 UIKitCore 0x00000001a680b184 -[_UIButtonBarItemLayout _updateItemView] + 360 2 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d5ddcc -[_UIButtonBarItemLayout minimumLayoutWidthGivenMinimumSpaceWidth:] + 28 3 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d5eeec -[_UIButtonBarItemGroupLayout recalculateLayoutWidthsGivenItemSpaceWidth:] + 304 4 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d4ca28 -[_UIButtonBar _widthInfoForLayout:] + 188 5 UIKitCore 0x00000001a68093b4 -[_UIButtonBar _layoutBar] + 108 6 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6809328 __42-[_UIButtonBarStackView updateConstraints]_block_invoke + 44 7 UIKitCore 0x00000001a7dbea8c +[UIView(Animation) performWithoutAnimation:] + 76 8 UIKitCore 0x00000001a68092d0 -[_UIButtonBarStackView updateConstraints] + 112 9 UIKitCore 0x00000001a64707e8 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _previousFittingSizeInfo] + 784 10 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6470508 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _previousFittingSizeInfo] + 48
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Dec ’25
What is the difference between .safeAreaInset and the new .safeAreaBar?
I've been trying out the new .safeAreaBar modifier for iOS 26, but I cannot seem to notice any difference between that and .safeAreaInset? The documentation says: the bar modifier configures the content to support views to automatically extend the edge effect of any scroll view’s the bar adjusts safe area of. But I can't seem to see that in action.
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Jul ’25
@state update not reflecting on UI.
I’m facing an issue in our native iOS app that occurs specifically on iOS 26.1 (not observed on any lower versions). When I update a @State field value, the UI does not reflect the change as expected. The @State variable updates internally, but the view does not re-render. This behaviour started after upgrading to iOS 26.1. Works fine on iOS 26.0 and earlier versions. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a workaround? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Dec ’25
In a List row on macOS, changing Image color when row is selected
When using an image in a List item, you sometimes want to tint that image, but only if the item isn’t selected. When it’s selected, you usually want the contents of the list item to be all-white, for contrast. The backgroundProminence Environment value ostensibly exists for this purpose, but in my tests, it never seems to change. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an alternative solution? For instance, this code: import SwiftUI struct ProminentBackgroundInList: View { var body: some View { List(selection: .constant(0)) { ListItem().tag(0) ListItem().tag(1) } } } struct ListItem: View { @Environment(\.backgroundProminence) var backgroundProminence var body: some View { HStack { Image(systemName: "person.fill") .foregroundStyle(backgroundProminence == .standard ? .orange : .primary) Text("Person") } } } #Preview { ProminentBackgroundInList() } Produces this result:
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Feb ’26
Observation feedback loop on simple Map() view declaration
Project minimum iOS deployment is set to 16.4. When running this simple code in console we receive "Observation tracking feedback loop detected!" and map is unusable. Run code: Map(coordinateRegion: .constant(.init())) Console report: ... Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> IDE: Xcode 26 Beta 3 Testing device: iPhone 15 Pro iOS 26 Beta 3 MacOS: Tahoe 26 Beta 3
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Jul ’25
iOS 26 @FocusState Doesn't Work If TextField Is In Toolbar
When I add a TextField with @FocusState to a toolbar, I noticed that setting focus = false doesn't cause the form to lose focus If I move the TextField out of the toolbar setting focus = false works fine. How can I unfocus the text field when the cancel button is tapped? Minimal example tested on Xcode Version 26.0 beta 6 (17A5305f): import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var text: String = "" @FocusState private var focus: Bool var body: some View { NavigationStack { List { Text("Test List") } .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { TextField("Test", text: $text) .padding(.horizontal) .focused($focus) } ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button(role: .cancel) { focus = false // THIS DOESN'T WORK! } } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }```
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Sep ’25
[iOSAppOnMac] ShareKit: Crashes in SHKItemIsPDF() or -[SHKSaveToFilesSharingService saveFileURL:completion:]
I have a custom document-based iOS app that also runs on macOS. After implementing -activityItemsConfiguration to enable sharing from the context menu, I found that the app crashes on macOS when selecting Share… from the context menu and then selecting Save (i.e. Save to Files under iOS). This problem does not occur on iOS, which behaves correctly. - (id<UIActivityItemsConfigurationReading>)activityItemsConfiguration { NSItemProvider * provider = [[NSItemProvider alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:self.document.presentedItemURL]; UIActivityItemsConfiguration * configuration = [UIActivityItemsConfiguration activityItemsConfigurationWithItemProviders:@[ provider ]]; // XXX crashes with com.apple.share.System.SaveToFiles return configuration; } Additionally, I found that to even reach this crash, the workaround implemented in the NSItemProvider (FBxxx) category of the sample project is needed. Without this, the app will crash much earlier, due to SHKItemIsPDF() erroneously invoking -pathExtension on an NSItemProvider. This appears to be a second bug in Apple’s private ShareKit framework. #import <UniformTypeIdentifiers/UniformTypeIdentifiers.h> @implementation NSItemProvider (FBxxx) // XXX SHKItemIsPDF() invokes -pathExtension on an NSItemProvider (when running under macOS, anyway) -> crash - (NSString *)pathExtension { return self.registeredContentTypes.firstObject.preferredFilenameExtension; } @end Again, this all works fine on iOS (17.5) but crashes when the exact same app build is running on macOS (14.5). I believe these bugs are Apple's. Any idea how to avoid the crash? Is there a way to disable the "Save to Files" option in the sharing popup? I filed FB13819800 with a sample project that demonstrates the crash on macOS. I was going to file a TSI to get this resolved, but I see that DTS is not responding to tech support incidents until after WWDC.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Jul ’25
unselectedItemTintColor of tabBarItem in iOS 26
Hi, I am running iOS Simulator on iOS 26 and I am trying to change unselectedItemTintColor of UITabBarItem in my TabBarViewController but it did not work when I tried following ways: Setting an iconColor through UITabBarAppearance() class Setting unselected item tint color like tabBar.unselectedItemTintColor = .black As an example attached file, I would like to set Settings tab's item color (icon + title) with different one when it is unselected.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
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Nov ’25
How to do full width .sheet() on iOS 26+ with small presentation detents?
For certain contexts, I'd like to still have my .sheet() be full width even when it's at a small height. In iOS 26, the sheet is inset from the edges at small detents and expands to full width at larger detents. For example, I have a view where I have a .sheet() that has a height of about 200pts and it contains a horizontally scrolling picker that extends past the bounds of the screen. I'd like the .sheet to expand all the way to the edge when at these small detents, like it would previous to iOS 26. Is it possible to configure this? This change will break a number of existing designs :( A new ViewModifier such as enum PresentationWidth { case dynamic, fixed } func presentationWidth(_ width: PresentationWidth) -> some View would be very nice.
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Jun ’25
Issue with preselecting images on iOS 26.1 in photo library
I have checked the sample project from the documentation page and noticed there is an issue with image/images not being preselected. The issue happens on iOS 26.1 and above (checked iOS 26.2 beta). I couldn't find any change to the PhotoPicker in the documentation.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Feb ’26
AsyncImage - Cancelled Loading before View is Visible
I have been playing around with the new AsyncImage Api in SwiftUI I am using the initialiser that passes in a closure with the AsyncImagePhase, to view why an image may not load, when I looked at the error that is passed in if the phase is failure, the localised description of the error is "Cancelled" but this is happening before the view is being displayed. I am loading these images in a list, I imagine I am probably doing something which is causing the system to decide to cancel the loading, but I cannot see what. Are there any tips to investigate this further?
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Jan ’26
.safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom), animation lag on appear/disappear
When I try to show/hide the content in .safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom), especially the content with a large height, the background animation of the toolbar is very laggy. iOS 26 RC Feedback ID - FB19768797 import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var isShown: Bool = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { Button("Toggle") { withAnimation { isShown.toggle() } } ScrollView(.vertical) { ForEach(0..<100) { index in Text("\(index)") .padding() .border(.blue) .background(.blue) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } } .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(.soft, for: .bottom) .safeAreaBar(edge: .bottom) { if isShown { Text("Safe area bar") .padding(64) .background(.red) } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }
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Feb ’26
Persisting User Settings with SwiftData
I was wondering what the recommended way is to persist user settings with SwiftData? It seems the SwiftData API is focused around querying for multiple objects, but what if you just want one UserSettings object that is persisted across devices say for example to store the user's age or sorting preferences. Do we just create one object and then query for it or is there a better way of doing this? Right now I am just creating: import SwiftData @Model final class UserSettings { var age: Int = 0 var sortAtoZ: Bool = true init(age: Int = 0, sortAtoZ: Bool = true) { self.age = age self.sortAtoZ = sortAtoZ } } In my view I am doing as follows: import SwiftUI import SwiftData struct SettingsView: View { @Environment(\.modelContext) var context @Query var settings: [UserSettings] var body: some View { ForEach(settings) { setting in let bSetting = Bindable(setting) Toggle("Sort A-Z", isOn: bSetting.sortAtoZ) TextField("Age", value: bSetting.age, format: .number) } .onAppear { if settings.isEmpty { context.insert(UserSettings(age: 0, sortAtoZ: true)) } } } } Unfortunately, there are two issues with this approach: I am having to fetch multiple items when I only ever want one. Sometimes when running on a new device it will create a second UserSettings while it is waiting for the original one to sync from CloudKit. AppStorage is not an option here as I am looking to persist for the user across devices and use CloudKit syncing.
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Jan ’26
CarPlay app not receiving data updates when iPhone screen is locked
We are building a CarPlay app and have run into an issue with data updates. When the app is running on the CarPlay display and the iPhone screen is locked, no data updates are shown on the CarPlay screen. As soon as the phone is unlocked, the data updates appear instantly on the CarPlay display. Has anyone encountered this behavior before? Is there a specific setting, entitlement, or background mode we need to enable in order to ensure the CarPlay app continues to receive and display data while the iPhone is locked? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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Oct ’25
Sheet-like presentation on the side on iPad
Is there a way to get a sheet on the side over an interactive view with a proper glass background on iPad? Ideally, including being able to drag the sheet between medium/large-height sizes (like a sheet with presentationDetents on iPhone), similar to the Maps app: I tried the NavigationSplitView like in the NavigationCookbook example. This is somewhat like it, but it's too narrow (sidebar-like) and doesn't get the full navigation bar: I also played around with .sheet and .presentationDetents and the related modifiers, thinking I could make the sheet appear to the side; but no luck here. It seems to have all the correct behaviors, but it's always presented form-like in the center: Example code for the sheet: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .sheet(isPresented: .constant(true)) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { Text("Foo") .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } } .presentationDetents([.medium, .large]) .presentationBackgroundInteraction(.enabled) } } } I also tried placing the NavigationStack as an overlay and putting a .glassEffect behind it. From the first sight, this looks okay-ish on beta 3, but seems prone to tricky gotchas and edge cases around the glass effects and related transitions. Seems like not a good approach to me, building such navigational containers myself has been a way too big time-sink for me in the past... Anyway, example code for the overlay approach: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { ScrollView { VStack { ForEach(1...30, id: \.self) { no in Button("Hello world") {} .buttonStyle(.bordered) } } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } .frame(width: 400) .frame(height: 600) .glassEffect(.regular, in: .rect(cornerRadius: 22)) .padding() } } } Do I miss something here or is this not possible currently with built-in means of the SwiftUI API?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’25
reality Converter Where is the download link? I can't find it
reality Converter Where is the download link? I can't find it
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Jan ’26
Instruments: Trace file had no SwiftUI data
using Version 26.2 (17C52) I often get "Trace file had no SwiftUI data" why so?
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Dec ’25
Popovers are broken on macCatalyst
.popover(isPresented: modifier doesn't work on Mac Catalyst when attached to the item in the toolbar. The app crashes on button click, when trying to present the popover. iOS 26 RC (macOS 26 RC) Feedback ID - FB20145491 import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var isPresented: Bool = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { Text("Hello, world!") .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .automatic) { Button(action: { self.isPresented.toggle() }) { Text("Toggle popover") } .popover(isPresented: $isPresented) { Text("Hello, world!") } } } } } } #Preview { ContentView() }
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Dec ’25
Crash on _UIButtonBarItemLayout _updateItemView
With iOS 26.1 and beta 26.2, there is a crash seen for _UIButtonBarItemLayout update. Has anyone experienced this crash or has any information on this Thread 0 name: Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000019daa144c objc_retain + 16 1 UIKitCore 0x00000001a680b184 -[_UIButtonBarItemLayout _updateItemView] + 360 2 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d5ddcc -[_UIButtonBarItemLayout minimumLayoutWidthGivenMinimumSpaceWidth:] + 28 3 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d5eeec -[_UIButtonBarItemGroupLayout recalculateLayoutWidthsGivenItemSpaceWidth:] + 304 4 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6d4ca28 -[_UIButtonBar _widthInfoForLayout:] + 188 5 UIKitCore 0x00000001a68093b4 -[_UIButtonBar _layoutBar] + 108 6 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6809328 __42-[_UIButtonBarStackView updateConstraints]_block_invoke + 44 7 UIKitCore 0x00000001a7dbea8c +[UIView(Animation) performWithoutAnimation:] + 76 8 UIKitCore 0x00000001a68092d0 -[_UIButtonBarStackView updateConstraints] + 112 9 UIKitCore 0x00000001a64707e8 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _previousFittingSizeInfo] + 784 10 UIKitCore 0x00000001a6470508 -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _previousFittingSizeInfo] + 48
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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Dec ’25
Transparent background widgets is possible?
I'm creating an app and I want the user to see the PNG image with the background removed in the widget, but I want the background to be transparent. I've seen this done before in some apps' CarPlay widgets. How can I do this?
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Dec ’25
What format do the app-open-doc functions expect from their "String" parameters?
NSApplicationDelegate.application(_:open:) gets the files it needs to read from the file URLs given. There are similar older functions that use a String to identify the file. What format are those strings expecting? A path name? An URL?
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Jan ’26
What is the difference between .safeAreaInset and the new .safeAreaBar?
I've been trying out the new .safeAreaBar modifier for iOS 26, but I cannot seem to notice any difference between that and .safeAreaInset? The documentation says: the bar modifier configures the content to support views to automatically extend the edge effect of any scroll view’s the bar adjusts safe area of. But I can't seem to see that in action.
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Jul ’25
@state update not reflecting on UI.
I’m facing an issue in our native iOS app that occurs specifically on iOS 26.1 (not observed on any lower versions). When I update a @State field value, the UI does not reflect the change as expected. The @State variable updates internally, but the view does not re-render. This behaviour started after upgrading to iOS 26.1. Works fine on iOS 26.0 and earlier versions. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a workaround? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Dec ’25