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When building a Unity iOS game, the app name displays incorrectly as "BigBall" on the iPhone home screen, despite setting the project name and bundle identifier to "Big Ball" in Unity and Apple Developer account. The correct name, "Big Ball," appears in TestFlight. I tried solutions from ChatGPT and DeepSeek, but none were satisfactory. Please help me.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone here has run into this before. I created an Apple Developer account and everything was working fine until Apple asked me to verify my work email address. The email is legitimate and matches my website domain. Apple did send me the verification email, and I received the code without any issue. However, when I entered the code, it repeatedly said the code was incorrect — even though I’m certain it was entered correctly. After a few attempts, I hit the limit and now see a message saying I’ve exceeded the maximum number of attempts (3). I contacted Apple Developer Support through the developer site about a week ago but haven’t received any response yet. At this point: I can log into my Apple ID normally with no issues I cannot proceed with enrolling in the Apple Developer Program I can’t pay the fee or complete setup because the email verification step is blocked It’s been over a week since the lockout, and I’m not sure how to reset the verification or trigger a new code. Has anyone experienced this before, or does anyone know how to get this resolved? Any help or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

Consider the following code on iOS: struct ContentView: View { @State private var timerInterval = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 0) ... Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 0) var body: some View { VStack { ProgressView( timerInterval: timerInterval, countsDown: true ) Button { let now = Date() let then = now.addingTimeInterval(5) timerInterval = now ... then } label: { Text("Start") } } .padding() } } When I tap on the Start button, the progress view starts animating as expected, and its label is displaying the remaining time. However, at the very end, when the countdown reaches zero, the blue bar of the progress view doesn't reach zero and still has some progress left forever. Is this the expected behavior or a bug? Is there a way to make the bar reach zero without implementing my own custom view? Thanks in advance!

Hi. I'm a 3D designer, using Blender for most of my work. The most recent Blender conference discussed utilizing the Open Shading Language (OSL) in their latest versions, which allows designers to write custom shaders for their workflows. At the moment, only Nvidia Optix GPU's can utilize this language for rendering (from what I understand), but Blender developers stated they are waiting on other GPU manufacturers to implement this feature as well. I'm not sure if there are any licensing issues here, but would this be something Apple could implement in Metal to make their hardware more attractive to the 3D design community? Any help or knowledge on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

I’m a normie: not a developer at all. My idea might be super dumb. Would it be possible to please let us have a button in iphone photos that when toggled allows us to save certain chosen raw images to an iphone block chain, AND have Apple authenticate they are native photos, marked the milisecond they were taken, that they are native and no AI was used on those images? That might go a long way toward restoring trust in truth in photos again. We could also have the same thing for AI. Marked notification in the data on AI photos that can't be erased. Sorry if this is already underway and I'm just a normal person and therefore don't know it. I just want to be able to trust things again. 🤷🏽‍♀️

In an NSTableView (Appkit), I need to colour a cell background when it is selected. That works OK, except that the colour does not span the full cell width, nor even the text itself: The tableView structure is very basic: I see there is a TextCell at the end that cannot be deleted. What is this ? And the colouring as well: func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, viewFor tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> NSView? { let p = someDataSource[row] if let cellView = tableView.makeView(withIdentifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier(rawValue: "Cell"), owner: self) { (cellView as! NSTableCellView).textField?.stringValue = p if selected[row] { (cellView as! NSTableCellView).backgroundColor = theLightBlueColor } else { (cellView as! NSTableCellView).backgroundColor = .clear } return cellView } } I've tried to change size constraints in many ways, to no avail. For instance, I changed Layout to Autoresising : I tried to change TableCellView size to 170 vs 144: Or increase tableColum Width. I have looked at what other object in the NSTableView hierarchy should be coloured without success. Nothing works. What am I missing ?

I'm trying the "Connect and Solve" course of Swift Playground. I can't use "world.place" to place bricks at positions (2, 2), (6, 2) (automatically disappear), but I can place bricks at positions (4, 2) in the same way. Two bricks must be placed overlapping in positions (2, 2) and (6, 2) to achieve the goal. Only when a brick is placed in position (4, 2) can the goal be achieved. The problem is that the bricks placed on (6, 2) and (2, 2) will disappear and cannot be placed successfully. The following is my code writing... let Block1 = Block() for i in 1 ... 2 { world.place(Block1, atColumn: 2, row: 2) } for i in 1 ... 2 { world.place(Block1, atColumn: 6, row: 2) } world.place(Block1, atColumn: 4, row: 2) func turnaround() { turnRight() turnRight() } func walk4() { for i in 1 ... 3 { moveForward() } } func collet() { for i in 1 ... 2 { moveForward() } toggleSwitch() turnRight() walk4() collectGem() turnaround() walk4() turnRight() } for i in 1 ... 3 { collet() } ‌I would appreciate it if someone could offer some recommendations.‌ ‌Thanks a lot‌

My app was submitted on 1/27/26 for review and is still in "Waiting for Review" status, with no updates. I thought there might be an issue and submitted a Support Request several days ago, but haven't heard back, and my request to schedule an App Review session was denied as well.

Can anyone advise on this? We distributed promotional trial codes for our app Ask Dolly. These 1-month free trials are set to renew and charge users in March 2026. A segment of users redeemed the promo codes but never created accounts or opened the app. We don't have their contact information to notify them. Our CEO has directed us to prevent these inactive subscriptions from renewing to avoid charging users who never engaged with the service. We've downloaded the Subscription and Offer Code Redemption reports from App Store Connect, but cannot map Apple's Subscriber IDs to our user database (we only store Transaction IDs). This prevents us from identifying which specific subscriptions to cancel. What We Need: Assistance preventing renewals for promotional subscriptions where users have had zero app sessions/opens as of the end of February. These trials will start to renew on March 3, 2026. We need to resolve this before then to avoid charging inactive users. Can you help us either: Cancel subscriptions associated with promo codes that show zero app engagement, or Provide guidance on how to programmatically identify and cancel these subscriptions?

Been trying to get into Developer Prgram since December 2025. And like many others, it seems the biggest tech company on the planet cannot streamline an enrollment program. Unless, it’s by design, to test your nerve? Anyways, I have now ended up paying twice, and still not even a squeak from support. There is no Developer Support phone number in South Africa, and mails go unanswered. How is this possible? $200 out of pocket, and nothing to show. Cannot even find a method for refunds. If there are steps to still follow or docs to submit, why take my money, then ask for more info?? But this black hole of SILENCE…. Now that skype is no longer, what other platform will allow me to call the US Support number from South Africa?

We recently released a new version of our app that included an app clip. The actual app has been approved and released to the store. Advanced experience tab for in app store connect the status is just stuck in "Received" from 5days. https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/21878333

Hello, I am experiencing an authentication issue when submitting my Expo iOS app to App Store Connect using the Expo EAS CLI from the terminal. The exact flow is as follows: I run the submit command in the terminal. I am prompted to enter my Apple ID. After entering the Apple ID, I am prompted to enter my Apple ID password. After the password is accepted, I am prompted to enter a 6-digit verification code. I receive the 6-digit code immediately via SMS or phone call. I enter the code correctly and immediately, but the CLI always returns “Invalid code.” This happens every time. Important notes: The Apple ID and password are correct. The 6-digit code is entered immediately and exactly as received. Logging in to App Store Connect via a web browser with the same Apple ID, password, and SMS code works without any issue. The problem only occurs when authenticating through the terminal using Expo EAS CLI. Could you please advise why the verification code is being rejected in the CLI and how I can successfully authenticate and submit my app?

Hi :) I'm new to app store connect, and I just want to verify what does it take to be able to test subscription for a new app that isn't approved yet using sandbox? Or is this not possible that the app has to be approved first? More context below: My app is a new app, I only submitted for review and I linked the subscription from the app’s In-App Purchases and Subscriptions section on the version page when submit it for review. It got rejected for now. When the app review status is both in-review and rejected, I've tried to test my subscription, where there is a button (like "subscribe"/"become a member") in my app that user can click on, which it calls ios's IAPProvider.startMembershipPurchase, I just get Error: [IAPService] Product not found: [<my_subscription_id>]. I ensured my subscription's product id in app store connect matches with the one in my code. I can see the "rejected" status both on my app and the subscription. So can anyone help clarify if the app has to be approved first in order to test subscription? Or am I missing any other setup? Or it might just be my code? Thanks in advance! Any info is super helpful!

Environment iOS 17.2, Xcode 16.2, physical iPhone (12 Pro) Main app in Flutter WidgetKit extension written in Swift (Swift‑PM package) Shared App Group: group.cool.glance.shared Widget uses an AppIntent (FeedSelectionIntent) + custom entity (FeedAppEntity) Flutter bridge writes JSON snapshots for the widget Observed behaviour Flutter prints the snapshot payload and writes /…/AppGroup/<uuid>/Library/Caches/feed_snapshots.json. Widget gallery only shows the plain grey system placeholder (my sample placeholder never appears). Console log every time WidgetKit runs: chronod: Unable to resolve default intent (appintent:FeedSelectionIntent) for extension cool.glance.app.widget Error Domain=LNMetadataProviderErrorDomain Code=9000 LinkMetadata.BundleMetadataExtractionError.aggregateMetadataIsEmpty Added os_log in the widget + bridge (WidgetsBridgePlugin, FeedSnapshotStore, FeedEntityQuery, FeedSummaryTimeline), but none of them ever appear. That suggests the widget bundle can’t see the compiled AppIntent metadata or the snapshot file even though it’s there. Code (trimmed to essentials) FeedSelectionIntent.swift struct FeedSelectionIntent: AppIntent, WidgetConfigurationIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "Feed" static var description = IntentDescription("Choose which feed should appear in the widget.") @Parameter(title: "Feed", requestValueDialog: IntentDialog("Select which feed to display.")) var feed: FeedAppEntity? static var parameterSummary: some ParameterSummary { Summary("Show \(\.$feed)") } init() { feed = FeedAppEntity.sample } init(feed: FeedAppEntity?) { self.feed = feed } static var defaultValue: FeedSelectionIntent { FeedSelectionIntent(feed: .sample) } func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { .result() } } FeedSnapshotStore.loadSnapshots() guard let containerURL = fileManager.containerURL( forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: appGroupIdentifier) else { os_log("FeedSnapshotStore: missing app group container %{public}s", log: Self.log, type: .error, appGroupIdentifier) return [] } let fileURL = SharedConstants.feedSnapshotRelativePath.reduce(containerURL) { url, component in url.appendingPathComponent(component, isDirectory: component != SharedConstants.feedSnapshotFileName) } guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: fileURL), !data.isEmpty else { os_log("FeedSnapshotStore: no snapshot data found at %{public}s", log: Self.log, type: .info, fileURL.path) return [] } // decode FeedSnapshotEnvelope… WidgetsBridgePlugin.writeSnapshots (Flutter → widget) guard let containerURL = fileManager.containerURL( forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: SharedConstants.appGroupIdentifier) else { result(FlutterError(code: "container-unavailable", message: "Unable to locate shared app group container.", details: nil)) return } let targetDir = SharedConstants.feedSnapshotRelativePath.dropLast().reduce(containerURL) { $0.appendingPathComponent($1, isDirectory: true) } try fileManager.createDirectory(at: targetDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true) let targetURL = targetDir.appendingPathComponent(SharedConstants.feedSnapshotFileName, isDirectory: false) try data.write(to: targetURL, options: .atomic) WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: "GlanceSummaryWidget") os_log("WidgetsBridgePlugin: wrote snapshots for %{public}d feeds at %{public}s", log: WidgetsBridgePlugin.log, type: .info, envelope.feeds.count, targetURL.path) Info.plist for the widget contains only: <key>NSExtensionPointIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.widgetkit-extension</string> <key>NSExtensionAttributes</key> <dict> <key>WKAppBundleIdentifier</key> <string>cool.glance.app</string> </dict> (If I add NSExtensionPrincipalClass, the install fails with “principal class not allowed for com.apple.widgetkit-extension”, so it stays out.) What I’ve double‑checked App Group entitlement present on Runner.app and the widget extension. Snapshot file definitely exists under Library/Caches/feed_snapshots.json (size updates when Flutter writes). Code matches Apple’s “Making a configurable widget” sample (custom WidgetConfigurationIntent, entity, and timeline provider). Cleaned build folders (Flutter + Xcode), reinstalled app from scratch, but I still don’t see any of the os_log messages from the widget extension-only the LinkMetadata error above. Placeholder entry (SampleSnapshots.recentSummary) is wired up; yet the system never uses it and always drops to the generic grey preview. Questions Does LinkMetadata.BundleMetadataExtractionError.aggregateMetadataIsEmpty mean WidgetKit can’t see the compiled AppIntent metadata? If so, what could cause that when the extension is built via Swift Package Manager inside a Flutter project? Are there extra build settings or plist keys required so the AppIntent metadata gets embedded in the widget bundle? Any reason the widget would never reach my FeedSnapshotStore logs even though the file is written and the App Group is configured? Any help connecting the dots would be hugely appreciated.

Hi, I wonder if there's something that can be configured to force Xcode (and preferably MVD too) to use Ethernet connection between Mac Mini and Apple Vision Pro (over a USB hub, not a direct USB connection)? If I connect AVP to Mac directly via USB, the bridge gets created and both MVD and Xcode default to it, which is great because of higher speed and lower latency. My problem is that I work with external camera, so I can have either the camera, or the Mac connection, but not both. I tried to solve that by plugging in a small active USB hub, so the strap and camera are connected to it, plus it has Ethernet adapter, which is plugged into Mac port. I tried with internet sharing on Mac - AVP has internet access, I can ping AVP from Mac, but Xcode and MVD still use wifi. I tried to manually configure bridge without internet sharing - same effect. I tried to make the bridge highest priority connection - nothing changed. I tried to force routing to AVP IP over the bridge - nothing (and it seems that my routing entry went missing after some time and was replaced by "use wifi interface"). So - is there something more I can do to make at least Xcode go over the cable? Debugging over wifi often takes forever.

Starting on 1/30/2026, we started getting an error when using Reporter to retrieve a Subscriber/Sales report from App Store Connect. Our script was working daily perfectly for a long time before this. It normally pulls the report from 1 day prior. We have been troubleshooting and cannot seem to find any issues on our end. Is this a universal issue for other users too?

Hello, I am an individual developer working on a macOS application using SwiftUI and RealityKit. I would like to understand the feasibility of face-related tracking on macOS when using an external USB camera, compared to iOS/iPadOS. Specifically: • Does macOS provide an ARKit Face Tracking–equivalent API (e.g., real-time facial expressions, gaze direction, depth)? • If not, is it common to rely on Vision / AVFoundation as alternatives for: • Facial expression coefficients • Gaze estimation • Depth approximation • In an environment without dedicated sensors such as TrueDepth, is it correct to assume that accurate depth data and high-fidelity blend shape extraction are realistically difficult? Any clarification on official limitations, recommended alternatives, or relevant documentation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I use EAS (Expo) to build a mobile app. When I build for iOS, I need to supply my Apple credentials so that Expo can generate the necessary build credentials and validate them. For the last two days, I can't get past this authentication step: POST https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin ⠦ Logging in...Error: Request failed with status code 503 I can't find anything online stating that this service is currently unavailable. Is there a problem? Any ETA on resolution?

Dears, Please review: FB21940123 (Wallet Extension unable to add card) Thanks,

I have been trying to enroll in the Apple Developer Program for the past two weeks, but I keep encountering different errors. Most of the time, I receive a 404 error page saying, “Something went wrong. Try again.” Three days ago, $100 was deducted from my bank account by Apple, but my developer account status still shows “Pending.” Apple states that “Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process,” but it has now been more than 48 hours and there has been no update. I have already: Sent an email to devpayment @apple.com with screenshots and full details (no response). Opened a case through Apple Developer Program Support and only received an automated reply saying, “Thank you for contacting us.” At this point, it feels like there is no real support available to resolve this issue. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you resolve it? Thank you.