Hi — we’re testing our app on iOS 26 and ran into strange behavior with GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler.
GKLocalPlayer.local.authenticateHandler = { [weak self] viewController, error in
// additional code
}
What happens:
When we assign authenticateHandler on iOS 26 and the user is not signed in to Game Center, the system shows a full-screen Game Center overlay asking the user to sign in.
If the user taps Cancel, nothing further happens — the closure is not invoked again, so we don’t receive an error or any callback. The app never learns whether the auth was cancelled or failed.
In previous iOS versions the closure was called (with viewController / error as appropriate) and the flow worked as expected.
What we tried:
Verified authenticateHandler is being set.
Checked GKLocalPlayer.local.isAuthenticated after the overlay dismisses — it’s unchanged.
Observed system logs: a com.apple.GameOverlayUI scene is created and later removed (so the auth overlay is shown by the system).
Confirmed the same code works on earlier iOS versions. :thinking:
Question:
Has anyone seen authenticateHandler not being invoked on iOS 26 when the Game Center auth overlay is presented? Could this be a behavioral change in iOS 26 (overlay runs in a separate system process), or a bug? Any suggested workarounds to reliably detect that the user cancelled the sign-in (for example: listening for willResignActive / didBecomeActive, watching for a system overlay, or saving/presenting the viewController manually)?
Thanks in advance for any advice — we’d appreciate pointers or suggested diagnostics ?
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Hello.
My developer membership is expired. I cannot renew because the renewal option/button does not appears in any device. A banner tells me:
"Any apps you had on the App Store are no longer available for download and you can no longer access membership benefits. If you’d like to renew your membership to reinstate your apps and membership benefits, open the Apple Developer app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Sign in to your account, tap/click Renew, and follow the prompts.If you agreed to the Paid Applications Agreement, you’ll need to agree to it again after renewal in the Agreements, Tax and Banking section of App Store Connect."
However, there's no "Renew" to tap or click anywhere in the app nor in the web.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.
A user of my app reported that when my app copies files from a QNAP NAS to a folder on their Mac, they get the error "Result too large". When copying the same files from the Desktop, it works.
I asked them to reproduce the issue with the sample code below and they confirmed that it reproduces. They contacted QNAP for support who in turn contacted me saying that they are not sure they can do anything about it, and asking if Apple can help.
Both the app user and QNAP are willing to help, but at this point I'm also unsure how to proceed. Can someone at Apple say anything about this? Is this something QNAP should solve, or is this a bug in macOS?
P.S.: I've had users in the past who reported the same issue with other brands, mostly Synology.
import Cocoa
@main
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
let openPanel = NSOpenPanel()
openPanel.canChooseDirectories = true
openPanel.runModal()
let source = openPanel.urls[0]
openPanel.canChooseFiles = false
openPanel.runModal()
let destination = openPanel.urls[0]
do {
try copyFile(from: source, to: destination.appendingPathComponent(source.lastPathComponent, isDirectory: false))
} catch {
NSAlert(error: error).runModal()
}
NSApp.terminate(nil)
}
private func copyFile(from source: URL, to destination: URL) throws {
if try source.resourceValues(forKeys: [.isDirectoryKey]).isDirectory == true {
try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: destination, withIntermediateDirectories: false)
for source in try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: source, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil) {
try copyFile(from: source, to: destination.appendingPathComponent(source.lastPathComponent, isDirectory: false))
}
} else {
try copyRegularFile(from: source, to: destination)
}
}
private func copyRegularFile(from source: URL, to destination: URL) throws {
let state = copyfile_state_alloc()
defer {
copyfile_state_free(state)
}
var bsize = UInt32(16_777_216)
if copyfile_state_set(state, UInt32(COPYFILE_STATE_BSIZE), &bsize) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
} else if copyfile_state_set(state, UInt32(COPYFILE_STATE_STATUS_CB), unsafeBitCast(copyfileCallback, to: UnsafeRawPointer.self)) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
} else if copyfile(source.path, destination.path, state, copyfile_flags_t(COPYFILE_DATA | COPYFILE_SECURITY | COPYFILE_NOFOLLOW | COPYFILE_EXCL | COPYFILE_XATTR)) != 0 {
throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno))
}
}
private let copyfileCallback: copyfile_callback_t = { what, stage, state, src, dst, ctx in
if what == COPYFILE_COPY_DATA {
if stage == COPYFILE_ERR {
return COPYFILE_QUIT
}
}
return COPYFILE_CONTINUE
}
}
When I've tried to use UIDevice on my Mac running my Catalyst application, testing code
UIDevice *d=UIDevice.currentDevice;
for (NSString *k in @[@"name", @"systemName", @"systemVersion", @"model", @"localizedModel"])
NSLog(@"%@ -> %@", k, [d valueForKey:k]);
to my great surprise I am getting
name -> iPad
systemName -> iPadOS
systemVersion -> 26.3
model -> iPad
localizedModel -> iPad
What the. How do I determine the real values? Thanks!
Seeing an issue in iOS 26.2 iPhone 17 simulator (haven't been able to reproduce on device or other simulators), where a view's state is reset after an alert is shown.
In this example the first LibraryView has the issue when alert is shown, the second LibraryView maintains state as expected.
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationStack {
List {
VStack {
LibraryView(title: "Show view (Loss of state)")
}
LibraryView(title: "Show view (Works as expected)")
}
}
}
}
/// This view is from a package dependency and wants to control the presentation of the sheet internally
public struct LibraryView: View {
@State private var isPresented: Bool = false
let title: String
public init(title: String) {
self.title = title
}
public var body: some View {
Button(self.title) {
self.isPresented = true
}
.sheet(isPresented: self.$isPresented) {
ViewWithAlert()
}
}
}
private struct ViewWithAlert: View {
@State private var isPresented: Bool = false
@State private var presentedCount = 0
var body: some View {
Button("Show Alert, count: \(presentedCount)") {
isPresented = true
presentedCount += 1
}
.alert("Hello", isPresented: self.$isPresented) {
Button("OK") { }
}
}
}
Any ideas?
The issue can be corrected by moving the .sheet to a higher level within the layout (i.e. on the NavigationStack). However, the library wants to control that presentation and not require the integration to present the sheet.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I'm using a Mac Studio in a homelab context and use Homebrew to manage the installed services. The services include things that access the local network, for example Prometheus which monitors some other servers, a reverse proxy which fronts other web services on the network, and a DNS server which can use another as upstream.
Local Network Access permissions make it impossible to reliably perform unattended updates of services because an updated binary requires a GUI login to grant local network permissions (again).
I use brew services to manage the services as launchd agents, i.e. they run in a non-root GUI context. I know that I can also use sudo brew services which instead installs the services as launchd daemons, but running services as root has negative security implication and generally doesn't look like a good idea to me.
If only there was a way to disable local network access checks altogether…
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to ask if anyone else is experiencing longer-than-usual review times this February. My apps has been in review for a bit longer than normal, so I’m wondering if there are any known delays or if it’s just me.
Thanks!
Topic:
App Store Distribution & Marketing
SubTopic:
App Review
Hi everyone,
I subscribed to the Apple Developer Program on Tuesday evening, February 15th, 2026. The payment has already been charged to my bank account, but my account still shows the status “Pending” with the message “Subscribe your membership”.
It’s now been several days, and I haven’t received any confirmation email or any request for additional information.
I already contacted Apple Support by email/phone without any response, but I’d like to know if other developers have experienced the same situation and how long it took before their account was activated.
My Enrollment ID
D72NJHL7JM
Thank you,
Rakan
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Apple Developer Program
Tags:
Developer Tools
Developer Program
Hello,
I'm working on a game that features online multiplayer. The game is developed using Unity and Apple Unity plugins.
The "isUnderAge" property restricts the online multiplayer feature. Everything works as expected on all platforms (Mac, iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, and visionPro) except on Macs equipped with an Intel chip.
Using the same iCloud and GameCenter, with no restrictions enabled, "isUnderAge" returns false, as expected, but on Mac equipped with an Intel chip, it returns true.
Is there any restriction or compatibility issue with those chips? Is there a workaround?
Thanks
Topic:
Graphics & Games
SubTopic:
GameKit
Hi, I have a completely new release of my app coming out with a new tech stack. I noticed that only 1% of my users were on iPad so the new app was not created to be 'compatible' with iPad including how it looks on iPad. Can I release this new version of the app only for iPhone? Or because it was previously available for iPad I have to release for iPad as well?
Really appreciate any support/guidance on this.
Thank you!
I am trying to upgrade my app to use Xcode 26 and I cannot get my tests to launch.
I am trying to launch tests to the simulator, and I always get this error after 300 second timeout:
"encountered an error (The test runner hung before establishing connection.)"
There are no other errors getting logged.
I can run to the same simulator just fine, and in Xcode 16 the tests launch with no issues.
The tests also run fine on an actual iPhone.
Thanks in advance.
My app (App ID: 6757516331) has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" since February 3rd. It has been over a week, and I have not received any updates yet.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Recently, I've noticed that background Bluetooth scanning stops when I move an app to the background on an iPhone 17 device with Bluetooth 6. I'm curious about a solution. Background Bluetooth scanning doesn't stop on devices older than iOS 26, or on devices that were updated from an iPhone 17 or earlier to iOS 26.
I had take screenshots by following code
let scenes = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
let windowScene = scenes.first as? UIWindowScene
let window = windowScene?.windows.first
self.uiImage = window?.rootViewController?.view!.getImage(rect: rect)
View has two views. One is ImageView contains some image and overlay of image detection results with .overlay. another view is InfoView contains several info and button which above code fired. on iOS 17, I can take screenshots as I saw, but on iOS26, missing on image of ImageView. Overlay(detected rectangle) in Imageview and InfView can be taken.
How can I take screenshots as I saw on iOS26?(iPad)
The documentation specifies that when Contacts framework returns unified contacts that each fetched unified contact object (CNContact) has its own unique identifier that’s different from any individual contact’s identifier in the set of linked contacts and that when refetching a unified contact, that this identifier should be used.
There is also an analogous identifier within the list of contactRelations, but each of these don't seem to corespondent to the unified contacts. For example, is a new contact (Sheryl Zakroff) is created in the simulator Contacts and their spouse is set to Hank Zakroff. However, the GUID created for the contactRelations identifier does not correlate to the original Hank Zakroff GUID and cannot be searched.
Is this a bug or what is the indent of the contactRelations identifier?
Here's a debug output of walking the unifiedContacts:
Name: Hank Zakroff
2E73EE73-C03F-4D5F-B1E8-44E85A70F170
- Other : (555) 766-4823
- Other : (707) 555-1854
Name: David Taylor
E94CD15C-7964-4A9B-8AC4-10D7CFB791FD
- Other : 555-610-6679
Name: Sheryl Zakroff
DE783BC8-7917-4138-93F6-3AF0FD4CE083
- Other : (707) 555-1854
- Spouse: <CNContactRelation: 0x60000000dd60: name=Hank M. Zakroff>
- 534B467D-CA00-46D3-897C-16EEA782C9CF
- Looking for ["534B467D-CA00-46D3-897C-16EEA782C9CF"]
[]
Do you guys know how to fix the render of the text in the accessory view ? If I force the color of text to be .black it work but it will break dark mode, but forcing it .black : .white on color scheme changes makes white to still adapt to what is behind it I have noticed that Apple Music doesn’t have that artifact and it seems to break when images are behind the accessory view
// MARK: - Next Routine Accessory
@available(iOS 26.0, *)
struct NetxRoutinesAccessory: View {
@ObservedObject private var viewModel = RoutineProgressViewModel.shared
@EnvironmentObject var colorSchemeManager: ColorSchemeManager
@EnvironmentObject var routineStore: RoutineStore
@EnvironmentObject var freemiumKit: FreemiumKit
@ObservedObject var petsStore = PetsStore.shared
@Environment(\.colorScheme) private var colorScheme
// Tab accessory placement environment
@Environment(\.tabViewBottomAccessoryPlacement) private var accessoryPlacement
// Navigation callback
var onTap: (() -> Void)?
@State private var isButtonPressed = false
/// Explicit black for light mode, white for dark mode
private var textColor: Color {
colorScheme == .dark ? .trueWhite : .trueBlack
}
/// Returns true when the accessory is in inline/minimized mode
private var isInline: Bool {
accessoryPlacement == .inline
}
var body: some View {
accessoryContent()
.onTapGesture {
onTap?()
}
}
private func accessoryContent() -> some View {
HStack(spacing: 12) {
// Content with smooth transitions
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
if viewModel.totalTasks == 0 {
Text(NSLocalizedString("Set up routines", comment: "Routines empty state"))
.font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
.foregroundColor(textColor)
} else if let next = viewModel.nextRoutineTask() {
HStack(spacing: 4) {
Text(NSLocalizedString("Next", comment: "Next routine prefix"))
.font(.caption)
.foregroundColor(textColor)
Text("•")
.font(.caption)
.foregroundColor(textColor)
Text(next.routine.name)
.font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
.foregroundColor(textColor)
.lineLimit(1)
}
.id("routine-\(next.routine.id)-\(next.time)")
.transition(.opacity.combined(with: .move(edge: .leading)))
HStack(spacing: 4) {
Text(viewModel.petNames(for: next.routine.petIDs))
.font(.caption)
.foregroundColor(textColor)
Text("•")
.font(.caption)
.foregroundColor(textColor)
Text(Routine.displayTimeFormatter.string(from: next.time))
.font(.caption.weight(.medium))
.foregroundColor(colorSchemeManager.accentColor ?? .blue)
}
.id("time-\(next.routine.id)-\(next.time)")
.transition(.opacity.combined(with: .move(edge: .leading)))
} else {
// All tasks completed
Text(NSLocalizedString("All done for today!", comment: "All routines completed"))
.font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
.foregroundColor(textColor)
.transition(.opacity.combined(with: .scale))
Text("\(viewModel.completedTasks)/\(viewModel.totalTasks) " + NSLocalizedString("tasks", comment: "Tasks count suffix"))
.font(.caption)
.foregroundColor(textColor)
}
}
.animation(colorSchemeManager.reduceMotion ? nil : .snappy(duration: 0.3), value: viewModel.completedTasks)
.animation(colorSchemeManager.reduceMotion ? nil : .snappy(duration: 0.3), value: viewModel.progress)
}
.padding()
.contentShape(.rect)
.animation(colorSchemeManager.reduceMotion ? nil : .snappy(duration: 0.35), value: viewModel.completedTasks)
}
}
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
Hey everyone, I purchased an Apple Developer Program for 99 USD on January 1 2024, filled out my credit card that I use for iCloud+ storage plan, got my confirmation email that within 48h my developer account should be activated, but it never did. Plus after waiting more than 48h I wrote to support, describing everything, but never heard back from them.
One thing I noticed during the checkout was I was asked for everything (name, address, CC number, expiry date) but not the CVV number. Is this normal, and would Apple be able to process the payment without it?
I though about going through the enrolment process again, but am afraid of a double charge, in case my original enrolment gets accepted... Please advise and share your experiences when enrolling to the developer program. Thanks!
This is a copy of a reply to this post.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/722222?page=1
I'm posting as new in the hope someone might have more up-to-date information, as I'm pulling out what little hair I have left.
I'm using Storekit 2, testing in Xcode with a local Storekit config file. I have created a very minimal system to investigate this issue. I have a SwiftUI-based window using SubscriptionStoreView, and my app set up with the usual listener. I have four types of auto renewing subscription, configured in the local Storekit config file.
With my app running, I subscribe to the lowest-level subscription I offer, via the SubscriptionStoreView. Notification of the inital purchase arrives, but subsequent auto-renewals do not trigger any action in my listener for Transaction.updates. They arrive as expected in the Transaction Manager. Radio silence in my listener.
If I upgrade one subscription (via my SubscriptionStoreView) I see this reflected in the UI immediately, and also in the Transaction Manager, but the update that arrives in Transaction.updates refers to the old subscription, and has the isUpgraded flag set to false.
Also, can anyone remind me what the grey warning triangle next to entries in the Transaction Manager means. I'm assuming it means unfinished, as that's what the sidebar indicates.
Can the testing system really be this broken, or am I wildly off the mark? Unless I'm doing something fundamentally wrong this all seems extremely flakey, but happy to be proved wrong.
I find this all rather unsettling if I can't test reliably, and am concerned that I my app may end up in this situation if I use storekit 2:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73530849/storekit-renewal-transactions-missing-in-transaction-all-or-transaction-updates
I've recently updated one of our CI mac mini's to Sequoia in preparation for the transition to Tahoe later this year. Most things seemed to work just fine, however I see this dialog whenever the UI Tests try to run.
This application BoostBrowerUITest-Runner is auto-generated by Xcode to launch your application and then run your UI Tests. We do not have any control over it, which is why this is most surprising.
I've checked the codesigning identity with codesign -d -vvvv
as well as looked at it's Info.plist and indeed the usage descriptions for everything are present (again, this is autogenerated, so I'm not surprised, but just wanted to confirm the string from the dialog was coming from this app)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>BuildMachineOSBuild</key>
<string>22A380021</string>
<key>CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations</key>
<true/>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>en</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>BoostBrowserUITests-Runner</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>company.thebrowser.Browser2UITests.xctrunner</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>BoostBrowserUITests-Runner</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key>
<array>
<string>MacOSX</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>DTCompiler</key>
<string>com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0</string>
<key>DTPlatformBuild</key>
<string>24A324</string>
<key>DTPlatformName</key>
<string>macosx</string>
<key>DTPlatformVersion</key>
<string>15.0</string>
<key>DTSDKBuild</key>
<string>24A324</string>
<key>DTSDKName</key>
<string>macosx15.0.internal</string>
<key>DTXcode</key>
<string>1620</string>
<key>DTXcodeBuild</key>
<string>16C5031c</string>
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<true/>
<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>13.0</string>
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>NSAppleEventsUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSCalendarsUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSContactsUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSDesktopFolderUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSDocumentsFolderUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSDownloadsFolderUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSFileProviderDomainUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSFileProviderPresenceUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSLocationUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSMotionUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSNetworkVolumesUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSRemindersUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSRemovableVolumesUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSSystemAdministrationUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>NSSystemExtensionUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
<key>OSBundleUsageDescription</key>
<string>Access is necessary for automated testing.</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Additionally, spctl --assess --type execute BoostBrowserUITests-Runner.app return an exit code of 0 so I assume that means it can launch just fine, and applications are allowed to be run from "anywhere" in System Settings.
I've found the XCUIProtectedResource.localNetwork value, but it seems to only be accessible on iOS for some reason (FB17829325).
I'm trying to figure out why this is happening on this machine so I can either fix our code or fix the machine. I have an Apple script that will allow it, but it's fiddly and I'd prefer to fix this the correct way either with the machine or with fixing our testing code.
Reference: FB21797091 / Related to thread 807695
Hello,
I have already submitted a report regarding this issue via Feedback Assistant (FB21797091), but I would like to share the technical details here to seek further insights or potential workarounds.
We are experiencing a technical regression where Universal Links and Shared Web Credentials fail to resolve for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) specifically on iOS 16 and later. This issue appears to be identical to the one discussed in thread 807695 (https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/807695).
Technical Contrast: What works vs. What fails On the exact same app build and iOS 16+ devices, we observe a clear distinction:
Standard ASCII Domain (onelink.me): Works perfectly. (Proves App ID and Entitlements are correct)
Internal Development Domain (Standard ASCII): Works perfectly. (Proves our server-side AASA hosting and HTTPS configuration are correct)
Japanese IDN Domain (xn--[punycode].com): Fails completely. (Status: "unspecified")
Note: This IDN setup was last confirmed to work correctly on iOS 15 in April 2025. Currently, we are unable to install the app on iOS 15 devices for live comparison, but the regression starting from iOS 16 is consistent.
This "Triple Proof" clearly isolates the issue: the failure is strictly tied to the swcd daemon's handling of IDN/Punycode domains.
Validation & Diagnostics:
Validation: Our Punycode domain passes all technical checks on the http://Branch.io AASA Validator (Valid HTTPS, valid JSON structure, and Content-Type: application/json).
sysdiagnose: Running swcutil on affected iOS 16+ devices shows the status as "unspecified" for the IDN domain.
Symptoms: Universal Links consistently open in Safari instead of the app, the Smart App Banner is not displayed, and Shared Web Credentials for AutoFill do not function.
Request for Resolution:
We request a fix for this regression in the swcd daemon. If this behavior is a specification for security reasons, please provide developers with a supported method or workaround to ensure IDN domains function correctly.
We have sysdiagnose logs available for further investigation. Thank you.