I have an app developed by using the Callkit/Call-Blocking and received feedback from individual users, when using [cxcalldirectorymanager reloadextensionwithidentifier] to write call blocking data, it returned error code 11 with the following contents:
errorCode: 11
errorDomain: com.apple.callkit.database.sqlite
errorDescription: sqlite3_step for query 'DELETE FROM PhoneNumberBlockingEntry WHERE extension_id =?' returned 11 (11) errorMessage 'database disk image is malformed'
I want to know the reasons for this error and how to solve it,Thanks!
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We have a Share Extension that fails in Photos on macOS when trying to share a JPEG image for the following reason:
From the NSItemProvider we get from the NSExtensionItem.attachments, we try to load the image using loadFileRepresentation(forTypeIdentifier: “public.image”, completionHandler: …). This fails for .jpeg images in the library. There seems to be a mismatch in expected and actual file extension internally. Here is the log:
Error copying file type public.image. Error: Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1000 "Cannot load representation of type public.jpeg" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot load representation of type public.jpeg, NSUnderlyingError=0x1527c1a80 {Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1 "Cannot copy file at URL file:///Users/frank/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/ShareKit-Exports/7CCFA760-AAC9-42B0-812D-68F051ED1543/F912E593-2BE5-4E70-86AB-7657A40657E5/IMG_3517.jpg." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot copy file at URL file:///Users/frank/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/ShareKit-Exports/7CCFA760-AAC9-42B0-812D-68F051ED1543/F912E593-2BE5-4E70-86AB-7657A40657E5/IMG_3517.jpg., NSUnderlyingError=0x152789670 {Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1 "Cannot create a temporary file. Error: Undefined error: 0" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot create a temporary file. Error: Undefined error: 0}}}}}```
In the specified folder, there is an image, however, it’s named IMG_3517.jpeg, not IMG_3517.jpg. This seems to be a bug in Photo’s item provider implementation.
If we use loadObject(ofClass: URL.self, completionHandler: …) instead, we get the correct .jpeg URL in the completion handler.
Our app provides a calendar that integrates with the default calendar app. Specifically, we use iOS EventKit to perform CRUD operations on calendar data.
Recently, we have received reports from users that all of their events have disappeared. However, after reviewing our implementation and logs, we have not been able to identify the cause. Some users have also reported that all data in their default calendar app has disappeared as well.
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
To delete an event within our app, users must press the delete button and then confirm the deletion in a dialog. Additionally, it is not possible to delete more than two events at once.
We've seen many people in the community discussing a bug where calendar events disappear after updating to iOS 18. If you have any information about when or why this happens, we'd appreciate it if you could share your insights.
I'm currently using Swift to write an independent Apple Watch app for watchOS 7+. My app uses Location Services, and in case the user doesn't allow that at first, I'd like to have a button inside my watchOS app to send my user to the part of the Settings app (inside watchOS) where he can give the appropriate permissions for the app.
I know that in iOS/macOS you can use the openSettingsURLString string from UIApplication to do what I want, but it's not available in watchOS and I haven't found any equivalent resource inside the WKExtension class (normally the equivalent for UIApplication in the watchOS environment).
Does anyone know if there's any way to programatically open the Apple Watch Settings app from my watchOS app?
I'm asking since as far as I understand asking for Location permissions again would not work since the user has already refused to allow the permissions before, making the authorization status "denied".
I understand as well that there's the possibility of showing a modal and directing the user to go to Settings and allow the use of location services (as in "Please go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > [AppName] to allow the use of location services") but I'd like if I could direct the user there instead as one might do in iOS.
The code below is what I'm trying to do - but (of course) it crashes since I'm not actually passing any system URL.
.alert(isPresented: $alertVisible) {
Alert (title: Text("Please allow our app to use location services in order to get Weather Data"),
message: Text("Go to Settings?"),
primaryButton: .default(Text("Settings"), action: {
WKExtension.shared().openSystemURL(URL(string: "")!)
//UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: UIApplication.openSettingsURLString)!)
}),
We are developing a parental control application in SwiftUI with features like app blocking and screen time management. We are using the Family Control API along with Apple Family Sharing, allowing parents to add multiple children to the family group. We have followed the apple documentation still we are facing following issues:
App Blocking Issue: The family picker does not display each child's name separately or their apps individually. Instead, it shows all children's apps together, making it difficult to block apps for a specific child.
Screen Time Data Issue: We receive the total screen time usage for all children combined rather than separate screen time data for each child.
Syncing Delay: When a new child is added to the Family Sharing group, we are unsure how long it takes for their apps to sync and appear on the parent’s device.
We recently released an update to our app to prepare for TX SB2420.
Almost immediately on release, we started getting crash reports of crashes when calling isEligibleForAgeFeatures.
Crashed: com.apple.root.user-initiated-qos.cooperative
EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x0000000000000004
Is it possible that these are beta users that have IOS 26.2 RC or is there a bug in the release version of IOS 26.2?
Note: The crash reports are coming from Crashlytics so we are not getting OS build identifiers other than version "26.2"
Environment:
Xcode 26
iOS 26
Also tested on iOS 18 (working correctly)
Description:
I'm experiencing a behavior change with URL(fileURLWithPath:) when the filename starts with a tilde (~) character.
On iOS 18, passing a filename like ~MyFile.txt to URL(fileURLWithPath:) treats the tilde as a literal character. However, on iOS 26, the same code resolves the tilde as the home directory, resulting in unexpected output.
Minimal Example:
let filename = "~MyFile.txt"
let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: filename)
print(url.lastPathComponent)
Expected Result (iOS 18):
~MyFile.txt
Actual Result (iOS 26):
924AF0C4-C3CD-417A-9D5F-733FBB8FCF29
The tilde is being resolved to the app's container directory, and lastPathComponent returns the container UUID instead of the filename.
Questions:
1. Is this an intentional behavior change in iOS 26? 2. Is there documentation about this change? 3. What is the recommended approach for extracting filename components when the filename may contain special characters like ~?
Workaround:
Using NSString.lastPathComponent works correctly on both iOS versions:
let filename = "~MyFile.txt"
let result = (filename as NSString).lastPathComponent
// Returns: "~MyFile.txt" ✅
Is this the recommended approach going forward?
The documentation for isEligibleForAgeFeatures states:
Use this property to determine whether a person using your app is in an applicable region that requires additional age-related obligations for when you distribute apps on the App Store.
But what does "region" mean?
Is this going to return true if the user has downloaded the app from the US App Store? Or will it go further and geolocate the user and identify them as being within a particular relevant state within the US?
I'm reaching out to see if anyone else is experiencing issues with the Live Caller ID feature on iOS. We recently encountered a problem where the feature stopped working entirely.
Here's a brief overview of the situation:
We were monitoring test traffic on our backend and noticed everything came to a halt around 1:00 AM UTC on November 15th.
After this time, any attempts to reach our backend through calls failed completely.
I tested this across multiple devices running iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.0.
I used both TestFlight builds and development builds via Xcode, which should communicate directly with our backend.
I experienced the problem on our main application as well as a dedicated test app.
To troubleshoot further, I even set up a local server on localhost and tried directing requests there, but the requests did not reach the local server when a call was received.
Further debugging in Console.app revealed the following error:
identity request returned error: Error Domain=com.apple.CipherML Code=400 "Error Domain=com.apple.CipherML Code=401 "Unable to request data by keywords batch: failed to fetch token issuer directory"
However, when I manually tried to hit our server endpoint using curl, the request successfully reached the server:
curl https://our_server/something
hb_method=GET hb_uri=/something [Hummingbird] Request -- log on backend
This suggests that while our backend is responsive, the requests from the iOS client side are simply not being initiated.
There are many units which are inverse of standard units, e.g. wave period vs Hz, pace vs speed, Siemens vs Ohms, ...
Dimension can be subclassed to create the custom units.
How to extend Measurement.converted( to: )?
I was looking at somehow using UnitConverter and subclass to something like UnitConverterInverse.
Thoughts?
I would like to share an issue observed during app development.
When changing Bluetooth settings from the system Settings app without using multitasking, the app does not terminate but instead logs the user out.
However, when changing Bluetooth settings while using multitasking, the app terminates completely.
In this context, I would like to understand:
Whether there is any system behavior that causes the app to refresh or restart when Bluetooth settings are changed
And why the app behavior differs in a multitasking environment, particularly in terms of app lifecycle handling
Any insights into these behaviors would be greatly appreciated.
In my application, I use CallKit and have supportsHolding = true set. During my phone call, another call comes in (e.g., GSM). I accept the incoming call and put the current call on hold.
If I end the active call myself, everything is fine, and CallKit calls the
method provider(_ provider: CXProvider, didActivate audioSession: AVAudioSession).
However, if the other party ends the call, the second call remains on hold. In the application, the user clicks on unhold, and I notify CallKit that the hold has ended.
But in this case, the didActivate method is not called at all. If I try to activate the audio myself after unhold, I receive the error:
Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=561017449 "Session activation failed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Session activation failed}
AVAudioSessionErrorInsufficientPriority == NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code: 561017449
What needs to be done for CallKit to activate my audio?
As discussed and acknowledged here, there is a known bug with the FamilyActivityPicker. When a user expands a category that contains enough tokens to exceed the 50mb memory limit, the FamilyActivityPicker crashes.
This happens quite frequently for heavy Safari users. An apple engineer mentioned on this thread that WebDomains shown in the picker are present based on the last 30 days of usage data as surfaced by WebKit.
Is there any way a user can clear these WebDomains? Either programatically through our app or any other process we can guide them to as a workaround while this issue is getting fixed?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
WebKit
Family Controls
Device Activity
Screen Time
We first discovered this issue in our own product, but we were able to reproduce it even when using Apple’s official demo:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/alarmkit/scheduling-an-alarm-with-alarmkit
Reproduction Steps:
Set an alarm on iOS 26.1 using AlarmKit.
Upgrade the device to iOS 26.2 beta 3 or later.
The alarm will no longer ring.
Based on our testing, versions prior to 26.2 beta 2 do not exhibit this issue, so it appears that something introduced in beta 3 has caused the regression.
The results are as follows:
iOS 26.1 → iOS 26.2 beta 2 or earlier: Alarms ring normally
iOS 26.1 / iOS 26.2 beta 2 → iOS 26.2 beta 3 / iOS 26.2 RC: Alarms fail to ring
iOS 26.2 beta 3 → iOS 26.2 RC: Alarms ring normally
This issue is critical. Users currently on iOS 26.1 may experience alarms failing to ring after updating their system, which can cause real-life disruptions (e.g., being late for work). We strongly recommend addressing this as soon as possible.
Xcode Version: Version 26.1.1 (17B100)
Feedback ID: FB21273655
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hi,
I’ve built an app that includes a Contacts Provider Extension (CPE). On iOS 18, I observed the expected behavior — when the main app is uninstalled, the corresponding CPE entry is also removed from the Contacts list.
However, on iOS 26, this no longer happens. After uninstalling the app, the CPE remains visible and active in the Contacts list, even though the app is gone.
In iOS 18 (beta 1-4) when you set openAppWhenRun = false in your AppIntent of your live activity the perform function never gets called.
In iOS 16 and 17 my live activities work. I have downloaded other apps and in their live activities any button tab which doesn´t open the app is also doing nothing in iOS 18.
Has anyone got this working? Any comments from an Apple engineer on this?
Our users report frequent crashes with the FamilyActivityPicker. Since this is a screen controlled by Apple, I'm assuming that there's nothing I can do to prevent these crashes.
I'm wondering, though, if there's any way to gracefully handle these crashes? When this happens, the following is printed to the console:
[com.apple.FamilyControls.ActivityPickerExtension(1121)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use.
Does anyone know how to handle/catch this error?
Hello, I have an AppClip technical issue I'd like to ask about:
Our Xiaohongshu App (Version 9.14 & Build 9140845 & appid 741292507) was submitted to the App Store for review on December 18th and approved on December 19th, starting a phased rollout.
This version was the first to support AppClip functionality, and as of today the app has been fully rolled out, but I still cannot activate the Xiaohongshu App Clip Card using the NFC tag (built-in URL: https://xhslink.com/n/22UG9jlaOfv?sourceid=911).
I checked all the configurations of our project's AppClip target (Associated Domains:appclips:xhslink.com), the default experience in the ASC backend (URL: https://appclip.apple.com/id?p=com.xingin.discover.Clip), and the advanced experience (URL: https://xhslink.com/n/Arxpo4IVY9X), and all showed no abnormalities.
Furthermore, the default experience URL, after being written with an NFC tag, can be successfully launched by tapping the NFC tag to open the Xiaohongshu App Clip Card, and the Card can also be opened normally in Safari on the phone.
However, our advanced experience URL, after being written with an NFC tag, cannot be launched by tapping the Card.
Therefore, my question is: Who please can help me check why the Xiaohongshu App Clip Card cannot be launched normally using the advanced experience URL? Thank you very much!
My Expectations: My advanced experience URL configured on the ASC platform, such as https://xhslink.com/n/Arxpo4IVY9X, should be recognized and validated by the iOS system when the phone is near the NFC tag and reads https://xhslink.com/n/22UG9jlaOfv?sourceid=911, ultimately triggering the App Clip Card configured in Xiaohongshu's advanced experience settings.
Additionally: We have already deployed a large number of NFC tags and other materials in many online stores, and the URL (https://xhslink.com/n/Arxpo4IVY9X) is built-in, and our 9.14 version is fully implemented. However, the newly developed App Clip feature is not working, which is very urgent and I hope Apple can help me find the cause of the problem and how to improve it as soon as possible. Thank you very much!
I'm running into a contradictory requirement involving the DeviceActivity Report extension (com.apple.deviceactivityui.report-extension) that makes it impossible to both:
upload the app to App Store Connect, and
install the app on a physical device.
This creates a complete catch-22.
📌 Overview
My extension:
Path: Runner.app/PlugIns/LoADeviceActivityReport.appex
Extension point: com.apple.deviceactivityui.report-extension
Implementation (SwiftUI):
import SwiftUI
import DeviceActivity
@main
struct LoADeviceActivityReport: DeviceActivityReportExtension {
var body: some DeviceActivityReportScene {
// ...
}
}
This is the standard SwiftUI @main DeviceActivityReportExtension template.
🟥 Side A — iOS runtime behavior (device installer)
If I add either of these keys to the extension's Info.plist:
NSExtensionPrincipalClass
NSExtensionMainStoryboard
then the app cannot be installed on a real iPhone/iPad.
The device installer fails with:
Error 3002
AppexBundleContainsClassOrStoryboard
NSExtensionPrincipalClass and NSExtensionMainStoryboard are not allowed
for extension point com.apple.deviceactivityui.report-extension.
To make the app install and run, I must remove both keys completely.
This leaves the extension Info.plist like:
NSExtension
NSExtensionPointIdentifier
com.apple.deviceactivityui.report-extension
With this, the app installs and runs correctly.
🟥 Side B — App Store Connect upload validator
However, when I upload the IPA with the runtime-correct Info.plist, App Store Connect rejects it:
State: STATE_ERROR.VALIDATION_ERROR (HTTP 409)
Missing Info.plist values.
No values for NSExtensionMainStoryboard or NSExtensionPrincipalClass found in
extension Info.plist for Runner.app/PlugIns/LoADeviceActivityReport.appex.
So ASC requires that at least one of those keys be present.
💥 The catch-22
If I add PrincipalClass / MainStoryboard:
✔ App Store Connect validation passes
❌ But the app can NOT be installed on any device (Error 3002)
If I remove PrincipalClass / MainStoryboard:
✔ The app installs and runs correctly
❌ ASC rejects the upload with “Missing Info.plist values”
There is currently NO Info.plist configuration that satisfies both:
Runtime:
"NSExtensionPrincipalClass and NSExtensionMainStoryboard are not allowed."
App Store Connect:
"You must include NSExtensionPrincipalClass or NSExtensionMainStoryboard."
📌 Expected behavior
For SwiftUI @main DeviceActivityReportExtension, the documentation and examples suggest the correct configuration is:
NSExtensionPointIdentifier
com.apple.deviceactivityui.report-extension
with no principal class or storyboard at all.
If that is correct for runtime, ASC seems to need updated validation rules for this extension type.
❓My Questions
What is the officially correct Info.plist configuration for a SwiftUI DeviceActivityReportExtension?
Should principal class / storyboard not be required for this extension type?
Is this a known issue with App Store Connect validation?
Is there currently a workaround that allows:
installation on device and
successful App Store Connect upload,
without violating runtime restrictions?
I created in my Objective-c project the AgeRange check for a special function.
It is working well on an iPhone. Now I used my Mac and added my app to the TestFlight on my macOS Tahoe 26.1
Here it is directly crashing. But how can I debug an Application which is created for iPhone and iPad with Xcode? I cannot use the target myMac when running a debugging mode. So how is the debugging working for such Apps?