Hi everyone,
We’re running into a serious issue with App Clip Experience updates not propagating to devices, and I’m hoping someone here has encountered (or solved) this before.
Problem
Once an App Clip Experience is created and used on devices, subsequent updates made in App Store Connect do not reflect on any devices, even after a long period of time.
We’ve tried:
• Updating the App Clip Experience URL (adding utm parameters, for example, utm_source and scanning via QR code)
• Modifying Experience metadata/content
• Waiting several days (over a week)
• Testing on multiple devices (including devices that never opened the App Clip before)
Despite this, the App Clip continues to show the initially created content, while App Store Connect clearly shows the updated configuration.
Important Details
• We currently have ~1,300 App Clip Experiences created
• All App Clips use the same App Clip Bundle ID
• The content behind the URLs updates correctly on the website
• Only the App Clip continues to show stale / initial data
• Removing and re-invoking the App Clip on devices does not consistently fix the issue
At this point, manual updates via App Store Connect appear to be completely ignored once the App Clip is “established.”
Questions
1. Is there a known hard cache or CDN behavior on Apple’s side that prevents App Clip Experience updates from propagating?
2. Is there any way to invalidate or refresh an existing App Clip Experience?
3. Does having a large number of App Clip Experiences (~1300) affect update behavior or caching?
4. Is the recommended approach to treat App Clip Experience as immutable and handle all updates via backend / dynamic content only?
Right now it feels like:
App Clip Experience is effectively a one-time snapshot and not a live-updatable configuration.
Any insights, confirmations, or official guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Starting with iOS 18.3, we are getting infrequent crash reports somehow related to web sockets. Are there any new caveats we should be aware of or is it just a CFNetwork bug?
Incident Identifier: 0D4343CE-3089-4514-841D-80CEC353B6B8
Distributor ID: com.apple.AppStore
Hardware Model: iPhone16,2
AppStoreTools: 16C7015
AppVariant: 1:iPhone16,2:18
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Role: Non UI
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2025-03-18 15:42:14.1732 -0400
Launch Time: 2025-03-15 20:38:20.7015 -0400
OS Version: iPhone OS 18.3.1 (22D72)
Release Type: User
Baseband Version: 2.40.05
Report Version: 104
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
VM Region Info: 0 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4373233664
REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL
UNUSED SPACE AT START
--->
__TEXT 104aa4000-104aa8000 [ 16K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /var/containers/Bundle/Application/EDB47FCF-9E2C-4BE3-A771-F6F84BFCAF31/<redacted>
Termination Reason: SIGNAL 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [4454]
Thread 10 Crashed:
0 CFNetwork 0x0000000193c46aac -[__NSURLSessionWebSocketTask _onqueue_receiveMessageWithCompletionHandler:] + 256 (LocalWebSocketTask.mm:486)
1 CFNetwork 0x0000000193c438b0 -[__NSURLSessionWebSocketTask _onqueue_ioTick] + 636 (LocalWebSocketTask.mm:355)
2 CFNetwork 0x0000000193c46918 __67-[__NSURLSessionWebSocketTask receiveMessageWithCompletionHandler:]_block_invoke + 356 (LocalWebSocketTask.mm:97)
3 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2e9248 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (init.c:1549)
4 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2eafa8 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (object.m:576)
5 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2f25cc _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 768 (queue.c:3934)
6 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2f3158 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 432 (queue.c:4025)
7 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2fe38c _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 288 (queue.c:7193)
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019a2fdbd8 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 540 (queue.c:6787)
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021d2e4680 _pthread_wqthread + 288 (pthread.c:2696)
10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000021d2e2474 start_wqthread + 8 (:-1)
Thread 10 crashed with ARM Thread State (64-bit):
x0: 0x0000000000000000 x1: 0x0000000000000000 x2: 0x00000000000003f0 x3: 0x0000000000000001
x4: 0x0000000000000010 x5: 0x00000000b04d793d x6: 0x00000000000013c0 x7: 0x0000000000000000
x8: 0x0000000000000378 x9: 0x0000000000000001 x10: 0x00000001fabc6b40 x11: 0x000000000000000f
x12: 0x0000000000ddf700 x13: 0x000000012a1bc1c0 x14: 0x00000001fabc9798 x15: 0x00000001fabc9798
x16: 0x000000018faa1c4c x17: 0x000000019a2ea664 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x0000000303a83420
x20: 0x0000000000000000 x21: 0x000000012b42d900 x22: 0x00000001fc8000a8 x23: 0x00000001fc8000a8
x24: 0x00000003036913c0 x25: 0x00000003036913c0 x26: 0x0000000000000001 x27: 0x0000000303afc870
x28: 0x0000000000000001 fp: 0x000000016b95a1f0 lr: 0x0000000193c46a04
sp: 0x000000016b95a170 pc: 0x0000000193c46aac cpsr: 0x40001000
esr: 0x92000006 (Data Abort) byte read Translation fault
The documentation says:
The caching behavior of the NSURL and CFURL APIs differ. For NSURL, all cached values (not temporary values) are automatically removed after each pass through the run loop. You only need to call the removeCachedResourceValueForKey: method when you want to clear the cache within a single execution of the run loop. The CFURL functions, on the other hand, do not automatically clear cached resource values. The client has complete control over the cache lifetimes, and you must use CFURLClearResourcePropertyCacheForKey or CFURLClearResourcePropertyCache to clear cached resource values.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurl/removeallcachedresourcevalues()?language=objc
Is this really true? In my experience I've had to explicitly remove cached resource values via -removeAllCachedResourceValues or removeCachedResourceValueForKey: otherwise the URL contains stale values.
For example on a URL that no longer exists I attempted to read NSURLIsHiddenKey and the last value was already cached. Instead of getting a NSFileNoSuchFileError I get the old cache value unless explicitly call -removeCachedResourceValueForKey: first and I'm fairly certain the value was cached on a previous run loop churn.
I have a SwiftUI document-based app that for the sake of this discussion stores accounting information: chart of accounts, transactions, etc. Each document is backed by a SwiftData DB.
I'd like to incorporate search into the app so that users can find transactions matching certain criteria, so I went to Core Spotlight. Indexing & search within the app seem to work well.
The issue is that Spotlight APIs appear to be App based & not Document based. I can't find a way to separate Spotlight data by document.
I've tried having each document maintain a UUID as a document-specific identifier and include the identifier in every CSSearchableItem. When performing a query I filter the results with CSUserQueryContext.filterQueries that filter by the document identifier. That works to limit results to the specific file for search operations.
Index updates via CSSearchableIndexDelegate.reindex* methods seem to be App-centric. A user may have file #1 open, but the delegate is being asked to update CSSearchableItems for IDs in other files.
Is there a proper way to use Spotlight for in-app search with a document-based app?
Is there a way to keep Spotlight-indexed data local within the app & not make it available across the system? I.e. I'd like to search within the app only. System-level searches should not surface this data.
On iOS 18 and lower version, my application supports automatically switching to [System settings - Personal Hotspot] directly. But on iOS 26, my application will be redirected to [System settings- Apps].
Does iOS 26 disable the behavior of directly jumping to the system hotspot page? If support, could you share the API for iOS 26?
When we compile our app using Xcode 26 and run it on iOS 26, we encounter a strange crash where the crashing thread shows no stack trace. After inspecting the registers, we have initially traced it to the Google Mobile Ads SDK. When we disable the initialization of the Google Mobile Ads SDK, the app no longer crashes.
However, running the Google Mobile Ads SDK demo app on iOS 26 alone does not cause any issues; the crash only occurs once it is integrated into our app. We also tried enabling Address Sanitizer and Zombie Objects but found no valuable clues.
Could you advise what other methods or tools we can use to further diagnose this issue? Additionally, when we compile the app with Xcode 15 and run it on iOS 26, everything works fine without crashes.
app-2025-09-19-161044.ips.txt
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Our team is in the process of updating our apps to comply with Texas's new state law.
In order to minimize user confusion and provide the most ideal flow to access the app as possible, we have a few questions we would like answered.
Summary of questions:
Is isEligibleForAgeFeatures intended to be accurate and accessible before the user has accepted the Age Range permissions prompt?
As other US states and/or other countries adopt a similar law going forward, will this instance variable cover those locations?
Will the runtime crashes on isEligibleForAgeFeatures and other symbols in the DeclaredAgeRange framework be addressed in a future RC or in the official release?
Details and Investigations:
With regards to isEligibleForAgeFeatures, our team has noticed that this value is always false before the age range prompt has been accepted. This has been tested on the XCode RC 26.2 (17C48).
Assuming the request needs to be accepted first,
isEligibleForAgeFeatures does not get updated immediately when the user chooses to share their age range (updated to true, when our sandbox test account is a Texas resident). Only upon subsequent relaunches of the app does this return a value that reflects the sandbox user's location. Is isEligibleForAgeFeatures intended to be accurate and accessible before the user has accepted the Age Range permissions prompt?
This leads to our follow-up question to clarify whether isEligibleForAgeFeatures explicitly correlates to a user in an affected legal jurisdiction–if future US states and/or other countries adopt a similar law going forward, will this instance variable cover those locations?
Can we also get confirmation about whether the runtime crash on isEligibleForAgeFeatures and other symbols in the DeclaredAgeRange framework will be addressed in a future RC or in the official release?
Thank you.
Hello,
We are encountering an issue where invoking our App Clip via a Safari Smart App Banner fails on certain devices, particularly those running iOS 26.
When a user taps "Open" on the Smart App Banner, the App Clip card attempts to load but ultimately fails with ASDErrorDomain Error 507.
The error occurs consistently on specific devices, while other devices function correctly. In some instances, the App Clip card metadata/UI appears momentarily (flashes on the screen) before the error message is displayed and the process terminates.
Has anyone else experienced this specific ASDErrorDomain error? We have already submitted a report via Feedback Assistant, but any insights or workarounds from the community would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm implementing the PushToTalk framework and have encountered an issue where channelManager(_:didActivate:) is not called under specific circumstances.
What works:
App is in foreground, receives PTT push → didActivate is called ✅
App receives audio in foreground, then is backgrounded → subsequent pushes trigger didActivate ✅
What doesn't work:
App is launched, user joins channel, then immediately backgrounds
PTT push arrives while app is backgrounded
incomingPushResult is called, I return .activeRemoteParticipant(participant)
The system UI shows the speaker name correctly
However, didActivate is never called
Audio data arrives via WebSocket but cannot be played (no audio session)
Setup:
Channel joined successfully before backgrounding
UIBackgroundModes includes push-to-talk
No manual audio session activation (setActive) anywhere in my code
AVAudioEngine setup only happens inside didActivate delegate method
Issue persists even after channel restoration via channelDescriptor(restoredChannelUUID:)
Question:
Is this expected behavior or a bug? If expected, what's the correct approach to handle
incoming PTT audio when the app is backgrounded and hasn't received audio while in the
foreground yet?
content = try String(contentsOfFile: filepath) is the following warning.
'init(contentsOfFile:)' was deprecated in iOS 18: Use init(contentsOfFile:encoding:) instead
After internet searching I could find an answer.
I would appreciate a rewrite of my code line to get rid of 31 warnings.
Thanks a LOT
Charlie
var format = "%7B%22sign%22%3Anull%2C%22company%22%3A%22%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F%E6%B5%B7%E6%B4%8B%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%89%E9%99%90%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%22%2C%22businessNo%22%3Anull%2C%22scene%22%3Anull%2C%22interviewCode%22%3A%22767676%22%7D"
let message = withVaList([]) { args in
let msg = NSString(format: format, arguments: args)
print(msg)
}
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Foundation
iPad and iOS apps on visionOS
Swift
Debugging
Hey there! I faced issue in iOS 18 and newer when Spotlight search doesn't show my App in results. In older versions it works. Here is my code:
func configureUserActivitity(with id: String, keywords: [String]) {
let activity = NSUserActivity(activityType: id)
activity.contentAttributeSet = self.defaultAttributeSet
activity.isEligibleForSearch = true
activity.keywords = Set(keywords)
activity.becomeCurrent()
self.userActivity = activity
}
I didn't find any reasons why it doesn't work now. Maybe I should report a bug?
After reading the news below, we are currently working on updating our app in preparation for the enforcement of Texas SB 2420.
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=2ezb6jhj
Based on the information in the announcement, we understand that parents will be able to revoke their consent for apps.
However, we are unsure how an app is supposed to obtain or verify the parent’s consent status in the first place.
We reviewed the Declared Age Range API and PermissionKit’s Significant Change API, but could not find any functionality related to this.
If anyone with expertise on this topic has insight, we would greatly appreciate your guidance.
Thank you in advance.
Hi all,
I'm trying to add Spotlight support to a macOS app that handles custom virtual machine bundles with the .vpvm extension. I’ve followed the current documentation and used the modern CSImportExtension approach with a Spotlight Importer extension target.
Here’s what I’ve done:
App Info.plist:
Declared com.makeprog.vpvm as a UTI conforming to com.apple.package.
Registered it under UTExportedTypeDeclarations and CFBundleDocumentTypes.
Spotlight Importer Extension:
Added a new macOS target using the Spotlight Import Extension template.
Set the NSExtensionPointIdentifier to com.apple.spotlight.import.
Used CSSupportedContentTypes = com.makeprog.vpvm.
Implemented a minimal update(_ attributes:forFileAt:) method that sets displayName, title, and contentDescription.
Other steps:
Verified that the .appex is embedded under Contents/PlugIns/.
Confirmed it appears in mdimport -e output with correct UTI.
Used mdimport -m -d2 -t /path/to/file.vpvm, but I still get:
Imported '/path/to/file.vpvm' of type 'com.makeprog.vpvm' with no plugIn.
The extension is never invoked. I’ve also tried:
Ensuring the .vpvm file is a valid directory bundle.
Restarting Spotlight / rebuilding index.
Ensuring the app and extension are properly signed.
Tried installing the app in test virtual machine
Question:
Has anyone successfully used CSImportExtension for custom UTIs?
Is there something additional I need to do for the extension to be recognized and triggered?
Any advice or examples would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
I’m building an app that helps people spend less time on social media apps.
For that, I make heavy use of Apple’s Screen Time APIs, such as ManagedSettings and FamilyControls.
When an app is locked using a ShieldConfiguration, the user has to open my app in order to unlock it (e.g. enter a code).
This is very cumbersome because no documented API exists to open the parent app (=my app) from the ShieldActionDelegate (also part of my app) when the user presses a button of the ShieldConfiguration.
The ShieldActionDelegate callback just offers three options in its ShieldActionResponse:
.none
.defer
.close
.openParentApp is missing.
We are working around this limitation by sending a local push notification that the user has to tap on.
This has multiple drawbacks:
It has to be ensured that notification permission has been granted.
It has to be ensured that notifications can be delivered even while focus is enabled.
Features such as Apple Intelligence notification summaries and notification prioritization can heavily delay delivering notifications and thus frustrate the user.
Neither my users nor myself do understand why this is not possible in a smoother way, at least according to the documentation.
There are 3rd party apps that have such functionality, they can directly open their own app from a button press in the Shield, see here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/applocker-passcode-lock-apps/id1132845904
It would be great if Apple could level the playfield for all developers and document how this is achievable, because technically it clearly is.
Thanks a lot and have a great day!
Hi,
I'm trying to make use of the Device Activity Labels where you supply an ApplicationToken. I can successfully get it to show the icon + title of the Application (twitter in my case) but I cannot get the styling to work.
// Works
.labelStyle(.iconOnly)
.labelStyle(.titleOnly)
.border(...)

// Does NOT work
.font(.largeTitle)
.foregroundColor(.blue)
I have checked the same style (or just modifiers) against a standard Label and they actually do work in the code below.
// This is an application token. Some style not applied.
Label(targetApp)
.labelStyle(MyStyle())
// Showing the same style using a simple label. All styles correctly applied.
Label("Twitter", systemImage: "video.square.fill")
.labelStyle(MyStyle())
Is changing the font + color of the title for this Label(_ applicationToken:) supported?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Managed Settings
Family Controls
Device Activity
I have a basic setup following WWDC 2020 on Safari Web Extensions and another one on XPC. The video even mentions that one can use UserDefaults or XPC to communicate with the host app. Here is my setup.
macOS 15.2, Xcode 16.2
A macOS app (all targets sandboxed, with an app group) with 3 targets:
SwiftUI Hello World
web extension
XPC Service
The web extension itself works and can update UserDefaults, which can then be read by SwiftUI app - everything works by the book.
The app can communicate to the XPC service via NSXPCConnection - again, everything works fine.
The problem is that the web extension does not communicate with XPC, and this is what I need so that I can avoid using UserDefaults for larger and more complex payloads.
Web Ext handler code:
class SafariWebExtensionHandler: NSObject, NSExtensionRequestHandling {
func beginRequest(with context: NSExtensionContext) {
// Unpack the message from Safari Web Extension.
let item = context.inputItems[0] as? NSExtensionItem
let message = item?.userInfo?[SFExtensionMessageKey]
// Update the value in UserDefaults.
let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: "com.***.AppName.group")
let messageDictionary = message as? [String: String]
if messageDictionary?["message"] == "Word highlighted" {
var currentValue = defaults?.integer(forKey: "WordHighlightedCount") ?? 0
currentValue += 1
defaults?.set(currentValue, forKey: "WordHighlightedCount")
}
let response = NSExtensionItem()
response.userInfo = [ SFExtensionMessageKey: [ "Response to": message ] ]
os_log(.default, "setting up XPC connection")
let xpcConnection = NSXPCConnection(serviceName: "com.***.AppName.AppName-XPC-Service")
xpcConnection.remoteObjectInterface = NSXPCInterface(with: AppName_XPC_ServiceProtocol.self)
xpcConnection.resume()
let service = xpcConnection.remoteObjectProxyWithErrorHandler { error in
os_log(.default, "Received error: %{public}@", error as CVarArg)
} as? AppName_XPC_ServiceProtocol
service?.performCalculation(firstNumber: 23, secondNumber: 19) { result in
NSLog("Result of calculation XPC is: \(result)")
os_log(.default, "Result of calculation XPC is: \(result)")
context.completeRequest(returningItems: [response], completionHandler: nil)
}
}
}
The error I'm getting:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.***.AppName.AppName-XPC-Service was invalidated: failed at lookup with error 3 - No such process."
What am I missing?
Introduction:
I’m encountering a consistent crash in production on iOS 26.2 (build 23C55). The crash occurs deep within libicucore when calling [NSDateFormatter dateFromString:].
Crash Summary:
Exception Type: SIGSEGV (SEGV_ACCERR)
Fault Address: 0xffffffff
Thread: Crashed on Main Thread (Thread 0)
Library: libicucore.A.dylib
Code Snippet:
The crash is triggered by the following method. It converts a string to an NSDate using a specific format and locale:
// 获取日期date
- (NSDate *)getDateWithTime:(NSString *)time formatter:(NSString *)formatterStr {
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:formatterStr];
formatter.timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Asia/Shanghai"];
formatter.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];
return [formatter dateFromString:time];
}
Backtrace:
Here is the relevant part of the crash report:
Incident Identifier: E24485B6-C53E-4115-A6CF-A7E4A952AD50
CrashReporter Key: 21FAC1CF-F56B-409A-98AA-351D3D2EB06C
Hardware Model: iPhone18,2
Code Type: ARM-64
Parent Process: [1]
Date/Time: 2026-01-12T01:32:25Z
OS Version: iPhone OS 26.2 (23C55)
Report Version: 105
SDK Version: 0.0.4
Exception Type: SIGSEGV
Exception Codes: SEGV_ACCERR at 0xffffffff
Crashed Thread: 0
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b81def8 0x19b74a000 + 868088
1 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b7da91c 0x19b74a000 + 592156
2 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b8d8340 0x19b74a000 + 1631040
3 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b8eae18 0x19b74a000 + 1707544
4 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b8eb600 0x19b74a000 + 1709568
5 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b878be4 0x19b74a000 + 1240036
6 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b87ae84 0x19b74a000 + 1248900
7 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b87b2dc 0x19b74a000 + 1250012
8 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b9564ac 0x19b74a000 + 2147500
9 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b954afc 0x19b74a000 + 2140924
10 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b952794 0x19b74a000 + 2131860
11 libicucore.A.dylib 0x000000019b98689c 0x19b74a000 + 2345116
12 CoreFoundation 0x00000001895dbfe0 0x18953d000 + 651232
13 CoreFoundation 0x00000001895dbaa0 0x18953d000 + 649888
14 Foundation 0x0000000186d2029c 0x186b88000 + 1671836
15 Foundation 0x00000001874a62dc 0x186b88000 + 9560796
16 Foundation 0x00000001874a6384 0x186b88000 + 9560964
17 xxxx 0x0000000105ea6e30 -[xxxxx getDateWithTime:formatter:] + 168
and
Thread 0 crashed with ARM-64 Thread State:
pc: 0x000000019b81def8 fp: 0x000000016f96bc10 sp: 0x000000016f96bbd0 x0: 0x00000000ffffffff
x1: 0x000000019ba1e8e0 x2: 0x0000000000000002 x3: 0x000000000000000b x4: 0x0000000000000074
x5: 0x0000000000000069 x6: 0x0000000000000000 x7: 0xfffff0003ffff800 x8: 0x000000009ba18014
x9: 0x00000001148dffd0 x10: 0x0000000000000002 x11: 0x0000000000000004 x12: 0x0000000000000220
x13: 0x0000000000000030 x14: 0x000000015b6f36b8 x15: 0x000000015cfe0000 x16: 0x00000002a19d0ff0
x17: 0x00000001f5590a70 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x000000016f96bc30 x20: 0x0000000000000000
x21: 0x000000015cfe3200 x22: 0x000000019ba18014 x23: 0x0000000000000000 x24: 0x000000015cfe32a0
x25: 0x0000000000000003 x26: 0x0000000000000000 x27: 0x0000000000000000 x28: 0x000000015cfe3200
lr: 0x000000019b7da958 cpsr: 0x00000000a0000000
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Foundation
iOS
Objective-C
Internationalization
Hello,
The purpose of "Screen Time Passcode" under Settings/Screen Time is to protect Screen Time preferences and it is asked every time the user updates Downtime, App Limits, Content & Privacy Restrictions and so on.
But the private passcode is not requested if the user disables Screen Time for a particular app (only Face ID or phone passcode is requested, but not the private Screen Time passcode).
I think this is a mistake, I think the purpose of a private Screen Time passcode is to protect all settings, including apps that use this API, right?
Is there any solution to this?
Thank you.
Hello,
I’m developing an app for both iOS and macOS using Mac Catalyst.
On the iOS target, the DeclaredAgeRange framework works fine: I enabled the capability, set the entitlement, and can call the APIs successfully.
However, when I build the Mac Catalyst target, I get compile-time errors because DeclaredAgeRange cannot be imported.
Environment
Xcode 26.0.1
Deployment Target (iOS): 13.0
Mac Catalyst target enabled (same bundle ID, same source code base as iOS version)
iOS build works well with DeclaredAgeRange
What I tried
Added the Declared Age Range capability in Signing & Capabilities for iOS target → works fine.
Tried setting Mac Catalyst Deployment Target to macOS 15.0+ and rebuilding → still failed to import.
Because it didn’t help, I reverted and removed the separate macOS target setting.
On Catalyst, the module simply isn’t available (import DeclaredAgeRange fails).
From Apple’s documentation, my understanding is that DeclaredAgeRange should also be supported on Mac Catalyst (SDK 26+). But in practice I cannot import it in my Catalyst build.
Questions
Is DeclaredAgeRange actually supported on Mac Catalyst right now?
If so, are there additional setup steps (capabilities, entitlements, provisioning, etc.) specific to Catalyst?
Has anyone successfully imported and used DeclaredAgeRange in a Catalyst project?
Any guidance or confirmation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General