I am facing an issue in my CarPlay app using CPTabBarTemplate. The app has two tabs, and on launch, the first tab is correctly selected. However, when I tap on the first tab again, instead of staying active, it becomes inactive.
This behavior is unexpected, as re-selecting the active tab should typically maintain its selected state. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a workaround to prevent the tab from becoming inactive?
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I have a macOS application developed in SwiftUI. It's a document-based application. I know how to hide the Show Tab Bar command under View. I don't want to hide it. I always want to show tabs. I wonder how to enable this command programmatically such that the document window always has the + button to the right. Thanks.
At this line of code (SketchTextSelectionManager.swift:449), sometimes there will be crashes based on crashlytics reports.
let selection = pdfPage.selectionForWord(at: location)
This is directly calling into PDFKit's PDFPage#selection method: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/pdfkit/pdfpage/selectionforword(at:)
Attached the full stacktrace:
Crashed: com.apple.root.user-initiated-qos.cooperative
0 CoreGraphics 0x30c968 PageLayout::getWordRange(unsigned long, long) const + 908
1 CoreGraphics 0x30bbc0 PageLayout::getTextRangeIndex(CGPoint, CGPDFSelectionType, SelectionPrecision) const + 2292
2 CoreGraphics 0x44a53c CGPDFSelectionCreateBetweenPointsWithOptions + 384
3 PDFKit 0x8d5f8 -[PDFPage selectionFromPoint:toPoint:type:] + 168
4 PDFKit 0x92040 -[PDFPage _rvItemAtPoint:] + 64
5 PDFKit 0x91f4c -[PDFPage rvItemAtPoint:] + 84
6 PDFKit 0x8caa8 -[PDFPage selectionForWordAtPoint:] + 40
7 MyApp 0x8420e0 closure #1 in SketchTextSelectionManager.startNewTextSelection(pageId:location:) + 449 (SketchTextSelectionManager.swift:449)
8 MyApp 0x841a70 SketchTextSelectionManager.startNewTextSelection(pageId:location:) + 205 (CurrentNoteManager.swift:205)
9 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x61104 swift::runJobInEstablishedExecutorContext(swift::Job*) + 252
10 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x63a28 (anonymous namespace)::ProcessOutOfLineJob::process(swift::Job*) + 480
11 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x611c4 swift::runJobInEstablishedExecutorContext(swift::Job*) + 444
12 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x62514 swift_job_runImpl(swift::Job*, swift::SerialExecutorRef) + 144
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x15d8c _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 392
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x16590 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 156
15 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x4c40 _pthread_wqthread + 228
16 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1488 start_wqthread + 8
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Dear all,
Sorry if the topic has already been commented but I could not be able to find it in over 10,000 picks using the forum search field...
My problem is that with any NSTextField in my app, a click will result in a memory leak. There is no code attached, just bindings to NSNumber properties. How can I fix this ?
Thanks for your help.
Best regards
Chris
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
AppKit
In my CarPlay app, I am hiding the navigation bar by using the following:
self.mapTemplate?.automaticallyHidesNavigationBar = true
self.mapTemplate?.hidesButtonsWithNavigationBar = false
I don't want the navigation bar to show unless a user interacts with the map by tapping it.
Strangely, when I present a CPNavigationAlert the navigation bar will often appear and then disappear after the alert is dismissed.
Is there a setting or reason that the navigation bar would be appearing when presenting this alert? I would like to keep the nav bar hidden during this time.
QuickTime recording palette behaves in a way which I want to replicate in my desktop app - specifically the behaviour when switching spaces, it appears on top. Currently, my app appears on all spaces, and even over fullscreen applications BUT it already exists when I switch to the space, this feels disjointed.
I can't find a solution to this behaviour. Here's the Window Collection Behaviours I've tried (on an NSPanel):
FullScreenAuxiliary - appears over fullscreen apps.
CanJoinAllSpaces - appears on all spaces.
These two options make the dock show up on all spaces in the same position, but on each space they already exists.
I've tried this behaviour too:
MoveToActiveSpace - which as per docs would move the window into active space only when its reopened, mine stays open all the time.
I can't find any more information on how QuickTime achieves this.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I'm currently integrating SwiftUI into an AppKit based application and was curious if the design pattern below was viable or not. In order to "bridge" between AppKit and SwiftUI, most of my SwiftUI "root" views have aViewModel that is accessible to the SwiftUI view via @ObservedObject.
When a SwiftUI views need to use NSViewRepresentable I'm finding the use of a ViewModel and a Coordinator to be an unnecessary layer of indirection. In cases where it makes sense, I've just used the ViewModel as the Coordinator and it all appears to be working ok, but I'm curious if this is reasonable design pattern or if I'm overlooking something.
Consider the following pseudo code:
// 1. A normal @ObservedObject acting as the ViewModel that also owns and manages an NSTableView.
@MainActor final class ViewModel: ObservedObject, NSTableView... {
let scrollView: NSScrollView
let tableView: NSTableView
@Published var selectedTitle: String
init() {
// ViewModel manages tableView as its dataSource and delegate.
tableView.dataSource = self
tableView.delegate = self
}
func reload() {
tableView.reloadData()
}
// Update view model properties.
// Simpler than passing back up through a Coordinator.
func tableViewSelectionDidChange(_ notification: Notification) {
selectedTitle = tableView.selectedItem.title
}
}
// 2. A normal SwiftUI view, mostly driven by the ViewModel.
struct ContentView: View {
@ObservedObject model: ViewModel
var body: some View {
Text(model.selectedTitle)
// No need to pass anything down other than the view model.
MyTableView(model: model)
Button("Reload") { model.reload() }
Button("Delete") { model.deleteRow(...) }
}
}
// 3. A barebones NSViewRepresentable that just vends the required NSView. No other state is required as the ViewModel handles all interactions with the view.
struct MyTableView: NSViewRepresentable {
// Can this even be an NSView?
let model: ViewModel
func makeNSView(context: Context) -> some NSView {
return model.scrollView
}
func updateNSView(_ nsView: NSViewType, context: Context) {
// Not needed, all updates are driven through the ViewModel.
}
}
From what I can tell, the above is working as expected, but I'm curious if there are some situations where this could "break", particularly around the lifecycle of NSViewRepresentable
Would love to know if overall pattern is "ok" from a SwiftUI perspective.
I am working on implementing a new Intents UI Extension and have noticed that when it is triggered via the "Hey Siri" voice command, the intent dismisses after a few seconds. However, if it is launched from the Shortcuts app, the intent remains active and does not dismiss automatically.
Additionally, I’ve observed that this behavior occurs on specific iOS versions, such as 17.5.1 or 17.7. On other versions, like 17.4.1 or 18.4, the intent persists as expected.
Does Siri automatically close the intent based on its own logic? Could the iOS version be influencing this behavior? Given the requirement to make the intent persistent, is there any option or configuration available to achieve this?
I have an application named "XY" that has been launched in several countries. Now, I intend to launch it in Turkey, but we are facing legal issues preventing us from using "XY" as the app's display name. Following the documentation, I localized the app's display name to "ZX" for both Turkish and English (Turkey). However, when users change their device settings, they do not see an option for English (Turkey) language selection. I assumed that for Turkish users, English (Turkey) would be the default language, but this is not the case. Could someone please assist me in resolving this issue? I've investigated options for localizing the display name based on region, but it seems that this functionality isn't feasible on iOS. In contrast, it's relatively straightforward to achieve on Android platforms.
iOS 18.4.1
When I change a Google type event to an iCloud type, a "Cannot Save Event" prompt box pops up.
We have also received user feedback that recurring events also fail to save. After updating to iOS 18.4 when trying to save changes to an existing repeating event, the message "Cannot Save Event" will appear.
EventKitUI
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
UIKit
I'm attempting to write a macOS version of https://stackoverflow.com/a/74935849/2178159.
From my understanding, I should be able to set the menu property of an NSResponder and it will automatically show on right click.
I've tried a couple things:
A: set menu on an NSHostingController's view - when I do this and right or ctrl click, nothing happens.
B: set menu on NSHostingController directly - when I do this I get a crash Abstract method -[NSResponder setMenu:] called from class _TtGC7SwiftUI19NSHostingControllerGVS_21_ViewModifier_...__. Subclasses must override
C: manually call NSMenu.popup in a custom subclasses of NSHostingController or NSView's rightMouseDown method - nothing happens.
extension View {
func contextMenu(menu: NSMenu) -> some View {
modifier(ContextMenuViewModifier(menu: menu))
}
}
struct ContextMenuViewModifier: ViewModifier {
let menu: NSMenu
func body(content: Content) -> some View {
Interaction_UI(
view: { content },
menu: menu
)
.fixedSize()
}
}
private struct Interaction_UI<Content: View>: NSViewRepresentable {
typealias NSViewType = NSView
@ViewBuilder var view: Content
let menu: NSMenu
func makeNSView(context: Context) -> NSView {
let v = NSHostingController(rootView: view)
// option A - no effect
v.view.menu = menu
// option B - crash
v.menu = menu
return v.view
}
func updateNSView(_ nsView: NSViewType, context: Context) {
// part of option A
nsView.menu = menu
}
}
Is it actually possible to display animation (even a simple one) on Live Activity? But on these cases:
The main app is terminated - of course, I know I can use the main app to keep updating the Live Activity to make simple animations work, but in this case, the main app is killed.
Live Activity data is not updating - I also understand that the Live Activity can perform animations when its data is being update via push notification or other means, but the current case is the data is not being updated.
I’ve tried several ways to achieve this, but nothing seems to work.
Just when I was about to give up, I found this video from Apple’s official channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WMwSj_EbA
At 4:14 in this video, you can see the text "Locating Driver" with the breathing animation. Could someone please help me understand how to implement that kind of animation in a Live Activity when:
The main app is not running, and
The Live Activity data is not updating?
I'm trying to determine if it’s possible to detect when a user interacts with a Slide Over window while my app is running in the background on iPadOS. I've explored lifecycle methods such as scenePhase and various UIApplication notifications (e.g., willResignActiveNotification) to detect focus loss, but these approaches don't seem to capture the event reliably. Has anyone found an alternative solution or workaround for detecting this specific state change? Any insights or recommended practices would be greatly appreciated.
I'm trying to switch to UIKit's document lifecycle due to serious bugs with SwiftUI's version.
However I'm noticing the template project from Xcode isn't compatible with Swift 6 (I already migrated my app to Swift 6.). To reproduce:
File -> New -> Project
Select "Document App" under iOS
Set "Interface: UIKit"
In Build Settings, change Swift Language Version to Swift 6
Run app
Tap "Create Document"
Observe: crash in _dispatch_assert_queue_fail
Does anyone know of a work around other than downgrading to Swift 5?
Can the SwiftUI document architecture
Take a file as read-only; never to be written out
Take files too large for memory (multi-MB, or even GB)
I wouldn't want the system to read a gigabyte size file into memory by default. If the system can use a memory-mapped Data as the representation, that'll be something I can make do. It would be even better if I could tell the system that I'll handle all the reading, all I need from it is a reference to the file's location on disk.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
I'm trying to use @Query in a wrapper view around a Button to keep a macOS menu command up to date but I keep getting
Set a .modelContext in view's environment to use Query
even though
@Environment(\.modelContext) private var modelContext
is part of the views.
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
SwiftUI
When I present a view controller, whose view is a SwiftUI View, via presentAsModalWindow(_:) the presented window is no longer centered horizontally to the screen, but rather its origin is there. I know this issue occurs for macOS 15.2+, but can't tell if it is from 15.0+. I couldn't find any documentation on why was this changed.
Here's an example code that represents my architecture:
class RootViewController: NSViewController {
private lazy var button: NSButton = NSButton(
title: "Present",
target: self,
action: #selector(presentView))
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Add button to tree
}
@objc func presentView() {
presentAsModalWindow(PresentedViewController())
}
}
class PresentedViewController: NSViewController {
override loadView() {
view = NSHostingView(rootView: MyView())
}
}
struct MyView: View {
/* impl */
}
We recently migrated our app to use NavigationSplitView on iPad with a sidebar and detail setup, and we got reports that the navigation buttons on the sidebar disappear when returning to our app after using a different app. I reproduced the issue from a new empty project with the following code (issue tested on iOS 17.4 and iOS 18.3, was not able to reproduce on iOS 16.4):
import SwiftUI
@main
struct TestApp: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
NavigationSplitView {
Text("sidebar")
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "square.and.arrow.down")
}
}
ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarTrailing) {
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "square.and.arrow.up")
}
}
}
} detail: {
Text("detail")
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "eraser")
}
}
ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarTrailing) {
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "pencil")
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Please check the following GIF for the simple steps, notice how the navbar buttons in the detail view do not disappear:
Here's the console output, it shows that the constraints break internally:
iOS18.0以前では発生していなかったアプリのレイアウト崩れが発生しており、これはOS起因のバグなのか否かをご教示いただきたいです。
【事象】
iOS18.0以前では発生していなかった、右上に表示していたアイコンが真ん中に来ているといったアプリのレイアウト崩れが発生しております。
【原因調査】
ソースを確認したところ、
親要素のCSS内にあるui-btn-textのdisplayが、上記事象が発生しているOS(現在で確認できているのは18.4.1と18.5)だと
「display: block」もしくは「display: inline-block」となっていない場合横幅がない状態として判定されています。
その為「position:absolute」かつ、「right: XXpx」という指定を行った場合、iOS18.0以前では親要素の右端から「XXpx」ずれた位置に配置される形となりますが、事象が発生しているOSでは(横幅が0として判定されるため)親要素の左端から「XXpx」ずれた位置に配置される形となっております。
【質問】
これはOS起因のバグなのか仕様変更なのか確認いただきたいです。
Topic:
UI Frameworks
SubTopic:
General
I am a developer on an enterprise application. Our team just updated our pipeline to build our app on the iOS 18 SDK instead of the 17.4 SDK and this has caused a lot of our ui elements to change and several crashes within the app resulting in just the simple error message "Swift runtime failure: unhandled C++ / Objective-C exception".
Why is just updating the SDK causing all these issues? Is there anyway to keep the previous version or will we have to go component by component to fix the constraints and crashes? These issues seem to be happening to our users on iOS 18 and beyond.