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SwiftUI toolbar in MacOS 15 bug ?
struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationSplitView { List { Text("row 1") Text("row 2") Text("row 3") } .toolbar(content: { ToolbarItem { Button("aa", action: onToolbar) } }) } detail: { HSplitView { VStack { Image(systemName: "globe") .imageScale(.large) .foregroundStyle(.tint) Text("Hello, world!") } .toolbar(id: "toolbar", content: { ToolbarItem(id: "toolbar-1") { Button("bb", action: onToolbar) } }) .padding() Text("right") } }.navigationTitle("") } func onToolbar() {} } Run & Crash NSToolbar 0x6000005665b0 already contains an item with the identifier com.apple.SwiftUI.splitViewSeparator-0. Duplicate items of this type are not allowed.
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI Tags:
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Sep ’24
[macOS Sequoia] Using RegisterEventHotkey with option and shift modifiers doesn't working anymore
Hello. In my app, I use RegisterEventHotkey to implement global keyboard shortcuts to trigger actions. Up until macOS Sequoia, I was able to use a keyboard shortcut with option and shift as the modifiers, like option shift 2 (⌥ ⇧ 2). Now, on macOS Sequoia, using RegisterEventHotkey to register a hotkey with those exact modifiers (option and shift), regardless of the key, fails with the error -9868 (eventInternalErr). Is this a documented and wanted change, or is this a bug? Other modifier keys (just command, command option, command shift, command control, control shift, etc), all work. Any insight into this would be appreciated. (Feedback filed: FB15163561) Thank you, Matthias
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Sep ’24
onGeometryChange: Assertion failed: Block was expected to execute on queue
Hello! After upgrading to Xcode 16 & Swift 6 & iOS 18 I starting receiveing strange crashes. Happens randomly in different view and pointing to onGeometryChange action block. I added DispatchQueue.main.async { in hopes it will help but it didn't. HStack { ... } .onGeometryChange(for: CGSize.self, of: \.size) { value in DispatchQueue.main.async { self.width = value.width self.height = value.height } } As far as I understand, onGeometryChange is defined as nonisolated and Swift 6 enforce thread checking for the closures, SwiftUI views are always run on the main thread. Does it mean we can not use onGeometryChange safely in swiftui? BUG IN CLIENT OF LIBDISPATCH: Assertion failed: Block was expected to execute on queue [com.apple.main-thread (0x1eacdce40)] Crashed: com.apple.SwiftUI.AsyncRenderer 0 libdispatch.dylib 0x64d8 _dispatch_assert_queue_fail + 120 1 libdispatch.dylib 0x6460 _dispatch_assert_queue_fail + 194 2 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x62b58 <redacted> + 284 3 Grit 0x3a57cc specialized implicit closure #1 in closure #1 in PurchaseModalOld.body.getter + 4377696204 (<compiler-generated>:4377696204) 4 SwiftUI 0x5841e0 <redacted> + 60 5 SwiftUI 0x5837f8 <redacted> + 20 6 SwiftUI 0x586b5c <redacted> + 84 7 SwiftUICore 0x68846c <redacted> + 48 8 SwiftUICore 0x686dd4 <redacted> + 16 9 SwiftUICore 0x6ecc74 <redacted> + 160 10 SwiftUICore 0x686224 <redacted> + 872 11 SwiftUICore 0x685e24 $s14AttributeGraph12StatefulRuleP7SwiftUIE15withObservation2doqd__qd__yKXE_tKlF + 72 12 SwiftUI 0x95450 <redacted> + 1392 13 SwiftUI 0x7e438 <redacted> + 32 14 AttributeGraph 0x952c AG::Graph::UpdateStack::update() + 540 15 AttributeGraph 0x90f0 AG::Graph::update_attribute(AG::data::ptr<AG::Node>, unsigned int) + 424 16 AttributeGraph 0x8cc4 AG::Subgraph::update(unsigned int) + 848 17 SwiftUICore 0x9eda58 <redacted> + 348 18 SwiftUICore 0x9edf70 <redacted> + 36 19 AttributeGraph 0x148c0 AGGraphWithMainThreadHandler + 60 20 SwiftUICore 0x9e7834 $s7SwiftUI9ViewGraphC18updateOutputsAsync2atAA11DisplayListV4list_AG7VersionV7versiontSgAA4TimeV_tF + 560 21 SwiftUICore 0x9e0fc0 $s7SwiftUI16ViewRendererHostPAAE11renderAsync8interval15targetTimestampAA4TimeVSgSd_AItF + 524 22 SwiftUI 0xecfdfc <redacted> + 220 23 SwiftUI 0x55c84 <redacted> + 312 24 SwiftUI 0x55b20 <redacted> + 60 25 QuartzCore 0xc7078 <redacted> + 48 26 QuartzCore 0xc52b4 <redacted> + 884 27 QuartzCore 0xc5cb4 <redacted> + 456 28 CoreFoundation 0x555dc <redacted> + 176 29 CoreFoundation 0x55518 <redacted> + 60 30 CoreFoundation 0x55438 <redacted> + 524 31 CoreFoundation 0x54284 <redacted> + 2248 32 CoreFoundation 0x535b8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 572 33 Foundation 0xb6f00 <redacted> + 212 34 Foundation 0xb6dd4 <redacted> + 64 35 SwiftUI 0x38bc80 <redacted> + 792 36 SwiftUI 0x1395d0 <redacted> + 72 37 Foundation 0xc8058 <redacted> + 724 38 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x637c _pthread_start + 136 39 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1494 thread_start + 8
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Sep ’24
ViewBridge to RemoteViewService Terminated (...)
After updating to Sonoma, the following is logged in the Xcode console when an editable text field becomes key. This doesn't occur on any text field, but it seems to happen when the text field is within an NSPopover or an NSSavePanel. ViewBridge to RemoteViewService Terminated: Error Domain=com.apple.ViewBridge Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={com.apple.ViewBridge.error.hint=this process disconnected remote view controller -- benign unless unexpected, com.apple.ViewBridge.error.description=NSViewBridgeErrorCanceled} What does this mean?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: AppKit
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Sep ’24
SwiftUI: AlignmentGuide in Overlay not working when in if block
Scenario A SwiftUI view has an overlay with alignment: .top, the content uses .alignmentGuide(.top) {} to adjust the placement. Issue When the content of the overlay is in an if-block, the alignment guide is not adjusted. Example code The example shows 2 views. Not working example, where the content is an if-block. Working example, where the content is not in an if-block Screenshot: https://github.com/simonnickel/FB15248296-SwiftUIAlignmentGuideInOverlayConditional/blob/main/screenshot.png Tested on - Xcode Version 16.0 RC (16A242) on iOS 18.0 Code // Not working .overlay(alignment: .top) { if true { // This line causes .alignmentGuide() to fail Text("Test") .alignmentGuide(.top, computeValue: { dimension in dimension[.bottom] }) } } // Working .overlay(alignment: .top) { Text("Test") .alignmentGuide(.top, computeValue: { dimension in dimension[.bottom] }) } Also created a Feedback: FB15248296 Example Project is here: https://github.com/simonnickel/FB15248296-SwiftUIAlignmentGuideInOverlayConditional/tree/main
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Sep ’24
Can't find or decode availabilityDetailedInfo warning when start editing textField
Whenever I start editing TextField or while editing TextField, Xcode shows this worning, and takes a few seconds to show the keyboard. There is no 'availabilityDetailedInfo' in my source code, and I could not find similar errors on the internet. Can't find or decode availabilityDetailedInfo unavailableReasonsHelper: Failed to get or decode availabilityDetailedInfo Can't find or decode reasons unavailableReasonsHelper: Failed to get or decode unavailable reasons as well Can't find or decode availabilityDetailedInfo unavailableReasonsHelper: Failed to get or decode availabilityDetailedInfo Can't find or decode reasons unavailableReasonsHelper: Failed to get or decode unavailable reasons as well
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Sep ’24
SwiftUI Buttons and onMoveCommand Missing Presses
In tvOS 18 the onMoveCommand is missing the first press after a view is loaded and every time the direction is changed. It also misses the first press on a button after a focus change. This appears to only impact the newer silver remote and not the older black remote or IR remotes. With the code bellow press any direction 3 times and it will only log twice. struct ButtonTest: View { var body: some View { VStack { Button { debugPrint("button 1") } label: { Text("Button 1") } Button { debugPrint("button 2") } label: { Text("Button 2") } Button { debugPrint("button 3") } label: { Text("Button 3") } } .onMoveCommand(perform: { direction in debugPrint("move \(direction)") }) .padding() } }
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI Tags:
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Sep ’24
Tinted widgets have an inset background in the widget gallery only
When the home screen is in tinted mode in iOS 18, the widget gallery seems to display widgets with the background inset from the edge of the widget (i.e. negative padding). You can see this behavior in the Apple News widget too, where the full-bleed content outside of the inset is very light. This only happens in the sample gallery, not when the widgets are placed on the home screen. For my widgets, this outer edge contains important content and the clipping behavior makes the widgets look poorly designed when viewed in the gallery. Is there any way to turn this behavior off and just show the widget normally in the gallery with no weird inset — the way it will actually display when added to the home screen? If it matters, my widgets are currently configured with: .contentMarginsDisabled() .containerBackground(for: .widget) { // ... (background color) */ }
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Sep ’24
Show main window of SwiftUI app on macOS Sequoia after auto start
It seems like it is no longer possible to open the main window of an app after the app has been launched by the system if the "Auto Start" functionality has been enabled. I am using SMAppService.mainApp to enable to auto start of my app. It is shown in the macOS system settings and the app is automatically started - but the main window is not visible. How can I change this behaviour so the main window of the app is always visible when started automatically? I have not noticed this behaviour before the release of macOS Sequoia. My app is using Swift 6 and the latest version of macOS and Xcode. Regards
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Sep ’24
UIDocumentPickerViewController provides corrupt copy of file when user taps multiple times on file
We're trying to implement a backup/restore data feature in our business productivity iPad app using UIDocumentPickerViewController and AppleArchive, but discovered odd behavior of [UIDocumentPickerViewController initForOpeningContentTypes: asCopy:YES] when reading large archive files from a USB drive. We've duplicated this behavior with iPadOS 16.6.1 and 17.7 when building our app with Xcode 15.4 targeting minimum deployment of iPadOS 16. We haven't tested this with bleeding edge iPadOS 18. Here's our Objective-C code which presents the picker: NSArray* contentTypeArray = @[UTTypeAppleArchive]; UIDocumentPickerViewController* docPickerVC = [[UIDocumentPickerViewController alloc] initForOpeningContentTypes:contentTypeArray asCopy:YES]; docPickerVC.delegate = self; docPickerVC.allowsMultipleSelection = NO; docPickerVC.shouldShowFileExtensions = YES; docPickerVC.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover; docPickerVC.popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view; [self presentViewController:docPickerVC animated:YES completion:nil]; The UIDocumentPickerViewController remains visible until the selected external archive file has been copied from the USB drive to the app's local tmp sandbox. This may take several seconds due to the slow access speed of the USB drive. During this time the UIDocumentPickerViewController does NOT disable its tableview rows displaying files found on the USB drive. Even the most patient user will tap the desired filename a second (or third or fourth) time since the user's initial tap appears to have been ignored by UIDocumentPickerViewController, which lacks sufficient UI feedback showing it's busy copying the selected file. When the user taps the file a second time, UIDocumentPickerViewController apparently begins to copy the archive file once again. The end result is a truncated copy of the selected file based on the time between taps. For instance, a 788 MB source archive may be copied as a 56 MB file. Here, the UIDocumentPickerDelegate receives a 56 MB file instead of the original 788 MB of data. Not surprisingly, AppleArchive fails to decrypt the local copy of the archive because it's missing data. Instead of failing gracefully, AppleArchive crashes in AAArchiveStreamClose() (see forums post 765102 for details). Does anyone know if there's a workaround for this strange behavior of UIDocumentPickerViewController?
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Unable to use transitions for SwiftData in List
I can't for the life of me get transitions and animations to work well with SwiftData and List on MacOS 15 and iOS 18. I've included an example below, where I define several animations and a transition type, but they are all ignored. How do I animate items being added to / removed from a List()? I am attached to List() due to its support for selection, context menu, keyboard shortcuts, etc. If I would switch to ScrollView with VStack I would have to rebuild all of that. Also, this is super basic and should just work, right? Thanks for reading. import SwiftUI import SwiftData struct ContentView: View { @Environment(\.modelContext) private var modelContext /// Issues on iOS: /// Items animate into and out of view, but I seem to have no control over the animation. /// In the code here I've specified a 'bouncy' and a slow 'easeIn' animation: both are not triggered. /// The code also specifies using a 'slide' transition, but it is ignored. /// -> How do I control the transition and animation timing on iOS? /// /// Issues on MacOS: /// Items do not animate at all on MacOS! They instantly appear and are instantly removed. /// -> How do I control the transition and animation timing on MacOS? // animation added here -> has no effect? @Query(animation: .bouncy) private var items: [Item] var body: some View { VStack { Button("Add to list") { // called without 'withAnimation' -> no animation let newItem = Item(timestamp: Date()) modelContext.insert(newItem) } List() { ForEach(items, id: \.self) { item in Text(item.timestamp, format: Date.FormatStyle(date: .numeric, time: .standard)) .transition(.slide) // items do not slide in/out of view .onTapGesture { // called with 'withAnimation' -> no animation withAnimation(.easeIn(duration: 2)) { modelContext.delete(item) } } } .animation(.spring(duration: 3), value: items) } } .padding() } } #Preview { ContentView() .modelContainer(for: Item.self, inMemory: true) }
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Oct ’24
Navigation Bar Elements Disappear When Using UIPageViewController in SwiftUI Under Low Power Mode
Problem Description: In a SwiftUI application, I've wrapped UIKit's UIPageViewController using UIViewControllerRepresentable, naming the wrapped class PagedInfiniteScrollView. This component causes navigation bar elements (title and buttons) to disappear. This issue only occurs in Low Power Mode on a physical device. Steps to Reproduce: Enable Low Power Mode on a physical device and open the app's home page. From the home page, open a detail sheet containing PagedInfiniteScrollView. This detail page include a navigation title and a toolbar button in the top-right corner. PagedInfiniteScrollView supports horizontal swiping to switch pages. Tap the toolbar button in the top-right corner of the detail page to open an edit sheet. Without making any changes, close the edit sheet and return to the detail page. On the detail page, swipe left and right on the PagedInfiniteScrollView. Expected Result: When swiping the PagedInfiniteScrollView, the navigation title and top-right toolbar button of the detail page should remain visible. Actual Result: When swiping the PagedInfiniteScrollView, the navigation title and top-right toolbar button of the detail page disappear. import SwiftUI @main struct CalendarApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } } import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @State private var showDetailSheet = false @State private var currentPage: Int = 0 var body: some View { NavigationStack { Button { showDetailSheet = true } label: { Text("show Calendar sheet") } .sheet(isPresented: $showDetailSheet) { DetailSheet(currentPage: $currentPage) } } } } struct DetailSheet: View { @Binding var currentPage: Int @State private var showEditSheet = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { PagedInfiniteScrollView(content: { pageIndex in Text("\(pageIndex)") .frame(width: 200, height: 200) .background(Color.blue) }, currentPage: $currentPage) .sheet(isPresented: $showEditSheet, content: { Text("edit") }) .navigationTitle("Detail") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline) .toolbar { ToolbarItemGroup(placement: .topBarTrailing) { Button { showEditSheet = true } label: { Text("Edit") } } } } } } import SwiftUI import UIKit struct PagedInfiniteScrollView<Content: View>: UIViewControllerRepresentable { typealias UIViewControllerType = UIPageViewController let content: (Int) -> Content @Binding var currentPage: Int func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator { Coordinator(self) } func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> UIPageViewController { let pageViewController = UIPageViewController(transitionStyle: .scroll, navigationOrientation: .horizontal) pageViewController.dataSource = context.coordinator pageViewController.delegate = context.coordinator let initialViewController = UIHostingController(rootView: IdentifiableContent(index: currentPage, content: { content(currentPage) })) pageViewController.setViewControllers([initialViewController], direction: .forward, animated: false, completion: nil) return pageViewController } func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIPageViewController, context: Context) { let currentViewController = uiViewController.viewControllers?.first as? UIHostingController<IdentifiableContent<Content>> let currentIndex = currentViewController?.rootView.index ?? 0 if currentPage != currentIndex { let direction: UIPageViewController.NavigationDirection = currentPage > currentIndex ? .forward : .reverse let newViewController = UIHostingController(rootView: IdentifiableContent(index: currentPage, content: { content(currentPage) })) uiViewController.setViewControllers([newViewController], direction: direction, animated: true, completion: nil) } } class Coordinator: NSObject, UIPageViewControllerDataSource, UIPageViewControllerDelegate { var parent: PagedInfiniteScrollView init(_ parent: PagedInfiniteScrollView) { self.parent = parent } func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, viewControllerBefore viewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController? { guard let currentView = viewController as? UIHostingController<IdentifiableContent<Content>>, let currentIndex = currentView.rootView.index as Int? else { return nil } let previousIndex = currentIndex - 1 return UIHostingController(rootView: IdentifiableContent(index: previousIndex, content: { parent.content(previousIndex) })) } func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, viewControllerAfter viewController: UIViewController) -> UIViewController? { guard let currentView = viewController as? UIHostingController<IdentifiableContent<Content>>, let currentIndex = currentView.rootView.index as Int? else { return nil } let nextIndex = currentIndex + 1 return UIHostingController(rootView: IdentifiableContent(index: nextIndex, content: { parent.content(nextIndex) })) } func pageViewController(_ pageViewController: UIPageViewController, didFinishAnimating finished: Bool, previousViewControllers: [UIViewController], transitionCompleted completed: Bool) { if completed, let currentView = pageViewController.viewControllers?.first as? UIHostingController<IdentifiableContent<Content>>, let currentIndex = currentView.rootView.index as Int? { parent.currentPage = currentIndex } } } } extension PagedInfiniteScrollView { struct IdentifiableContent<Content: View>: View { let index: Int let content: Content init(index: Int, @ViewBuilder content: () -> Content) { self.index = index self.content = content() } var body: some View { content } } }
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Oct ’24
AppLaunchTimeoutError
Hi. I tried to launch SwiftUI preview. But I got an error "AppLaunchTimeoutError" I attach the diagnostics. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? memo.txt
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: SwiftUI
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Oct ’24
Navigation Bar animation upon Tab change
Hi. Since Xcode 16 and/or iOS 18.0 (I upgraded at the same time), I have an strange effect in the lower (let's say) 20% section of the Navigation Bar when changing to another tab, and this independently if large titles are used or not. Mentioned section is brighter or darker than the rest of the Navigation Bar background, depending on which background tint is used. This effect lasts about 0.3 seconds, but is clearly visible, quite disturbing and new as of Xcode 16 and/or iOS 18.0. I use the code below in AppDelegate to get a gradient coloured Navigation Bar background. let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance() UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = appearance UINavigationBar.appearance().compactAppearance = appearance UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance UINavigationBar.appearance().compactScrollEdgeAppearance = appearance If I don't use above code., the background color is filled and without gradient. Subject effect doesn't show in this case. The effect basically looks like when changing tab, the new Navigation Bar background doesn't clear right away, and keeps the background from the previous Navigation Bar for 0.3 seconds before new one Navigation Bar background is rendered. I spent quite some time on changing every possible setting, in code as well as storyboard ... no success so far. Any ideas how to disable this undesired animation?
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Oct ’24
SwiftUI List insertion changes aren't animated on macOS 15
I've been struggling with this issue since the release of macOS 15 Sequoia. I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered it or if anyone has a workaround to fix it. Inserting a new element into the array that acts as data source for a SwiftUI List with a ForEach is never animated even if the insertion is wrapped in a withAnimation() call. It seems that some other changes can be automated though: e.g. calls to shuffle() on the array successfully animate the changes. This used to work fine on macOS 14, but stopped working on macOS 15. I created a very simple project to reproduce the issue: import SwiftUI @main struct TestApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } } struct IdentifiableItem: Identifiable { let id = UUID() var name: String { "Item \(id)" } } struct ContentView: View { @State var items: [IdentifiableItem] = [ IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), IdentifiableItem(), ] var body: some View { List { ForEach(items) { item in Text(item.name) } } Button("Add Item") { withAnimation { items.insert(IdentifiableItem(), at: 0) } } Button("Shuffle Items") { withAnimation { items.shuffle() } } } } How to reproduce Copy the code below in an Xcode project. Run it on macOS 15. Hit the "Add Item" button Expected: A new item is inserted with animation. Result: A new item is inserted without animation. How to prove this is a regression Follow the same steps above but run on macOS 14. A new item is inserted with animation.
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Oct ’24
UICollectionView Move Item Method Not Called in iOS 18
Summary In iOS 18, the UICollectionViewDelegate method collectionView(_:targetIndexPathForMoveOfItemFromOriginalIndexPath:atCurrentIndexPath:toProposedIndexPath:) is not being called when moving items in a UICollectionView. This method works as expected in iOS 17.5 and earlier versions. Steps to Reproduce Create a UICollectionView with drag and drop enabled. Implement the UICollectionViewDelegate method: func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, targetIndexPathForMoveOfItemFromOriginalIndexPath originalIndexPath: IndexPath, atCurrentIndexPath currentIndexPath: IndexPath, toProposedIndexPath proposedIndexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath { print("🐸 Move") return proposedIndexPath } Run the app on iOS 18. Attempt to drag and drop items within the collection view. Expected Behavior The method should be called during the drag and drop operation, and "🐸 Move" should be printed to the console. Actual Behavior The method is not called, and nothing is printed to the console. The drag and drop operation still occurs, but without invoking this delegate method. Configuration iOS Version: 18 Xcode Version: Xcode 16.0.0
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit Tags:
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Using `compactTabIdentifiers` and other iOS 18+ tab APIs
Hello I'm working on implementing some changes to my app's tab bar, particularly to support some features in the new iPad floating tab bar, which has required me to adopt some of the new tab APIs from iOS 18. The issue I've encountered is that I would like the tabs visible in regular (floating tab bar) and compact (bottom tab bar) to be slightly different. The compact variant should show a subset of the tabs visible on iPad. For example: Floating tab bar: Use tabs A, B, C Bottom tab bar: Use tabs A, B I'm finding this quite difficult, especially in the scenario of split view on iPad, where the size class and tab bar location can change as the user interacts with the app. I went down the route of changing my tab bar controller's tabs property when the trait collection changed tabBarController.tabs = eligibleTabs where eligibleTabs for compact passes tabs AB, and when in regular - ABC. This throws an exception UIViewController cannot be shared between multiple UITab *** Assertion failure in -[UITab viewController], UITab.m:173 I'm not sharing view controllers between tabs. I can only assume that the system doesn't like me passing the same values (always at least tabs A & B) multiple times to the tabs property. I then later noticed a new iOS 18 property on UITabBarController - compactTabIdentifiers. This seemed like exactly what I was looking for: An optional filter to display only select root-level tabs when in a compact appearance. Default is nil, which would make all tabs available. So I changed my implementation: tabBarController.tabs = [tabA, tabB, tabC] tabBarController.compactTabIdentifiers = [tabAIdentifier, tabBIdentifier] and don't make any explicit updates when split view is enabled. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work, at least not how I would expect it to. When enabling split view on iPad, the bottom tab bar appears, but it doesn't respect the tab identifiers I passed in tabBarController.compactTabIdentifiers. I'm not sure if this a bug or that I'm not really understanding how to use tabBarController.compactTabIdentifiers. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Topic: UI Frameworks SubTopic: UIKit
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How to get UIFont to respect preferredContentSizeCategory in a Mac Catalyst app?
I have an iOS app that relies on dynamic text size such that all fonts in the app respect the user's setting of Text Size in the iOS Settings app. This app also runs on macOS via Mac Catalyst. But until macOS 14 Sonoma, there was no Text Size setting in the macOS Settings app. But even as of Sonoma, the Text Size setting isn't usable by 3rd party apps. And Sequoia doesn't seem to change that. As a work around, my Mac Catalyst app provides its own Text Size setting. I was able to make it work by providing my own UIApplication subclass and overriding preferredContentSizeCategory. Under macOS 12 to macOS 14, this workaround works just fine and all fonts in the app created with code such as UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle:) gives appropriately sized fonts based on the overridden content size category. However, this workaround stopped working with macOS 15 Sequoia. I've also tried code such as: self.window.traitOverrides.preferredContentSizeCategory = myCustomSizeCategoryValue and self.window.maximumContentSizeCategory = myCustomSizeCategoryValue self.window.minimumContentSizeCategory = myCustomSizeCategoryValue in the scene delegate but that made no difference. Is there any way to get code such as UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle:) to return an appropriately sized font based on some app provided content size category in a Mac Catalyst app running under macOS 15? It sure would be nice if Mac Catalyst apps automatically responded to the macOS Text Size setting under Settings -> Accessibility -> Display -> Text Size just like a native iOS app.
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