Beta Update Feedback: iOS 18.3 The iOS 18.3 beta update has been a deeply frustrating experience due to numerous critical issues that severely impact the device's functionality. Below is a detailed report of the problems encountered: All major social applications, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Photos, consistently crash. When launching these apps, the screen often turns dark before reverting to the home screen. This issue persists across other third-party and native apps, making the device unusable for basic tasks. The system frequently hangs, failing to process basic operations effectively. Restarting the device is often the only temporary solution; however, even after multiple restarts, the issues remain unresolved. Significant charging drops are observed, and the device intermittently fails to recognize the charger. Charging efficiency has drastically decreased, creating inconvenience for daily usage. The Photos app is riddled with bugs, making it nearly impossible to use. Basic functions such as viewing, editing, or sharing photos do not work properly. Every aspect of the update feels unstable, with issues cropping up in every corner of the system. The phone’s functionality has deteriorated, so it no longer performs as expected. Device Affected: iPhone 13 Impact Level: Severe This update has caused immense frustration and has made the iPhone 13 difficult.

I have a PIP camera that is streaming from the front and back based on AVCaptureMultiCamSession. It works fine, but when i go to swap the camera it crashes. This is code that works with a single camera, so not sure what is wrong. Also the object appears valid in the debugger. This is the snippit where the camera is swapped private func updateSessionConfiguration() { guard isCaptureSessionConfigured else { return } captureSession.beginConfiguration() defer { captureSession.commitConfiguration() } // Remove all current inputs for input in captureSession.inputs { if let deviceInput = input as? AVCaptureDeviceInput { captureSession.removeInput(deviceInput) app_log("removing input for \(input)") } } // Add the primary device input if let deviceInput = deviceInputFor(device: captureDevice) { app_log("device input \(deviceInput)") if !captureSession.inputs.contains(deviceInput), captureSession.canAddInput(deviceInput) { captureSession.addInput(deviceInput) } } if let secondaryDeviceInput = deviceInputFor(device: secondaryCaptureDevice) { app_log("Secondary device input \(secondaryDeviceInput)") if !captureSession.inputs.contains(secondaryDeviceInput), captureSession.canAddInput(secondaryDeviceInput) { captureSession.addInput(secondaryDeviceInput) } } updateVideoOutputConnection() } It crashes at: captureSession.addInput(deviceInput) with: Thread 10: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0xcaeb36b964f0) which is strange because canAdd is checked prior to this call. Totally stumped here. Please help. Not sure if this is an AVCaptureMuliCamSession issue or something.

I really want to participate in the upcoming Swift Student Challenge, but I'm using a MacBook that cannot update past MacOS Big Sur. Would submissions compiled from it still be eligible for SSC? Thank you! :D

I have been reviewing the documentation on preparing your app to be the default messaging app, and I am wondering about the following: If I set my app as the default messaging app, will it be able to send and receive legacy SMS messages? Does iOS provide any SMS-specific framework or APIs to facilitate handling SMS messages directly within my app? I’d appreciate any clarification on whether iOS supports such functionality and, if so, how to integrate it into my app. Thank you!

I am having some serious issues with all of my music apps on the latest beta of iPadOS 18.3. when I try to open them , the splash page pops open , freezes then crashes. i can open Logic Pro and it opens fine, but if I try to open a project with any of my third party music apps in that project, Logic gives me an error message stating that it can’t access coremidi. It gives me the option to continue and then proceeds to play the project without issue, with all of the third party apps functioning within Logic. If I try to open a third party program outside of Logic ( that just played in Logic) the 3rd party app crashes. Anyone else having issues with their 3rd party music apps? I have never had so many apps in a particular genre that just wouldn’t function in any of the recent betas.

Hello, I install virtual machine macOS Sequoia 15.0 on Window 11. When I login Apple ID on that VM, it throws error: Verification Failed: An unknown error occured. Can you please let me know this is not allowed by Apple Policy or how should I do to be able to login Apple ID? Attached is the error noti. Thank you

When dealing with SwiftUI and searchable modifier, I know you can use URL or hard code data to search when building projects in Xcode. I am looking to see if you can use a txt file as a way or storing string data of lists to search from when your device is offline when using the search modifier. Then when connected to internet you can update the search with url connection that then updates the txt file so you can do new searches the next time you are offline again. Is this something that is possible?

I have developed a mobile app using SwiftUI that supports GoogleMaps. Now I am in the process of building a CarPlay application. I assume CarPlay only supports Apple MapKit, as I could not find any way to integrate the Google Maps. Below are few queries, Could you please guide me on how I can obtain the user's current location on the CarPlay app launch? Is there a way CarPlay can get the details from the mobile app(not pretty sure as its using Google Maps)? If the user is logged out from the mobile app, what is the flow in CarPlay? Do we have any standard login page asking user to login to the mobile app first? Is there any UI asking the user to capture the location in CarPlay? This is my first CarPlay app. Kindly guide me to a document or so that covers these details. Thanks a ton!!

Hello Developer Community. I need help with Firebase. I have Problems with a Code, so if you can help me, simply reply on this Post and then I share the Code. Thanks for the Help :D

I would like to report a bug issues with the sound on the speakers I notice there is no sound coming out when watching a video and also that YouTube videos freezes and does not play I would appreciate it if you fix the bug and put you fix this and put a re-release beta software- Thank you apple for your time

Is there any limit on refreshing the access token for a user. any time based limit or total number of access token limit?

HI. On November 15, 2024, I registered as an Apple developer as a company (I already have DUNS). And today, Wednesday, January 8, it still says: "Your registration is being processed." I urgently need to upload the application. Any recommendations?

Hello! I used the Apple CA Playthrough example code that pipes audio between devices. It uses AudioUnit callbacks to pipe the input to an output device, and I created a system equalizer with it - however users reported it stopped working in macOS 15. I am getting the error HALPlugIn.cpp:552 HALPlugIn::DeviceGetCurrentTime: got an error from the plug-in routine, Error: 1937010544 (stop) for the output device and no sound coming out of the speakers. The error only occurs when using a virtual device as an input, not using the microphone. First I thought the problem was in the loopback driver, but it also does not work with other loopback drivers like Blackhole. STEPS TO REPRODUCE Install a virtual device, for example "brew install blackhole-2ch" and run the CAPlayThrough example code (you need to add Mic Permission in the info.plist). Then set your system audio output to the virtual device, select the device as input in CAPlayThrough and hit start. You should see the error in console. My question: What did change in macOS 15 that could cause this? Is it something with the new permission handling maybe?

I have been trying to sign up for Apple Developer for many days. I fill in the details, provide my valid card, and they say they will get back to me in 2 days. However, I have never received a response. I need to launch an app, and this is holding me back.

I am about to buy the yearly membership. My good friend was going to work on a project with me. If I start the project with the membership, would he need to also have a membership to collaborate on the project together? Really just seeing if we need two memberships to get started or just one.

I bought Pioneer SPH-DA97DAB CarPlay radio but hardly can use the phone due to a loud echo that the caller hears during a call. how can I solve this does CarPlay has echo cancelation?

With the installation of IPad IOS 18.3 Beta 1 a few weeks ago all audio on my iPad has been disabled. This includes internal speakers and all external devices from Bluetooth and Airplay. Today I installed a much anticipated 18.3 Beta 2 update hoping that the issues would be resolved as I had been following multiple posts about the audios issue on this site along with site as Reddit. Still no audio. I don‘t understand how the developers rolled out with this update knowing that the biggest fix needed to be the audio. I honestly don’t see how 18.3 Beta 1 even made it out of the sandbox without someone discovering this issue.

Hello Friends, I am trying to Join Developer Program, Apple have charged my Yearly FEE, but after that when i try to enroll program by visiting this link. https://developer.apple.com/enroll/ On First screen i "Individual" Then On second page i agreed with legal agreement and Press Continue. Then i received an error. We are unable to process your request. An unknown error occurred. I also try to contact on apple support, There is no response from a long time, I have sent many emails. That's why am an posting here to get suggestion. Note: Apple already charge me for yearly program and i have successfully setup My Card and PayPal for Payment method. Any suggestion?

Is this widget still not working in macOS Sequoia ? MacBook Air M2 running 15.3(beta) also tvOS 15.3(beta) on the Apple TV. The widget is always blank for me

We have been unable to use ActiveSync email in our mail app since the IOS 18.2 update. We have repeatedly recreated the account but cannot improve the situation. We have normal access to ActiveSync mail on IOS 18.1.1 and ipadOS 18.2. Is there any additional configuration required in IOS?