I'm trying to use FormatStyle from Foundation to format numbers when printing a vector structure. See code below.
import Foundation
struct Vector<T> {
var values: [T]
subscript(item: Int) -> T {
get { values[item] }
set { values[item] = newValue }
}
}
extension Vector: CustomStringConvertible {
var description: String {
var desc = "( "
desc += values.map { "\($0)" }.joined(separator: " ")
desc += " )"
return desc
}
}
extension Vector {
func formatted<F: FormatStyle>(_ style: F) -> String where F.FormatInput == T, F.FormatOutput == String {
var desc = "( "
desc += values.map { style.format($0) }.joined(separator: " ")
desc += " )"
return desc
}
}
In the example below, the vector contains a mix of integer and float literals. The result is a vector with a type of Vector<Double>. Since the values of the vector are inferred as Double then I expect the print output to display as decimal numbers. However, the .number formatted output seems to ignore the vector type and print the values as a mix of integers and decimals. This is fixed by explicitly providing a format style with a fraction length. So why is the .formatted(.number) method ignoring the vector type T which is Double in this example?
let vec = Vector(values: [-2, 5.5, 100, 19, 4, 8.37])
print(vec)
print(vec.formatted(.number))
print(vec.formatted(.number.precision(.fractionLength(1...))))
( -2.0 5.5 100.0 19.0 4.0 8.37 ) // correct output that uses all Double types
( -2 5.5 100 19 4 8.37 ) // wrong output that uses Int and Double types
( -2.0 5.5 100.0 19.0 4.0 8.37 ) // correct output that uses all Double types
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I get this red warning in Xcode every time my app is syncing to the iCloud. My model has only basic types and enum that conform to Codable so i'm not sure what is the problem.
App is working well, synchronization works. But the warning doesn't look good.
Maybe someone has idea how to debug it.
Hello everyone,
There is one thing about Objective-C's memory management that confuses me, which is a returned object's lifetime from methods with names doesn't start with "alloc", "new", "copy", or "mutableCopy".
Take this as an example, when using NSBitmapImageRep's representationUsingType:properties: method, it returns an NSData object (reference: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsbitmapimagerep/representation(using:properties:)?language=objc).
While testing this out, the NSData seemed to be an owned object (it doesn't get released until the end of the program).
From what I understand, this may be an auto-released object which is released at the end of an autorelease pool block.
Could someone explain this in more detail? What if I want to release that NSData object before the end of the autorelease pool block? How can I know which object is autoreleased, borrowed, or owned?
What is the most obvious method of calling StoreKit from C++. I'm getting blocked by the fact that most of the critical StoreKit calls are async and functions marked a sync don't show up in the swift header for me to call from C++ (at least as far as I can tell).
I'm trying to call
let result = try await Product.products(for:productIDs) or
let result = try await product.purchase()
And C++ can't even see any functions I wrap these in as far as I can tell because i have to make them async. What am I missing?
I tried a lot of alternates, like wrapping in
Task { let result = try await Product.products(for:productIDs) }
and it gives me 'Passing closure as a sending parameter' errors.
Also when I try to call the same above code it gives me 'initializtion of immutable value never used' errors and the variables never appear.
Code:
struct storeChooser {
public var productIDs: [String]
public function checkProduct1 {
Task { let result = try await Product.products(for: productIDs) }
The above gives the initialization of immutable value skipped, and when I create a
@State var products
Then I get the 'passing closure as a sending parameter' error when i try to run it in a task
it appears if I could make the function async and call it from C++ and have it return nothing it may work, does anyone know how to get C++ to see an async function in the -Swift.h file?
I have my project running perfectly fine on Xcode 16. However, in Xcode 26 it doesn't build due to an error that I do not understand. I have three files that pertain to this error:
// FriendListResponse.swift
import Foundation
struct FriendListResponse: Decodable {
var friendships: [Friendship]
var collections: [FriendCollection]
}
// Friendship.swift
import Foundation
struct Friendship: Decodable {
var createdAt: String
var friendId: Int
var friendUserId: Int // user ID of the friend
var friendUsername: String
var id: Int
var tagNames: [String]
}
// FriendCollection.swift
struct FriendCollection: Decodable {
var id: Int
var permalink: String
var tagNames: [String]
var title: String
}
On the first file, FriendListResponse.swift, I am the simple error message "circular reference." I do not understand how these self-contained structs could create a circular reference. Although I have other data types in my project, none of them are even referenced in these files except for Friendship and FriendCollection.
The FriendListResponse is a struct that is created from JSON values that are fetched from an API. This is the function that fetches the JSON:
public static func listFriends(username: String) async throws -> [Friendship] {
let data = try await sendGETRequest(
url: "people/\(username)/friends/list.json"
)
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
let wrapper = try decoder.decode(FriendListResponse.self, from: data)
return wrapper.friendships
}
// Note: the function sendGETRequest is just
// a function that I have created that takes a set
// of parameters and returns a data object
// using the HTTP GET protocol. I don't think
// that it is related to this issue. However, if you
// think that it is, I can share the code for that.
This error has also happened in a few other cases within contained networks of my data structure.
I do not know why this error is only appearing once I launch Xcode 26 beta with my project files. I would think that this error also would appear in Xcode 16.4.
Any help would be greatly appreciated in my process to compile my project on Xcode 26!
I want to build a Swift library package that uses modified build of OpenSSL and Curl.
I have already statically compiled both and verified I can use them in an Objective-C framework on my target platform (iOS & iOS Simulator). I'm using XCFramework files that contain the static library binaries and headers:
openssl.xcframework/
ios-arm64/
openssl.framework/
Headers/
[...]
openssl
ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/
openssl.framework/
Headers/
[...]
openssl
Info.plist
I'm not sure how I'm supposed to set up my Swift package to import these libraries.
I can use .systemLibrary but that seems to use the embedded copies of libssl and libcurl on my system, and I can't figure out how to use the path: parameter to that.
I also tried using a .binaryTarget pointing to the XCFramework files, but that didn't seem to work as there is no module generated and I'm not sure how to make one myself.
At a basic high level, this is what I'm trying to accomplish:
where libcrypto & libssl come from the provided openssl.xcframework file, and libcurl from curl.xcframework
Hello guys!
I faced a problem with building...
My device suddenly updated to iOS 15.4.1, my Xcode was 13.2 and I had to update it to the latest version (13.3.1) to build the app. After the update, I had a few problems which were successfully solved but one of them stopped me for a few hours. The problem is with Bridging Headers or Swift Compiler, I really don't know what I did badly, and what causes problems.
On several forums I often read that is important to set:
Build Settings > Build Options > Build Libraries for Distribution
But in any case it doesn't work, on yes:
error: using bridging headers with module interfaces is unsupported
on no:
(line with import framework SWXMLHash) /Users/blablabla/SSLModel.swift:9:8: error: module compiled with Swift 5.5.1 cannot be imported by the Swift 5.6 compiler: /Users/blablabla2/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/SWXMLHash.framework/Modules/SWXMLHash.swiftmodule/arm64-apple-ios.swiftmodule
import SWXMLHash
It will be important that I use Carthage.
What should I do?
Clone all 10 frameworks that I use and re-build them with a new Xcode which includes compiler 5.6? That may be a bad solution... Any answers on similar topics don't help..
I am writing a SPM based project for MacOS. In this project? I need to access MacOS Keychain.
I am write a swift test built by SPM testTarget(). I can see it generates a bundle ./.build/x86_64-apple-macosx/debug/MyProjectTests.xctest with an executable:
% file ./.build/x86_64-apple-macosx/debug/MyProjectPackageTests.xctest/Contents/MacOS/MyProjectPackageTests
./.build/x86_64-apple-macosx/debug/MyProjectPackageTests.xctest/Contents/MacOS/MyProjectPackageTests: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64
This bundle file cannot be executed. How can I execute its tests?
I tried with xcodebuild test-without-building -xctestrun ./.build/x86_64-apple-macosx/debug/MyProjectPackageTests.xctest -destination 'platform=macOS' without any chance.
Obviously the next question is can I 'simply' add entitlement to this bundle with codesign to fix my enttilement error.
My error when running the test is A required entitlement isn't present.
I'm seeing somewhat regular crash reports from my app which appear to be deep in the Swift libraries. They're happening in the same spot, so I'm apt to believe something is likely getting deallocated behind the scenes - but I don't really know how to guard against it.
Here's the specific crash thread:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00000001d51261dc __pthread_kill + 8 (:-1)
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000020eaa8b40 pthread_kill + 268 (pthread.c:1721)
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x000000018c5592d0 abort + 124 (abort.c:122)
3 libsystem_malloc.dylib 0x0000000194d14cfc malloc_vreport + 892 (malloc_printf.c:251)
4 libsystem_malloc.dylib 0x0000000194d14974 malloc_report + 64 (malloc_printf.c:290)
5 libsystem_malloc.dylib 0x0000000194d0e8b4 ___BUG_IN_CLIENT_OF_LIBMALLOC_POINTER_BEING_FREED_WAS_NOT_ALLOCATED + 32 (malloc_common.c:227)
6 Foundation 0x0000000183229f40 __DataStorage.__deallocating_deinit + 104 (Data.swift:563)
7 libswiftCore.dylib 0x0000000182f556c8 _swift_release_dealloc + 56 (HeapObject.cpp:847)
8 libswiftCore.dylib 0x0000000182f5663c bool swift::RefCounts<swift::RefCountBitsT<(swift::RefCountInlinedness)1>>::doDecrementSlow<(swift::PerformDeinit)1>(swift::RefCountBitsT<(swift::RefCountInlinedness)1>, unsigned int) + 152 (RefCount.h:1052)
9 TAKAware 0x000000010240c688 StreamParser.parseXml(dataStream:) + 1028 (StreamParser.swift:0)
10 TAKAware 0x000000010240cdb4 StreamParser.processXml(dataStream:forceArchive:) + 16 (StreamParser.swift:85)
11 TAKAware 0x000000010240cdb4 StreamParser.parseCoTStream(dataStream:forceArchive:) + 360 (StreamParser.swift:108)
12 TAKAware 0x000000010230ac3c closure #1 in UDPMessage.connect() + 252 (UDPMessage.swift:68)
13 Network 0x000000018506b68c closure #1 in NWConnectionGroup.setReceiveHandler(maximumMessageSize:rejectOversizedMessages:handler:) + 200 (NWConnectionGroup.swift:458)
14 Network 0x000000018506b720 thunk for @escaping @callee_guaranteed (@guaranteed OS_dispatch_data?, @guaranteed OS_nw_content_context, @unowned Bool) -> () + 92 (<compiler-generated>:0)
15 Network 0x0000000185185df8 invocation function for block in nw_connection_group_handle_incoming_packet(NWConcrete_nw_connection_group*, NSObject<OS_nw_endpoint>*, NSObject<OS_nw_endpoint>*, NSObject<OS_nw_interface>*, NSObje... + 112 (connection_group.cpp:1075)
16 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4ad2b8 _dispatch_block_async_invoke2 + 148 (queue.c:574)
17 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4b7584 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 (client_callout.mm:85)
18 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4d325c _dispatch_queue_override_invoke.cold.3 + 32 (queue.c:5106)
19 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4a21f8 _dispatch_queue_override_invoke + 848 (queue.c:5106)
20 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4afdb0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 364 (queue.c:7342)
21 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000018c4b054c _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 156 (queue.c:7410)
22 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000020eaa5624 _pthread_wqthread + 232 (pthread.c:2709)
23 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x000000020eaa29f8 start_wqthread + 8 (:-1)
Basically we're receiving a message via UDP that is an XML packet. We're parsing that packet using what I think it pretty straightforward code that looks like this:
func parseXml(dataStream: Data?) -> Array<String> {
var events: [String] = []
guard let data = dataStream else { return events }
currentDataStream.append(data)
var str = String(decoding: currentDataStream, as: UTF8.self)
while str.contains(StreamParser.STREAM_DELIMTER) {
let splitEvent = str.split(separator: StreamParser.STREAM_DELIMTER, maxSplits: 1)
let cotEvent = splitEvent.first!
var restOfString = ""
if splitEvent.count > 1 {
restOfString = String(splitEvent.last!)
}
events.append("\(cotEvent)\(StreamParser.STREAM_DELIMTER)")
str = restOfString
}
currentDataStream = Data(str.utf8)
return events
}
the intention is that the message may be broken across multiple packets, so we build them up here.
Is there anything I can do to guard against these crashes?
NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", "^[0-9A-Z]+$").evaluate(with: "126𝒥ℰℬℬ𝒢𝒦𝒮33")
Returns true, and I don't know why. 𝒥ℰℬℬ𝒢𝒦𝒮 is not between 0-9 and A-Z, and why it returns true? How to avoid similar problem like this when using NSPredicate?
Greetings! I am actively working on porting x64 code to Apple Silicon now that the time is nigh and part of the fundamentals of our software is a coroutine library for handling cooperative multitasking of GUI operations on the main thread. I was hoping to get the locations of the stack pointer and frame pointer in jmp_buf so, after setjmp() can redirect them to the primary handling routines in our coroutine library that handles the cooperative scheduling (which replaced and ported the old classic MP routines) which worked for PowerPC, i386 and x64.
Any thoughts on where in the jmp_buf these might be located? I didn't see anything in the XNU open source.
Any advice would be much obliged instead of having to dive in and re-implement these routines in assembly myself!
Topic:
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I've been searching all over the web trying to find the proper way to get all records created by a specific user in CloudKit.
I am able to get the correct id using:
guard let userRecordID = try? await container.userRecordID() else { return }
I can see that the id returned is associated with records in my CloudKit dashboard. So I would expect that the following would get those records:
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "%K == %@", #keyPath(CKRecord.creatorUserRecordID), userRecordID)
let query = CKQuery(recordType: "CKUser", predicate: predicate)
But instead when I use that query it returns nothing. It is successful but with nothing returned...
Any ideas why this would be happening?
P.S. I have also tried constructing the predicate using the reference, but I get the same result - success with no results.
P.S.2 Also worth mentioning that I am trying to get the results from the public database and I have set my CKContainer to the correct container id.
Hi I'm new here - I'm trying to learn Swift and SwiftUI.
Tried on PluralSight and Udemy but they have been outdated and thus hard to follow.
So after finding Apples own guides I felt relieved and happy, but now I'm stuck again.
After they've updated Xcode to use #Preview instead of PreviewProvider it's hard to follow along on their tutorial.
Does anyone know of good resources to study SwiftUI? Or know if apple plan to update their tutorials any time soon?
I'm here now if anyone's interested or it's useful information: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/app-dev-training/managing-state-and-life-cycle
I am currently encountering two deprecated errors in my code. Could someone please identify the issues with the code?
Errors:
'init(coordinateRegion:interactionModes:showsUserLocation:userTrackingMode:annotationItems:annotationContent:)' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Map initializers that take a MapContentBuilder instead.
'MapAnnotation' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Annotation along with Map initializers that take a MapContentBuilder instead.
Code:
// MARK: - Stores Map (Dynamic)
struct StoresMapView: View {
@State private var storeLocations: [StoreLocation] = []
@State private var region = MKCoordinateRegion(
center: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: -31.95, longitude: 115.86),
span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.5, longitudeDelta: 0.5)
)
var body: some View {
Map(coordinateRegion: $region, interactionModes: .all, annotationItems: storeLocations) { store in
MapAnnotation(coordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: store.latitude, longitude: store.longitude)) {
VStack(spacing: 4) {
Image(systemName: "leaf.circle.fill")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.green)
Text(store.name)
.font(.caption)
.fixedSize()
}
}
}
.onAppear(perform: loadStoreData)
.navigationTitle("Store Locator")
}
private func loadStoreData() {
guard let url = URL(string: "https://example.com/cop092/StoreLocations.json") else { return }
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, _, _ in
if let data = data, let decoded = try? JSONDecoder().decode([StoreLocation].self, from: data) {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.storeLocations = decoded
if let first = decoded.first {
self.region.center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: first.latitude, longitude: first.longitude)
}
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
Why Ternary operator in not called a binary Operator or ternary Operands ?
question ? answer1 : answer2
When it takes 2 operators ?
My company wants to be insure that if my Objective-C to Swift conversions fail in anyway, that the app can revert to using the older Objective-C code. By using a remotely controllable flag, the app can switch which code runs as, both are compiled into the app.
Essentially, I create a protocol that describes the original class, then both classes (with a "s" or "o" appended to them) conform to the protocol.
Protocol: Object
Objective-C class: oObject
Swift class: sObject
That said, I hit one issue that I just can't seem reason out. I create a Objective-C function that returns the appropriate class:
Class<Object> classObject(void) {
if (myFlag) {
return [sObject class];
} else {
return [oObject class];
}
}
Swift deals with this really well - I can create an initialized object using:
let object = classObject().init()
but I cannot find a way to do this in Objective-C:
Object *object = [[classSalesForceData() alloc] init];
fails with "No known class method for selector 'alloc'"
Is there a way to do this?
David
PS: my workaround is to return an allocated object:
Object *createObject(void) {
if (myFlag) {
return [sObject alloc];
} else {
return [oObject alloc];
}
}
After swapping the -objectAtIndex: method using method_exchangeImplementations, it will cause continuous memory growth.
Connect the iPhone and run the provided project.
Continuously tap the iPhone screen.
Observe Memory; it will keep growing.
Sample code
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Xcode Sanitizers and Runtime Issues
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I want to load images from my bundle, which works fine when running the main app. However this does not work when running UI Tests. I read that the test bundle is not the main bundle when running tests. I try loading the bundle via this snippet:
let bundle = Bundle(for: Frames_HoerspielUITests.self)
This is my test class wrapped these the canImport statements so it can be added to the main app target and used for getting the correct bundle:
#if canImport(XCTest)
import XCTest
final class Frames_HoerspielUITests: XCTestCase {
override func setUpWithError() throws {
continueAfterFailure = false
}
override func tearDownWithError() throws { }
@MainActor
func testExample() throws {
let app = XCUIApplication()
app.launch()
}
@MainActor
func testLaunchPerformance() throws {
measure(metrics: [XCTApplicationLaunchMetric()]) {
XCUIApplication().launch()
}
}
}
#else
final class Frames_HoerspielUITests { }
#endif
However while this works when running the main app, it still fails in the UI tests. It is a SwiftUI only app. and I can't add the images to the asset catalog because they are referenced from another location.
Any ideas? Thank you
Hello,
It is mentioned in CryptoTokenKit documentation:
You use the CryptoTokenKit framework to easily access cryptographic tokens. Tokens are physical devices built in to the system, located on attached hardware (like a smart card), or accessible through a network connection.
However, it looks like there is lack of documentation with simple example, how to access network token.
I have a certificates in HSM (hardware secure module), which is accessible on network, and I'd like to access certificates on HSM on my Mac.
Does anybody know, where to start with implementation?
Thank you.
AsyncStream { continuation in
Task {
let response = await getResponse()
continuation.yield(response)
continuation.finish()
}
}
In this WWDC video https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/231/ at 8:20 the presenter mentions that if the "Task gets cancelled, the Task inside the function will automatically get cancelled too". The documentation does not mention anything like this.
From my own testing on iOS 18.5, this is not true.