I am invoking the UIImagePickerController of type UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary from my viewController. I want shift the keyboard focus to the Cancel button which is the first interactive element on the gallery picker. When a user has full keyboard access turned on they should be able to tap tab and interact with the gallery picker modal. How do I achieve this?
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CallKit and WebRTC are used to realize the call functionality.
You can select video, voice, or text calling as your calling method.
When making a text call, the voice input is grayed out and cannot be used, is there a solution?
Hello,
I'm observing a persistent and frustrating issue with an accessibility feature called Guided Access that seems to affect many users across different devices and iOS versions.
Problem
The triple-click gesture (side or home button) to activate Guided Access intermittently stops working after the device has been in normal use for a few days (typically 2-7 days) without a restart.
I have done some debugging for Apple in FB16094026 but received no updates after 6 months. So I'm posting here in the hope that this will be solved sooner. A core accessibility feature shouldn't require daily device restarts to function reliably.
Details:
Guided Access is correctly enabled in Settings > Accessibility.
Initially, the triple-click works perfectly.
After a period of normal device use (2-7 days), the triple-click no longer triggers Guided Access in any app.
Restarting the device temporarily resolves the issue, and Guided Access triple-click works again immediately after a reboot. However, the problem recurs after continued use.
Simply toggling the Guided Access setting on/off does NOT fix it.
Additional observation: Even trying to select Guided Access manually via the Accessibility Shortcut menu (if multiple shortcuts are enabled) sometimes fails to launch the feature when in this state.
Affected:
iPhones and iPads
Observed on iOS/iPadOS 16, 17, and now 18, indicating it's a long-standing bug.
Impact:
Guided Access is a crucial accessibility feature for many users (for focus, special needs, parental controls, etc.). Its unreliable activation significantly disrupts daily workflows and reliance on this function. This issue appears to be widespread, with many reports across forums like Apple Support Communities and Reddit.
For example, this post received over 1k upvotes.
To see more examples please refer to FB16094026.
Could Apple please investigate this bug urgently? Thanks.
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
Hi I'm planning to make macos App and distribute to MacOS App Store.
The question is should i make force update when update is needed.
The reason why I want to make this feature is I don't want to make user use previous version of app.
My plan is like this.
when app needed update, make user reach special page that describe why update is needed and set a button that can download new version of app.
the download will be automatically doing at background don't need to visit app store.
I search several forums and gpt but there is no positive reply of this..
so finally i make a post to know is there no way to make this.
Thank you!
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
Hi apple, ive been having a problem with my ipad pro 5th generation.
since updating my ipad it has been acting weird lately… to be specific it keeps closing twice randomly and the widgets turn white andcmy screen keeps going black
when i go on apps it keeps exiting out of the app
also the new siri is so slow and wouldnt answer when i say [hey siri] only on random ocasions
please help me fix this problem because i need my ipad for studying…
thank you.
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
C:\Users\xjc>openssl s_client -connect gateway.push.apple.com:2195 -showcerts
Connecting to 17.188.183.32
CONNECTED(000000AC)
depth=1 C=US, O=Entrust, Inc., OU=See www/legal-terms, OU=(c) 2012 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only, CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1K
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 C=US, ST=California, L=Cupertino, O=Apple Inc., CN=gateway.push.apple.com
verify return:1
B0640000:error:0A000410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:ssl/tls alert handshake failure:ssl\record\rec_layer_s3.c:908:SSL alert number 40
Certificate chain
0 s:C=US, ST=California, L=Cupertino, O=Apple Inc., CN=gateway.push.apple.com
i:C=US, O=Entrust, Inc., OU=See www/legal-terms, OU=(c) 2012 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only, CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1K
a:PKEY: rsaEncryption, 2048 (bit); sigalg: RSA-SHA256
v:NotBefore: Aug 16 21:34:09 2024 GMT; NotAfter: Aug 15 21:34:07 2025 GMT
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGqDCCBZCgAwIBAgIQCUjuxVwL1mhSlrjSSk/+BzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCB
WnKd+td/wZ6Ej6EB
mDF8JCSKz/ck+NnLfGM0jFdcTCl8dKuqM9XetP4ls1sVyUuLM7sJiQvMVDzluZ22
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gHCeamBb6QlV2Zq6q/VEKUO6p6oFQnI0phQiAQ==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
1 s:C=US, O=Entrust, Inc., OU=See www/legal-terms, OU=(c) 2012 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only, CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1K
i:C=US, O=Entrust, Inc., OU=See www/legal-terms, OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only, CN=Entrust Root Certification Authority - G2
a:PKEY: rsaEncryption, 2048 (bit); sigalg: RSA-SHA256
v:NotBefore: Oct 5 19:13:56 2015 GMT; NotAfter: Dec 5 19:43:56 2030 GMT
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFDjCCA/agAwIBAgIMDulMwwAAAABR03eFMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIG+MQsw
CQYDVQQGEwJVUzEWMBQGA1UEChMNRW50cnVzdCwgSW5jLjEoMCYGA1UECxMfU2Vl
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exCdtTix9qrKgWRs6PLigVWXUX/hwidQosk8WwBD9lu51aX8/wdQQGcHsFXwt35u
Lcw=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Server certificate
subject=C=US, ST=California, L=Cupertino, O=Apple Inc., CN=gateway.push.apple.com
issuer=C=US, O=Entrust, Inc., OU=See www/legal-terms, OU=(c) 2012 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only, CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1K
Acceptable client certificate CA names
C=US, O=Apple Inc., OU=Apple Certification Authority, CN=Apple Root CA
CN=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority, OU=G4, O=Apple Inc., C=US
CN=Apple Application Integration 2 Certification Authority, OU=Apple Certification Authority, O=Apple Inc., C=US
CN=Apple Corporate Authentication CA 1, OU=Certification Authority, O=Apple Inc., C=US
C=US, O=Apple Inc., OU=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations, CN=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
CN=Apple Corporate Root CA, OU=Certification Authority, O=Apple Inc., C=US
C=US, O=Apple Inc., OU=Apple Certification Authority, CN=Apple Application Integration Certification Authority
C=US, ST=California, L=Cupertino, O=Apple Inc., CN=gateway.push.apple.com
Client Certificate Types: RSA sign, ECDSA sign
Requested Signature Algorithms: ECDSA+SHA256:RSA-PSS+SHA256:RSA+SHA256:ECDSA+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA384:RSA+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA512:RSA+SHA512:RSA+SHA1
Shared Requested Signature Algorithms: ECDSA+SHA256:RSA-PSS+SHA256:RSA+SHA256:ECDSA+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA384:RSA+SHA384:RSA-PSS+SHA512:RSA+SHA512
SSL handshake has read 4138 bytes and written 687 bytes
Verification error: unable to get local issuer certificate
New, SSLv3, Cipher is AES128-SHA
Protocol: TLSv1.2
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
No ALPN negotiated
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1.2
Cipher : AES128-SHA
Session-ID:
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key: D504C13BDBC59CDF3B883D1B626FA2B59000754DED57CD77A72F761A52AEED719DA06C100FBA1430BB9D8DECFC7C9307
PSK identity: None
PSK identity hint: None
SRP username: None
Start Time: 1741092949
Timeout : 7200 (sec)
Verify return code: 20 (unable to get local issuer certificate)
Extended master secret: yes
ar quicklook suddenly is grayed out on iphone 15 pro, I bought the phone new recently ot was working great, 2 days ago updated to ios 18.1.4, ar mode kept opening but i started getting a move iphone over surface message and the object wouldn’t detect surfaces correctly, updated to ios 18.5, now when i open quicklook modesl ar is completely greyed out,
can someone help me fix or detect the issue
thank you
I can no longer specify more than 10 items to be shown in the Recent Items menu. The control to set "Recent documents, applications and servers" seems to have vanished from System Settings.
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
I'm developing a macOS app using NSView and trying to make my content navigable via VoiceOver. I'm expecting the built-in rotor category "Content Chooser" (accessed via VO + U) to list my accessible elements — just like how it shows message items in the Mail app. However, in my app, this rotor appears empty, even though:
My views return proper accessibilityChildren() or accessibilityContents() with valid NSAccessibilityElements
Each child has correct AXRole, AXLabel, etc.
The window is key and visible
VoiceOver navigation works for the elements
I've also tried:
Using both accessibilityChildren() and accessibilityContents() in container views
Setting roles like .group, .staticText, .button, etc.
Avoiding hidden elements
Ensuring all elements are visible and labeled
Still, "Content Chooser" rotor is empty.
What exact conditions must be met for an element to appear in the "Content Chooser" rotor in a macOS app?
Any Apple-specific guidance, hidden requirements, or sample code would be appreciated.
Hi,
I am setting an accessibilityLabel and accessibilityHint property of a UIAlertAction. However, VoiceOver is only reading the label out. Usually, the label is read out, followed by a short pause and then the hint. Is this a known issue, where hints do not work for this element? I can append the hint to the label, but interested to know if there's something I'm doing wrong.
Regards.
Your app's binary includes references to HealthKit components, but the app still does not appear to include any primary features that require health or fitness data.
Next Steps
To resolve this issue, please remove any HealthKit functionality from the app, as well as any references to this app’s interactivity with HealthKit from the app or its metadata. This includes removing any HealthKit-related keys in the app's Info.plist or InfoPlist.strings files, as well as removing any calls to HealthKit APIs, including those from third-party platforms, from the app.
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
How to access application’s Trust Store to include the new server certificate
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
I have more than 1000 notes classified in parent/child folders up to 5 levels. From the 5th level of files I can no longer share the note. The note is not shared. It is that of the parent file that is shared.
Thank you very much
Good to you
Christophe
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
In iOS18, when a button using @FocusSate is inside a ScrollView and if this view is getting opened via NavigationLink,
The button is not accessible via Bluetooth (external) keyboard)
Is this a known isssue in iOS18
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
Hi, I am not able to renew my Apple Developer Program membership. I do not see any renew button. not on app, not on website, not on iphone. :(
what should i do?
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
iOS 18.3.1, iPhone 16 Pro.
I pick photos using connected physical keyboard from the user's photo library using:
.photosPicker(isPresented: $viewModel.isImagePickerPresented, selection: $viewModel.selectedImageItem, matching: .images)
When picker appears, accessibility focus is moved to "dynamic Island" instead of cancel button. There is no possibility to navigate by keyboard in photos picker view without tapping on this view and move focus to this view manually . I noticed the same behavior in Notes app.
In the app I'm working on, I have a SwiftUI View embedded in a UIKit Storyboard. The SwiftUI View holds a menu with a list of payment tools, and the ForEach loop looks like this:
ForEach(self.paymentToolsVM.paymentToolsItems, id: \.self) { paymentTool in
Button {
navigationCallback(paymentTool.segueID)
} label: {
PaymentToolsRow(paymentToolName: paymentTool.title, imageName: paymentTool.imageName)
.accessibilityElement()
.accessibilityIdentifier("Billing_\(paymentTool.title.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: ""))")
}
if paymentTool != self.paymentToolsVM.paymentToolsItems.last {
Divider()
}
}
So you can see the accessibility ID is there, and it shows up properly when I open up Accessibility Inspector with the simulator, but the testing script isn't picking up on it, and it doesn't show up when the view is inspected in Appium. I have other SwiftUI views embedded in the UIKit view, and the script picks up the buttons on those, so I'm not sure what's different about this one.
If it helps, the script is written in Java with the BDD framework. I can try to get the relevant part of the script if anyone thinks that would be helpful. Otherwise, is there anything else I can try?
I want to insert the medication data which is available from ios 26 from my app to apple health kit. I have tried to get the permission to read and write data but app got crashed while I tried to request that permission. Does apple allow to insert the medication data to apple health kit likewise we are able to add other health and fitness data or not?
let healthStore = HKHealthStore()
@available(iOS 26.0, *)
@objc func requestAuthorization(_ resolve: @escaping RCTPromiseResolveBlock,
rejecter reject: @escaping RCTPromiseRejectBlock) {
guard HKHealthStore.isHealthDataAvailable() else {
print("not available ")
return
}
let doseType = HKObjectType.medicationDoseEventType()
let medType = HKObjectType.userAnnotatedMedicationType()
healthStore.requestAuthorization(toShare: [doseType], read: [doseType]) { success, error in
if let err = error { reject("auth_error", err.localizedDescription, err); return }
self.healthStore.requestPerObjectReadAuthorization(for: medType, predicate: nil) { s, e in
if let err2 = e { reject("per_obj_auth", err2.localizedDescription, err2); return }
resolve(["ok": success && s])
}
}
}
I learned that I need to create an iTunes Connect account to publish my book translations on Apple Books, following the instructions on the Apple Support page. I was then directed to the iTunes Connect website. Despite trying multiple Apple accounts with different credit cards on my Mac, iPad, and iPhone, I kept getting the error “This Apple Account does not have a valid credit card on file.” In the end, I began to wonder if iTunes Connect is unavailable in Turkey. What do I need to do to publish content on Apple Books from Turkey? Do I need to obtain a developer account, or is this service not available in Turkey?
The Apple customer service representative I contacted in Turkey said they didn’t have information on the matter and directed me here.
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General
Hello,
I’m reaching out regarding an issue with our organization’s Apple Developer Program enrollment. We’ve successfully created a developer account and our organization is verified through the D-U-N-S system. The D-U-N-S ID is correctly displayed in our Apple Developer account.
However, the enrollment status still shows: “Your enrollment is being processed.” It’s been 3 months, and we haven’t received any further communication or updates.
Has anyone experienced a similar delay? Is there anything else we should do to expedite the process?
Any guidance or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Topic:
Accessibility & Inclusion
SubTopic:
General