I have 5 sticker packs in the App Store. I had an older Mac and it finally was too old for more MacOS updates and therefore too old to update xCode, so I haven't done any updates to my packs or looked at xCode in nearly 3 years. I FINALLY got a new Mac. I've got xCode 15 installed and with latest updates - and it looks so foreign! Things I can't find: Where in xCode can I change the version and build #? This used to be so obvious. I decided to start from scratch with my project. Clicked on new Sticker Pack App. Dragged in my icons and stickers and new updates I've created. When I went to archive, it says it can't because it already exists. Oh boy. In addition to this, I'm also lost on how to put in ALT tags for accessibility. This was also super obvious in the version of xCode I was using 3 years ago - I could click on each sticker and in the right pane I could put in the words for voice over for visually impaired. Now that is gone. One of my reviews thanked me for making my sticker pack accessible. I don't want to lose that ability - but I cannot find out where the heck it's hiding. The OnDemand Resource Tags definitely aren't it - since adding info in one puts the same tags on ALL the stickers.

UILargeContentViewerInteraction, added in iOS 13, works out of the box on the tab bar in a UITabBarController, and it's easy to set up on a custom view using the UILargeContentViewerItem properties on UIView. But how do I set it up on a UITabBar that's not connected to a UITabBarController? There don't appear to be any relevant properties on UITabBarItem. To try this, I made a sample app, added a tab bar, set up some items, set their largeContentSizeImage properties for good measure, ran the app, set text size to a large accessibility value, and long-pressed on the items, and I get no large content viewer. I also tried adding a UILargeContentViewerInteraction to the tab bar, and implemented the viewControllerForInteraction method in the delegate.

I’ve noticed that the VoiceOver reads currency amounts correctly when they are below thousand. Then, for higher amounts, for example 12.225,34 € VoiceOver reads ‘twelve point two two five thirty four euros’ If the amount is formatted without the thousand separator (12225,34 €) this problem doesn’t exist. (VO reads twelve thousand two hundred and twenty five euros and thirty four cents) Why is the thousand separator a problem for VoiceOver if this formatting is coming from the currency and locale? This issue exists in English. I changed my device language to Italian and German and in both cases the number was read correctly even with the separator. Is there a way to make it work in English?

In iOS 16, VoiceOver no longer speaks numbers such as “¥1,230" in Japanese, which worked correctly in iOS 15 and earlier. This is a very important bug in Accessibility support. Steps to reproduce Create iOS App Project on Xcode. (I used Xcode 14) Set the Development Localization to "Japanese" on the project settings. (to make VoiceOver speak Japanese) For example, write the following code. Build and run the App targeting the actual device, not the simulator. Actual devices running iOS 15 or earlier will correctly read out loud with VoiceOver, while iOS 16 will have some reading problems. import SwiftUI @main struct VoiceOverProblemApp: App {   var body: some Scene {     WindowGroup {       // on project settings, set the development localization to Japanese.       VStack {         // ✅ said "Hello, world!"         Text("Hello, world!")                   // ✅ said "残高 (ざんだか, zan-daka)"         Text("残高")                   // ❌ said nothing (until iOS 15 or earlier, said "千二百三十円 (せんにひゃくさんじゅうえん, sen-nihyaku-san-ju-yen)"         Text("¥1,230")                   // ❌ said wrong         //  correct (iOS 15 or earlier):  "残高は千二百三十円です (zan-daka wa sen-nihyaku-san-ju-yen desu)"         //  incorrect (iOS 16)      : "残高はです (zan-daka wa desu)"         Text("残高は ¥1,230 です")       }     }   } } The above sample code uses SwiftUI's Text but the same problem occurs with UIKit's UILabel.

Is it possible to create a sandboxed app that uses accessibility permission? And if so, how do I ask the user for that permission in a way that is allowed by the App Store? Im creating a small menubar app and my current (rejected) solution is to create a pop-up, with link to Security & Privacy > Accessibility and the pop-up asks the user to manually add the app to the list and check the checkbox. This works in sandbox. Reason for rejection: "Specifically, your app requires to grant accessibility access, but once we opened the accessibility settings, your app was not listed." I know it's not listed there and it has to be added manually. But its the only solution I've found to this issue. Is there perhaps any way to add the app there programmatically? Im a bit confused since I've seen other apps in App Store that work the same way, where you have to add the app to the list manually. Eg. Flycut. :man-shrugging: I know about this alternative solution, and it's not allowed in sandboxed apps. It also adds the app to the accessibility list automagically: func getPermission() { AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions([kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt.takeUnretainedValue():true] as CFDictionary). } Does anyone have a solution for this? Best regards, Daniel