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"SYSTEM EXTENSION" entitlements in framework
Hello everyone! I'm developing framework and app for macOS for PCI devices. For communication with driverkit, I'm verifying by giving userclient access entities of system extension to app. However, the app is just a sample program, and our customer is trying to develop the app using a framework with PCI communication part. Is there a way to build a framework with my company's signature, and to build and execute it without acquiring userclient access elements by any chance by a customer developer? Moreover, userclient access is only available to developers who have subscribed to the Apple Developer Program, so I hope that client/developers do not need to obtain separate entries.
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Jul ’24
App Sandbox entitlement stripped from dext by Xcode?
I have a macOS app which contains a dext. I'd like to distribute it to external testers using TestFlight, so it has to pass Mac App Store review. It failed, because the App Sandbox entitlement was missing. I checked the app, it has the entitlement, but the dext does not. However, the .entitlements file used by the dext does contain App Sandbox set to true. I tried adding a "fake-entitlement" value to the .entitlements file, and that made it into the dext's code signature, but the App Sandbox entitlement appears to be stripped out by the build process? For a dext target, it isn't possible to add the App Sandbox capability in Xcode's Signing and Capability section. I have to add the entitlement manually in the .entitlement file (or it was put there by the Xcode driver template, I don't remember). I've tried clean building several times, I've tried Xcode 15.0.1, 15.2 and 15.3, but the result is always the same. I'm inspecting the entitlements using codesign -dvvv --entitlements - Does anyone know what I can do to put the App Sandbox entitlement into my dext's signature? Is this happening to anyone else?
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Mar ’24
Building the camera extension using CMake
Hello, I referred to the official camera extension example at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremediaio/creating_a_camera_extension_with_core_media_i_o?language=objc. I'm using CMake to build the camera extension plugin and integrate it into a Qt CMake project. When installing the system extension file, I receive a failure prompt with the following message: Error Domain=OSSystemExtensionErrorDomain Code=8 "Invalid code signature or missing entitlements" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Invalid code signature or missing entitlements} Here are the entitlements files for the camera extension: <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\"> <plist version=\"1.0\"> <dict> <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key> <array> <string>com.yealink.meeting.app</string> </array> </dict> </plist> The info.List.in file for the camera extension: <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\"> <plist version=\"1.0\"> <dict> <key>CMIOExtension</key> <dict> <key>CMIOExtensionMachServiceName</key> <string>$(TeamIdentifierPrefix)$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string> </dict> </dict> </plist> And the entitlements file for the app: <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\"> <plist version=\"1.0\"> <dict> <key>com.apple.developer.system-extension.install</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.application-groups</key> <array> <string>com.yealink.meeting.app</string> </array> <key>com.apple.security.device.camera</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.device.microphone</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.device.usb</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.network.client</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.network.server</key> <true/> <key>com.apple.security.personal-information.location</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> I'm looking forward to your response.
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Jun ’24
Attempted to install a Beta profile without the proper entitlement
We're seeing an issue where our app builds that previously were working suddenly started failing to install through TestFlight. When the user hits Update in TestFlight, they get an error message "The profile can't be installed. Try again.". Double checked the certificates and provisioning profiles, rebuilt and deployed the app, still same issue. We subsequently tried side loading the ipa file using XCode hoping for more detail. The install failed there as well, with the following error message: "Attempted to install a Beta profile without the proper entitlement." Seems like a good lead but haven't found much. Our provisioning profiles have the "beta-reports-active: true" entitlement and anyway haven't changed since it was working previously. Any idea what could be going on here? Here's the full error from XCode: Error installing 'APP.ipa', ERROR: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.CoreDeviceError Code=3002 "Failed to install the app on the device." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to install the app on the device., NSURL=file:///APP.ipa, NSUnderlyingError=0x60000372ea00 {Error Domain=IXUserPresentableErrorDomain Code=14 "Unable to Install “APP”" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x60000372e5e0 {Error Domain=MIInstallerErrorDomain Code=13 "Failed to install embedded profile for com.domain.app : 0xe800801f (Attempted to install a Beta profile without the proper entitlement.)" UserInfo={FunctionName=-[MIInstallableBundle _installEmbeddedProfilesWithError:], LegacyErrorString=ApplicationVerificationFailed, SourceFileLine=308, LibMISErrorNumber=-402620385, NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to install embedded profile for com.domain.app : 0xe800801f (Attempted to install a Beta profile without the proper entitlement.)}}, NSLocalizedDescription=Unable to Install “APP”, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Failed to install embedded profile for com.domain.app : 0xe800801f (Attempted to install a Beta profile without the proper entitlement.), NSLocalizedFailureReason=This app cannot be installed because its integrity could not be verified.}}} Domain: com.apple.dt.DVTCoreDevice Code: -1 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2024-06-19 19:40:04 +0000"; } -- System Information macOS Version 14.2.1 (Build 23C71) Xcode 15.2 (22503) (Build 15C500b) Timestamp: 2024-06-19T14:40:04-05:00
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Jun ’24
App sandbox not enabled.
App sandbox not enabled. The following executables must include the "com.apple.security.app-sandbox" entitlement with a Boolean value of true in the entitlements property list: [( "com.xx.pkg/Payload/xx.app//Contents/Resources/ss-local", "ccom.xx.pkg/Payload/xx.app//Contents/Resources/v2ray-plugin" )] Refer to App Sandbox page at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/app_sandbox for more information on sandboxing your app. (ID: ca7d4fde-0f0d-4a71-9eee-a01692797549)
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Jun ’24
Add permissions for private entitlement
I have a pretty simply macOS application which I've just been trying to fix since a long time ago. It's origin is really old, using the apple 802.11 framework located in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Apple80211 and it's supposed to just scan the area and display information about the local networks nearby. For some reason when I run the application and press the button to scan for local networks (wifi scan) It errors out and in the Xcode console I get Process WiFiInfo is missing entitlement required for Wi-Fi user-client access: <key>com.apple.private.driverkit.driver-access</key> <string>com.apple.private.wifi.driverkit</string> If I add those two lines to the entitlements, Xcode fails to sign my application and fails to build and run Provisioning profile "Mac Team Provisioning Profile: com.troger.WiFiInfo" doesn't include the com.apple.private.driverkit.driver-access entitlement. Any way I can fix this? I would really like to get this application back up to its running state as it once was before but am completely lost on how to fix this
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Jun ’24
Contact Note Entitlement Disappearing For 'Release' Build Configuration
A few months ago I requested access to the com.apple.developer.contacts.notes entitlement, which I now have access to. While running on 'Debug' build configuration, everything works as expected. When creating a 'Release' build, however, the entitlement does not appear to be included with the app, as the console reports that fetching the note for each contact fails. When I try to add the "Contact Notes" capability in Xcode, under the 'Release' tab in the project settings, the capability appears for a few seconds, then disappears when I move to a different tab and return. This does not happen for the 'Debug' configuration. Attempted Resolutions: Changing the signing configuraiton from 'Automatic' to 'Manual', using a manually generated provisioning profile. I manually inspected the provisioning profile using the terminal to ensure it included the entitlement. Creating a separate entitlement file with com.apple.developer.contacts.notes, adding it to the root of the project. Ensuring that the path to this file is correct on the 'Release' configuration. Ensuring 'Contacts Notes Field Access' is enabled under 'Additional Capabilities' in the Developer portal. Adding the capability on Xcode. Below is the inspector displaying the provisioning profile for the 'Debug' Configuration: And the following image below shows the inspector details for the 'Release' Configuration provisioning profile: When I use a manual provisioning profile and an entitlements file at the root of the project, Xcode displays this strange error:
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Jun ’24
NEHotspotHelper entitlement: Wifi Signal Strength
Hi, we are a Carrier company (Utility provider) and working on a feature to display real-time Wifi Signal strength of customer devices (connected to Router Gateway) to help customers identify low and high signal areas, and possibly install extenders to improve signal strength at weak points. This feature requires NEHotspotHelper entitlement approval to access signalStrength property. We went through this Apple documentation too and we're open to other recommendations from Apple https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/721067 . Since we currently don't have direct point of contact with Apple to discuss this requirement, hence wanted to check it here. Kindly advise. Thanks !
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May ’24
Universal link for another app from another developer
Hi, Can a single domain serve a /.well-known/apple-app-site-association file for multiple apps from different developers? We currently have our own domain, let's say example.com, which serves https://example.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association which lists our app, let's say "ABCDEFG.com.example.AppA" for path "/app/a". We're talking with another developer who has another app on the store. Can we add their app, "MNOPQR.com.different.AppB" on our site, https://example.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association, add their app ID for path "/app/b", ask them to add our example.com domain in their associated-domains entitlement, and would it work? I mean would https://example.com/app/a open our app "ABCDEFG.com.example.AppA" and https://example.com/app/b open their app "MNOPQR.com.different.AppB" ? We want to open https://example.com/redirect/app redirect to either /app/a or /app/b depending on the query parameters and launch our or their app. Thanks in advance!
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Apr ’24
tccd reports Apple Events entitlement check error, despite a process having it
HI! I am developing an application that should utilize ScriptingBridge.framework to interact with another process. Firstly, I created a separate test application for which I have added Apple Events entitlements via "Signing & Capabilities" section in Xcode and updated its Info.plist to have "Privacy - AppleEvents Sending Usage Description". While the test app works fine (I see an automation request popup and the process executes as expected) the main application where I want to integrate this functionality gets closed immediately after reaching the code interacting with Scripting Bridge. On its launch, I see the following error message from tccd in Console: Prompting policy for hardened runtime; service: kTCCServiceAppleEvents requires entitlement com.apple.security.automation.apple-events but it is missing for accessing={TCCDProcess: identifier=<app bundleID>, ..., binary_path=<path to the app's binary>} I had no such issues with the test app. Moreover, I should mention that the bundle I want to have with such functionality is stored in another bundle, both main and inner bundles aren't sandboxed, and the target app has Application is agent (UIElement) key set in Info.plist. Can you suggest any ideas as to why processes behave so differently despite having pretty much the same build configurations?
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May ’24
Programmatically passing files to Final Cut via Apple Events
We have trying to programmatically send data to Final Cut Pro by using Apple Event as decribed in Sending Data Programmatically to Final Cut Pro : tell application "Final Cut Pro" activate open POSIX file "/Users/JohnDoe/Documents/UberMAM/MyEvents.fcpxml" end tell This works fine in Script Editor but we run into problems when trying to do the same in our macOS app. We found interesting information in Workflow Extensions SDK 1.0.2 Release Notes.pdf. A) Hardened runtime has "Apple Events Enabled" checked. B) Info.plist contains NSAppleEventsUsageDescription: <key>NSAppleEventsUsageDescription</key> <string>Test string</string> C) We added following entitlements: <key>com.apple.security.scripting-targets</key> <dict> <key>com.apple.FinalCut</key> <array> <string>com.apple.FinalCut.library.inspection</string> </array> <key>com.apple.FinalCutTrial</key> <array> <string>com.apple.FinalCut.library.inspection</string> </array> </dict> <key>com.apple.security.automation.apple-events</key> <true/> With this configuration in place, our app is able to call AppleScript to activate Final Cut Pro application but it is unable to open the file. Following error is returned: Error executing AppleScript: { NSAppleScriptErrorAppName = "Final Cut Pro Trial"; NSAppleScriptErrorBriefMessage = "A privilege violation occurred."; NSAppleScriptErrorMessage = "Final Cut Pro Trial got an error: A privilege violation occurred."; NSAppleScriptErrorNumber = "-10004"; NSAppleScriptErrorRange = "NSRange: {56, 64}"; } Also there is no prompt asking user to allow Automation from our app to Final Cut. I am not sure whether the prompt is to be expected when developing an application in Xcode. Our current workaround is to add (or even replace com.apple.security.scripting-targets with): com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events entitlement like this <key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events</key> <array> <key>com.apple.FinalCutTrial</key> </array> However while this approach might work in development we know this would probably prevent us from publishing the app to Mac App Store. I think we are missing something obvious. Could you help? :-)
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May ’24
How to make CI build with Xcode project with automatic signing?
We have an iOS project that is configured with automatically managed signing. We cannot get automatic signing to work on our CI (GitHub Actions). To even get xcodebuild to archive we have to force it to not sign at all: xcrun xcodebuild \ -workspace app.xcworkspace \ -scheme prod \ -configuration 'Release' \ -destination generic/platform=iOS \ -archivePath ./build/prod.xcarchive \ CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" \ CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \ CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO \ clean archive All our attempts to make xcodebuild archive do manual signing have failed. In order to have the app properly signed with the right entitlements we then call codesign: codesign -f \ -s Distribution \ --entitlements prod.entitlements \ ./build/prod.xcarchive/Products/Applications/prod.app Then we export the ipa: xcrun xcodebuild \ -exportArchive \ -archivePath ./build \ -exportOptionsPlist exportOptions.plist \ -exportPath ./build This seems to work so my question is: Is it supported to do manual signing this way? Is there a better way? If we omit the codesign step, the app will still be signed - by exportArchive we assume, but then the entitlements are missing.
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May ’24
WatchOS Siri Capability
Hi, I wanted to use Siri Capability for a WatchOS app, however in xcode on a WatchOS project, the option to add Siri is not present. In an IOS project this is visible but if you are not part of the ADP or ADEP you do not have access to it, this message appears in red if you try to select it as a personal team. I am considering paying to join the ADP but I am unsure if it will unlock the ability to use Siri capability on WatchOS. It looks like it is completely unsupported as it cannot be even selected from the capabilities section in xcode , even though Apple states it is supported under ADP and ADEP on their website. I am a little confused. Does anyone else have this issue, or is Siri present under capabilities for you in a WatchOS project?
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May ’24
After updating to Xcode 15.3 - "Profile doesn't include the com.apple.developer.mail-client entitlement"
After updating to Xcode 15.3 and Sonoma, I started getting an error when packaging my app: Provisioning profile failed qualification Profile doesn't include the com.apple.developer.mail-client entitlement. There is no indication in the documentation that this has anything to do with the provisioning profile, and there is no capacility that needs to be added. I was given the "com.apple.developer.mail-client" entitlement from Apple over a year ago as documented in: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_developer_mail-client, and it worked fine until now.
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Apr ’24
App Group: File saving issue on physical device (works on simulator)
Hello, I am currently facing an issue with my iOS app and its associated Preview extension. I am trying to save a file to a shared container using App Groups, so that my main app can read the file. The code works perfectly on the iOS simulator, but when I run the app on a physical device I encounter a "You don't have permission to save the file" error. Here's the relevant code snippet: let appGroupIdentifier = "group.com.yourcompany.yourapp" func saveDataToSharedContainer(fileName: String, data: Data) -> Bool { guard let containerURL = FileManager.default.containerURL(forSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier: appGroupIdentifier) else { print("Error: Unable to access the shared container.") return false } let fileURL = containerURL.appendingPathComponent(fileName) do { try data.write(to: fileURL, options: .atomic) print("Data saved to shared container successfully.") return true } catch { print("Error: Unable to save data to shared container. \(error)") return false } } I have already verified the following: App Groups capability is enabled for both the main app target and the extension target. The App Group identifier is consistent in both the main app target and the extension target, as well as in the Swift code. Provisioning profiles and signing certificates are up-to-date, and the issue persists after cleaning the project and resetting the provisioning profiles. Despite trying these steps, the issue remains unresolved. This error is reproducible in a new project with a Preview extension. I would greatly appreciate any insights or suggestions from the community to help me resolve this issue. Thank you in advance!
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Mar ’23
Updating Provisioning Profiles and Entitlements through API
I'm looking to automate device provisioning using App Store Connect API. Two things are snagging me: Updating Profiles API: Adding a new device seems clunky (read-all-devices, save, delete profile, recreate with a new device). Is there a simpler way to do it? I looked over the documentation and it seems like there's no streamlined way to do it, am I correct? Entitlements API: Not public yet? Does anyone know about any plans to open it up soon? I asked Apple Support and they didn't provide any information on this. Specifying entitlements during provisioning is an important step. Thanks for any help!
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May ’24
AppleEvents entitlement - apparently not required?
We have a legacy app written in a mix of C, ObjC, C++ and ObjC++ with .xib files. It is not sandboxed. It sends an Apple Event to TV (the app of that name from Apple, not a physical TV) using /usr/bin/osascript, calling a compiled Apple Script which is in our app bundle's Resources directory with parameters which we generate in our app at runtime. The first time it does this on a fresh system, the OS puts up a dialog asking for permission to control TV, and after the user clicks Allow, our app appears under Security and Privacy in the Automation section. That's all fine, but what is unexpected is that the app has no Apple Events entitlement (com.apple.security.automation.apple-events), and it doesn't have a NSAppleEventsUsageDescription string either. The documentation at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_security_automation_apple-events says Your app doesn’t need the Apple Events Entitlement if it only sends Apple events to itself or to other processes signed with the same team ID. but we're not on the Apple team. When I filter the log for messages from tccd pertaining to our app, it does indeed complain : Prompting policy for hardened runtime; service: kTCCServiceAppleEvents requires entitlement com.apple.security.automation.apple-events but it is missing for accessing={TCCDProcess: identifier=<our bundle id>” But despite those complaints, everything works - I can send the event, and TV acts upon it. Is this working only by accident, and might fail in some minor future OS update? tccd also complains about the microphone Prompting policy for hardened runtime; service: kTCCServiceMicrophone requires entitlement com.apple.security.device.audio-input but it is missing for requesting={TCCDProcess: identifier=<our bundle ID> but we don't use the microphone tccd complains about this too <path-to-our-app> attempted to call TCCAccessRequest for kTCCServiceAccessibility without the recommended com.apple.private.tcc.manager.check-by-audit-token entitlement What does that mean, and should we be concerned?
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Apr ’24
How to get eID number?
I need to obtain the user's EID within my app. We are a mobile network operator and have also applied for Apple's eSIM development. Does Apple provide a certified developer access to an API for obtaining EID? I understand that there is no public API available, but I'm unsure if approved operators can access EID. If so, how can I apply for this private API?
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Apr ’24