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Safari extension distributed in a notarized app with Developer ID rejected by the browser
Hi folks, We're building a Safari web extension and experiencing an issue to see it among extensions in Safari after installing the container app to /Applications and launching it. The app and extension is notarized and signed with Developer ID After an extensive investigation, we found the following log records in the Console app (the extension ID is redacted): Computing the code signing dictionary failed for extension with identifier com.youcompany.safariext Blocking extension with identifier: com.youcompany.safariext To debug the issue, we've created a HelloWorld-like extension generated by Xcode 12.2 beta 4 (http s://sharedartifacts.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/safariext.app.zip contains a signed app bundle) It also is under the same code signing issue. According to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution/resolving_common_notarization_issues, we've run a few checks to verify: code signature ➜	Desktop codesign -vvv --deep --strict ./safariext.app					 ...-prepared:/Users/nikolay/Desktop/safariext.app/Contents/PlugIns/safariext Extension.appex ...-validated:/Users/nikolay/Desktop/safariext.app/Contents/PlugIns/safariext Extension.appex ... ./safariext.app: valid on disk ./safariext.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement signing certificate ➜	Desktop spctl -vvv --assess --type exec ./safariext.app		 ./safariext.app: accepted source=Notarized Developer ID origin=Developer ID secure timestamp ... Timestamp=25 Nov 2020 at 22:23:54 ... We seemed to have all checks good, the extension can be installed only if Safari is allowed to run unsigned extensions. Could anyone assist to debug/resolve this issue? Thanks
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Nov ’20
WKWebView JavaScript "goes to sleep" when application is in the background
We have an ObjC-based Mac App utility. A fair fraction of the functionality is built in JavaScript and resides in a couple of WKWebViews so that we can more easily share code with other platforms. Because it is a utility, usually the application will be hidden or at least not the frontmost application. But if the user hits a hotkey or provides certain other inputs, the app should respond immediately with a series of actions. In the Obj-C part of the code, we can do this to alert the system that our non-visible, non-active, application is doing something in response to the user input: [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] beginActivityWithOptions: NSActivityUserInitiatedAllowingIdleSystemSleep reason: @"Do the Thing"] To get the JavaScript to do the work needed, we call evaluateJavaScript:completionHandler: on one of the WKWebViews. The JavaScript performs a series of computations, then uses window.webkit.messageHandlers.xxxx.postMessage to return results to the ObjectiveC code, which then takes action based on various SDKs, and the user sees the result. The problem we are encountering is relatively infrequent, but it appears that macOS puts the 'Web Content' process (which every WKWebView has) to sleep, and sometimes delays of many seconds (sometimes over 15 seconds) occur between the evaluateJavaScript:completionHandler: call and the postMessage response. These observed delays are not related to complexity of the JavaScript computations or the amount of data being processed. Using the Console, we can see that evaluateJavaScript:completionHandler: seems to result in this message: 0x104682280 - [PID=0, throttler=0x1046e8498] ProcessThrottler::Activity::Activity: Starting background activity / 'WebPageProxy::runJavaScriptInMainFrameScriptWorld' Then shortly afterward: 0x104682280 - [PID=0, throttler=0x1046e8498] ProcessThrottler::Activity::invalidate: Ending background activity / 'WebPageProxy::runJavaScriptInMainFrameScriptWorld' So it seems that evaluateJavaScript:completionHandler: "wakes up" the WKWebView similar to the beginActivityWithOptions:. But many parts of our computation do some work, then expect the next "tick" in JavaScript to continue using the partial result to produce more work. I suspect that the delays are related to the WKWebView being put "back to sleep" before all the "next tick" code executes. Because these actions are taken in response to user invocation, delays of more than a fraction of a second are instantly noticeable and result in user dismay. Are there any configuration settings that can prevent the 'Web Content' process from going to sleep? Or (better) techniques or mechanisms that would force the process to "stay awake longer"? (Keeping in mind that the WKWebView is likely not visible, and/or the containing window may be hidden.)
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Jan ’21
Constant Failure to install package
Hello, I'm keeping on getting a failure when trying to install an App from Samsung Dex. The report says to "disconnect your phone to install" but NO phone is connected. I tried various command line and numerous troubleshooting to reset and refresh some KEXT but still issue exists. Here is the install.log below. What could be the work around this bug? How to reset and proceed with installation? Thank you p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #262626; -webkit-text-stroke: #262626; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-1000 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer  PROJECT:Installer-1020 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Hardware: iMac18,2 @ 3.00 GHz (x 4), 32768 MB RAM 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Running OS Build: macOS 11.4 (20F71) 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: USER=KP 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: __CFBundleIdentifier=com.apple.installer 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: LOGNAME=KP 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.LsIZhGSQv0/Listeners 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: SHELL=/bin/zsh 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: HOME=/Users/KP 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/d_/hqzchb455m9ct55v66n3n2_w0000gn/T/ 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: XPC_SERVICE_NAME=application.com.apple.installer.1152921500312163432.1152921500312163437 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Env: XPC_FLAGS=0x0 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Samsung DeX  Installation Log 2021-07-08 19:33:08-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Opened from: /Volumes/Samsung DeX/Install Samsung DeX.pkg 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Package Authoring Error: <background_scaling> has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Package Authoring Error: <background_alignment> has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Package Authoring Error: has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Failed to load specified background image 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Product archive /Volumes/Samsung DeX/Install Samsung DeX.pkg trustLevel=350 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: External component packages (2) trustLevel=350 2021-07-08 19:33:09-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Could not load resource readme: (null) 2021-07-08 19:33:16-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Installation checks failed. 2021-07-08 19:33:16-04 KPs-iMac Installer[9137]: Installation check failure.  . Disconnect your phone to install..
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Jul ’21
RTCPeerConnection is undefined on page loaded in Mac WKwebview
Hello I have a webrtc-based web app that is loaded inside a WKWebView. The web app gets loaded just fine in our iOS App running WKWebView on an iPad with iOS 15.1. We are using the exact same app, built for Mac Catalyst. However, on the Mac version, the web app gets loaded but the RTCPeerConnection object is undefined.. Meaning that our web app assumes that WebRTC is not available in that browser. Isn't the native app supposed to work the exact same on iOS and MacOS? Is the Mac version of WKWebView more limited than its iOS counterpart ? Is there any resource that states exactly what is supported in WKWebview in each platform? Thanks
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Dec ’21
WKWebView evaluateJavascript method crash with async/await when javascript call doesn't have return value
I wrote a code like the example below to execute javascript code that has no return value. let webView: WKWebView // after load complete let result = await webView.evaluateJavascript("someFunction()") // :0: Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while implicitly unwrapping an Optional value but when i use method with completion handler manner, it doesn't be crashed. but Xcode enforces me to use 'await' keyword and warning is bordering me await webView.evaluateJavaScript("someFunction()", completionHandler: nil) // warning: Consider using asynchronous alternative function The differnce I found is the different signature. Completion handler version has Optional result type, but async/await version has just Any result type func evaluateJavaScript(_ javaScriptString: String, completionHandler: ((Any?, Error?) -> Void)? = nil) func evaluateJavaScript(_ javaScriptString: String) async throws -> Any my Xcode version is 13.2.1. Hope to fix it soon.
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Mar ’22
Browser.permissions.request not working as expected
Hi there - I am trying to port over Chrome extension over to Safari Web extension. Looks like Safari has a very aggressive permissions flow which isn't a great user experience but I get the privacy benefits. I am trying to move some of my permissions like <all_urls> or tabs as optional permissions and build a flow where I can request the user for them in hopes that i can educate them as to why I need them similar to how Chrome/FF have it. However when i use browser.permissions.request - i always end up getting true without invoking the prompt. The prompt seems to come up regardless when i start visiting a website. Can someone help with this? Sounds more like a defect in Safari.
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Mar ’22
How to secure the Safari web extension?
I'm tasked with securing a Safari browser extension that my organization created. It is using WebExtensions and has been launched across various browser extension stores, including Safari. I've searched for many hours on this and find very very little information on how to secure it. (Pretty much just https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Content_Security_Policy.) Is there anything more extensive/comprehensive? I'll be dealing with Safari Desktop as well as Safari iOS. By comparison, when looking for resources for securing the Firefox version of the extension, I found https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/build-a-secure-extension/, which I think is a great resource. Some of that content applies to Safari, but it's hard to know to what extent. I'll need to secure Safari web and Safari mobile (i.e. iOS), but for now I'm focused on web. (But if you have anything on mobile, then please let me know also.) Thank you!
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Jul ’22
Mac Catalyst WKWebView keyDown never trigger (no more keyboard events)
Everything was working fine for 4 years. But since Ventura, when the WKWebView is in focus, the keyDown event are not happening. Not only they don't fire inside of web page input box, but they won't register in the app either. As long as a WKWebView is in focus, the keyboard events won't work. The app does not receive the key events, and the web page will not receive the js events keyDown and friends. This is particularly painful with auto complete input box. Test with an empty project with only a WKWebView with this page https://www.toptal.com/developers/keycode/for/d It does work fine on iPhone and iPad. Message to Apple : You force us to use your Safari engine, yet it is always broken. Don't wait for 8 months to fix it this time, we would be tempted to go full web and skip native app with all the store certification problems.
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Dec ’22
WKWebView inline media playback issue
I have enabled inline media playback with code as below: let config = WKWebViewConfiguration() config.mediaTypesRequiringUserActionForPlayback = [] config.allowsInlineMediaPlayback = true let webView = WKWebView(frame: .zero, configuration: config) But when user touch play button on the video, it's automatically stopped the video and print out some errors as below: 2023-03-30 08:28:46.961218+0700 [22319:217776] [assertion] Error acquiring assertion: <Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)}> 2023-03-30 08:28:46.961404+0700 [22319:217776] [ProcessSuspension] 0x14dfe8820 - ProcessAssertion: Failed to acquire RBS assertion 'WebKit Media Playback' for process with PID=22415, error: Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)} 2023-03-30 08:28:46.966357+0700 [22319:217776] [assertion] Error acquiring assertion: <Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)}> 2023-03-30 08:28:46.966553+0700 [22319:217776] [ProcessSuspension] 0x14dfe8870 - ProcessAssertion: Failed to acquire RBS assertion 'WebKit Media Playback' for process with PID=22319, error: Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)} 2023-03-30 08:28:46.968951+0700 [22319:217776] [assertion] Error acquiring assertion: <Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)}> 2023-03-30 08:28:46.969615+0700 [22319:217776] [ProcessSuspension] 0x14dfe88c0 - ProcessAssertion: Failed to acquire RBS assertion 'WebKit Media Playback' for process with PID=22422, error: Error Domain=RBSServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=(originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.runningboard.assertions.webkit AND originator doesn't have entitlement com.apple.multitasking.systemappassertions)} What's the solution for this issue? Please help!
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Mar ’23
Safari Extension browser.tabs.query returns invalid results
When you have a blank Safari new tab open, the browser.tabs.query API inaccurately includes those tabs in results that include a url or title in the query options. To reproduce, open several tabs, and a blank new tab. Open the background page devtools, and execute the following command: browser.tabs.query({url: 'https://github.com/'}, console.log) In addition to any potentially valid results (if you have github.com open, for example), there will also be an entry for the blank tab, which has an empty, non-matching URL. Tab { active: true, audible: false, height: 1095, highlighted: true, id: 6, incognito: false, index: 3, isArticle: false, isInReaderMode: false, mutedInfo: {muted: false}, pendingUrl: "", pinned: false, status: "complete", title: "", url: "", width: 1792, windowId: 1 } I hope that this bug can be addressed, as it causes some unexpected behavior.
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May ’23
getMatchedRules does not seem to work
Hi. For my Safari Web Extension, using getMatchedRules() from declarativeNetRequest does not seem to work. I've declared the permission for declarativeNetRequestFeedback in my manifest.json file and tried the activeTab permission too. getMatchedRules() was added in a previous Safari release and was adjusted in Safari 16.4. I'm using Safari 16.5. It only returns an empty array when it's called. I know the rules are there and they're being applied from the static rules json, it's just that getMatchedRules() is not showing them for some reason. I'm using: const rules = await browser.declarativeNetRequest.getMatchedRules(); But it only ever returns: {rulesMatchedInfo: []} Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong please? The same code works fine in Chromium based browsers. Thank you.
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Jun ’23
How to use Map initializers Xcode15
Hello, I'm trying to learn swift and making the Landmarks tutorial I found a problem with the map view. The error read as follow: "'init(coordinateRegion:interactionModes:showsUserLocation:userTrackingMode:)' was deprecated in iOS 17.0: Use Map initializers that take a MapContentBuilder instead." My code is: import MapKit struct MapView: View { @State private var region = MKCoordinateRegion( center: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 34.011_286, longitude: -116.166_868), span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.2, longitudeDelta: 0.2) ) // The error happens here! var body: some View { Map(coordinateRegion: $region) } } #Preview { MapView() } Any suggestions about hot to solve this will be appreciate it. Thanks, BR Skalex
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Jul ’23
Authenticate with ProxyConfiguration in WebKit
Hello, I am trying to apply ProxyConfiguration on the WebKit webview. I've tried HTTP and SOCKSv5 without authentication, and it proxies normally. However, after I set up username authenticate on the server side, then set username and password with applyCredential on the client side, it couldn't authenticate the connection. Logs on the server side show the client side says it doesn't support any authentication. So I have some questions about the authentication: Does the ProxyConfiguration support authentication now? Does applyCredential apply credentials on HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKSv5 proxy?
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Jul ’23
Vision Pro Safari WebXR video playback not working
The Safari version for VisionOS (or spatial computing) supports WebXR, as reported here. I am developing a Web App that intends to leverage WebXR, so I've tested several code samples on the safari browser of the Vision Pro Simulator to understand the level of support for immersive web content. I am currently facing an issue that seems like a bug where video playback stops working when entering an XR session (i.e. going into VR mode) on a 3D web environment (using ThreeJS or similar). There's an example from the Immersive Web Community Group called Stereo Video (https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-samples/stereo-video.html) that lets you easily replicate the issue, the code is available here. It's worth mentioning that video playback has been successfully tested on other VR platforms such as the Meta Quest 2. The issue has been reported in the following forums: https://discourse.threejs.org/t/videotexture-playback-html5-videoelement-apple-vision-pro-simulator-in-vr-mode-not-playing/53374 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260259
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Aug ’23
Safari Responsive Design Mode Simulators are not showing up.
I have simulators downloaded to my 14" M2 Pro Macbook Pro, and for some reason, I cannot see any simulators as an option in Safari's Responsive Design Mode. Am I missing something obvious, or is my computer bugged? Above is an image of the Responsive Design Mode showing no simulators. I would offer more screenshots to prove that I have simulators installed, but it won't let me upload any more photos for some reason.
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Sep ’23
Why does text selection not work in MacCatalyst app's WKWebView on macOS Sonoma Only
Can not select anything within WkWebView editor view of my MacCatalyst app when running on macOS 14 Sonoma. Any selection gesture or command key fails to select anything in content editable WKWebView, so none of the Editor tools can be activated. My application uses the nnhubbard / ZSSRichTextEditor WKWebView-based Rich Text Editor: https://github.com/nnhubbard/ZSSRichTextEditor. The app is built with Xcode 15.0 or 15.0.1. The app is a Catalyst app that implements an editor view with a ZSSRichTextEditor WKWebView. The problem does not occur if the the app is run in iOS or macOS 11, 12, or 13 (Catalina, Monterey, or Ventura.) The issue only occurs in macOS 14 Sonoma.
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Nov ’23