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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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Wasn't expecting 18.2 today, nice surprise.
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iOS 18.2 beta (22C5109p) -October 23, 2024
iPadOS 18.2 beta (22C5109p) - October 23, 2024
macOS 15.2 beta (24C5057p) - October 23, 2024
iOS 18.2 beta (22C5109p) -October 23, 2024
iPadOS 18.2 beta (22C5109p) - October 23, 2024
macOS 15.2 beta (24C5057p) - October 23, 2024
AVFoundation
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: In Swift, iterating over AVCaptureSynchronizedDataCollection with a for-in loop causes a crash. (135132312)
Find My
Known Issues
- Play Sound and Precision Finding features of AirTags, AirPods and third-party Find My-enabled accessories might not work. (138283512)
Workaround: Enable the Location Services logging profile, which can be found in Profiles and Logs.
Messages
Known Issues
- Messages might not appear in the Messages app. (138152993)
Workaround: Reboot the device.
SwiftUI
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Compiling in the Swift 6 language mode might cause an @Entry error due to “static property defaultValueis not concurrency-safe because non-‘Sendable’ type”. (133885814)
- For apps compiled against iOS 18.2/visionOS 2.2 and run against iOS 18.0/visionOS 2.0, the popover modifier does not respect the arrowEdge argument on iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS, regardless of the deployment target of the app. Now, apps compiled against iOS 18.2/visionOS 2.2 and run against iOS 18.1/visionOS 2.1 and later do respect the arrowEdge argument. (135231043)
ActivityKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs quit unexpectedly if ActivityKit is linked. (100240357)
Authentication Services
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs might quit unexpectedly if -[ASAuthorizationController performAutoFillAssistedRequests] is invoked. (128153762)
ScreenCaptureKit
New Features
- ScreenCaptureKit is available for Catalyst applications. Developers must use the macOS 15.2 SDK or later. (104444076) (FB11957714)
SwiftUI
New Features
- For macOS apps linked against macOS 15.2 SDK, the onScrollGeometryChange(forf:action modifier can be used with List to post geometry changes for the List-owned scroll view. (118852752)
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Compiling in the Swift 6 language mode might cause an @Entry error due to “static property defaultValueis not concurrency-safe because non-‘Sendable’ type”. (133885814)
Virtualization
Known Issues
- Installation of macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta in VMs is not available. (137528160)
WidgetKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs quit unexpectedly if Live Activities API in WidgetKit are linked. (107876557)
I'm jealous of all you developers getting your hands on 18.2, I am over here waiting for the public beta. Work out all the bugs for me and I'll catch up in a few weeks. Looking forward to living vicariously through you all.
anybody can get the developer beta version for free. Join in on the fun, there aren't any show stopper bugs that will brick your phone, otherwise you would have heard about it already.
I had very few instances throughout the years when I was annoyed with dev betas. You learn to develop workarounds for everything encountered most of the time. But I always backup beforehand.
I had very few instances throughout the years when I was annoyed with dev betas. You learn to develop workarounds for everything encountered most of the time. But I always backup beforehand.
Alright - You guys convinced me. I am downloading it now. Let rock. I was still under the impression that the dev betas were a paid program. Thanks for dropping that knowledge.
You can too. Just create a developer account for free, and off you go.
Edit: Wrote this before scrolling further down.
Enjoy!
You just fill out all the agreements on the Apple Dev site until you get to the annual payment part, then stop, it will allow you to now log on and get the dev downloads with your Apple account.
I wonder how Apple will deal with Safari becoming uninstallable in the EU.
Will they make it a standalone app - available in the Appstore - so users could reinstall in case they decided to uninstall, thus untying it from OS updates? This might also allow devices that are perhaps purposefully being kept behind on updates to get an updated version of Safari and make staying on an older version of iOS more viable.
Will they make it a standalone app - available in the Appstore - so users could reinstall in case they decided to uninstall, thus untying it from OS updates? This might also allow devices that are perhaps purposefully being kept behind on updates to get an updated version of Safari and make staying on an older version of iOS more viable.
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iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera and Photos
With iOS 18.2, iPhone users in the European Union can fully delete a number of core apps, including the App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera, and...
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Of course there is the means to reinstall anything removed by the user.
Apparently it was written in the article but I'm lazy and only read the title:
"Apps that are removed, such as the App Store, can be re-downloaded using an "App Installation" section in the Settings app."
But if a device is kept on 18.2 for a few months or a year, upon reinstalling Safari, would it be an up to date version, or they'll purposefully keep the Safari version that launched with 18.2 and thus forcing users to update iOS to get the latest Safari.
Edit: I type slow on mobile. Saw your reply after posting this.
"Apps that are removed, such as the App Store, can be re-downloaded using an "App Installation" section in the Settings app."
But if a device is kept on 18.2 for a few months or a year, upon reinstalling Safari, would it be an up to date version, or they'll purposefully keep the Safari version that launched with 18.2 and thus forcing users to update iOS to get the latest Safari.
Edit: I type slow on mobile. Saw your reply after posting this.
I think Apple is going to skip over iOS 19.. and go straight to iOS 20
How many times have we seen a second RC or another build for the public release? For this to happen to 18.1 RC would be very unlikely, would be very fair to say?
Yes. Has happened only once or twice in the last 5 years.
Has happened 7 times in the past 5 years.
Seeing a RC2 pop up a day or two later just shows Apple at work, rather then no post QA after a RC. But sometimes like the recent tvOS example (different build) they don't even bother to announce it at all. You only find it by checking for updates. But none of this changes our minds that most of the time the RC is the same build as Public.
MacOS 15.1 RC2 just released, build 24B83Seeing a RC2 pop up a day or two later just shows Apple at work, rather then no post QA after a RC. But sometimes like the recent tvOS example (different build) they don't even bother to announce it at all. You only find it by checking for updates. But none of this changes our minds that most of the time the RC is the same build as Public.