My server that backs my Message Filter Extension stopped receiving messages last night. I thought maybe I had broken something in the iOS code, even though I hadn't touched any of the logic related to filtering. So I rolled back my code to a previous version that was definitely working in both test and production and ran it on my test device, setting a breakpoint on the first line of the func handle(_ queryRequest: ILMessageFilterQueryRequest, context: ILMessageFilterExtensionContext, completion: @escaping (ILMessageFilterQueryResponse) -> Void) method in the extension. When sending a message to it from an unknown number, the breakpoint is never even hit. To ensure it was somehow not my code, I started a new blank app and added the Message Filter Extension target. Running it on my test device, it also doesn't ever hit the breakpoint. Is there some Apple service involved in determining whether to send unknown sender messages to Message Filter Extensions that might be down. Maybe it's a beta issue? I'm on iOS 18.1 Beta 4. But it seems odd that all of my users' devices would be encountering a beta-related issue at essentially the same time.

I have a working iMessage app in the app store that does NOT have a companion app. iMessage app only. I now want to add stickers to it. I cannot get this to work; stickers do not show up in the stickers section, nor in the "Manage Sticker Apps" section. Problem exists on Xcode 16, latest OS, on all simulators and devices. I tried adding a new "Sticker App Extension" target to the project. I tried adding just the Stickers.xcassets file to the exsisting iMessage extension and the app itself. I tried googling but all examples and tutorials show how to create a complete stickers app, which works correctly. But I do not want the app. Notable mention: If I create a new "Stickers app" project it works, but if I then try to add an iMessage app extension, THAT does not work so I then have a reverse situation in which the stickers extension DOES work but the iMessage app doesn't. I somehow have the feeling that an app cannot have both an iMessage Extension and a Stickers App Extension but the documentation is, of course, in true Apple style, lacking. So how to add a Sticker App Extension to an existing app with an iMessage Extension?

I have checked the setting and it is and has always been set to forever when it comes to settings-messages-message history. Yet since I upgraded to ios 18.1, my messages have started to delete by themselves every other day or so. In the last week, I have had to go into the recently deleted and recovered the messages at least 3-4 times. It does not delete all my messages just random messages from whom I have messaged recently. I have message that have been there for at least 6 years and those are not deleting. Please help before I lose some valuable messages.

Hello everyone! I was implementing a MFMessageComposeViewController to send messages. Currently I'm observing behaviour that attachments button is always disabled. But thing is that I'm showing MFMessageComposeViewController only when canSendText() && canSendAttachments() are true. if MFMessageComposeViewController.canSendText() && MFMessageComposeViewController.canSendAttachments() { let composeVC = MFMessageComposeViewController() composeVC.messageComposeDelegate = self composeVC.body = "Test message" self.present(composeVC, animated: true, completion: nil) } I've checked that mms are enabled.

YouTube links won’t open from iMessage but will open from email. Get a message saying the playlist does not exist.

Can someone confirm this is supposed to be happening after all these years. I have noticed that now when I delete the messages from my Apple Watch (IOS11) they are now deleting from my phone (IOS18). I was glad I noticed and was able to recover them but I almost lost some impoRyan messages. I did do a test and confirm this is true. But the question is, is this supposed to be happening and if so is there a way to disable only this sync? I like to try and keep the messages icon on the watch clean since when I read the messag on my phone it does sync read on the watch and leaves the unread number on the icon.

I'm having issues using Imessage with OS 18. Android user are not receiving text message from a new group created with OS18. I added new users to a chat that we have been using for over a year. After upgrading to OS18 I was hoping I could add additional members without creating a new group, that apparently is not able to happen. What is happening, some folks with Android phones are not getting the text messages. These are members that have been on the group for sometime. Not sure if its all or some because I do not know who has what phone but it is indeed frustrating. I have tried turning off and on RCS and rebooting when I make the changes. I was under the impression OS18 would solve some of the incompatibility issues.

[Detailed feedback FB15232205] Since I restored my new iPhone 16 Pro from a previous iPhone 15 Pro backup, I can't use stickers any more. The stickers gallery is filled with clear stickers that I can't interact with. Deleting does nothing. I also can't add new stickers. They appear for a second and then disappear again. iCloud sync is also not working. Other devices are fine. When restoring the phone without backup, everything works fine. Is it possible this is caused by the iOS 18.0 version that's shipping with the new iPhones? I was only offered another iOS 18.0 update in Settings later on. Updating to 18.1 beta 5 today did not fix it either. From what I gather from the logs, there's a database corruption happening. I've seen various posts across the internet who have this issue specifically after setting up their new iPhone. fehler 22:08:24.677501+0200 stickersd error: (11) Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' fehler 22:08:24.677615+0200 stickersd error: exception fetching row for object with ID: Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' with userInfo of { NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; } fehler 22:08:24.677679+0200 stickersd error: Unhandled error occurred during faulting: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} ({ NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; }) fehler 22:08:24.677700+0200 stickersd fault: Unhandled error (NSSQLiteErrorDomain, 11) occurred during faulting and was ignored: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} problem 22:08:24.677736+0200 stickersd CoreData: Unhandled error (NSSQLiteErrorDomain, 11) occurred during faulting and was ignored: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} fehler 22:08:24.678107+0200 stickersd database corruption at line 79182 of [1b37c146ee] fehler 22:08:24.678757+0200 stickersd error: (11) Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' fehler 22:08:24.678783+0200 stickersd error: exception fetching row for object with ID: Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' with userInfo of { NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; } fehler 22:08:24.678807+0200 stickersd error: Unhandled error occurred during faulting: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} ({ NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; }) fehler 22:08:24.678826+0200 stickersd fault: Unhandled error (NSSQLiteErrorDomain, 11) occurred during faulting and was ignored: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} problem 22:08:24.678858+0200 stickersd CoreData: Unhandled error (NSSQLiteErrorDomain, 11) occurred during faulting and was ignored: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} fehler 22:08:24.678878+0200 stickersd database corruption at line 79182 of [1b37c146ee] fehler 22:08:24.678903+0200 stickersd error: (11) Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' fehler 22:08:24.678931+0200 stickersd error: exception fetching row for object with ID: Fatal error. The database at /private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb is corrupted. SQLite error code:11, 'database disk image is malformed' with userInfo of { NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; } fehler 22:08:24.678953+0200 stickersd error: Unhandled error occurred during faulting: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11} ({ NSFilePath = "/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb"; NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 11; }) fehler 22:08:24.678972+0200 stickersd fault: Unhandled error (NSSQLiteErrorDomain, 11) occurred during faulting and was ignored: Error Domain=NSSQLiteErrorDomain Code=11 "(null)" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/var/mobile/Library/Stickers/stickers.stickerdb, NSSQLiteErrorDomain=11}

Hi, I'd like to develop sticker packs for iMessage. In particular, I'd like to have custom UIs so user can select different groups of stickers under the same sticker drawer. Based on what I read in the developer doc, sticker pack does not allow custom UIs, and I have to go to iMessage apps. However, I discovered quite a few sticker packs have custom UIs. For example, GIPHY, Fluffcorn, Animal Stickers, Mochj Cat, they are in sticker drawer but they still have custom UIs with tabs. How is this possible? Is there something I'm missing from the developer doc? Thanks a lot!

A message filter extension is only forwarded SMSs by the OS for filtering, iMessages aren't. But what is the situation with RCS messages? Will they be filterable by a message filtering extension?

Messages have disappeared after the iOS 18 b 3 update. It isn’t even shown as an option. Where did it go and when do we get it back?

If I run an app with a message filter extension on < iOS 18 everything is as expected, if I run the same app, without any changes on iOS 18 then it doesn't work. I've discovered that problems occur if the extension has the following code: extension MessageFilterExtension: ILMessageFilterQueryHandling, ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryHandling { func handle(_ capabilitiesQueryRequest: ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryRequest, context: ILMessageFilterExtensionContext, completion: @escaping (ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponse) -> Void) { let response = ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponse() response.transactionalSubActions = [.transactionalCarrier, .transactionalHealth, .transactionalPublicServices, .transactionalFinance, .transactionalWeather, .transactionalRewards, .transactionalOrders, .transactionalOthers, .transactionalReminders] response.transactionalSubActions = [.transactionalFinance, .transactionalOrders, .transactionalHealth] completion(response) } This code doesn't run on iOS 18, however the following code does run on iOS 18: let response = ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponse() completion(response) I downloaded several apps from the app store which provide message filtering, within the Message app they all had one thing in common, on < iOS 18 they all show 12 filtering categories, but within iOS 18 they only show 2. So it seems the issue is endemic and effects other apps, not just mine.

If an app with a Message Filter Extension is run on an iPhone with iOS 18 installed then there's no logging output to the console (using print or NSLog), however there is logging in all previous versions of OS. Being able to view logging at run time for this component is essential as a debugging aid to see, for example, if the extension launches, if a text is handled locally or deferred to the network, to see if there's a network error, to examine the server response etc. Is there a specific reason it was disabled or is it accidental? Thank you

I am sure others will agree with me on this. I personally don’t like the way the new reactions look. Too many different color for the reactions. I honestly prefer the old grey version for the reactions to text messages. The extra emoji thing is okay but the change in color for the heart, thumbs up and the other reactions are not the best. Auto correct is horrible in this new update by the way

The following code runs fine on iPhone with iOS < 18 However with iOS 18 (Release Candidate) it causes a crash of the extension extension MessageFilterExtension: ILMessageFilterQueryHandling, ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryHandling { @available(iOSApplicationExtension 16.0, *) func handle(_ capabilitiesQueryRequest: ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryRequest, context: ILMessageFilterExtensionContext, completion: @escaping (ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponse) -> Void) { let response = ILMessageFilterCapabilitiesQueryResponse() response.promotionalSubActions = [ILMessageFilterSubAction.promotionalOffers] completion(response) } The problem specifically is the line: response.promotionalSubActions = [ILMessageFilterSubAction.promotionalOffers] Attempting to set a promotionalSubAction (or a transactional sub action) results in an exception with error: '/usr/lib/swift/libswiftIdentityLookup.dylib' (no such file)` This only occurs with iOS 18, and it doesn't occur if no subactions are set

I am currently using iPhone 15+ and previously was using iPhone 11. Three glaring deficiencies which I have found in iOS, and which drives me towards android, are given below:- There is no option to send ******** message directly from the contacts list or from recent calls history and for sending ******** message to any contact, you have to open the ******** app. There is no support for comma button either on the stock keyboard or on any keyboard available on Apple support, which makes the typing a bit hassled a bit hassled 3. IOS does not support Truecaller and does not either have its inbuilt spam Filter app, which can alert the user of any spam call, which can alert the user of any spam. Call. The presence of the above functions makes android a seamless experience, and because of the above deficiencies only, several times I have gone back to android discontinuing using iPhone. Can I expect the iOS developers to pay any heed to the above feedback, which will only improve the iOS experience and will not do any harm.

it seems that there is some ML going on to cut out the title of link previews in messages, is there official documentation on this? for example, my site has this as its tag <meta property="og:title" content="Orbits | The Circular Word Game" /> but it displays in link previews as why is this? after some testing with different heads it seems to always filter out Orbits

I am trying to build a Hangman game to play with my daughter since we both enjoy the game and playing together, but I have found issues regarding the size of the LiveLayout on the transcript screen I have implemented the method contentSizeThatFits override func contentSizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize { CGSize(width: 432, height: 700) } But even after implementing the size of the message bubble on transcript mode is not changing to adopt the size I am providing. What should I do in this case? or how can I make the bubble to adopt a better size? I tried to attach an image without any success.

As part of development the Apple ID is signed into multiple devices, both iCloud & Messages. What I'm observing is after about 25 numbers are signed in (fewer devices as many have a sim + esim) Messages on non-phone devices stops working properly. The account is unable to send messages, and on macOS Messages often crashes and signs out the user. There are also repeated alerts about devices being added the already have been added - feels like the internals have a limit and are cycling through devices in some order, adding them back dynamically. Is there a way to increase this limit? Yes I know that Messages can be turned off or a different Apple ID can be used, but frankly that ends up being a lot of overhead for what we're trying to do thus hoping there's some limit somewhere that can be easily adjusted.

Ever since ios 18 beta my message app crashes i get like 10 seconds and then it kicks it back to homescreen already reset my phone did a hard reset erased my phone completely and started over and still same issue