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instruments Error using CLI
While running instruments using CLI we are seeing below error: command: xcrun xctrace record --template Leaks --launch application --output recording.trace -e DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libgmalloc.dylib Run issues were detected (trace is still ready to be viewed): [Error] An error occurred trying to capture Leaks data. [Error] Failed to generate memory graph for pid 7828: failed to create a VMUTaskMemoryScanner, probably because the target's libmalloc hasn't been initialized Recording failed with errors. Saving output file... System details: Xcode 15.4 Mac :Intel processors MacOs:14.5
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Jul ’24
Really High Energy Use
I'm developing an app where users can select items to add to a screen, similar to creating a Canva presentation or choosing blocks in Minecraft. However, I'm encountering an issue with energy usage. When users click the arrows to browse different items, the energy use spikes significantly. Although it returns to normal after a while, continuous clicking causes the energy use to skyrocket. The images I'm using are 500x500 pixels. Ideally, I would like to avoid caching all the images, as the app might have up to 500 items and caching them all would consume too much memory. I have tried numerous way to avoid this but I just can’t seem to make it work. Would anyone know how to avoid such problem? I have included a picture of the energy use when just opened, and one after like 10 seconds of continuously clicking on an arrow to see more items. Also a picture of how the app looks. struct ContentView: View { struct babyBackground { var littleImage = "" } @State var firstSet: [babyBackground] = [ babyBackground(littleImage: "circle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "square"), babyBackground(littleImage: "triangle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "anotherShape"), babyBackground(littleImage: "circle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "square"), babyBackground(littleImage: "triangle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "anotherShape") ] @State var secondSet: [babyBackground] = [ babyBackground(littleImage: "circle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "square"), babyBackground(littleImage: "triangle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "anotherShape"), babyBackground(littleImage: "circle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "square"), babyBackground(littleImage: "triangle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "anotherShape"), babyBackground(littleImage: "circle") ] @State var thirdSet: [babyBackground] = [ babyBackground(littleImage: "circle"), babyBackground(littleImage: "square"), babyBackground(littleImage: "triangle"), ] let columns: [GridItem] = Array(repeating: .init(.flexible()), count: 4) func createBackgroundGridView(for backgrounds: [babyBackground], columns: [GridItem] ) -> some View { LazyVGrid(columns: columns, spacing: 10) { ForEach(0..<backgrounds.count, id: \.self) { index in Button(action: { }, label: { if let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: backgrounds[index].littleImage, ofType: "png"), let uiImage = UIImage(contentsOfFile: path) { Image(uiImage: uiImage) .resizable() .frame(width: 126, height: 96) } }) } } .padding() } @State var indexOn = 0 var body: some View { HStack{ Button(action: { indexOn = (indexOn == 0) ? 2 : indexOn - 1 }) { Label("", systemImage: "arrowtriangle.left.fill") .font(.system(size: 50)) } Spacer() ScrollView { switch indexOn { case 0: createBackgroundGridView(for: firstSet, columns: columns) case 1: createBackgroundGridView(for: secondSet, columns: columns) case 2: createBackgroundGridView(for: thirdSet, columns: columns) case 3: createBackgroundGridView(for: thirdSet, columns: columns) default: createBackgroundGridView(for: firstSet, columns: columns) } } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity) Spacer() Button(action: { indexOn = (indexOn == 2) ? 0 : indexOn + 1 }) { Label("", systemImage: "arrowtriangle.right.fill") .font(.system(size: 50)) } } } } Energy Use when app starts: Energy use after clicking for about 10 seconds: App UI:
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Jul ’24
Error attaching to the pid
Hi 👋 I need assistance in attaching the to the pid in terminal. In lldb mode I am connecting to the pid using device process attach --pid <pid-id> which gives me an error Process 505 stopped * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = ****** SIGSTOP frame #0: 0x00000001d505c808 libsystem_kernel.dylib`mach_msg2_trap + 8 libsystem_kernel.dylib`mach_msg2_trap: -> 0x1d505c808 <+8>: ret Thanks
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Jul ’24
Instruments false positives
I have been able to get rid of reported memory leaks in Instruments not by fixing a leak but by adding some lines (like releasing a previous nil object) that convinced Instruments it is not a leak. But I am stuck are some I cannot stop Instruments from reporting. It reports a leak in this code if(expr.length&gt;0) { // add previous Atomic Atomic *atom = [[Atomic alloc] initWithString:[string substringWithRange:expr] isNumber:aNum]; [exprTokens addObject:atom]; [atom release]; } } and it underlines the substringWithRange method. I changed code to explicitly release atom and I assumed substringWithRange would return an autoreleased new string. I am aware Instruments tells you where the leaked object is created and not where it is leak, but only things created here are atom and a sub string and atom is released immediately. The initWithString method might do it, but I don't find anything there. Also, while running instruments, this code is 8542 times (I am pretty sure always in the same context) and Instruments says it only leaks 61 times. I don't now if there is misunderstanding are a code problem?
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Jul ’24
Instruments - No PMI Record Found
Instruments CPU Profiler failed to start the profilable app (get-task-allow is set to true) with error "No PMI Record Found". Device is iPhone 13 Pro currently running iOS 17.0.3. Tried to profile in instruments shipped with Xcode 14.3.1, Xcode 15.0.1 and Xcode 15.1 Beta, same issue across. If it helps, I was able to successfully profile on iPhone X running iOS f16.7 using Xcode 14.2 instruments.
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Oct ’23
XCTestCase performance measurement has no results on M1
I want to test app launch performance in my project. Therefore I tried to use performance test with measure func and XCTApplicationLaunchMetric. But after test completion there is no any result with average time. Here is a test example: func testLaunchPerformance() throws {         if #available(macOS 10.15, iOS 13.0, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 7.0, *) {             // This measures how long it takes to launch your application.             measure(metrics: [XCTApplicationLaunchMetric()]) {                 XCUIApplication().launch()             }         }     } But when I create a new empty project and add the same performance test – it works and shows app launch results. 1st image is a real project test – there is no test result. and the 2nd image is a demo empty project test – it has performance result diagram. I am running test on MacBook with M1 Pro chip. However, when my colleague is running the same performance test on our real project with Intel based MacBook Pro – all is fine, it shows app launch results correctly as my demo project. I have no idea how it can be fixed, because it seems that it depends on M1 chip 🤷🏻‍♂️. May be somebody have a solution?
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Jun ’22
CPU Profiling with instruments fails to start
When trying to profile any process with the Instruments CPU Profiler I get this message: (Before run started) No allocated PMI record. Not sure what to do here. I tried other instruments like time profile and that works fine so not sure what to do here... Didn't find any people having similar issues when googling so I'm hoping someone here can help me out. Im using a m1 max 14 inch macbook pro with macOS 12.3 and instruments 13.0 (13A1030d)
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Mar ’22