Tag:Debugging

All the articles with the tag "Debugging".

• Logging Privacy Shenanigans

  Published:29 Jul, 2025

  • 7 min read

  

  Apple's logs redact your debugging data as <private>. Here's what actually gets hidden, why old tricks don't work anymore, and the only reliable way to see your logs again.

• Top-Level Menu Visibility in SwiftUI for macOS

  Published:9 Apr, 2021

  • 3 min read

  

  Working around SwiftUI's CommandsBuilder limitations to conditionally show top-level menus on macOS using direct AppKit integration.

• Fixing keyboardShortcut in SwiftUI

  Published:31 Jan, 2021

  • 7 min read

  

  Debugging and fixing a SwiftUI keyboardShortcut bug that fails when mixing SwiftUI with UIKit through reverse engineering and LLDB analysis.

• Forbidden Controls in Catalyst: Optimize Interface for Mac

  Published:22 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  

  Investigating why certain UIKit controls throw runtime exceptions in Catalyst's 'Optimize Interface for Mac' mode and discovering which controls are forbidden.

• The State of SwiftUI

  Published:13 Sep, 2020

  • 7 min read

  

  Testing SwiftUI's production readiness in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur through Apple's Fruta sample app, revealing performance issues and platform-specific limitations.

• Logging in Swift

  Published:24 Aug, 2020

  • 15 min read

  

  An in-depth exploration of Apple's unified logging system and the promising OSLogStore API that Apple removed from iOS 14 at the last minute.

• Building with Swift Trunk Development Snapshots

  Published:12 Jun, 2020

  • 4 min read

  

  A troubleshooting guide for building with Swift trunk development snapshots, documenting compilation errors, linker issues, and their solutions.

• How to Fix LLDB: Couldn't IRGen Expression

  Published:4 Jun, 2020

  • 10 min read

  

  Solving the mysterious LLDB 'Couldn't IRGen expression' error by investigating Swift module path serialization and discovering that removing dSYM bundles fixes debugging issues.

• The Great Mac Catalyst Text Input Crash Hunt

  Published:29 May, 2020

  • 8 min read

  

  Deep-dive investigation and fix for a Mac Catalyst text input crash caused by a race condition in Apple's RemoteTextInput framework.

• Jailbreaking for iOS Developers

  Published:25 May, 2020

  • 8 min read

  

  A comprehensive guide to iOS jailbreaking for developers, covering legal security research tools, debugging capabilities, and practical applications beyond app piracy.