CoreML model compiled with Xcode 13 crashes on pre-iOS 15 devices

This is both a heads-up to other developers, and a request for workarounds:

I noticed that the CoreML image segmentation model in my app crashes when compiling the app with Xcode 13 and running it on an iOS 14 device.

Compiling the same app and model with Xcode 12 the compiled CoreML model works just fine when running on the same devices.

The crash seems to be caused by CoreML trying to access the MLShapedArray type, which was only introduced in iOS 15 (see stack trace in screenshot).

So if you have an app using CoreML, make sure you test on iOS 14 devices before submitting a new build using Xcode 13.

For Apple folks, I filed a Feedback on this a little while ago (and of course heard nothing back). The ID is 9584636.

I had hoped this issue would get fixed before the Xcode 13 release, but unfortunately it is still there in the GM build.

Any workarounds (aside from 'keep using Xcode 12') would be appreciated.

Up vote post of ppix Down vote post of ppix
2.7k views
Posted by
ppix
Reply
Add a Comment

Accepted Reply

Thank you for the report. We confirmed it was a problem in the model access code generator. Until we address the issue in an upcoming Xcode, a workaround is:

  1. Open the current model access code by selecting the .mlmodel file and clicking “Model Class” and exporting it to keep.
  2. In “Target Membership”, select “No Generated Classes”.
  3. Add the saved code-gen Swift file in step 1 back to the project.
  4. Remove lazy properties with MLShapedArray . If you need these properties, you can change to a computed property.
Posted by
Frameworks Engineer
Up vote reply of Frameworks Engineer Down vote reply of Frameworks Engineer
Post marked as solved
Add a Comment

Replies

Thank you for the report. We confirmed it was a problem in the model access code generator. Until we address the issue in an upcoming Xcode, a workaround is:

  1. Open the current model access code by selecting the .mlmodel file and clicking “Model Class” and exporting it to keep.
  2. In “Target Membership”, select “No Generated Classes”.
  3. Add the saved code-gen Swift file in step 1 back to the project.
  4. Remove lazy properties with MLShapedArray . If you need these properties, you can change to a computed property.
Posted by
Frameworks Engineer
Up vote reply of Frameworks Engineer Down vote reply of Frameworks Engineer
Post marked as solved
Add a Comment

Perfect, thank you for the quick reply and excellent workaround! Much appreciated!

Posted by
ppix
Up vote reply of ppix Down vote reply of ppix
Add a Comment

Same crash with XCode13. But works well on XCode 12, So I had to switch back to 12 for archiving.Please let us know when this will be fixed. I have no clue to fix it from Model side.

Posted by
waynewgl7777
Up vote reply of waynewgl7777 Down vote reply of waynewgl7777
Add a Comment

Which step of the workaround instructions are you having difficulty with?

Posted by
ppix
Up vote reply of ppix Down vote reply of ppix
Add a Comment

This issue has been fixed in Xcode 13.1

Posted by
ppix
Post not yet marked as solved Up vote reply of ppix Down vote reply of ppix
Add a Comment

The issue was fixed for iOS 14 devices but it still crashes for iOS 13 devices (13.6.1 (17G80))

Thread 2 name:
Thread 2 Crashed:
0   ???                           	000000000000000000 0 + 0
1   libswiftCore.dylib            	0x000000019b1ae69c swift_getSingletonMetadata + 956 (Metadata.cpp:829)
2   WRIO                          	0x0000000100237940 type metadata accessor for corpus_enOutput + 48 (<compiler-generated>:0)
3   WRIO                          	0x000000010019a694 PredictionCoreMLModelEnglish.prediction(input:) + 140
Posted by
mtaskovic
Up vote reply of mtaskovic Down vote reply of mtaskovic

  • That looks like a separate issue to me. I'd recommend filing a bug report.

    —
    ppix
Add a Comment