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I’m looking for guidance on what to do with the new changes [coming] (https://developer.apple.com/support/third-party-SDK-requirements/) for adding Privacy Manifest to my app. I’m using on of the listed SDK which they include a Privacy Manifest of their own, do I need to include one in my app or do I just use the third-party’s? Also what happens when a developer hasn't updated its swift package to contain one?

I'm trying to add Background Tasks to my SwiftUI app using the modifier backgroundTask(_:action:). I've been unable to get a working example, nothing ever updates in my app in the "background". I've added the identifier to the permitted background task scheduler identifiers , enabled the required background modes capabilities. Any help would be appreciated. It appears that neither appRefresh nor urlSession background tasks are effective in handling the update of JSON data in my app. Also which background task would be best suited for updating json data for my app? When debugging and launching using e -l objc -- (void)[[BGTaskScheduler sharedScheduler] _simulateLaunchForTaskWithIdentifier:@"apprefresh"] doesn't get called on a real device. App struct MyApp: App { @State private var viewModel = ViewModel() var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() .environment(viewModel) } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("apprefresh")) { scheduleAppRefresh() await viewModel.appRefresh() } .backgroundTask(.urlSession("apprefresh")) { scheduleAppRefresh() await viewModel.urlSession() } .onChange(of: phase) { switch phase { case .background: scheduleAppRefresh() default: break } } } func scheduleAppRefresh() { let request = BGAppRefreshTaskRequest(identifier: "apprefresh") request.earliestBeginDate = .now.addingTimeInterval(15 * 60) try? BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request) } } ViewModel @Observable class ViewModel { func appRefresh( ) async { } func urlSession( ) async { let config = URLSessionConfiguration.background( withIdentifier: "apprefresh" ) config.sessionSendsLaunchEvents = true let session = URLSession( configuration: config ) let request = URLRequest( url: URL( string: "" )! ) let response = await withTaskCancellationHandler { try? await session.data( for: request ) } onCancel: { let task = session.downloadTask( with: request ) task.resume() } } }

After following along with the documentation and WWDC22 video on using the new SwiftUI Background Tasks API. My application was successfully updating in the background, then I ran into an issue where the data won't update resulting in a progress view showing and no new data being fetched but will eventually correct itself which doesn't seem right. See below screenshots below. Data is nil at 9:13pm Corrected itself at 9:34pm struct DemoApp: App { @StateObject var viewModel = ViewModel() var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() .environmentObject(viewModel) } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("myapprefresh")) { await viewModel.fetchData() } } } class ViewModel: ObservableObject { @Published var pokemon = PokeAPI(name: "", sprites: Sprites(frontDefault: "")) func fetchData() async { URLSession.shared.dataTaskPublisher(for: request) .map{ $0.data } .decode(type: PokeAPI.self, decoder: JSONDecoder()) .replaceError(with: PokeAPI(name: "", sprites: Sprites(frontDefault: ""))) .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main) .sink(receiveCompletion: {_ in }, receiveValue: { value in self.pokemon = value }).store(in: &cancellables) } }

I'm trying to add Background Tasks (not a timer) to a SwiftUI project for iOS 15 to fetch data from an API periodically. It seems I'm seeing issues with my Published variable not updating my SwiftUI View until the application has been opened. Second issue is, I'm seeing AsyncImage not loading after a background task has been run, it will just show my placeholder ProgressView loading. I'm notified by UserNotifications when the background task has been run, and I assumed the Published variable from my ObservableObject class would have been updated in the background? I'm also not sure why AsyncImage breaks while using Background Tasks. Data Model struct Pokemon: Codable { let sprites: Sprites let name: String enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case sprites case name } } struct Sprites: Codable { let frontDefault: String enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case frontDefault = "front_default" } } class DataModel: ObservableObject { let taskIdentifier = "com.example.test.refresh" private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>() @Published var pokemon = Pokemon(sprites: Sprites(frontDefault: "", frontShiny: ""), name: "", types: []) func getpokemon() { let request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/\(Int.random(in: 1..<450))")!) URLSession.shared.dataTaskPublisher(for: request) .map{ $0.data } .decode(type: Pokemon.self, decoder: JSONDecoder()) .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main) .sink(receiveCompletion: { print ("Received completion: \($0).") }, receiveValue: { pokemon in self.pokemon = pokemon }) .store(in: &cancellables) } func register() { BGTaskScheduler.shared.register(forTaskWithIdentifier: taskIdentifier, using: nil) { task in self.handleAppRefresh(task: task as! BGAppRefreshTask) } } func scheduleAppRefresh() { let request = BGAppRefreshTaskRequest(identifier: taskIdentifier) request.earliestBeginDate = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: 10 * 60) do { try BGTaskScheduler.shared.submit(request) } catch { print("Could not schedule app refresh: \(error)") } } func handleAppRefresh(task: BGAppRefreshTask) { scheduleAppRefresh() task.expirationHandler = { print("expired") //task.setTaskCompleted(success: false) } self.getpokemon() task.setTaskCompleted(success: true) } } App import SwiftUI import BackgroundTasks @main struct BackgroudTaskApp: App { @ObservedObject var data = DataModel() init() { data.register() data.scheduleAppRefresh() } var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() .environmentObject(data) .onAppear(perform: data.getpokemon) } } } SwiftUI View struct ContentView: View { @EnvironmentObject var data: DataModel var body: some View { Button(action: { withAnimation { data.getpokemon() } }, label: { VStack(spacing: 0) { AsyncImage(url:URL(string:data.pokemon.sprites.frontDefault)) { image in image .resizable() } placeholder: { ProgressView() } .frame(width: 120, height: 120) }} ).buttonStyle(.plain) } }