Bundle Resources updates

Overview

Browse notable changes in Bundle Resources.

June 2026

New entitlements

• Access Private Cloud Compute in your Foundation Models app using the com.apple.developer.private-cloud-compute entitlement.

• Request insights relating to transactional activities using the TrustInsights framework with the Trust Insights entitlement.

• Display energy device names and usage statistics in the Home app using the EnergyKit framework with the EnergyKit LoadEvents Entitlement entitlement.

• Add suggested actions to your messaging app based on message content with the Suggested Actions entitlement and the Suggested Actions framework.

• Integrate a third-party media sharing protocol into the system route picker with the com.apple.developer.media-device-extension entitlement.

• Manage access to connected USB devices for macOS and Linux virtual machines with the Accessory Access entitlement.

• Protect your app against use-after-free vulnerabilities with guard objects, which the system enables automatically when you set com.apple.security.hardened-process.enhanced-security-version to version 2 or greater. To turn off guard objects if they impact performance, use the com.apple.security.hardened-process.no-guard-objects entitlement.

New information property list keys

• Declare the media device extension protocols your app supports with MDESupportedProtocols.

• Indicate that your app supports URL-based playback through a media device extension with MDESupportsUniversalURLPlayback.

• Control whether only one view’s gesture recognizers can be active at a time with NSViewGestureRecognizerIsExclusive.

• Declare that your app handles touch input natively, without relying on AppKit’s extra mouse emulation, with NSIsTouchNative.

• Suppress keyboard shortcuts for menu items while any non-exclusive gesture recognizer is active with NSGestureRecognizerSuppressesMainMenuActions.

Updated entitlements

• Define the app category to enable Cellular Network Slicing with 5G Network Slicing App Category. To set the application category for web browser apps, use browser-9003. You can also set the category to mc-9500 for mission-critical apps that need access to ultra-constrained cellular networks.

• Define the app category for carrier-constrained satellite network access with com.apple.developer.networking.carrier-constrained.appcategory. To set the application category for payment apps, use payment-8015. You can also set the category to health-fitness-8014 for health and fitness apps.

June 2025

New entitlements

• Include passthrough in screen capture on visionOS with the Passthrough in screen capture entitlement.

• Enable low-latency wireless networking for streaming game content on visionOS with the Low-Latency Streaming entitlement.

• Manage home device electricity usage with the EnergyKit Entitlement entitlement.

• Access the GPU from a background task with the Background GPU Access entitlement.

• Opt in to additional security checks with the com.apple.security.hardened-process entitlement.

• Enable security hardening protections with the com.apple.security.hardened-process.enhanced-security-version entitlement.

• Mark memory the system uses for internal platform state as read only with the com.apple.security.hardened-process.dyld-ro entitlement.

• Protect memory you use for pointers by opting in to type-aware memory allocation with the com.apple.security.hardened-process.hardened-heap entitlement.

• Opt in to additional platform restrictions with the com.apple.security.hardened-process.platform-restrictions entitlement.

• Access subscribable or publishable Wi-Fi Aware services with the com.apple.developer.wifi-aware entitlement.

• Indicate that your app is optimized for a carrier-constrained network with the com.apple.developer.networking.carrier-constrained.app-optimized entitlement.

• Define the category in which your app accesses a carrier-constrained network with the com.apple.developer.networking.carrier-constrained.appcategory entitlement.

• Report the types of identity documents your app provides with the Digital Credentials API - Mobile Document Provider entitlement.

• Indicate that your app can be the default dialer app on someone’s device with the Default Dialer App entitlement.

• Obtain wireless service predictions with the Wireless Insights Service Predictions entitlement.

• Indicate that your app can be the default carrier messaging app on someone’s device with the Default Carrier Messaging App entitlement.

• Access the camera region in your visionOS app with the Camera Region access entitlement.

• Share a coordinate space with other devices with the Shared Coordinate Space access entitlement.

• Stop the system from capturing your app’s content with the App-Protected Content entitlement.

• Lock your app’s windows in place relative to a person with the Window Follow Mode entitlement.

• Add custom adapters to the Foundation Models framework with the doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com.apple.developer.foundation-model-adapter entitlement.

• Indicate that your app can be the default dialer app on someone’s device with the Default Dialer App entitlement.

New information property list keys

• Describe why your app tracks an accessory’s position and location with NSAccessoryTrackingUsageDescription.

• Indicate that the system should automatically download your asset packs and keep them up to date with BAHasManagedAssetPacks.

• Use Apple’s service to host your asset packs with BAUsesAppleHosting.

• Identify the app group that your app and extension use to share asset packs with BAAppGroupID.

• Describe Wi-Fi Aware services your app publishes and subscribes to with WiFiAwareServices.

• Indicate that your app supports game mode with LSSupportsGameMode.

Updated entitlements

• Add the com.apple.developer.kernel.increased-memory-limit entitlement to your visionOS app.

Updated information property list keys

• Indicate that your visionOS app supports spatial gamepads with GCSupportedGameControllers.

June 2024

New entitlements

• Enable access to a Personalized Sound Profile to allow the app to use the information in the profile to render audio with com.apple.developer.spatial-audio.profile-access.

• Enable access to head tracking info to allow an app to render audio with head tracking with com.apple.developer.coremotion.head-pose.

• Allow CoreMIDI to match MIDIDriverKit drivers with devices that support MIDI with com.apple.developer.driverkit.family.midi.

Updated entitlement

• Define the app category to enable Cellular Network Slicing with 5G Network Slicing App Category. To set the application category for streaming apps, use streaming-9001. You can also set the category to gaming-6014 for gaming apps, and communication-9000 for communication apps.

New Info.plist keys

• Indicate if the game app bypasses system spatial audio with AVGameBypassSystemSpatialAudio.

• Indicate to the system that your app receives copies of re-engagement postbacks, a type of postback introduced in iOS 17.5, with EligibleForAdAttributionKitReengagementPostbackCopies.

• Indicate to the system that your app supports the Music Haptics feature with MusicHapticsSupported.

• Indicate to the system the interfaces AccessorySetupKit uses to discover and configure accessories using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi with NSAccessorySetupSupports.

• Provide the company identifier for a Bluetooth accessory when enabling the use of AccessorySetupKit via NSAccessorySetupKitEnabled with NSAccessorySetupBluetoothCompanyIdentifiers.

• Provide the name for a Bluetooth accessory when enabling the use of AccessorySetupKit via NSAccessorySetupKitEnabled with NSAccessorySetupBluetoothNames.

• Provide the services for a Bluetooth accessory when enabling the use of AccessorySetupKit via NSAccessorySetupKitEnabled with NSAccessorySetupBluetoothServices.

• Provide a message that tells the user why the app requests access to financial data stored in Wallet with NSFinancialDataUsageDescription.

• Track “finished” consumable in-app purchases in StoreKit and return the transactions when iterating the Transaction APIs with SKIncludeConsumableInAppPurchaseHistory.

See Also

Technology and frameworks

• Accelerate updates
• Accessibility updates
• ActivityKit updates
• AdAttributionKit Updates
• App Clips updates
• App Intents updates
• AppKit updates
• Apple Intelligence updates
• AppleMapsServerAPI Updates
• Apple Pencil updates
• ARKit updates
• Audio Toolbox updates
• AuthenticationServices updates
• AVFAudio updates
• AVFoundation updates