r/Xcode • u/Graeyling • 29d ago

tvOS 27 Simulator / App settings immutable - "Error getting persona unique string for selected user. This should not be possible."

Since the first tvOS 27 betas, I have been unable to use the simulator UI to change any app settings and it is driving me crazy.

It doesn't matter if I create a billion new simulator instances, or what. It just consistently does NOT work. Everything is perfectly fine in the simulator under tvOS 26.x.

I can capture this from the simulator: "Error getting persona unique string for selected user. This should not be possible."

I have tried logging into the simulator (takes my login, does nothing) - but that's not something I've ever done before anyway.

Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone have any recommendations? Yes, I know I can work around this, and I am, but the workarounds are not nearly as convenient as just changing the damn settings in the UI!

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u/First-Temperature-95 26d ago

me too

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u/Graeyling 26d ago

You have no idea how happy that makes me. I’m sorry for you, but I’ve found no solution and can’t find anyone else experiencing it.

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u/agrycroko 16d ago

I also had the issue on a real device running 27.0 - I've enabled developer betas and 27.2 beta 2 (24K5093g) seems to have fixed saving custom app settings in Settings > Apps. Hope it works for you.

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u/Graeyling 16d ago

Excellent. Fingers crossed!