Sample CodeiOS, iPadOS, Mac CatalystReviewed 2026-07-21View on Apple Developer

Increasing App Usage with Suggestions Based on User Activities

At a glance

Item Summary
Purpose Provide a continuous user experience by capturing information from your app and displaying this information as proactive suggestions across the system.
App architecture A Swift sample with the source-visible chain AppDelegateDirectionsRequestViewControllerMapKit / UIKit APIs.
Main patterns View-controller organization, Delegate or data-source callbacks
Project style 5 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries.
Execution model Source-visible boundaries: DispatchSemaphore, DispatchQueue.main.async; none alone proves a background thread.
State/event model No structured observation or publisher-scheduling marker indexed.
Key frameworks/packages MapKit, UIKit, Contacts, Foundation, CoreLocation; these are source dependencies, not architecture labels.

Project structure

Source bundle/
├── ProactiveToolbox/
│   ├── AppDelegate.swift
│   ├── DirectionsRequestViewController.swift
│   ├── KeyboardSuggestionsViewController.swift
│   ├── LocationViewController.swift
│   ├── SearchViewController.swift
│   ├── Base.lproj/
│   │   ├── LaunchScreen.storyboard
│   │   └── Main.storyboard
│   └── Info.plist
├── Configuration/
│   └── SampleCode.xcconfig
└── ProactiveToolbox.xcodeproj/
    ├── .xcodesamplecode.plist
    └── project.pbxproj

Structure observations

  • Architecturally prominent files are ranked from entry points and role-named declarations; resource-only paths are omitted.
  • Primary languages: Swift.
  • The verified tree contains 6 project/configuration file(s) and 5 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

Reference code

ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:21 — architecture anchor

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
    var window: UIWindow?
    // ...
}

Interpretation

The arrows summarize the source-visible entry, role-named types or folders, and framework direction; when nodes come from structural folders, the sequence is a high-level interpretation rather than proof that every adjacent node calls the next. Ownership is claimed only where the next section cites a stored property or assignment. The diagram is intentionally limited to the dominant path into Foundation.

Ownership and state

Ownership evidence

ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:23 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
    var window: UIWindow?
    // ...
}
Owner Object or state Relationship Mutation authority
AppDelegate UIWindow (window) stores or receives App/module collaborators
DirectionsRequestViewController Bool (validAddressDictionary) owns value state App/module collaborators
DirectionsRequestViewController Bool (validGeoCoordinates) owns value state App/module collaborators
DirectionsRequestViewController UIImageView (geoCoordinateIsValidImageView) holds a non-owning reference The referenced object’s lifecycle is owned elsewhere

Composition arrows indicate a source-visible construction expression or locally owned value state; aggregation means the owner stores or receives a dependency without proving exclusive lifetime ownership.

Concurrency, scheduling, and thread safety

Evidence limit: actor isolation, async/await, or Task creation does not by itself prove background-thread execution; Sendable conformance alone does not prove thread-safe mutation.

Concern Source mechanism Verified placement or handoff Evidence
Synchronization DispatchSemaphore The source references a synchronization primitive; the protected state requires surrounding review. ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:68
Queue scheduling DispatchQueue.main.async The source addresses the main dispatch queue. ProactiveToolbox/SearchViewController.swift:68

@MainActor/MainActor.run, DispatchQueue.main, and RunLoop.main are reported as distinct isolation, queue, and event-loop mechanisms. A plain Task is kept separate from Task.detached; neither is labeled as a background thread.

Reference code

ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:68 — representative execution boundary

class DirectionsRequestViewController: UIViewController {
    // ...
        let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
    // ...
}

State propagation, frameworks, and dependencies

Evidence limit: an import proves a source-level compilation dependency at the cited line; it does not prove runtime use, architectural adoption, or whether a Swift package is a direct application dependency.

Category Mechanism or module Verified role Evidence
Source import MapKit The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:19
Source import UIKit The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:16
Source import Contacts The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:15
Source import Foundation The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:17
Source import CoreLocation The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:14
Source import CoreSpotlight The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:18

receive(on:) describes downstream delivery scheduling, while subscribe(on:) describes upstream subscription/request/cancel scheduling. An import Combine alone establishes neither behavior nor a Store, reducer, Redux, or other application architecture.

Class and protocol design

ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:22 — representative type boundary

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
    var window: UIWindow?
    // ...
}
Type Responsibility Depends on or conforms to
AppDelegate Receives callback-driven events UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate
DirectionsRequestViewController View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination UIViewController
KeyboardSuggestionsViewController View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate
LocationViewController View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination UIViewController, NSUserActivityDelegate
SearchViewController View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, CLLocationManagerDelegate

No local protocol conformance is claimed as protocol-oriented design; external framework conformances are listed only as dependencies.

Access control

Symbol Access Verified effect Likely rationale
imageNamePass (ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:25) fileprivate Use is restricted to this source file. Inference: share with same-file helpers or extensions without exposing the symbol module-wide.
imageNameFail (ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:26) fileprivate Use is restricted to this source file. Inference: share with same-file helpers or extensions without exposing the symbol module-wide.
validateAndDisplayDirectionsRequest (ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:37) internal No explicit modifier means the Swift declaration is internal to the module. Inference: the language’s file or module boundary is sufficient for this sample collaboration.
cellReuseIdentifier (ProactiveToolbox/SearchViewController.swift:28) fileprivate Use is restricted to this source file. Inference: share with same-file helpers or extensions without exposing the symbol module-wide.

Reference code

ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:25 — representative boundary

class DirectionsRequestViewController: UIViewController {
    // ...
    fileprivate let imageNamePass: String = "pass"
    fileprivate let imageNameFail: String = "fail"

    // ...
}

Swift declarations without a modifier are internal; explicit private, fileprivate, private(set), public, or open entries above are interpreted by language semantics. Objective-C/C samples instead rely on header and implementation boundaries, which are not equivalent to Swift lexical privacy.

Logic ownership and placement

Logic Owning type or file Placement rationale
View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination DirectionsRequestViewController, KeyboardSuggestionsViewController, LocationViewController, SearchViewController The source’s Controller suffix makes this role explicit.
Receives callback-driven events AppDelegate The source’s Delegate suffix makes this role explicit.

Design patterns

Pattern Source evidence Purpose or tradeoff
View-controller organization ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift:17 A controller is the verified coordination boundary; this is MVC-style only where a separate model is present.
Delegate or data-source callbacks ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift:22 Callback protocols invert event delivery back into the sample’s owner.

Naming conventions

  • Types: Controller: DirectionsRequestViewController, KeyboardSuggestionsViewController, LocationViewController, SearchViewController; Delegate: AppDelegate.
  • Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
  • Methods: application, viewDidLoad, validateAndDisplayDirectionsRequest, geocodedCoordinatesFromMapItem, updateValidationUI, textFieldShouldReturn, updateUserActivity, updateUserActivityState.
  • Files: ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift, ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift, ProactiveToolbox/KeyboardSuggestionsViewController.swift, ProactiveToolbox/LocationViewController.swift, ProactiveToolbox/SearchViewController.swift.

Architecture takeaways

  • AppDelegate is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
  • Framework work reaches MapKit, UIKit, Contacts, CoreLocation through a deliberately small high-level chain; the detailed API graph remains inside the cited implementation files.
  • Stored-property evidence identifies lifecycle collaboration; it does not by itself prove exclusive object ownership.
  • Access-control conclusions separate verified language visibility from the likely design rationale.
  • The source does not justify labeling the design protocol-oriented.

Source map

Source file Relevant symbols
ProactiveToolbox/AppDelegate.swift Cited implementation, AppDelegate, MapKit, UIKit, Foundation, CoreSpotlight
ProactiveToolbox/DirectionsRequestViewController.swift Cited implementation, DirectionsRequestViewController, DispatchSemaphore, Contacts, CoreLocation
ProactiveToolbox/SearchViewController.swift Cited implementation, DispatchQueue.main.async, SearchViewController
ProactiveToolbox/KeyboardSuggestionsViewController.swift KeyboardSuggestionsViewController
ProactiveToolbox/LocationViewController.swift LocationViewController