Dear Apple Support team,
I'm reaching out about an issue we're facing in our iOS audio host app on iPad. Keyboard shortcuts from an external hardware keyboard (Bluetooth) work perfectly until we load an AUv3 plugin, then the host suddenly loses all keyboard focus, and key commands stop responding completely.
To give you more context: this affects every DAW that supports AUv3. I've tested it in Logic Pro for iOS, Camelot Pro, and AUM. The problem starts right after instantiating any AUv3, causing the keyboard to lose focus and preventing key commands from working. Before that, keyboard events reach our UIView without issues. Notably, this doesn't happen on iOS versions before iOS 26. I've verified it works perfectly on iOS 17 and iOS 18.
You can see the full discussion and steps to reproduce in this JUCE forum thread: https://forum.juce.com/t/keyboard-focus-lost-and-keycommands-stop-working-after-instantiating-an-auv3-in-a-juce-based-host-on-ios/68497/5. It seems potentially related to AUv3 sandboxing or iOS UIView focus management.
I would really appreciate your help with any insights, known issues, or workarounds.
Thanks,
Samuele
Hello Samuele,
This is an issue we're aware of (FB13542519),
but we're not aware of any recommended workaround so far.
If you find something that helps you avoid the issue,
please share it with the community by posting it here.
Even though we're aware of this issue, we still encourage you to open a bug report, and post the FB number here once you do. The specific info you include your bug report might help our investigation, and filing the bug report you to get notified when it is resolved.
Bug Reporting: How and Why? explains how you can open a bug report.
Hoping this helps,
Richard Yeh Developer Technical Support
