CarPlay Video entitlement causes blank screen and no CPTemplateApplicationScene callbacks

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akiremitci OP
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I have CarPlay Video enabled for my account and App ID.

I tested both my main app and a completely new minimal iOS app with a new Bundle ID.

The minimal app only contains:

  • UIApplicationDelegate
  • CPTemplateApplicationScene configuration
  • CPTemplateApplicationSceneDelegate
  • A single CPListTemplate root

Results:

  • With com.apple.developer.carplay-audio only, CarPlay launches normally.
  • When com.apple.developer.carplay-video is added, CarPlay opens a blank screen.
  • No CarPlay callbacks are called: application(:configurationForConnecting:options:) CPTemplateApplicationSceneDelegate.templateApplicationScene(:didConnect:) CPApplicationDelegate.didConnectCarInterfaceController

The signed app and embedded provisioning profile both contain com.apple.developer.carplay-video.

Does CarPlay Video require an additional runtime allowlist, specific head unit support, a different scene configuration, or another entitlement beyond com.apple.developer.carplay-video?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 902889022

This is a known issue in the beta build. Could you please verify if you can reproduce this on iOS 27 Beta 7? If you're able to, please file a Feedback report via Feedback Assistant and share the Feedback ID here for our records.

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DTS Engineer OP
Apple

Does CarPlay Video require an additional runtime allowlist,

No additional entitlement is required beyond com.apple.developer.carplay-video

Does it require specific head unit support?

The connected head unit should explicitly support and advertise video playback. Standard vehicle head units that only support audio/navigation templates do not advertise this endpoint capability. you can inspect CPSessionConfiguration.supportsVideoPlayback to verify if the connected environment supports video playback.

DTS Engineer OP
Apple
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This is a known issue in the beta build. Could you please verify if you can reproduce this on iOS 27 Beta 7? If you're able to, please file a Feedback report via Feedback Assistant and share the Feedback ID here for our records.
skillet OP

Same results here for me is there a fix for this?
ls-gs OP

Still seeing this in the RC
ls-gs OP

Hi there, we see this is working on devices running 27, but devices running 26 still see this blank screen. Narrowed it down to a cause, simply including the entitlement for carplay-video and then connecting to a non video supported interface (either simulator or real device) will cause the app to simply show a blank screen on the car play unit.

Are there plans to address this for devices running 26?