Half baked changes

DynamicIsland.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
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DynamicIsland/helpers/DisplayServicesDynamic.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+//
+//  DisplayServicesDynamic.swift
+//  DynamicIsland
+//
+//  Created by AI Assistant on 25/12/2025.
+//
+//  Lightweight wrapper that resolves DisplayServices symbols at runtime so we
+//  can call the private brightness APIs without linking against the framework.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import Darwin
+
+final class DisplayServicesDynamic {
+    static let shared = DisplayServicesDynamic()
+
+    private let handle: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?
+
+    private typealias GetBrightnessFn = @convention(c) (UInt32, UnsafeMutablePointer<Float>) -> Int32
+    private typealias SetBrightnessFn = @convention(c) (UInt32, Float) -> Int32
+
+    private let getBrightnessFn: GetBrightnessFn?
+    private let setBrightnessFn: SetBrightnessFn?
+
+    private init() {
+        handle = dlopen("/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DisplayServices.framework/DisplayServices", RTLD_NOW)
+
+        if handle == nil, let errorPointer = dlerror() {
+            let message = String(cString: errorPointer)
+            NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesDynamic: dlopen failed - %@", message)
+        }
+
+        getBrightnessFn = handle.flatMap { dlsym($0, "DisplayServicesGetBrightness") }
+            .map { unsafeBitCast($0, to: GetBrightnessFn.self) }
+
+        setBrightnessFn = handle.flatMap { dlsym($0, "DisplayServicesSetBrightness") }
+            .map { unsafeBitCast($0, to: SetBrightnessFn.self) }
+    }
+
+    func setBrightness(displayID: UInt32, value: Float) -> Int32? {
+        guard let fn = setBrightnessFn else { return nil }
+        return fn(displayID, value)
+    }
+
+    func getBrightness(displayID: UInt32) -> (status: Int32, value: Float)? {
+        guard let fn = getBrightnessFn else { return nil }
+        var brightness: Float = 0
+        let status = fn(displayID, &brightness)
+        return (status, brightness)
+    }
+
+    deinit {
+        if let handle {
+            dlclose(handle)
+        }
+    }
+}

DynamicIsland/helpers/MediaChecker.swift

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ final class MediaChecker: Sendable {
     func checkDeprecationStatus() async throws -> Bool {
         guard let scriptURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "mediaremote-adapter", withExtension: "pl"),
               let nowPlayingTestClientPath = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "MediaRemoteAdapterTestClient", withExtension: nil)?.path,
-              let frameworkPath = Bundle.main.privateFrameworksPath?.appending("/MediaRemoteAdapter.framework")
+              //let frameworkPath = Bundle.main.privateFrameworksPath?.appending("/MediaRemoteAdapter.framework")
+              let frameworkPath = Optional("/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemoteAdapter.framework")
         else {
             throw MediaCheckerError.missingResources
         }

DynamicIsland/managers/SystemMediaControllers.swift

@@ -606,13 +606,18 @@ final class SystemBrightnessController {
     }
 
     private func setBrightnessViaDisplayServices(_ value: Float) -> Bool {
-        let status = DisplayServicesSetBrightness(displayID, value)
+        guard let status = DisplayServicesDynamic.shared.setBrightness(displayID: displayID, value: value) else {
+            return false
+        }
         if status == kIOReturnSuccess {
             return true
         }
         // Attempt to refresh display ID in case the main display changed
         displayID = CGMainDisplayID()
-        let retry = DisplayServicesSetBrightness(displayID, value)
+        guard let retry = DisplayServicesDynamic.shared.setBrightness(displayID: displayID, value: value) else {
+            NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesSetBrightness unavailable after display refresh")
+            return false
+        }
         if retry != kIOReturnSuccess {
             NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesSetBrightness failed: \(retry)")
             return false
@@ -621,17 +626,21 @@ final class SystemBrightnessController {
     }
 
     private func getBrightnessViaDisplayServices() -> Float? {
-        var brightness: Float = 0
+        guard let result = DisplayServicesDynamic.shared.getBrightness(displayID: displayID) else {
-        let status = DisplayServicesGetBrightness(displayID, &brightness)
+            return nil
-        if status == kIOReturnSuccess {
+        }
-            return brightness
+        if result.status == kIOReturnSuccess {
+            return result.value
         }
         displayID = CGMainDisplayID()
-        let retry = DisplayServicesGetBrightness(displayID, &brightness)
+        guard let retry = DisplayServicesDynamic.shared.getBrightness(displayID: displayID) else {
-        if retry == kIOReturnSuccess {
+            NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesGetBrightness unavailable after display refresh")
-            return brightness
+            return nil
         }
-        NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesGetBrightness failed: \(retry)")
+        if retry.status == kIOReturnSuccess {
+            return retry.value
+        }
+        NSLog("⚠️ DisplayServicesGetBrightness failed: \(retry.status)")
         return nil
     }
 
@@ -655,9 +664,3 @@ final class SystemBrightnessController {
         observers.forEach { DistributedNotificationCenter.default().removeObserver($0) }
     }
 }
-
-@_silgen_name("DisplayServicesGetBrightness")
-private func DisplayServicesGetBrightness(_ display: UInt32, _ brightness: UnsafeMutablePointer<Float>) -> Int32
-
-@_silgen_name("DisplayServicesSetBrightness")
-private func DisplayServicesSetBrightness(_ display: UInt32, _ brightness: Float) -> Int32