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The embedder header has no nullability annotations, so a Swift embedder sees every pointer in Config and NativeScript as implicitly unwrapped. The implementation already has a clear contract: BaseDir, the script string and the Config argument are required (their UTF8String goes straight into a std::string), ApplicationPath and MetadataPtr fall back to BaseDir/app and the __TNSMetadata section when nil, Arguments is only read when IsDebug is set, and initWithConfig: never returns nil.

This wraps the header in NS_ASSUME_NONNULL and marks the three optional properties nullable, so Swift imports them as String? / UnsafeMutableRawPointer? / an optional argv and the rest as non-optional. No change for Objective-C callers; the in-repo consumers (TestRunner, AppWithModules, the project templates) already set the required fields. A nil Arguments with a stale ArgumentsCount made debug startup index a null argv; the inspector gets a count of 0 in that case.

Checked with clang -fsyntax-only -Wnullability-completeness -Werror in both Objective-C and Objective-C++, with a Swift type-check of the imported API, and with the TestRunner suite on the iOS simulator.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Clarified nullability for application configuration properties.
    • Improved compatibility for configurations where application paths, metadata, or arguments may be absent.
    • Prevented invalid inspector connection setup when no application arguments are provided.
    • Preserved configured argument counts when application arguments are available.

Without them every pointer in the embedder API imports into Swift as
implicitly unwrapped, which hides the contract the implementation
already has: BaseDir, the script string and the Config argument are
required (their UTF8String feeds a std::string), while ApplicationPath,
MetadataPtr and Arguments are optional with defaults (BaseDir/app, the
__TNSMetadata section, no inspector arguments). initWithConfig: never
returns nil.
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The Config interface now uses explicit nullability annotations. ApplicationPath, MetadataPtr, and Arguments are nullable. Inspector connection setup passes zero for the argument count when Arguments is nil.

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Config nullability and inspector arguments

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update Config nullability contract
NativeScript/NativeScript.h
The header adds an assumed nonnull region and marks ApplicationPath, MetadataPtr, and Arguments as nullable. The region closes at the end of the header.
Normalize inspector argument count
NativeScript/NativeScript.mm
Inspector connection setup passes zero when config.Arguments is nil. Non-nil argument arrays retain the configured count.

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The PR clarifies pointer nullability for Swift callers and prevents a nil debug argument list from being indexed with a stale count; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Nullable fields now state what they bear
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In `@NativeScript/NativeScript.h`:
- Line 13: Update the Arguments property declaration to use a nonnull element
pointer with a nullable outer array, then adjust
JsV8InspectorClient::enableInspector to safely handle a nil Arguments array when
ArgumentsCount indicates entries before passing elements to strcmp.
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Config.Arguments is optional, but ArgumentsCount was handed to the
inspector as is, so a nil array with a count above one made debug
startup index a null argv. Pass a count of 0 when the array is nil;
the argv loop keeps the C contract and trusts the count it is given.
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