I'm working on an app for iOS that will help people get tasks done. Within the app, we use a ManagedSettingsStore to let the user setup distracting apps. When the user opens any of those apps while it is being shielded, our ShieldConfiguration target opens and displays a screen that we configure with the description of the task they are supposed to do. On the bottom of the view, there are two buttons, one to start the task, and another to dismiss and return to their home screen. I want to have the button that starts the task open up the main application and deeplink to the focus view with the task that they started. Currently, the only thing that we can tell the system to do is via a ShieldActionResponse which is an enum with 3 cases: none, close, or defer. None of these three allow us to open the main application. I have found no workarounds that allow us to do it either. I've tried creating a custom URL scheme and calling UIApplication.shared.open(url), but there is no shared application available within the action extension. I have tried using a NSExtensionContext to open a url, but that does not work either. I have even tried starting a live activity to show the user what task they are working on and have a live timer, but that does not work either. I know it is technically possible, because an app I downloaded does it perfectly. The app is called "Ascent: Screen Time Control". Is there some sort of extension I am missing, or entitlement I have not requested? Any help would be very appreciated.

Hi everyone, I’m working with the ManagedSettingsStore API for managing Screen Time restrictions and I have a specific question: Is it possible for an app to block itself using ManagedSettingsStore() — for example, by applying an application category restriction or setting a specific block on its own bundle ID? If so, what strategies or best practices are recommended to avoid accidentally blocking the app itself while applying restrictions to other apps or categories? I haven’t found any official documentation confirming whether the system prevents self-blocking automatically or if this is something developers need to manage explicitly. Thanks for any clarification or advice you can provide!

I have a public and accessible .well-known/apple-app-site-association file for both my domain.com and subdomain.domain.com with "paths": ["*"] . Both example.com and blog.example.com are added in Associated domains and any link that contains domain.com and domain.com/path normally deep links into my app. I used to have an *.example.com that successfully deep linked all my subdomains into my app but now I had to remove it as some subdomains will need to link to other apps, but some should still link to the same app. I removed * but left blog.example.com as that specific subdomain still needs to deep link into my app. But now blog.example.com is not even being recognized by my app and any link starting with blog.example.com just opens in safari. What am I missing? Why is this happening ?

Hi, I work at OneSignal, a third-party SDK, and have the following two crash reports submitted by a client for the same issue. Because the crash originates from our SDK, even if the root cause may be elsewhere, the onus is on our team to try to resolve this crash. Additionally, my information is limited as this is not our own crash report. I'm trying to figure out why this crash happens and how we can address it within our SDK. Crash Reported: Fatal Exception: NSInvalidArgumentException [NSMutableDictionary __addObject:forKey:]: object cannot be nil Context: Our SDK makes a call to [NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:] on the standardUserDefaults and passes in a non-null key. It appears further up the call stack, a null value is being added to a dictionary. I assume this is the innards of how the search list is generated. Additional Information: The client states that it seems to happen only once per user and the scale is not extremely high but it is increasing. They are unsure what happened and when. They don't have much information about the devices except it has happened on iOS 18. Log 1: 0 CoreFoundation 0x2d5fc __exceptionPreprocess 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x31244 objc_exception_throw 2 CoreFoundation 0x15548 -[NSMutableDictionary __addObject:forKey:] 3 CoreFoundation 0x20850 -[__NSDictionaryM __apply:context:] 4 CoreFoundation 0x54700 ___CFPrefsDeliverPendingKVONotificationsGuts_block_invoke 5 CoreFoundation 0x52988 __CFDictionaryApplyFunction_block_invoke 6 CoreFoundation 0x52524 CFBasicHashApply 7 CoreFoundation 0x21040 CFDictionaryApplyFunction 8 CoreFoundation 0x7a6b0 _CFPrefsDeliverPendingKVONotificationsGuts 9 CoreFoundation 0x777d0 -[_CFXPreferences _deliverPendingKVONotifications] 10 CoreFoundation 0x776ac __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke 11 CoreFoundation 0x5cf24 normalizeQuintuplet 12 CoreFoundation 0x5cd60 -[_CFXPreferences withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] 13 CoreFoundation 0x5cc60 -[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:] 14 CoreFoundation 0x5c8bc _CFPreferencesCopyAppValueWithContainerAndConfiguration 15 Foundation 0xf0dcc -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:] 16 OneSignalCore 0xc7c8 -[OneSignalUserDefaults keyExists:] + 61 (OneSignalUserDefaults.m:61) 17 OneSignalCore 0xc8b0 -[OneSignalUserDefaults getSavedBoolForKey:defaultValue:] + 70 (OneSignalUserDefaults.m:70) 18 OneSignalCore 0xbb10 +[OSPrivacyConsentController requiresUserPrivacyConsent] + 59 (OSPrivacyConsentController.m:59) 19 OneSignalCore 0xbc30 +[OSPrivacyConsentController shouldLogMissingPrivacyConsentErrorWithMethodName:] + 75 (OSPrivacyConsentController.m:75) 20 OneSignalCore 0x4418 +[OneSignalConfigManager shouldAwaitAppIdAndLogMissingPrivacyConsentForMethod:] + 50 (OneSignalConfigManager.m:50) 21 OneSignalOSCore 0x537c OSOperationRepo.flushDeltaQueue(inBackground:) + 140 (OSOperationRepo.swift:140) 22 OneSignalOSCore 0x4868 closure #1 in OSOperationRepo.pollFlushQueue() + 84 (OSOperationRepo.swift:84) 23 OneSignalOSCore 0x5078 thunk for @escaping @callee_guaranteed @Sendable () -> () 24 libdispatch.dylib 0x3fa8 _dispatch_client_callout 25 libdispatch.dylib 0x745c _dispatch_continuation_pop 26 libdispatch.dylib 0x1b620 _dispatch_source_latch_and_call 27 libdispatch.dylib 0x1a1e8 _dispatch_source_invoke 28 libdispatch.dylib 0xb42c _dispatch_lane_serial_drain 29 libdispatch.dylib 0xc124 _dispatch_lane_invoke 30 libdispatch.dylib 0x1738c _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh 31 libdispatch.dylib 0x16bd8 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread 32 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x3680 _pthread_wqthread 33 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x1474 start_wqthread Log 2: Fatal Exception: NSInvalidArgumentException 0 CoreFoundation 0x2d5fc __exceptionPreprocess 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x31244 objc_exception_throw 2 CoreFoundation 0x15548 -[NSMutableDictionary __addObject:forKey:] 3 CoreFoundation 0x168f0 __72-[CFPrefsSource mergeIntoDictionary:sourceDictionary:cloudKeyEvaluator:]_block_invoke 4 CoreFoundation 0x23ecc -[__NSFrozenDictionaryM __apply:context:] 5 CoreFoundation 0x4f82c -[CFPrefsSource mergeIntoDictionary:sourceDictionary:cloudKeyEvaluator:] 6 CoreFoundation 0x783b8 -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_getDictionary:] 7 CoreFoundation 0x77dfc -[CFPrefsSearchListSource alreadylocked_copyValueForKey:] 8 CoreFoundation 0x77d30 -[CFPrefsSource copyValueForKey:] 9 CoreFoundation 0x77ce4 __76-[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:]_block_invoke 10 CoreFoundation 0x77690 __108-[_CFXPreferences(SearchListAdditions) withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:]_block_invoke 11 CoreFoundation 0x5cf24 normalizeQuintuplet 12 CoreFoundation 0x5cd60 -[_CFXPreferences withSearchListForIdentifier:container:cloudConfigurationURL:perform:] 13 CoreFoundation 0x5cc60 -[_CFXPreferences copyAppValueForKey:identifier:container:configurationURL:] 14 CoreFoundation 0x5c8bc _CFPreferencesCopyAppValueWithContainerAndConfiguration 15 Foundation 0xf0dcc -[NSUserDefaults(NSUserDefaults) objectForKey:] 16 OneSignalCore 0xc7c8 -[OneSignalUserDefaults keyExists:] + 61 (OneSignalUserDefaults.m:61) 17 OneSignalCore 0xcbd8 -[OneSignalUserDefaults getSavedDoubleForKey:defaultValue:] + 107 (OneSignalUserDefaults.m:107) 18 OneSignalFramework 0x8964 +[OneSignal shouldStartNewSession] + 350 (OneSignal.m:350) 19 OneSignalFramework 0xc968 +[OneSignalTracker applicationBecameActive] + 83 (OneSignalTracker.m:83) 20 OneSignalFramework 0xb894 -[OneSignalLifecycleObserver didBecomeActive] + 84 (OneSignalLifecycleObserver.m:84) ...... 55 UIKitCore 0x3ee674 -[UIApplication _run] 56 UIKitCore 0x14e88 UIApplicationMain 57 UnityFramework 0x399aef0 -[UnityFramework runUIApplicationMainWithArgc:argv:] + 96 (main.mm:96) 58 ClientsApp 0x412c main + 28 (main.mm:28)

We are looking to setup domain-bound codes for our app and need to add the associated domain file to our website. We currently do not use Universal Links or Password AutoFill. We have looked at the documentation but are not sure of what the contents of the association file should be to enable domain-bound codes if you are not using Universal Links or Password AutoFill. Can any assistance be provided?

I have two call directory extensions, each with InfoPlist.strings in en.lproj and nb.lproj directories. In these files I've defined CFBundleDisplayName for both locales. These names are displayed under Settings -> Phone -> Call Blocking & Identification. On iOS 12.2 the names are displayed correctly in both Norwegian and English. Testing on iOS 15.3 the English names are displayed even when device language is set to Norwegian. Worth noting: When updating the English versions of CFBundleDisplayName this is immediately reflected in Call Blocking & Identification page with Norwegian device language. As this feature requires a real device, I'm unable to test on iOS 13 and 14.

I'm new to the Screen Time API and trying to block custom websites, but I can't get WebDomain tokens to work. When I create a WebDomain like WebDomain(domain: "reddit.com"), the token property is always nil. I have proper authorization and the app works fine for blocking apps, but website blocking just won't work. I'm confused because I see apps like JOMO that let users type in any website domain and successfully block it using Screen Time API. They have the same 49 domain limit and only ask for Screen Time permission, so they must be using the same API I am. But somehow their WebDomain tokens work and mine don't. I've tried creating the tokens right after getting authorization and during the FamilyActivityPicker session, but still get nil. Am I missing some setup step or API call that makes WebDomain tokens valid? Any help would be really appreciated since I'm stuck on this.

Hi Everyone, When we first hosted our apple-app-site-association file, our hosting provider was unintentionally blocking Apple’s crawler. As a result, Apple’s CDN seems to have cached a timeout / missing file response. We’ve since corrected the issue — the AASA file is now valid and accessible at: https://our-domain.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association sidenote: I am using "our-domain" as an alias. It is not our actual domain. We have verified that we return a valid JSON, HTTPS 200, correct MIME type. We used apple recommended tools to check this as well as other tools we found on the internet. However, when fetching through the Apple CDN: https://app-site-association.cdn-apple.com/a/v1/our-domain.com we still receive: Apple-Failure-Reason: SWCERR00301 Timeout Apple-Failure-Details: {"cause":"context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)"} This has persisted for several days. Tools like getuniversal.link and yURL show that the CDN works fine in U.S. regions, but in Europe it continues serving the old timeout response. I’ve already opened a support ticket (Case ID: 102734912696), but the current support channel seems to be general developer account assistance rather than technical. They claim they can only assist us with account related issues (even though I used the code-support form...) Can someone please advise or help us escalate this to the appropriate internal team to refresh the Apple CDN cache for our domain? Thank you so much for your time and help.

I've run Speakerbox(https://docs-assets.developer.apple.com/published/8e99045a90e2/MakingAndReceivingVoIPCallsWithCallKit.zip) to check the behavior of CallKit. When there was one active call and one on hold and another call was received, the behavior was defferent depending on whether I operated it from a headset or not. No headset or operated from CallKit screen When "End & Accept" tapped: the active call is hung up, and the received call is answered. When "End Held & Accept" tapped: the held call is hung up, the active call is held, and the received call is answered. Operated from headset Answer opeation cannot be performed for unknown reasons Disconnect operation caused that all calls other than the one on hold are hung up and the held call is unheld. Hold operation caused that the active call is held and the received call is answered. (Strangely, there are two held calls.) And when I toggle calls at this time, one of the two on hold is hung up for unknown reasons. I tried changing the settings of CXProviderConfiguration and CXCallUpdate, and changing the options in the Audio Session category, but it did not improve. I checked CXActions occurring, and it was as follows. (Call A = held call, Call B = active call, Call C = received call) Disconnect (or Answer?) operation (lacking CXEndCallAction for Call A) CXEndCallAction for Call B CXAnswerCallAction for Call C CXEndCallAction for Call C <- weird CXSetHeldCallAction for Call A onHold=false Hold operation (lacking lacking CXEndCallAction for Call A) CXSetHeldCallAction for Call B CXAnswerCallAction for Call C Toggle calls CXSetHeldCallAction for Call C onHold=true CXSetHeldCallAction for Call A onHold=false CXSetHeldCallAction for Call B onHold=false <- weird CXEndCallAction for Call B

I implemented AlarmKit framework to my app. It works fine when the device's screen is off. but it doesn't fire when the screen is on. No sound, No dynamic Island widget. what's wrong... is this just me? I tried other apps on appstore and they worked fine. maybe is it cause they were built with SwiftUI? I'm a flutter developer. just cause my app is non native could this happen... I'm so frustrated.

Hello I'm working on Live Caller ID Lookup implementation on my own pet-project, as I understood I need to create app and extension for this app. I also created test PIR-service. I did configure serviceURL, tokenIssuerURL and userTierToken. In My app I implemented following code Task { if LiveCallerIDLookupManager.shared.status(forExtensionWithIdentifier: "some-extension") == .disabled { `//` Show an alert. print("LiveCallerIDLookupManager is disabled") } do { // Open Settings. try await LiveCallerIDLookupManager.shared.openSettings() } catch { } It does open Call settings, but I don't understand what should I do next.

I want to create a brush similar to a fountain pen, with a three-dimensional feel to the strokes and a distinct tip. Alternatively, is it possible to achieve this by modifying the configuration parameters of a fountain pen brush?

Since iOS 18.3.1, In lower iOS versions it works fine though. QLPreviewController shows a blank white screen instead of showing the document. Additionally, it does not display the 'Done' option at the top-right to close the view. Presenting the QLPreviewController works fine to display the document, but for the second time, it renders the blank white screen as described. While launching QLPreviewControllerView for the first time. I'm receiving the following message in the console and it displays the document. LaunchServices: store (null) or url (null) was nil: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=process may not map database, _LSLine=72, _LSFunction=_LSServer_GetServerStoreForConnectionWithCompletionHandler} Attempt to map database failed: permission was denied. This attempt will not be retried. Closing the QLPreviewController with the help of the 'Done' option from top-right or swipe to close triggers the following message in the console. Connection to appex interrupted AX Lookup problem - errorCode:1100 error:Permission denied portName:'com.apple.iphone.axserver' PID:1022 ( 0 AXRuntime 0x00000001d2cd7758 _AXGetPortFromCache + 796 1 AXRuntime 0x00000001d2cdd02c AXUIElementPerformFencedActionWithValue + 700 2 UIKit 0x0000000258cdf488 7F0274D9-D3C9-3193-B606-1C74BE53B86C + 1537160 3 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bb888c _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 4 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bba578 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 5 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bc2454 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 840 6 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bc325c _dispatch_lane_invoke + 408 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bd06fc _dispatch_root_queue_drain_deferred_wlh + 328 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x0000000101bcfd0c _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 580 9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000225ea4680 _pthread_wqthread + 288 10 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x0000000225ea2474 start_wqthread + 8 ) Trying to open he document again, Ultimately results in the white blank screen to be displayed with no options to close. It displays the Navigation bar only for the fraction of time. Leading users to force close the app and start again.

We use SCK to screen share, however [SCShareableContent getShareableContentWithCompletionHandler:] takes over 5+ seconds before returning the response. Is it normal? What we can do to reduce the time consumption?

I'm sitting at my house and trying to sign my test device out of my apple ID so I can sign into a Sandbox user, but now I have an hour to kill because of this terribly broken "security" feature that thinks it's in an unfamiliar location, despite being at the only location it's ever known. Looks like I'll just be disabling this feature all together. Especially as a device with Developer Mode enabled, which gets reset regularly, there should be additional options here. Come on!

Hi all, From what I’ve seen on forums and other sources, it appears that nothing can be done to set the contact poster programmatically. Setting the imageData property affects only the thumbnail image. Does anyone know if this is explicitly documented somewhere? I need this information for a POC document. I watched the iOS 17 keynote (where it was introduced), the Platform State of Union, and other WWDC videos, but I couldn’t find any mention of it. The Contacts framework documentation only explains what can be retrieved from this property and doesn’t mention any way to set the contact poster. If anyone has any information on this, please help! Thanks in advance!

Hi Team, We are currently working on phone number lookup functionality for iOS 18 and have a few queries: When the extension sends a request to our backend server using the PIR encryption process, is the user's phone number visible to our server?

Hello everyone, I would like to know if there is any way for an iOS app to automatically access a user’s total Screen Time (for example, daily or weekly usage) and then share this with friends so they can compare results, like in a “Screen Time battle”? Thanks you very much for you help!

I've been working a lot with the FamilyControls API and App Shield recently but have encountered a problem with no documentation. I used the FamilyActivitySelection to select the app store to shield(This is just for testing), and then printed out the application token: 1wfY¸êB ò S« öi #×(É?âðw ù/jQ ¿ J ïE¢? ·¿ º<Òd?ý r7¥Ãn N átJ¹ÿ85B_{VAF fC8. ,,¸¯3 T7F ±õü; ¹?v@¯ô Ä \-õ# Ò I know the application token is a Codable object so I was wondering, How do I create an application token using the Token<Application> initializer init(from: any Decoder) throws Creates a new instance by decoding from the given decoder. Using the above data? Do I have to encode first in order to decode it? For reference, the code I tried to use is: newValue.applicationTokens.encode(to: JSONEncoder) if let encoded = try? JSONEncoder().encode(newValue.applicationTokens) { data = encoded print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!) } if let app = try? JSONDecoder().decode(Token<Application>.self, from: data) { let token = Application(token: app) print(token) } else { print("didn't work") } But it prints didn't work every time. What should I do differently?

My iOS app uses a Message Filter extension (via ILMessageFilterQueryHandling) and works only when run directly as the extension target. When installed normally (via TestFlight), the filter does not trigger at all — which I now believe is because iOS enforces the com.apple.developer.identitylookup entitlement at runtime. Anyone know anything about this? I put in a request for the entitlement last week but heard nothing back. Called Apple "technical" support and they had no idea what I was talking about. The documentation around this is EXTREMELY lacking in my opinion...