We are making an appstore app to be opened in single app kiosk mode(App Lock Policy for a single app) . When tried to open and login , a popup which is seen when opened without kiosk mode is not opening up. Attached the screenshot of the popup screen. (not able to attach the video here) Raised Feedback id - FB13304240 AppLock Policy Payload sent to the device : <dict> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string></string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>Configuration</string> <key>PayloadOrganization</key> <string>fhd</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>sample_id</string> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Kiosk Zenoti</string> <key>PayloadRemovalDisallowed</key> <true/> <key>PayloadContent</key> <array> <dict> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>ad18a938-211e-4670-9be6-6f43162b6290</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>com.apple.app.lock</string> <key>PayloadOrganization</key> <string>MDM</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>a � �d18a938-211e-4670-9be6-6f43162b6290</string> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>AppLock Policy</string> <key>App</key> <dict> <key>Options</key> <dict> <key>DisableTouch</key> <false/> <key>DisableDeviceRotation</key> <false/> <key>DisableVolumeButtons</key> <false/> <key>DisableRingerSwitch</key> <false/> <key>DisableSleepWakeButton</key> <false/> <key>DisableAutoLock</key> <true/> <key>EnableVoiceOver</key> <false/> <key>EnableZoom</key> <false/> <key>EnableInvertColors</key> <false/> <key>EnableAssistiveTouch</key> <false/> <key>EnableSpeakSelection</key> <false/> <key>EnableMonoAudio</key> <false/> <key>EnableVoiceControl</key> <false/> </dict> <key>UserEnabledOptions</key> <dict> <key>VoiceOver</key> <false/> <key>Zoom</key> <false/> <key>InvertColors</ke � y> <false/> <key>AssistiveTouch</key> <false/> </dict> <key>Identifier</key> <string>com.zenoti.mpos</string> </dict> <key>Identifier</key> <string>com.zenoti.mpos</string> </dict> </array> </dict> </plist>

I've followed along with the Screen Time API demos (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10123/) Also followed along with this guide, which is essentially the same: https://www.folio3.com/mobile/blog/screentime-api-ios/ I'm able to restrict access to apps/categories with the FamilyActivityPicker and FamilyActivitySelection. I can set a DeviceActivitySchedule, and then use DeviceActivityCenter to start monitoring it. I can tell that the schedule is working, because MyMonitor:intervalDidStart() does get called, and it works except for the restricting of apps/categories/webCategories. It's as if MyModel does not have any values set from within MyMonitor. I've confirmed that MyModel does have the correct FamilyActivitySelection apps etc, everywhere else in my Target, before and after the MyMonitor:intervalDidStart() gets called. MyMonitor is in a separate target called MonitorExtension, that I created using the Device Activity Monitor Extension template. But I made sure to set the Target Membership of MyModel to both my main target, and my extension target. I have set NSExtensionPrincipalClass to $(PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME).MyMonitor, as suggested. I have added MyModel.swift to the Compiled Sources in my extensions Build Phases. I have edited my apps build scheme, to make sure the extension target is also built. One more interesting thing is that debugger breakpoints and print statements do not work from within my extension. I've even tried caching a string from within MyMonitor:intervalDidStart, and tried to retrieve it afterwards in my main target, but it is nil. Still, I've confirmed that intervalDidStart was actually called by adding any removing store.application.denyAppInstallation = true, and having it work correctly. I've spent so much time on this problem, any help would be massive.. Here are the files I've referenced: import UIKit import MobileCoreServices import ManagedSettings import DeviceActivity class MyMonitor: DeviceActivityMonitor {   let store = ManagedSettingsStore()   override func intervalDidStart(for activity: DeviceActivityName) {     super.intervalDidStart(for: activity)     let model = MyModel.shared     let applications = model.selectionToDiscourage.applicationTokens     let categories = model.selectionToDiscourage.categoryTokens     let webCategories = model.selectionToDiscourage.webDomainTokens          if applications.isEmpty {      print("No applications to restrict")     } else {      store.shield.applications = applications     }          if categories.isEmpty {      print("No categories to restrict")     } else {      store.shield.applicationCategories = ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(categories, except: Set())     }          if webCategories.isEmpty {      print("No web categories to restrict")     } else {      store.shield.webDomains = webCategories     }     store.dateAndTime.requireAutomaticDateAndTime = true     store.account.lockAccounts = true     store.passcode.lockPasscode = true     store.siri.denySiri = true     store.appStore.denyInAppPurchases = true     store.appStore.maximumRating = 200     store.appStore.requirePasswordForPurchases = true     store.media.denyExplicitContent = true     store.gameCenter.denyMultiplayerGaming = true     store.media.denyMusicService = true     store.application.denyAppInstallation = true   }   override func intervalDidEnd(for activity: DeviceActivityName) {     super.intervalDidEnd(for: activity)     store.shield.applications = nil     store.shield.applicationCategories = nil     store.shield.webDomains = nil     store.dateAndTime.requireAutomaticDateAndTime = false     store.account.lockAccounts = false     store.passcode.lockPasscode = false     store.siri.denySiri = false     store.appStore.denyInAppPurchases = false     store.appStore.maximumRating = 1000     store.appStore.requirePasswordForPurchases = false     store.media.denyExplicitContent = false     store.gameCenter.denyMultiplayerGaming = false     store.media.denyMusicService = false     store.application.denyAppInstallation = false   } } import Foundation import FamilyControls import DeviceActivity import ManagedSettings class MyModel: ObservableObject {   static let shared = MyModel()   let store = ManagedSettingsStore()   private init() {}   var selectionToDiscourage = FamilyActivitySelection() {     willSet {       let applications = newValue.applicationTokens       let categories = newValue.categoryTokens       let webCategories = newValue.webDomainTokens       store.shield.applications = applications.isEmpty ? nil : applications       store.shield.applicationCategories = ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(categories, except: Set())       store.shield.webDomains = webCategories      }   }   func initiateMonitoring(scheduleStart: DateComponents, scheduleEnd: DateComponents) {     let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule(intervalStart: scheduleStart, intervalEnd: scheduleEnd, repeats: true, warningTime: nil)     print(scheduleStart)     print(scheduleEnd)     let center = DeviceActivityCenter()     do {       try center.startMonitoring(.daily, during: schedule)     }     catch {       print ("Could not start monitoring \(error)")     }          store.dateAndTime.requireAutomaticDateAndTime = false     store.account.lockAccounts = false     store.passcode.lockPasscode = false     store.siri.denySiri = false     store.appStore.denyInAppPurchases = false     store.appStore.maximumRating = 1000     store.appStore.requirePasswordForPurchases = false     store.media.denyExplicitContent = false     store.gameCenter.denyMultiplayerGaming = false     store.media.denyMusicService = false     store.application.denyAppInstallation = false   } } extension DeviceActivityName {   static let daily = Self("daily") } import SwiftUI import FamilyControls struct AppPicker: View {   @StateObject var model = MyModel.shared   @State var isPresented = false       var body: some View {     Button("Select Apps to Discourage") {       isPresented = true     }     .familyActivityPicker(isPresented: $isPresented, selection: $model.selectionToDiscourage)   } }

ShieldActionDelegate called .secondaryButtonPressed with secondaryButtonLabel == nil. Step to reproduce: Make configure ShieldConfiguration with primaryButtonLabel configure only. Add some method (in my case I add unblock all) in ShieldActionDelegate by case .secondaryButtonPressed On Shield make a few taps on secondary button area see attached image handle(action: ShieldAction, for application: ApplicationToken ... for case .secondaryButtonPressed called - it's wrong, I don't have second button configured, but action is called. Added feedback: 13254523

We are developing an application that utilizes the Screen Time API. As outlined in Apple's documentation on family controls(https://developer.apple.com/documentation/familycontrols/), we are obtaining authorization as follows: Task(priority: .high) {                 do {                     try await AuthorizationCenter.shared.requestAuthorization(for: .child)                     NSLog("Authorization State ~ AUTHORIZED")                 }catch let error {                     NSLog("Authorization ERROR: \(error.localizedDescription)")                 }             } As mentioned in the documentation, once the app is authorized for family controls, the user should not be able to delete the app without giving the parent iCloud credentials. When deleting the app, the prompt for entering the parent iCloud credentials is shown sometimes and in some unknown cases, the prompt is not shown and the app is deleted without requiring the parent’s iCloud account.

Hello, I am curious if someone else also noticed this. We have started getting reports about our app not working correctly (mostly related to the Device Activity monitor that "runs" in the background, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/deviceactivity/deviceactivitymonitor). Upon checking the Xcode Organizer I can see somewhat significant amount of crashes that mostly appear to happen on iOS 16.6 - it is possible that our users don't wait with updating iOS but still looks suspicious. The crashes are related to ManagedSettings calls outside our own code. We haven't changes this code in a while so this coupled with the fact that these crashes happen "deep" in the ManagedSettings framework leads me to believe there is some other issue.

If a user has Screen Time limits set up for certain apps, will that interfere with my app that allows users to restrict app usage using the Screen Time API? I've had some users experiencing this issue (they have Screen Time limits set up for apps, and my app isn't able to restrict those and/or other apps), but I haven't been able to find a reliable pattern yet. Has anyone else encountered this?

Is there any way to show the user system apps in the FamilyActivityPicker? Specifically, I am asking about Safari. I am working on an app that allows users to block other apps, and I am trying to figure out whether I can make this functionality available for Safari.

Hello! I'm new to iOS development and am developing an app that blocks certain websites. At the moment, I'm thinking of using the Network Extension capability to do the job. From what I have read, in the production version of the app, you'd need to make use of MDM profiles since NE filtering only works on supervised devices. So, I'm here to ask the community if there are better options than using this method. As far as screen time api is concerned, I believe it requires the user to specify which websites they want blocked by themselves using the activity picker so that doesn't quite work for me since i want to allow the app to block groups of websites by itself based on the user's preference. Thanks!

Hi, I'm trying to make use of the Device Activity Labels where you supply an ApplicationToken. I can successfully get it to show the icon + title of the Application (twitter in my case) but I cannot get the styling to work. // Works .labelStyle(.iconOnly) .labelStyle(.titleOnly) .border(...) ![]("https://developer.apple.com/forums/content/attachment/9660b578-a36f-4d5a-ae18-653a207aa5ab" "title=Screenshot 2023-03-12 at 12.57.34 PM.png;width=1218;height=844") // Does NOT work .font(.largeTitle) .foregroundColor(.blue) I have checked the same style (or just modifiers) against a standard Label and they actually do work in the code below. // This is an application token. Some style not applied. Label(targetApp) .labelStyle(MyStyle()) // Showing the same style using a simple label. All styles correctly applied. Label("Twitter", systemImage: "video.square.fill") .labelStyle(MyStyle()) Is changing the font + color of the title for this Label(_ applicationToken:) supported?

Hello! Rookie Swift developer here! I am trying to make an app that uses the Screen Time API to block a list of websites. Specifically, I want it to take a list of web domains in String format and restrict them instead of using the FamilyActivityPicker. So far, I have been unsuccessful. When using the FamilyActivityPicker, I have been able to restrict websites by modifying the shield instance variable of the ManagedSettingsStore. let store = ManagedSettingsStore() // Got selection from familyActivityPicker. store.shield.webDomains = selection.webDomainTokens "store.shield.webDomains" is of type "Set<Token>" and as far as I know, you can create a WebDomain struct with a String url but not Token. I was only able to get a token using the FamilyActivityPicker. Hence, I was wondering if it was even possible to do this and if so, how you'd go about it. Thanks!

Hello, I have a mobile game company, but the account where we uploaded the games was closed due to non-payment and we did not renew the domain of our mail. Is there any chance I can recover the account? If I recover it, will the games be deleted?

Hi, has anyone been able to make to work the new geofence Item under Object CellularPrivateNetwork Object, I was able to create the mobileconfig file and install it on the a Iphone 13 with iOS 17 Beta 7 without error but looks like the geofence is not actually working at all, since the properties of the object are not reflecting at all on the actual operation of the phone, specifically CellularDataPreferred and CellularPrivateNetwork.GeofenceItem any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

I am looking for a way to ensure that every time I close Safari on my mobile device, all open tabs are automatically closed and the browser history is cleared. This is to enhance privacy and keep the browser experience clean each time I access it. I've searched through Safari's settings but haven't found an option for this. I'm wondering if there is a built-in feature I might have missed, or if it's possible to develop an extension or use any other method to achieve this.

Our app uses Cordova with a Cordova Local Webserver plugin. This plugin uses the url http://localhost: with a randomly chosen port. Some of the devices that our app runs on are MDM configured and have Content Filters enabled which only allows a finite list of website URLs to be accessed. This configuration has always worked in the past. Starting with the release of iPadOS 16.5, our app now hangs because the content filters are now preventing access to http://localhost. We've tried adding http://localhost, plus any derivative of that URL (i.e. http://localhost:, http://localhost:*, etc.) to the Allowed Website list, but this does not help. Wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue.

I added the extension via targets. And I added code in the intervalDidStart() override to print and send a notification. But it never seems to run. Am I supposed to do any other steps after adding the extension? // Make sure that your class name matches the NSExtensionPrincipalClass in your Info.plist. class DeviceActivityMonitorExtension: DeviceActivityMonitor { func getSelectionFromUserDefaults() -> FamilyActivitySelection { let defaults = UserDefaults.standard if let encodedData = defaults.data(forKey: "ScreenTimeSelection") { let decoder = PropertyListDecoder() if let selection = try? decoder.decode(FamilyActivitySelection.self, from: encodedData) { return selection } } return FamilyActivitySelection() } override func intervalDidStart(for activity: DeviceActivityName) { super.intervalDidStart(for: activity) print("HERE!") let content = UNMutableNotificationContent() content.title = "Feed the cat" content.subtitle = "It looks hungry" content.sound = UNNotificationSound.default // show this notification five seconds from now let trigger = UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger(timeInterval: 5, repeats: false) // choose a random identifier let request = UNNotificationRequest(identifier: UUID().uuidString, content: content, trigger: trigger) // add our notification request UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(request) let selection = getSelectionFromUserDefaults() let applications = selection.applicationTokens let categories = selection.categoryTokens let webCategories = selection.webDomainTokens let store = ManagedSettingsStore() store.shield.applications = applications.isEmpty ? nil : applications store.shield.applicationCategories = ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(categories, except: Set()) store.shield.webDomainCategories = ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(categories, except: Set()) }

I'm trying to modify a ShieldConfigurationExtension, but am having trouble adding an icon. I have tried directly adding a png to the ShieldConfiguration extension folder and creating a UIImage from it, but it doesn't seem to work. Am I working with images within an extension properly? This code displays the default configuration override func configuration(shielding application: Application, in category: ActivityCategory) -> ShieldConfiguration { // Customize the shield as needed for applications shielded because of their category. let image = UIImage(named: "icon") return ShieldConfiguration( icon: image) } This code properly displays a customized configuration return ShieldConfiguration( title: ShieldConfiguration.Label(text: "test", color: .white))

I'm having trouble with my DeviceActivityMonitorExtension. The intervalDidStart function is not being called when the scheduler is created. Does anyone have an idea why this is? let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule( intervalStart: DateComponents(hour: 15, minute: 23), intervalEnd: DateComponents(hour: 16, minute: 55), repeats: true ) class MySchedule { static public func setSchedule() { let center = DeviceActivityCenter() center.stopMonitoring([.daily]) do { try center.startMonitoring(.daily, during: schedule) } catch { print("Error monitoring schedule: ", error) } } } class DeviceActivityMonitorExtension: DeviceActivityMonitor { override func intervalDidStart(for activity: DeviceActivityName) { super.intervalDidStart(for: activity) SelectedApps.shared.setRestrictions() } private let _SelectedApps = SelectedApps() class SelectedApps: ObservableObject{ @Published var selection: FamilyActivitySelection let store = ManagedSettingsStore() init() { if let savedSelection = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "savedSelection") as? Data { let decoder = JSONDecoder() if let loadedSelection = try? decoder.decode(FamilyActivitySelection.self, from: savedSelection) { selection = loadedSelection } else { selection = FamilyActivitySelection(includeEntireCategory: true) } } else { selection = FamilyActivitySelection(includeEntireCategory: true) } } class var shared: SelectedApps { return _SelectedApps } func setRestrictions(){ let applications = selection store.shield.applications = applications.applicationTokens.isEmpty ? nil : applications.applicationTokens store.shield.applicationCategories = applications.categoryTokens.isEmpty ? nil : ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(applications.categoryTokens) }

I've added ShieldConfigurationExtension to my project. The only thing that doesn't work for me is proper color for System Appearance. Let's say I only wants to change color of title for shield, I create color in Asset Catalog with different light and dark appearance then create ShieldConfiguration as shown: ShieldConfiguration(title: ShieldConfiguration.Label( text: "My title", color: UIColor(named: "mycolor") ?? .systemGray )) This will make the title to be one of the variant of mycolor BUT it looks to be randomly selected. Sometimes it has light appearance, sometimes dark and not always match selected system appearance. Other UI elements that I didn't set are properly changing theirs colors. On the other hand if I use some system colors, it works as expected: ShieldConfiguration(title: ShieldConfiguration.Label( text: "My title", color: .label )) .label will always has proper color - white for dark mode and black for light I've tried to use mycolor inside main app and there it works as it should so the problem is happening only in ShieldConfigurationExtension