Any apps that I have screen time on for and needs a password to gain access to it. Repeatedly says password is incorrect when it actually isn’t. When trying to go into screen time in settings, as soon as I click on screen time, it kicks me out of settings and put me back on home screen.

The following is request authorization for familyControls: AuthorizationCenter.shared.requestAuthorization { result in // The request can either result in success or failure switch result { case .success(): break case .failure(let error): print("Error for Family Controls: (error.localizedDescription)") } } But the output is"Error for Family Controls: Family Controls is only available for child and teen iCloud accounts." I have added the "Family Controls" capability, How do I use "Family Controls"

I have experienced a consistent bug with screen time in IOS 18 DB1. It just doesn’t work, but the limits still function. I cannot access screen time settings (it just crashes) nor can I disable screen time from within a blocked app itself. Have not found any workaround. I have logged a feedback report, FB13932765 (Unable to open screen time settings, it just crashes) I Hope this can be looked at and resolved by the next update. Thanks, Felix

Hi Apple The screen time issue is still going on in iOS 18 Beta 2. I have submitted my report in feedback but there is no response yet. There is no other way of accessing the screen time settings. It just crashes. If I try to go to the locked out app, the only option that actually works is the OK button. You can’t dismiss or extend for 15 minutes. Whoever going through this issue please report in feedback

Hi, I have a released screentime app ScreenZen. The last few days I've seen a disturbing spike in bug reports coming from people with 17.4.1 and 17.5.1 phones with no update to the app itself. People reported they saw the issue immediately after updating their iOS version. Unfortunately it is not replicable on all phones with those versions, so we haven't been able to replicate it on our test phones. It appears the issue is the ApplicationToken passed into ShieldActionExtension and ShieldConfigurationExtension does not match any of the ApplicationTokens that the user selected to block through FamilyControls. (The selected ApplicationTokens are being loaded through a group UserDefaults and they are indeed being loaded in the ShieldActionExtension in the bug reports).This is preventing the app from loading the correct settings and handling the blocking accordingly. I am trying to isolate this better with a new release with better logging, but would appreciate any help on this issue.

Hello, I am working on an app that schedules a device activity monitor from the screen time API. I noticed that sometimes scheduling an activity monitor won’t work and instead I see this log: Canceling request to […].DeviceActivityMonitorExtension because it exceeded its allowed time. What does this mean? What exactly is exceeding its allowed time? Would love to get some feedback on this so I can prevent this from happening. Thanks a lot for any help and have a nice day!

Hi there, We recently released our app and got one production crash that can not be reproduced by our developers. It happens only on iOS 17.5.1 and the crash seems to be related to STWebpageController init at app start. The crash number is increasing fast but we have no idea about why it happens. Please help us to check the crash report below: Role: Foreground OS Version: iPhone OS 17.5.1 (21F90) Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Termination Reason: SIGNAL 6 Abort trap: 6 Triggered by Thread: 0 Last Exception Backtrace: 0 CoreFoundation 0x1a29fcf20 __exceptionPreprocess + 164 (NSException.m:249) 1 APP_NAME 0x105e9e344 crashpad::(anonymous namespace)::HANDLE_UNCAUGHT_NSEXCEPTION(objc_object*, char const*) + 700 (exception_processor.mm:306) 2 APP_NAME 0x105e9d640 crashpad::(anonymous namespace)::ObjcExceptionPreprocessor(objc_object*) + 2544 (exception_processor.mm:513) 3 libobjc.A.dylib 0x19a8a6018 objc_exception_throw + 60 (objc-exception.mm:356) 4 Foundation 0x1a1f03868 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 188 (NSException.m:252) 5 ScreenTime 0x226860b2c __31-[STWebpageController loadView]_block_invoke + 448 (STWebpageController.m:140) 6 UIKitCore 0x1a55ae418 __146-[NSExtension(UIViewControllerAdditions) _instantiateViewControllerWithInputItems:asAccessory:traitCollection:listenerEndpoint:connectionHandler:]_block_invoke.29 + 268 (NSExtension_UIKitAdditions.m:96) 7 libdispatch.dylib 0x1aa8a013c _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 32 (init.c:1530) 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x1aa8a1dd4 _dispatch_client_callout + 20 (object.m:576) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x1aa8b05a4 _dispatch_main_queue_drain + 988 (queue.c:7898) 10 libdispatch.dylib 0x1aa8b01b8 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 44 (queue.c:8058) 11 CoreFoundation 0x1a29cf710 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 16 (CFRunLoop.c:1780) 12 CoreFoundation 0x1a29cc914 __CFRunLoopRun + 1996 (CFRunLoop.c:3149) 13 CoreFoundation 0x1a29cbcd8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 608 (CFRunLoop.c:3420) 14 GraphicsServices 0x1e787c1a8 GSEventRunModal + 164 (GSEvent.c:2196) 15 UIKitCore 0x1a500490c -[UIApplication _run] + 888 (UIApplication.m:3713) 16 UIKitCore 0x1a50b89d0 UIApplicationMain + 340 (UIApplication.m:5303) 17 APP_NAME 0x104dbc5c0 AppMain + 444 (app_exe_main.mm:128) 18 APP_NAME 0x104dbc630 main + 12 (app_exe_main.mm:135) 19 dyld 0x1c607de4c start + 2240 (dyldMain.cpp:1298) Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00000001ebab742c __pthread_kill + 8 (:-1) 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00000001ff856c0c pthread_kill + 268 (pthread.c:1721) 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00000001aa95aba0 abort + 180 (abort.c:118) 3 libc++abi.dylib 0x00000001ff774ca4 abort_message + 132 (abort_message.cpp:78) 4 libc++abi.dylib 0x00000001ff764e5c demangling_terminate_handler() + 348 (cxa_default_handlers.cpp:77) 5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000019a8c1e2c _objc_terminate() + 144 (objc-exception.mm:496) 6 ourSdk 0x0000000108d8bc40 FIRCLSTerminateHandler() + 500 (FIRCLSException.mm:0) 7 libc++abi.dylib 0x00000001ff774068 std::__terminate(void (*)()) + 16 (cxa_handlers.cpp:59) 8 libc++abi.dylib 0x00000001ff77400c std::terminate() + 108 (cxa_handlers.cpp:88) 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001aa8a1de8 _dispatch_client_callout + 40 (object.m:579) 10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001aa8b05a4 _dispatch_main_queue_drain + 988 (queue.c:7898) 11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001aa8b01b8 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 44 (queue.c:8058) 12 CoreFoundation 0x00000001a29cf710 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 16 (CFRunLoop.c:1780) 13 CoreFoundation 0x00000001a29cc914 __CFRunLoopRun + 1996 (CFRunLoop.c:3149) 14 CoreFoundation 0x00000001a29cbcd8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 608 (CFRunLoop.c:3420) 15 GraphicsServices 0x00000001e787c1a8 GSEventRunModal + 164 (GSEvent.c:2196) 16 UIKitCore 0x00000001a500490c -[UIApplication _run] + 888 (UIApplication.m:3713) 17 UIKitCore 0x00000001a50b89d0 UIApplicationMain + 340 (UIApplication.m:5303) 18 APP_NAME 0x0000000104dbc5c0 AppMain + 444 (app_exe_main.mm:128) 19 APP_NAME 0x0000000104dbc630 main + 12 (app_exe_main.mm:135) 20 dyld 0x00000001c607de4c start + 2240 (dyldMain.cpp:1298)

Hey, So I obviously downloaded the dev beta the second I could, and I didn’t notice any bugs. Except after the first reboot, the new Screen Time settings UI is replaced by the old one (see video below). This also has an effect on Remote Screen Time Management somehow, making any change (Downtime, App limit, etc) from the guardian’s device over the internet (as in not directly on the managed phone) not take effect at all. Rebooting does nothing, connecting to wifi does nothing, everything. I reported this to the Feedback Assistant so hopefully they catch wind of this soon. Anyone else experiencing this bug or does anyone have a workaround? Reply if so. Thanks, Mr. Sharky

Since the day i updated ios18 developer beta, screen time stops working and it wont let me access my apps under screen time lock despite of entering right password. Urgent solution required asap. please do something

I'm getting an error when i try to open Screen Time. It keeps crashing and wont let me do anything after that.

On the iOS 18 Beta, I am experiencing an issue where I am unable to sign back into an app using Face ID after the app time limit has been reached. This problem occurs consistently and is preventing myself from accessing the app using Face ID.

let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule( intervalStart: DateComponents(calendar: Calendar.current ,hour: 20, minute: 0), intervalEnd: DateComponents(calendar: Calendar.current ,hour: 22, minute: 59), repeats: true, warningTime: nil ) store.shield.applications = selectionToDiscourage.applicationTokens.isEmpty ? nil : selectionToDiscourage.applicationTokens store.shield.applicationCategories = selectionToDiscourage.categoryTokens.isEmpty ? nil : ShieldSettings.ActivityCategoryPolicy.specific(selectionToDiscourage.categoryTokens) store.shield.webDomains = selectionToDiscourage.webDomainTokens store.application.blockedApplications = selectionToDiscourage.applications try center.startMonitoring(.daily, during: schedule)

So I updated my phone to ios18 beta and ever since then my phone will always crash when I enter screen time but any other application nothing will happen, my phone has gotten so much slower and heats up faster. Lags so much! I dont know what else to do. I have 107gb and my max is 128gb so I don’t see that as the issue. Especially since I can’t enter into my screen time. I waited it out for almost two or one week. it hasn’t changed. restarted my phone and everything. please help asap!!!

My app allows users to select apps and websites to block using the Screen Time API. Lately I have gotten a bunch of emails from users who say that selecting one app also results in other apps of that family being blocked, even if they aren't selected in the FamilyActivityPicker. The most common example is Facebook. A handful of users have said that they selected Facebook to be blocked, but Messenger will be blocked as well (even though Messenger isn't selected, and they don't want it to be blocked). Does anyone know why this might be happening? It seemed to begin happening awhile ago after allowing users to block websites in addition to apps - not sure if that could have something to do with it.

Hey, So I obviously downloaded the dev beta the second I could, and I didn’t notice any bugs. Except after the first reboot, the new Screen Time settings UI is replaced by the old one (see video below). This also has an effect on Remote Screen Time Management somehow, making any change (Downtime, App limit, etc) from the guardian’s device over the internet (as in not directly on the managed phone) not take effect at all. Rebooting does nothing, connecting to wifi does nothing, everything. I reported this to the Feedback Assistant so hopefully they catch wind of this soon. Anyone else experiencing this bug or does anyone have a workaround? Reply if so. Thanks, Mr. Sharky

I have a problem I have an iphone 12 and iOs 18 and when I go into settings and click on screen time it crashes my settings

With the ScreenTime API Apple talks a lot about their focus on privacy and the data not leaving the device. Does that mean there would be a problem with an app where the users ScreenTime data is shared to a custom backend? Could this potentially cause an app to be rejected from the AppStore?

I have a couple of questions on the FamilyActivityPicker that I couldn't seem to find in the documentation: Is there any way to have it show only apps or websites? I've had some users reach out with frustrations because they want to select a category of apps (e.g. "Social"), but that also selects a lot of websites that they don't want to include. Where does the picker get the websites that it populates? It seems like there's not much rhyme or reason to these (and there's often multiple urls for the same site - e.g. facebook.com and m.facebook.com). Is there any way (as a developer) to have preset app selections available upon download? For example, can I have an option that has certain apps in the Social category chosen by default so that each user doesn't have to go in and manually select all of the apps they want?

Hello, I developed a parental control app, this app has two clients one for the child and one for the parent. I could implement screen time to retrieve the child's screen time data and show it to the child by ActivityReportExtension but I didn't find any document to implement this feature on the parent device. I mean like the Apple screen time, parents can see their children's screen time (in the settings>screen time) I need to implement ActivityReportExtension in the parent client of my app that shows the child's screen time. is it possible or this API is only restricted to Apple itself?

Hi, How to change title, subtitle, primaryButtonLabel, secondaryButtonLabel values according to iPhone language? I noticed that the Shield Configuration Extension only runs once, when I turn on shield. Currently I can't find a way to run the Shield Configuration Extension again. Thanks!