In the past it was possible to use the Today Extensions to do some background processing without having the unlock the phone. This was extremely useful for application, but now with the current WidgetKit we face the problem of sometimes having to enter the lock screen code if face Id fails, or is not available. With the Today Extension, we were able to initiate a location request and send an HTTP request. Is there any way to get a similar request chain across on the latest OS? Maybe there is something out of the box that we are not thinking of. Our application is highly time sensitive and in the field the lock screen delay can be a big problem and put a users safety at risk, so this is why I ask.

I want to add a widget to my app that will display the # of pickups the user has for the day. I have the DeviceActivityReport working in the main app but can't get it to display in the widget since it is not a supported view for widgets. Is there any workaround for getting this view to the widget? I tried converting the DeviceActivityReport view to a UI image thinking maybe that would be a way to use a widget approved view type but ImageRenderer seems to fail to render an image for the view (which is just a Text view). To summarize my questions: Is it possible to display a DeviceActivityReport in a widget? If so, what is the best practice? Is converting the DeviceActivityReport view into an image and displaying that in a widget an option? Here's my attempt to convert the DeviceActivityReport view into a UIImage: import SwiftUI import _DeviceActivity_SwiftUI struct PickupsDeviceActivityReport: View {     @State private var context: DeviceActivityReport.Context = .totalActivity     @State private var renderedImage = Image(systemName: "exclamationmark.triangle")     @Environment(\.displayScale) var displayScale     var body: some View {         renderedImage             .onAppear { render() }             .onChange(of: context) {                 _ in render()             }     }     @MainActor func render() {         let renderer = ImageRenderer(content: DeviceActivityReport(context))         renderer.scale = displayScale         if let uiImage = renderer.uiImage {             renderedImage = Image(uiImage: uiImage)         }     } } Help is appreciated. Thank you.

After updating to watchOS 11.1, updates using WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines() in WKRefreshBackgroundTask stopped working. When the background task is triggered, it gets data from the phone and updates the WidgetKit complications. But now the refresh call WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines() does not update the complications.

Some of our users keep reporting that occasionally some widgets (which initially were working perfectly) are now broken and show only skeletons. Note that the app has multiple widgets, and this happens only to some of them (that is when some widgets get broken, some other widgets are still working normally). While developing the app, I came across this symptom as well, and when I read the device console, I found the following errors in the console (which the system was repeatedly reporting to the console): Unable to get connection interface: Error Domain=LNConnectionErrorDomain Code=1100 "Unable to locate com.example.app.MyAppntents for the com.apple.intents-service extension point" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Unable to locate com.example.app.MyAppIntents for the com.apple.intents-service extension point} The affected widgets use the 'UserDefaults with groups' to read the data that is stored by the host app. And I think that sometimes the widget fails (or even crashes) while reading the data from the UserDefaults and it ends up showing the skeleton. The only remedy I found was Uninstall the app Reboot the device Install the app again. After this, the widget starts to work again.. So, what can be the reason behind this? Is this an iOS bug or what and how to fight it?

I am trying to create a lockscreen widget that is a deepink to a page in my app, but I am getting an error once building the widget itself (building the app works). Currently, the app is on my phone as well as the widget on my lockscreen, but the widget only goes to either my homepage or the page I was last on if the app wasn't fully closed. I've been stuck on this feature and can't get any progress on getting it to work properly... The error: SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget '.widget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget '.widget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68540 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-01-14 01:35:08 +0000"; } SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget '.widget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget '.widget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68540 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fea68510 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=3 "Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Request widget family (systemMedium) is not supported by this widget kind (TransactionLockScreenWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0x8b49, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1 System Information macOS Version 15.2 (Build 24C101) Xcode 16.2 (23507) (Build 16C5032a) Timestamp: 2025-01-13T19:35:08-06:00

struct DeployAndWithdrawDefensesAppIntent: WidgetConfigurationIntent { // An example configurable parameter. @Parameter(title:LocalizedStringResource("ax_alarm_device_name")) } In the process of using iOS widgetKit development team a, configuration item title need language internationalization (@ Parameter (title: LocalizedStringResource (" ax_alarm_device_name "))), but found no effect. I first changed the language of the system on the iphone and found that the widget worked. However, just changing the language of the app did not take effect. Is there any way to just change the app language and make the widgets change? Thank you very much!

Hello everyone, I have an app leveraging SwiftData, App Intents, Interactive Widgets, and a Control Center Widget. I recently added Live Activity support, and I’m using an App Intent to trigger the activity whenever the model changes. When the App Intent is called from within the app, the Live Activity is created successfully and appears on both the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. However, if the same App Intent is invoked from a widget, the model is updated as expected, but no Live Activity is started. Here’s the relevant code snippet where I call the Live Activity: ` await LiveActivityManager.shared.newSessionActivity(session: session) And here’s how my attribute is defined: struct ContentState: Codable, Hashable { var session: Session } } Is there any known limitation or workaround for triggering a Live Activity when the App Intent is initiated from a widget? Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! David

I introduced lottie to toggle in my widget to show a transition animation, but found that the.json file wouldn't load. The loading_hc.json file is validated and exists in the widget target. Ask for help, thank you! struct LottieView: UIViewRepresentable { let animationName: String func makeUIView(context: Context) -> LOTAnimationView { let lotAnimationView = LOTAnimationView(name: animationName, bundle: .main) lotAnimationView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit lotAnimationView.play() return lotAnimationView } func updateUIView(_ uiView: LOTAnimationView, context: Context) { } func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator { Coordinator() } } struct ControlToggleDisarmingStyle: ToggleStyle { func makeBody(configuration: Configuration) -> some View { if configuration.isOn { LottieView(animationName: "loading_hc.json").foregroundColor(.clear).frame(width: 24,height: 24) } else { Image("icon_disarm", bundle: Bundle.main).foregroundColor(.clear) } } }

Just triple-checking if it's only my Apple Watch Series 8 where the weather widget in the notification area is only showing 'WNW.' I think it's supposed to be showing the weekdays or the temperature.

I have an app intent for interactive widgets. when I touch the toggle, the app intent perform to request location. func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { var mark: LocationService.Placemark? do { mark = try await AsyncLocationServive.shared.requestLocation() print("[Widget] ConnectHandleIntent: \(mark)") } catch { WidgetHandler.shared.error = .locationUnauthorized print("[Widget] ConnectHandleIntent: \(WidgetHandler.shared.error!)") } return .result() } @available(iOSApplicationExtension 13.0, *) @available(iOS 13.0, *) final class AsyncLocationServive: NSObject, CLLocationManagerDelegate { static let shared = AsyncLocationServive() private let manager: CLLocationManager private let locationSubject: PassthroughSubject<Result<LocationService.Placemark, LocationService.Error>, Never> = .init() lazy var geocoder: CLGeocoder = { let geocoder = CLGeocoder() return geocoder }() @available(iOSApplicationExtension 14.0, *) @available(iOS 14.0, *) var isAuthorizedForWidgetUpdates: Bool { manager.isAuthorizedForWidgetUpdates } override init() { manager = CLLocationManager() super.init() manager.delegate = self } func requestLocation() async throws -> LocationService.Placemark { let result: Result<LocationService.Placemark, LocationService.Error> = try await withUnsafeThrowingContinuation { continuation in var cancellable: AnyCancellable? var didReceiveValue = false cancellable = locationSubject.sink( receiveCompletion: { _ in if !didReceiveValue { // subject completed without a value… continuation.resume(throwing: LocationService.Error.emptyLocations) } }, receiveValue: { value in // Make sure we only send a value once! guard !didReceiveValue else { return } didReceiveValue = true // Cancel current sink cancellable?.cancel() // We either got a location or an error continuation.resume(returning: value) } ) // Now that we monitor locationSubject, ask for the location DispatchQueue.global().async { self.manager.requestLocation() } } switch result { case .success(let location): // We got the location! return location case .failure(let failure): // We got an error :( throw failure } } // MARK: CLLocationManagerDelegate func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) { defer { manager.stopUpdatingLocation() } guard let location = locations.first else { locationSubject.send(.failure(.emptyLocations)) return } debugPrint("[Location] location: \(location.coordinate)") manager.stopUpdatingLocation() if geocoder.isGeocoding { geocoder.cancelGeocode() } geocoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location) { [weak self] marks, error in guard let mark = marks?.last else { self?.locationSubject.send(.failure(.emptyMarks)) return } debugPrint("[Location] mark: \(mark.description)") self?.locationSubject.send(.success(mark)) } } func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didFailWithError error: Error) { locationSubject.send(.failure(.errorMsg(error.localizedDescription))) } } I found it had not any response when the app intent performed. And there is a location logo tips in the top left corner of phone screen.

In iOS 18 widget, button is broken when it's has an accented desaturated image as content, the button's AppIntent will not trigger perform function. checkout the code below: ` struct WidgetExtEntryView : View { var entry: Provider.Entry var body: some View { VStack { Text("count:") Text("\(WidgetExtAppIntent.count)") HStack { // button can not be tapped Button(intent: WidgetExtAppIntent(action: "+1")) { VStack { Image(systemName: "plus.square.fill").resizable() .widgetAccentedRenderingMode(.accentedDesaturated) // <-- here .frame(width: 50, height: 50) Text("Broken") } }.tint(.red) // button can be tapped Button(intent: WidgetExtAppIntent(action: "+1")) { VStack { Image(systemName: "plus.square.fill").resizable() .widgetAccentedRenderingMode(.fullColor) // <-- here .frame(width: 50, height: 50) Text("OK").frame(width: 50, alignment: .center) } }.tint(.green) } .minimumScaleFactor(0.5) } } } ` check out the full demo project: ButtonInWidgetBrokenIOS18

We have minimum deployments set to iOS 15 in one of the app for both application and widget target. When install app in simulator or real device using Xcode 15.4, it works fine in iOS15, iOS16, iOS17 and iOS18 beta. When install app in simulator or real device, using Xcode 16 beta 6, it works fine in iOS16, iOS17 and iOS18 beta but in iOS 15, our app doesn't show in widget gallery.

I've built an app that supports live activities, but when trying to build and deploy I'm getting the error: Provisioning profile "iOS Team Provisioning Profile doesn't include the com.apple.developer.live-activity entitlement." Looking in Xcode - under signing and provisions, there is no "Live Activity" option to select. Looking in the developer portal, similarly under Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, there is no "Live Activity" option. I've added com.apple.developer.live-activity to my entitlements file for both my widget and my main app target, and added NSSupportsLiveActivities to my info.plist files. I'm building on Xcode Version 16.0 Any ideas on how to fix this? Super confused! Thanks in advance!

I use AppIntent to trigger a widget refresh, Appint is used on Button or Toggle,as follows var isAudibleArming = false struct SoundAlarmIntent: AppIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource = "SoundAlarmIntent" func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { isAudibleArming = true return .result() } } func timeline( for configuration: DynamicIntentWidgetPersonIntent, in context: Context ) async -> Timeline { var entries: [Entry] = [] let currentDate = Date() let entry = Entry(person: person(for: configuration)) entries.append(entry) if isAudibleArming { let entry2 = Entry(person: Person(name: "Friend4", dateOfBirth: currentDate.adding(.second, value: 6))) entries.append(entry2) } return .init(entries: entries, policy: .never) } The timeline function fires, with entry corresponding to view1 and entry2 corresponding to view2. I expect to show view1 immediately and view2 6 seconds later. You get the correct response on iOS17. But the 6 second delay function on the discovery code in iOS18.2 takes effect immediately, view1 flashes, view2 appears immediately instead of waiting 6 seconds to appear.

I've got a macOS app with a Widget Extension. When I try to run the scheme attached to this extension, WidgetKit Simulator "unexpectedly quits" and I get plenty of errors such as the ones below, that do not seem to be at all linked with the purpose nor the functionalities explicitly used by the app (nor the extension). That's what I get in Xcode's console: com.apple.siri.AssistantSettingsControls failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/AssistantSettingsControlsExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/AssistantSettingsControlsExtension.appex com.apple.settings-intents.LoginItemsIntents failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/LoginItemsIntentsExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/LoginItemsIntentsExtension.appex com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.SoftwareUpdateSettingsWidget failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/SoftwareUpdateSettingsWidgetExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/SoftwareUpdateSettingsWidgetExtension.appex com.apple.settings-intents.PrinterScannerIntents failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/PrinterScannerIntentsExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/PrinterScannerIntentsExtension.appex com.apple.settings-intents.WallpaperIntents failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/WallpaperIntentsExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/WallpaperIntentsExtension.appex com.apple.settings-intents.ScreenSaverIntents failed to find valid container bundle for file:///System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/ScreenSaverIntentsExtension.appex/ at /System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/ScreenSaverIntentsExtension.appex In the error log (Console crash logs), the error description: Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000010428507c Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5 Terminating Process: exc handler [31252] I have observed that even if I try creating a new blank project and add a Widget Extension (keeping everything default) and try to run the scheme, I end up (after setting IDEPreferLogStreaming to YES in the environment variables) with the exact same errors. What is the issue? How can I fix it?

for a while i had one photo widget (no special app, just the standard apple one) and it was set to shuffle to an album of pics of my bf. no problems at all. a few weeks later i added one to shuffle through an album of pics of my cat, and that one worked fine, but it made the one of my bf stop working, and it just showed a blank white widget, no error message or anything. so i removed the one of my cat hoping the one of my bf would go back to working, and it didn’t. i only have the widgets for find my, my bank, and then apps on my home screen otherwise.

I have a problem that my widgets don't display well on Apple Watch Ultra when it is in the Night Mode. I would like to be able to detect this state so that I can provide a better view for this. Thank you.

I have an iOS app, watchOS app, and iOS Widget that shows the most recent data in the database. The watch app sends data to the iOS app over the WCSession and is received in session(didReceiveMessage, replyHandler). After that data is processed, reloadAllTimelines() is called. When running in Simulator or on device plugged in to debugger, it works, the widget updates when the app is closed (in background, even if force quit). But when running TestFlight or App Store build, the data is still processed and saved to Core Data (I open the app and it's there), but the widget doesn't update. It seems that reloadAllTimelines only works when the app is in foreground (at least in non debug builds). I dont have an iOS 17 device to check but I think this is a recent bug with iOS 18.

If you add a (SiriKit / Widget) intent definition file to an Xcode project and then translate it into another language, the build of the iOS app only works until you close the project. As soon as you open the project again, you get the error message with the next build: Unexpected duplicate tasks A workaround for this bug is, that you convert the folder (where the intent file is located) in Xcode to a group. After that every thing works without problems. Steps to reproduce: Create a new iOS project Add a localization to the project (German for example) Add a SiriKit Intent Definition File Localize the SiriKit Intent Definition File Build the project (should work without errors) Close the project Open the project again Build the project again Expected result: The project builds without problems Current result: The project doesn’t build and returns the error: Unexpected duplicate tasks Is this a known problem? Is there a way to solve this without switching to Xcode groups (instead of folders)

I just added a .systemLarge widget to my app, but I can't get Links to work. I want the user to be able to tap one of the four rows in my widget - like the EmojiRangers example - but I can't get it to work. I watched a Developer video from WWDC20: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10036?time=223 The guy, Izzy, 'simply' embeds an HStack in a Link, and hey presto! It all works. But that doesn't happen for me. There's clearly some code in the background that runs. I already have .widgetURL working for .systemSmall and .systemMedium widgets, and I don't need to use Links on those two types. Those work by sending a URL to .onOpenURL { incomingURL in ... All good there, no issues. I've wrapped each row in the large widget in a Link with the URL of something like myappurlscheme://widgetTapped/widgetId (it's the same url as that used in the small and medium widgets). I build & run. I tap a row. It doesn't act as though a row is tappable (it doesn't go slightly transparent), and just opens the app without hitting .onOpenURL or anything else. Nothing in my scene delegate is triggered. Is there a specific delegate method that gets called? Do I need to set up some awful intents? I'm not using any sort of NavigationStack here; that model doesn't fit my app. Any ideas? Thanks.