I am building a screen time restricting app that shields certain apps. I would like to know when users attempt to "cheat" by adding an app to the "Always Allowed" list in the Screen Time Settings.
Having a way to detect when the user takes this action would be helpful.
I've explored other options but they all seem to fall short:
- If I set
store.shield.applications
, that will also shield "Always Allowed" apps, but unfortunately, this is restricted to 50 apps. This would be ideal, if not for the 50 apps limit. - If I set a
store.shield.applicationCategories
policy, this will not shield the "Always Allowed" apps. - Using a
DeviceActivityMonitor.eventDidReachThreshold
callback, but this is triggered regardless of whether or not the shield is visible. Ideally, it would only be triggered for unshielded apps. - Trying to indicate the shield is visible from the
ShieldConfigurationDataSource
, but this extension is sandboxed for privacy reasons so I cannot communicate back to the hosting app.
Is what I'm requesting possible?
Thanks