How to access launchOptions in SceneDelegate?

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Previously, when using AppDelegate, I was able to check the app’s launch options (launchOptions) to determine cases such as:

Location updates (UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey.location)
Background push notifications (UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey.remoteNotification)

However, after migrating to the SceneDelegate approach, launchOptions is no longer available — it always returns nil.

In my app, I need to branch the code depending on the launch options, but I can’t find a way to achieve this in the SceneDelegate environment.

👉 Is there a way to access launch options in SceneDelegate, similar to how it worked in AppDelegate? Or, if that’s no longer possible, what would be the proper alternative approach?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Answered by Engineer in 856320022

On apps that adopt a Scene Delegate, the App Delegate launchOptions will no longer be populated.

Instead apps can now check scene(_:willConnectTo:options:) which will populate UIScene.ConnectionOptions

Also do note that not every App Delegate launchOption has an equivalent Scene Delegate connectionOption

For frameworks that also call a delegate function after the app is launched, the app is expected to use those callbacks as an indicator as to why the app has been launched in the background.

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

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On apps that adopt a Scene Delegate, the App Delegate launchOptions will no longer be populated.

Instead apps can now check scene(_:willConnectTo:options:) which will populate UIScene.ConnectionOptions

Also do note that not every App Delegate launchOption has an equivalent Scene Delegate connectionOption

For frameworks that also call a delegate function after the app is launched, the app is expected to use those callbacks as an indicator as to why the app has been launched in the background.

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

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Frameworks Engineer OP

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For these two keys specifically, please note the deprecation notices as well:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplication/launchoptionskey/location

Adopt CLLocationUpdate or CLMonitor, or use CLLocationManagerDelegate from CoreLocation to handle expected location events after scene connection.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplication/launchoptionskey/remotenotification

Continue using UIApplicationDelegate's application(_:didReceiveRemoteNotification:fetchCompletionHandler:) to process silent remote notifications after scene connection.

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