App Clips don't work

We are noticing the same problem with iOS 26 on all iPhones as well.

This is a huge problem for us as well.

Thanks for the post and the bug, I don't see a project attached to the bug to reproduce the issue.

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Albert Pascual
  Worldwide Developer Relations.

Any news here? Some links seem to now have resolved for me, others are still showing "App Clip unavailable". That is really frustrating.

Quick update on this, @DTS Engineer. It seems the problem correlates with invocation via QR code.

When opening App Clip via link it works.

Interesting find: if opened once via link click first, it also works via QR code invocation afterwards.

Even different App Clips, unrelated to the initial one. It seems once innvocated via link click, it saves something behind-the-scenes that lets other App Clips open also via QR code invocation.

Does this help? We're really in need for a fix as our users are complaining a lot. App Clips is a crucial feature our users are paying for.

Thanks.

Thank you for providing me with the workflow and the issue. It appears that you also updated the feedback assistant with this information for engineering this morning, which I appreciate as it will expedite their resolution of the issue. I recommend allowing them some time to address the issue and then monitoring your bug report for any communication from that team.

Once again, thank you for your diligent efforts in resolving this matter.

Albert Pascual
  Worldwide Developer Relations.

We have the same issue. The appclip was working well before, but with iOS 26 we get the error This operation couldn't be completed. (ASDErrorDomain error 507.) .

The appclip works when run via the TestFlight, but not when open via an URL. So it seems the error is at the appClip invocation.

Any help to fix the issue is appreciated.

We have the same issue with NFC: app clips stopped working on iOS 26, stating "App Clip unavailable"

Did anyone found a solution?

I have a small update, when upgraded to Xcode 26 (instead of Xcode 16), the appclip did not build right away. The reason was Apple has changed how we need to create the .entitlements files.

So I had to do the following:

 	<key>com.apple.developer.parent-application-identifiers</key>
 	<array>
-		<string>$(PARENT_APP_IDENTIFIER)</string>
+		<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)com.mydomain.parentID</string>
 	</array>

i.e add AppIdentifierPrefix + parentID instead of PARENT_APP_IDENTIFIER

With this fix, the appClip got build with Xcode 26.

My issue with appClip invocation is not yet fully fixed (though now it works on some cases), but hope this will give someone a starting point.

Let me know if anyone found a proper solution.

I have also opened a feedback and the number is FB20453270

Also, I learnt that apple-app-site-association (AASA) file structure has also changed.

{
  "applinks": {
    "details": [
      {
        "appIDs": ["MYTEAMID.com.example.myApp"],
        "components": [
          {
            "/": "/*"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "appclips": {
    "apps": [
      "MYTEAMID.com.example.myApp.Clip"
    ]
  }
}

i.e with respect to my previous AASA file, I had to do the following:

1. instead of paths we need to add components as above.
2. in the applinks we should add the main app bundle id (not the clip's bundle id)
3. removed "apps": [], from the applinks section.

Hope this will help someone.

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