iOS 26 fails to automatically switch to [system settings - personal hotspot ] directly from application ]

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Created Oct ’25

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On iOS 18 and lower version, my application supports automatically switching to [System settings - Personal Hotspot] directly. But on iOS 26, my application will be redirected to [System settings- Apps].

Does iOS 26 disable the behavior of directly jumping to the system hotspot page? If support, could you share the API for iOS 26?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 863782022

App-Prefs:INTERNET_TETHERING

OK, that’s what I suspected. Have a read of Supported URL Schemes.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Oct ’25

my application supports automatically switching to [Personal Hotspot] directly

What API was it using to do that?

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Answer 2

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Oct ’25

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App-Prefs:INTERNET_TETHERING

OK, that’s what I suspected. Have a read of Supported URL Schemes.

Share and Enjoy
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

1w

Sorry I didn’t respond earlier. You replied as a comment and I missed that )-: It’s better to reply as a reply. See Quinn’s Top Ten DevForums Tips for this and other titbits.

Does this suggest that iOS 26 does not support this functionality?

Yes.

Moreover, is it possible that versions of iOS 18 and earlier may also not support this behavior in the future?

I don’t normally comment on The Future™, but in this case the future is today. This technique is already unsupported on iOS 18. It just happens to work, but that’s an implementation detail.

As to what you should do, I agree with Scott’s advice on your other thread.

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