The "com.apple.developer.web-browser" entitlement has no effect on our iOS app

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Hi, I was sent here by Apple developer account, it seems here is the only option for me, so your help is very much appreciated!

Basically we are building a chromium based browser on iOS, we applied the "com.apple.developer.web-browser" entitlement, and it shows up in our identifier, profile etc.

The app is signed with the new entitlement and published to the app store. However it is not listed as an option for default browser, doesn't matter which device I tried.

I did verified that the Info.plist contains http/https urlschemes as required. In fact a few of us checked all available documents multiple times and still couldn't see why.

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Thanks for your post.

This is an intriguing question, as I am not an expert in this field. However, there are several engineers here that can assist you and I encourage them to write into this thread, however before I recommend reviewing the comprehensive list of requirements to be considered as the default browser by the system, if you haven’t already.

Have you requested the entitlement using the form and have you received an answer?

Upon examining the list, you will find numerous requirements:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Xcode/preparing-your-app-to-be-the-default-browser

Additionally, there are restrictions to be adhered to:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Xcode/preparing-your-app-to-be-the-default-browser#Adhere-to-browser-restrictions

Hopefully if you fulfill all requirements, you should be able to see your app listed.

Albert Pascual   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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