Hello,
We are currently integrating the new Declared Age Range framework to comply with the age assurance requirements (such as the Texas regulatory rollout). We are specifically trying to test the AgeRangeService.RegulatoryFeature.significantAppChangeRequiresParentalConsent flow for minors.
The Problem When testing in the Sandbox environment, the consent flow returns a mocked response immediately. While this validates our basic code logic, it does not allow us to test or see the actual end-to-end user experience/UI of the parental consent flow. When we attempt to test this outside of the Sandbox environment on a production build/device to see the true system UI, the
AskCenter.ask(PermissionQuestion<SignificantAppUpdateTopic>, in: ...)
request fails immediately with the following error:
Error: “The user is in a region that does not support this type of ask." UserInfo: {NSLocalizedDescription=The user is in a region that does not support this type of ask., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Please ensure the user is in an eligible region., NSLocalizedFailureReason=The user must be in a supported region to use this feature.}
What We Have Tried
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Verified that our App Store Connect Sandbox account and test devices are configured correctly according to the "Testing Age Assurance in Sandbox" documentation.
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Attempted to change the region/location settings on our physical test devices to Texas/US to trigger the real flow, but the production environment still blocks it with the region error.
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Reviewed existing forum threads (such as 809889 and 809483) where other developers are facing the exact same roadblock without a clear solution.
Our Questions
- Is there any supported way to trigger the full, unmocked system consent UI end-to-end during development/local testing?
- If changing the device's region settings isn't enough to bypass the production region check for AskCenter, how does Apple determine region eligibility for this specific API during local evaluation?
Any insights, workarounds, or configuration steps to properly preview this UI before app submission would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!