Hi everyone.
I've downloaded the the 26.2 beta 2 and installed it on a device in the settings after i create a new sandbox test account i see the options in Age Assurance.
The problem is i got the popup the first time i opened the application and decided to share, but after that i always get the following error:
DeclaredAgeRange.AgeRangeService.Error.notAvailable
I tried testing with different bundle id and different sandbox test account but still it doesn't work.
How can i test the cases without erasing the device ?
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According to Apple's documentation at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/testing-age-assurance-in-sandbox?language=objc, the testing steps and expected responses are outlined as follows:
Test app consent revocation
To test the notification when a parent or guardian revokes access to your app on behalf of their child, follow these steps:
Start with a Sandbox account.
From the Age Assurance settings, tap Revoke App Consent.
Enter your app’s Bundle ID (for example, com.example.bundle).
Tap Revoke Consent to simulate the revocation.
Confirm that the system displays “Notification Triggered” with the message “A notification will be sent to the developer server soon.”
I followed the steps exactly as described above, but during the fifth step, instead of seeing the prompt "A notification will be sent to the developer server soon," a pop-up dialog with only a confirmation button appeared. After clicking it, there was no further response, and our server did not receive any notification (neither from the Sandbox nor the Production environment).
General:
Forums topic: Family Controls
Forums tag: Family Controls
Configuring Family Controls documentation
Screen Time Technology Frameworks documentation
FamilyControls documentation
What's new in Screen Time API video
Meet the Screen Time API video
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Entitlements
Signing Certificates
Family Controls
Screen Time
I am requesting assistance with an issue involving my Advanced App Clip Experience, which has remained in the “Received” state for more than few months, preventing the App Clip from becoming available when invoked via QR code.
App Details
App Name: Yellow Label Verification
App Store Bundle ID: com.acviss.demoindia
App Clip Bundle ID: com.acviss.demoindia.Clip
Team ID: F2RLQ4VV59
App Version (Live): 1.4
Domain: acviss.com
Issue Summary
My Advanced App Clip Experience is stuck in the “Received” status. The “Publish” and “Build Assignment” options never appear, even though:
The updated AASA file is correctly published at:
https://acviss.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association
It contains the correct appclips → appID and paths entries
It is served with the correct application/json content type
Domain validation in App Store Connect shows Validated
The App Clip build is already approved and live on the App Store
Safari-based App Clip invocation works as expected
Despite this, the Advanced App Clip Experience has not transitioned from “Received” to “Processing” or “Published.”
Because of this, QR-based invocation consistently shows “App Clip Unavailable”, indicating that the App Clip Experience has not yet been activated on Apple’s backend.
Reproduction Steps
Publish correct AASA file with appclips array and paths
Validate domain (shows green “Validated” in App Store Connect)
Open the Advanced App Clip Experience in App Store Connect
Status stays as Received
“Build Assignment” or “Publish” buttons never appear
QR scanning of the App Clip URL continues to show App Clip Unavailable
Request
Could you please check the backend processing of my App Clip Experience and manually trigger the sync or processing
It appears that the App Clip Experience is not being processed even though all configuration, AASA, and domain validations are correct. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in resolving this so the App Clip can be invoked successfully via QR.
Thank you very much for your help and support.
Unexpected behavior encountered when scanning NFC tags.
Imagine a link shortener web service where users can create lots of different URLs that are hosted on the same domain eg, https://short.com/unique-path
The service has optional App Clip capability -- users can select any of their links and have the service create an App Clip for the selected link(s).
Users can encode their URLs into NFC tags and have their customers scan NFC tags.
Let's take just two URLs for example:
https://short.com/foo
https://short.com/bar
The /foo link does have an App Clip associated with it while /bar does not have it. Each link has been encoded into appropriate NFC tag.
Expected behavior when scanning from an iPhone:
/foo -- shows an App Clip popup.
/bar -- shows a "Open in Safari" default notification.
What's actually happening
/foo -- opens App Clip poput with correct metadata (title, subtitle, image) which is totally expected behavior.
/bar (the one that doesn't have app clip associated with it) -- opens an App-Clip-like popup with the following error: CPSErrorDomainError 2 (see attachment below)
So for some reason when someone scans an NFC tag with a URL that is not an App Clip and never has been -- it always shows that error regardless whether the URL exists or does not exist. I've tried few different/random URLs (which don't have an App Clip associated with it) and all of them show the same error.
Additional details:
All links use the same domain and URL format: domain.com/path where path is a short string of random a-Z characters.
All App Clips are created at the same iOS app.
AASA is good: Cache and Debug -- both green.
This issue has happened to lots of users on lots of different iPhones and iOS'.
Since the issue's been happening to lots of different users on different iPhone(s)/iOS' no sysdiagnose is attached. Actually it works the same on every device/iOS we've tried.
Before submitting the issue, I've found few other developers reporting the same issue.
What's interesting though is none of the links I've went through comes with a definite answer and it seems like this issue just randomly comes and goes without any specific changes on the server and/or iOS app.
Dropping the links of similar issues below.
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/671433
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/665969
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/775316
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764545
Hi everyone,
I’ve been stuck on an issue with iOS Universal Links for about a week and could really use some help.
The problem
When tapping a Universal Link on iOS, my Flutter app opens correctly (desired behavior) — but immediately afterward, Safari opens the same link in the browser. So both the app and the browser open.
This only happens on iOS. On Android everything works as expected.
What works
If the link is simply the domain, like:
https://mydomain.com
…then the app opens without triggering the browser afterward. This is the correct behavior.
What doesn’t work
If the link includes a path or parameters, like:
https://mydomain.com/path
https://mydomain.com/path?param=value
…then the app opens, and then the browser opens immediately after.
What I’ve tried
Verified my AASA file using Branch’s validator:
https://branch.io/resources/aasa-validator/
→ The AASA file is valid.
Universal Links do open the correct screen inside the app — the issue is the unwanted second step (Safari opening).
Behavior is consistent across different iOS devices.
Extra details
Using Flutter.
Universal Links set up with the standard configuration (associatedDomains, AASA hosted at /.well-known/apple-app-site-association, etc.).
Question
Has anyone encountered this issue where Universal Links with paths/params open the app and then open Safari?
What could cause iOS to trigger the browser fallback even when the AASA file is valid and the app handles the link correctly?
Any insights, debugging tips, or known edge cases would be incredibly appreciated!
Hello Apple Developer Support Team,
I am the Account Holder of my Apple Developer Program team (Team ID: T2BKUF6E93).
My iOS app is using Swift WeatherKit (WeatherService) on device.
Although my environment is completely configured, the system WeatherDaemon consistently fails to generate the WeatherKit JWT token.
My environment:
Team type: Apple Developer Program (paid)
Team ID: T2BKUF6E93
Account role: Account Holder
Xcode: latest version
Device: iPhone (real device)
Provisioning Profile: iOS Team Provisioning Profile (auto-managed)
Entitlement: com.apple.developer.weatherkit included
WeatherKit Key: created successfully (.p8 downloaded)
Bundle ID: correct and WeatherKit capability enabled
App reinstalled after each configuration change
Device rebooted
Even after enabling WeatherKit capability and generating a WeatherKit Key, the system still fails to generate JWT:
Failed to generate jwt token for: com.apple.weatherkit.authservice
Error Domain=WeatherDaemon.WDSJWTAuthenticatorServiceListener.Errors Code=2 "(null)"
The error persists across:
multiple device restarts
full clean/rebuild in Xcode
deleting and reinstalling the app
pulling the latest provisioning profiles
waiting more than several hours for backend propagation
What I suspect
My WeatherKit entitlement and/or WeatherKit Key may not be fully propagated to the provisioning server or WeatherDaemon backend, even though everything appears correctly configured on the Developer Center.
I kindly request the support team to:
Verify whether the WeatherKit Entitlement is correctly attached to my app ID and provisioning profile.
Verify whether my WeatherKit Key is properly registered and propagated for my team.
Check if there are any backend propagation delays or stuck states for my Team ID (T2BKUF6E93).
Confirm whether WeatherDaemon has permission to generate JWT for my app.
Thank you
Please let me know if any logs, screenshots, or provisioning profile identifiers are needed.
Thank you for your help!
Best regards,
Jiangyang
Hello,
I’m running into an issue with the Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement not being included in my App Store Connect provisioning profiles.
Here’s the situation:
•Both my main app and its Screen Time extension have been approved for Family Controls (Distribution)
In Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles → Identifiers, I can clearly see that the capability Family Controls (Distribution) is enabled for both App IDs.
However, when I generate a new provisioning profile (either manually or via Xcode), the resulting .mobileprovision file’s Entitlements section does not include the Family Controls (Distribution) entitlement.
As a result, building for distribution or archiving fails to recognize that entitlement, even though everything looks correct in the Developer Portal.
But the missing entitlement persists.
How can I successfully generate a distribution provisioning profile that includes Family Controls (Distribution)?
Thanks in advance for any guidance — this seems like a subtle configuration issue, and I’d love to hear how to get over it.
I can provide the Team ID and bundle ID upon request.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
I’ve tried:
•Regenerating both App IDs and provisioning profiles
•Revoking and re-creating distribution certificates
•Cleaning derived data and re-downloading profiles from Xcode
Every time, creating a profile for App Store Connect will fail to include the capabilities the app has been approved for.
Hello,
I have a question about the default UI in an App Clip. I know that when App Clip launches, a system banner appears at the top for a few seconds, prompting the user to download the full app from the App Store.
I'd like to confirm if this is the standard, default behavior for all App Clips. More importantly, is there any way to disable or hide this banner? We would prefer to manage the prompt to download the full app within our own UI.
Thanks in advance for your help!
In the summary documentation about the declared Age Range API:https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=2ezb6jhj
It states: "The API will also return a signal from the user’s device about the method of age assurance, such as credit card or government ID"
But if the api itself, and its documentation is examined, there is no such mechanism nor mention of it: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/declaredagerange/agerangeservice
So my question is, is the first documentation incorrect, if not, then where and how to access the method of age assurance?
I need to post an app so how do you do it
Hello,
I’m working on implementing SB2420 compliance using the Declared Age Range framework.
While referring to the documentation at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/declaredagerange, I couldn’t find details on how the TX region (transaction region or territory) is determined when using Declared Age Range.
Specifically, I’d like to confirm the following points:
How does the system determine the TX region when the user’s declared age range is retrieved?
Is it based on the App Store region, the device locale, or the user’s Apple ID country?
If the app’s backend needs to verify or log the TX region, is there a way to obtain or infer it from the API response or receipt data?
Is there any difference in TX region determination between Sandbox and Production environments?
If anyone has experience implementing Declared Age Range (SB2420) and handling region determination, I’d appreciate your insights or best practices.
Thank you.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
We have a Share Extension that fails in Photos on macOS when trying to share a JPEG image for the following reason:
From the NSItemProvider we get from the NSExtensionItem.attachments, we try to load the image using loadFileRepresentation(forTypeIdentifier: “public.image”, completionHandler: …). This fails for .jpeg images in the library. There seems to be a mismatch in expected and actual file extension internally. Here is the log:
Error copying file type public.image. Error: Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1000 "Cannot load representation of type public.jpeg" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot load representation of type public.jpeg, NSUnderlyingError=0x1527c1a80 {Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1 "Cannot copy file at URL file:///Users/frank/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/ShareKit-Exports/7CCFA760-AAC9-42B0-812D-68F051ED1543/F912E593-2BE5-4E70-86AB-7657A40657E5/IMG_3517.jpg." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot copy file at URL file:///Users/frank/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/tmp/TemporaryItems/ShareKit-Exports/7CCFA760-AAC9-42B0-812D-68F051ED1543/F912E593-2BE5-4E70-86AB-7657A40657E5/IMG_3517.jpg., NSUnderlyingError=0x152789670 {Error Domain=NSItemProviderErrorDomain Code=-1 "Cannot create a temporary file. Error: Undefined error: 0" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Cannot create a temporary file. Error: Undefined error: 0}}}}}```
In the specified folder, there is an image, however, it’s named IMG_3517.jpeg, not IMG_3517.jpg. This seems to be a bug in Photo’s item provider implementation.
If we use loadObject(ofClass: URL.self, completionHandler: …) instead, we get the correct .jpeg URL in the completion handler.
Since I updated to iOS 18, CallKit-linked caller not display on screen of CarPlay.
CarPlay display only "{App Name} Caller ID".
When iOS version was 17.x, CarPlay displayed caller name of CallKit-linked contact.
I think CarPlay should perform the same function as iOS 17.
Please review it.
Certainly! Here's a concise version of your forum post:
Title: Issues Handling Multiple Incoming Calls in CallKit
Body:
Hello,
I'm using CallKit and I am encountering challenges with handling multiple incoming calls.
Current Configuration:
configuration.maximumCallsPerCallGroup = 5
configuration.maximumCallGroups = 3
This setup aims to allow up to 5 calls per group.
Observed Behavior:
Despite the configuration, the system UI seems to limit the number of calls per group, often defaulting to "End & Accept" instead of "Hold & Accept" when a third call comes in.
Questions:
Is there a documented system-imposed limit on the number of calls per group or total calls, even if maximumCallGroups and maximumCallsPerCallGroup are set higher?
How does the system UI behave when these limits are exceeded? Are there known UI constraints or fallback behaviors?
Are there best practices for handling scenarios where the system UI cannot display all calls, such as gracefully managing incoming calls or providing alternative UI solutions?
Any insights or experiences with similar configurations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Feel free to copy and paste this directly into the Apple Developer Forums. If you need further assistance or adjustments, let me know!
Both follow the same pattern: show the image that is being shared along with a CTA button about doing something with it in their app. When you tap the button, their app opens. Is there some kind of magic conditions that tapping the button creates that makes extensionContext.open(_ URL: URL, completionHandler: ((Bool) -> Void)?) accept a URL for opening the app? Or are they just using the "walk the responder chain" hack and using the user's intent to do something in their app as sufficient justification for using it?
I've tried opening a registered URL scheme for my app synchronously with the button tap, but it still is refusing to open (callback returns false).
When my Share Extension receives an image from the macOS Photos app on Tahoe, the NSItemProvider passes a URL to an image file in a temporary location.
All attempts to read that file fail silently, such as with NSImage(contentsOfFile)
I can see that the file does exist in Finder.
This code did work in previous macOS versions.
It seems like a permissions issue, but startAccessingSecurityScopedResource had no effect.
Other platforms work, other apps work, such as shares from Finder, which shares via data instead of a url.
I'm really stuck. Has anyone else run into this?
// make sure provider has a conforming item
if itemProvider.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(imageType)
{
do {
let data = try await itemProvider.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: imageType, options: nil)
// data may be image NativeImage, Data, or a URL to an image file.
// figure out which by casting, then attempt to load uiImage
if let image = data as? NativeImage {
print("found NativeImage")
self.images.append(image)
}
else if let data = data as? Data {
print("found Data")
if let image = NativeImage(data: data) {
self.images.append(image)
}
} else if let url = data as? URL{
print("found URL")
if let image = NativeImage(contentsOfFile: url.path) {
print("loaded from URL")
self.images.append(image)
}
}
}catch{
print("⛔️ Share Extension Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
I have an iOS app with ExtensionFoundation. It runs well on my local device, but when I upload on the AppStore it gets rejected with:
Validation failed
Invalid Info.plist value. The value of the EXExtensionPointIdentifier key, AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer, in the Info.plist of “a-Shell.app/Extensions/localWebServer.appex” is invalid. Please refer to the App Extension Programming Guide at https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Action.html#/apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014214-CH13-SW1. (ID: ae8dd1dd-8caf-4a48-9651-7a225faed4eb)
The Info.plist in my Extension is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EXAppExtensionAttributes</key>
<dict>
<key>EXExtensionPointIdentifier</key>
<string>com.example.example-extension</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
so the Info.plist that causes the issue has been automatically generated by Xcode. I can access it as well, and it says:
{
"BuildMachineOSBuild" => "25A354"
"CFBundleDevelopmentRegion" => "en"
"CFBundleDisplayName" => "localWebServerExtension"
"CFBundleExecutable" => "localWebServer"
"CFBundleIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServerExtension"
"CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion" => "6.0"
"CFBundleName" => "localWebServer"
"CFBundlePackageType" => "XPC!"
"CFBundleShortVersionString" => "1.0"
"CFBundleSupportedPlatforms" => [
0 => "iPhoneOS"
]
"CFBundleVersion" => "1"
"DTCompiler" => "com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0"
"DTPlatformBuild" => "23A339"
"DTPlatformName" => "iphoneos"
"DTPlatformVersion" => "26.0"
"DTSDKBuild" => "23A339"
"DTSDKName" => "iphoneos26.0"
"DTXcode" => "2601"
"DTXcodeBuild" => "17A400"
"EXAppExtensionAttributes" => {
"EXExtensionPointIdentifier" => "AsheKube.app.a-Shell.localWebServer"
}
"MinimumOSVersion" => "26.0"
"NSHumanReadableCopyright" => "Copyright © 2025 AsheKube. All rights reserved."
"UIDeviceFamily" => [
0 => 1
1 => 2
]
"UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities" => [
0 => "arm64"
]
}
What should I do to be able to upload on the AppStore?
Hi,
I developed an iOS app which will do SMS filtering by following this documentation. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/identitylookup/sms-and-mms-message-filtering)
I built the app and send Test Flights to different testers. All the Testers from Sri Lanka (an asian country) says filtering is working and they can see all the enabled categories on the Messages too (including iOS 26). But the testers from Mexico cannot see the categories and filtering is not working.
On official documentation there is nothing about supported countries. But I found true caller article https://support.truecaller.com/support/solutions/articles/81000406341-how-do-i-enable-sms-filtering-on-iphone mentioning it support only few countries for SMS filtering.
Currently available in the following countries: India, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
Our previous Categories filtering are still available for: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Ghana, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Zambia
Following article https://clearstream.io/blog/ios-26-iphone-new-text-message-filtering is saying some categories are supported by only Brazil and India.
Still I could not find any official documentations saying different country supports.
I'm working on an API client for a REST service that uses a custom token-based authentiation scheme. The app hits a specificed authentication endpoint with a username and password, said endpoint returns a token that's good for X amount of time, and the app passes that token along with every subsequent request. When that token expires, we start over.Most literature out there tells me to manually set the Authorization header on my request, but official Apple documentation discourages this, as that header is meant to be 'owned' by the built-in HTTP loading system. That said, official documentation on the 'correct' way to do this is shockingly lacking, and the standard didReceiveChallenge callbacks seem better suited for non-custom Basic/Digest/etc authentication schemes. One thought I had was registering my own URLProtocol subclass to handle our custom flow. However, while I haven't had a chance to sit down and take a crack at that yet, my understanding from skimming these forums is that it's suffering from some bit-rot right now, so it 'might' (?) not be the best choice. That, and it's also not clear to me whether the rules around the Authorization header change when a custom URLProtocol is in play.So, community (paging eskimo in particular!), what's the correct way for me to go about this?