I have an AppIntent that edits an object in my app. The intent accepts an app entity as a parameter, so if you run the intent it will ask which one do you want to edit, then you select one from the list and it shows a dialog that it was edited successfully. I use this same intent in my Home Screen widget initializing it with an objectEntity. The code needs to run in the app's process, not the widget extension process, so the file is added to both targets and it conforms to ForegroundContinuableIntent, and that is supposed to ensure it always runs in the app process. This works great when run from the Shortcuts app and when involved via a button in the Home Screen widget, exactly as expected. Here is that app intent:
@available(iOS 17.0, *)
struct EditObjectIntent: AppIntent {
static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Edit Object"
@Parameter(title: "Object", requestValueDialog: "Which object do you want to edit?", inputConnectionBehavior: .connectToPreviousIntentResult)
var objectEntity: ObjectEntity
init() {
print("INIT")
}
init(objectEntity: ObjectEntity) {
self.objectEntity = objectEntity
}
@MainActor
func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult & ReturnsValue<ObjectEntity> & ProvidesDialog {
// Edit the object from objectEntity.id...
return .result(value: objectEntity, dialog: "Done")
}
}
@available(iOS 17.0, *)
@available(iOSApplicationExtension, unavailable)
extension EditObjectIntent: ForegroundContinuableIntent { }
I now want to create a ControlButton that uses this intent:
struct EditObjectControlWidget: ControlWidget {
var body: some ControlWidgetConfiguration {
StaticControlConfiguration(kind: "EditObjectControlWidget") {
ControlWidgetButton(action: EditObjectIntent()) {
Label("Edit Object", systemImage: "pencil")
}
}
}
}
When I add the button to Control Center and tap it (on iOS 18), init is called 3x in the app process and 2x in the widget process, yet the perform function is not invoked in either process. No error appears in console logs for the app's process, but this appears for the widget process:
LaunchServices: store <private> or url <private> was nil: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=process may not map database, _LSLine=72, _LSFunction=_LSServer_GetServerStoreForConnectionWithCompletionHandler}
Attempt to map database failed: permission was denied. This attempt will not be retried.
Failed to initialize client context with error Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-54 "process may not map database" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=process may not map database, _LSLine=72, _LSFunction=_LSServer_GetServerStoreForConnectionWithCompletionHandler}
What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
Widgets & Live Activities
Tags:
iOS
SwiftUI
WidgetKit
App Intents