[quote='854401022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854401022#854401022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] it is still called immediately upon scheduling the activity [/quote] That’s super interesting to know! I am unable to reproduce it right now (usually I can only reproduce it after installing a new beta, then when I reset the permission it works again). So I would love to know if you still see the threshold callback being called when it actually should (= a second time), or do you just get that one call right after scheduling? Because in that case we could quite easily implement a workaround that just ignores threshold callbacks that happen right after scheduling the activity (stupid that this is necessary, but at least I can see this working quite reliably…)

[quote='854401022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854401022#854401022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] Also, for me, cycling (turn off and re-granting) Screen Time permissions didn't fix anything. [/quote] Thanks a lot for sharing! I’m a bit worried that we are so late in the beta cycle and this is still not addressed. Did you file a feedback request with sysdiagnose as well? If yes, please share your feedback number so I can reference it in my bug report (& you can do the same, just to make sure our bug reports end up being merged which hopefully gives them a higher priority)

[quote='852356022, DTS Engineer, /thread/758325?answerId=852356022#852356022'] Unfortunately I don’t have any answers for you here. This seems like a bug to me. I’ve verified that your variosu bug reports have found their way to the right engineering team. [/quote] Thanks for the update, Quinn! I’ll try to find a different path then to get some attention for this bug. Thanks a lot for your help so far on this!

[quote='848582022, DTS Engineer, /thread/758325?answerId=848582022#848582022'] I’ve confirmed that that bug has the right info and it’s landed in the right place. That’s about all I can do here. I’ve set myself a remember to come back and check on this in a week. [/quote] Hey Quinn! Hope you’re having a great summer! Maybe you’re on vacation and haven't had a chance to check back on this, but I’d appreciate an update whenever you have a moment 🙏 Thanks a lot and have a great day!

[quote='794802021, cspeir1818, /thread/794802, /profile/cspeir1818'] Is this expected behavior? Is there a way to prevent Screen Time from counting time while the shield is shown? [/quote] this sounds like a bug to me. Have you filed a feedback request already? I am experiencing the same problem And I would say it’s unexpected behavior. my feedback is tracked under FB19200003

[quote='848582022, DTS Engineer, /thread/758325?answerId=848582022#848582022'] I’ve set myself a remember to come back and check on this in a week. [/quote] Hey Quinn! I just wanted to let you know that I was still able to reproduce this on iOS 26 beta 4 which came out on Tuesday. To further help narrow down the bug, I have collected another sysdiagnose on that latest beta and attached it to this feedback: FB18764644 (Filename: sysdiagnose_2025.07.26…) Hope that helps! Also, I’m really curious if you’ve heard anything back from the team! Do they need any additional help reproducing this issue? My offer still stands: if any additional help to reproduce this is required, I’ll fly all the way to Cupertino to help them out wherever I can!

This just happened again on iOS 26 beta 4: FB19018706 (Yesterday’s bug report happened on beta 3). This is definitely a serious problem, and I urge the Screen Time team to address this before iOS 26 gets released to the public.

[quote='849624022, Chris_Soundscape, /thread/793060?answerId=849624022#849624022, /profile/Chris_Soundscape'] Got a response from technical support regarding my ticket. They confirmed that this functionality is not supported, and they were unable to clarify whether other apps (e.g. Jomo, Applocker) are using public methods or not. I think they are just referring to documentation though. Will keep digging. [/quote] Thanks a lot for sharing! Too bad they could not give us guidance :/

[quote='792604021, AleksandrChernyshev, /thread/792604, /profile/AleksandrChernyshev'] Home Screen widget for iOS that displays device usage statistics [/quote] This is not possible unfortunately. The DeviceActivityReport does not work in widgets. But it would be a cool feature for sure! Feedback Requests: FB18927789 FB16409127 I would highly encourage you to file a feedback request on this as well! See also this thread, same issue has already been discussed in 2023 and seems like Apple did not consider the enhancement requests from back then: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/724041

[quote='790789021, Carlos0806, /thread/790789, /profile/Carlos0806'] DeviceActivityCenter startMonitoring cannot start multiple monitors [/quote] Hello, we have an app live on the store which uses the same API and we found that there are just some devices which do not work with the DeviceActivityCenter. Do you see any error message in the logs when that happens? In such cases we explain the users that there is a bug in Apple’s system and offer a refund (that’s all you can do). I would encourage you to file a feedback report (including a sysdiagnose and a minimal sample project to reproduce the issue) so the Engineers at Apple are aware of this issue and can address it. For reference, I have filed a couple of related reports: FB13768925 FB14082031 FB12195437 FB18198691 FB18351583 FB18061981

[quote='785877021, Phani_Reddi448, /thread/785877, /profile/Phani_Reddi448'] print("BUTTON TAPPED") [/quote] The ScreenTimeActivityReport runs inside a strict sandbox outside of your app’s process, so I assume logging is not possible/allowed (because that could leak data outside of the sandbox).

[quote='787690021, TurnerLogan, /thread/787690, /profile/TurnerLogan'] I just can't extract the data needed to track the apps. [/quote] Hello Turner! Apple’s Screen Time API is designed with a huge focus on user privacy, so you cannot extract any data as you intend. The FamilyActivityPicker gives you ApplicationTokens which represent apps, but you don’t know which. But you can use them to block apps as you intend. Hope that helps!

Have you tried what happens if you present a normal SwiftUI sheet from the sheet instead of the FamilyActivityPicker? → Does it lead to the same unexpected behavior? Then it’s likely a SwiftUI bug/ Otherwise, have you tried embedding the FamilyActivityPicker inside a SwiftUI view and present that instead? Does the unexpected behavior still reproduce?

[quote='849106022, DTS Engineer, /thread/793060?answerId=849106022#849106022'] I think it’s better to focus on this issue here. [/quote] Thanks for your reply here, Quinn! One thing I forgot to add in my initial post is the feedback request / enhancement request under which this is tracked: New with iOS 26 sysdiagnose: FB18846650 Original from last year, without any response so far: FB15079668

[quote='791334021, Nasheet, /thread/791334, /profile/Nasheet'] does the system not give access to the relationship between apps and their categories [/quote] This is not possible unfortunately. I desperately need the same functionality for my app as well. A while ago I sent a feedback request / radar to Apple but haven’t heard anything back: FB16121372 I would urge you to file a feedback request as well: Demonstrate your use-case. Showcase how this would not affect user-privacy (you still don‘t know which app and category are represented by each token, you just know that they’re related). Post your feedback number here as well 🙌 Let’s work on this together and shape the future of the Screen Time API – such an important topic nowadays that deserves more attention by Apple!