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[quote='332462022, arlomedia, /thread/108057?answerId=332462022#332462022, /profile/arlomedia'] this capability should be coming soon [/quote] Thanks a lot for the update! Do you know if this capability has been added by now? Would be super useful to know!
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
Hey @CaliforniaJay! I just wanted to follow up with you about this – I am currently creating a sample project for Apple to reproduce this. I think it would also help if you could reproduce the issue on Public Beta 4 / Developer Beta 7 and attach another sysdiagnose to your radar. Thanks a lot for your help on this, I hope we can address this before iOS 26 gets shipped!
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Aug ’25
Reply to Opening Main App from Screen Time Configuration Action Extension
[quote='797430021, TrevSchmidt, /thread/797430, /profile/TrevSchmidt'] have the button that starts the task open up the main application and deeplink to the focus view [/quote] This is not possible unfortunately. We have filed many bug reports on this but Apple has not addressed this so far. This has also been a topic on the dev forums a couple of times: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/793060 There are some apps that use private API and App reviews seems to be fine with that because these apps are on the store. However, Apple is not telling us which API they are using which seems a bit unfair. I would encourage you to file a bug report as well. That’s all we can do for now. And fingers crossed Apple stops neglecting this framework at some point… Here are my bug reports on this: FB18846650 FB15500681 FB15079668
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Aug ’25
Reply to Screen Time API - Get user total screen time
[quote='797162021, Roshan_Owaves, /thread/797162, /profile/Roshan_Owaves'] If not, is it expected that this data is only available in the Settings app and not exposed to developers? [/quote] Unfortunately, the only way to access this data is within a sandboxed DeviceActivityReport Extension, as you have correctly stated. So there’s no way for you to extract the data and use it for something else. Seems like Apple is keeping that functionality for themselves. You could try filing a feedback request via https://feedbackassistant.apple.com to make sure they’ll consider adding this.
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Aug ’25
Reply to Token Selection from DeviceActivityReport
[quote='729818021, CaliforniaJay, /thread/729818, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] Is there ay way to accomplish passing a token from the sandboxed report extension to my app? [/quote] Unfortunately, this is not possible. As you have stated, tokens are not sensitive data, but Screen Time usage data is. So Apple is not allowing ANY data to leave the sandboxed DeviceActivityReport :/
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
[quote='854399022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854399022#854399022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] Only the one call right after scheduling and for me it's consistently doing this. [/quote] That’s Bad! @Apple: Please fix this! Just relying on the schedule is unfortunately not an option for me. I need the threshold trigger :/
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
Hey, could you please follow up if you can still reproduce this issue on iOS 26 (final release), iOS 26.0.1, or iOS 26.1 beta 1? [quote='854406022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854406022#854406022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] I filed feedback: FB19738834 [/quote]
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Oct ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
[quote='857860022, AliR, /thread/793747?answerId=857860022#857860022, /profile/AliR'] Is this still an issue in September, and only three days before public launch? [/quote] Yes unfortunately it is, we are being flooded with user complaints! @Apple Engineer pls help!!
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Sep ’25
Reply to Screen Time category
[quote='332462022, arlomedia, /thread/108057?answerId=332462022#332462022, /profile/arlomedia'] this capability should be coming soon [/quote] Thanks a lot for the update! Do you know if this capability has been added by now? Would be super useful to know!
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
Hey @CaliforniaJay! I just wanted to follow up with you about this – I am currently creating a sample project for Apple to reproduce this. I think it would also help if you could reproduce the issue on Public Beta 4 / Developer Beta 7 and attach another sysdiagnose to your radar. Thanks a lot for your help on this, I hope we can address this before iOS 26 gets shipped!
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Aug ’25
Reply to Opening Main App from Screen Time Configuration Action Extension
[quote='797430021, TrevSchmidt, /thread/797430, /profile/TrevSchmidt'] have the button that starts the task open up the main application and deeplink to the focus view [/quote] This is not possible unfortunately. We have filed many bug reports on this but Apple has not addressed this so far. This has also been a topic on the dev forums a couple of times: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/793060 There are some apps that use private API and App reviews seems to be fine with that because these apps are on the store. However, Apple is not telling us which API they are using which seems a bit unfair. I would encourage you to file a bug report as well. That’s all we can do for now. And fingers crossed Apple stops neglecting this framework at some point… Here are my bug reports on this: FB18846650 FB15500681 FB15079668
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Aug ’25
Reply to FamilyActivityPicker Crash on selecting some items
[quote='750847021, s.mojtaba, /thread/750847, /profile/s.mojtaba'] FamilyActivityPicker crash randomly [/quote] Please try again on the latest iOS 26 beta (beta 6 or newer). This should have been addressed by now. At least on my device I can no longer reproduce the crash.
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Aug ’25
Reply to FamilyActivityPicker Crashing / Freezing
[quote='743770021, popedriver, /thread/743770, /profile/popedriver'] frequent crashes with the FamilyActivityPicker [/quote] Please try again on the latest iOS 26 beta (beta 6 or newer). This should have been addressed by now. At least on my device I can no longer reproduce the crash.
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Aug ’25
Reply to FamilyActivityPicker crashing when expanding "Other" category
[quote='728498021, _anteloper, /thread/728498, /profile/_anteloper'] FamilyActivityPicker freezes and crashes [/quote] Please try again on the latest iOS 26 beta (beta 6 or newer). This should have been addressed by now. At least on my device I can no longer reproduce the crash.
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Aug ’25
Reply to Allowing workaround for FamilyActivityPicker crash
[quote='773601021, _anteloper, /thread/773601, /profile/_anteloper'] the FamilyActivityPicker crashes [/quote] Please try again on iOS 26 beta 6 or newer, this should be addressed now!
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Aug ’25
Reply to Bug in Screen Time API: familyActivityPicker dismisses a presenting sheet on iOS 18.4 and above
[quote='849286022, alpennec, /thread/790120?answerId=849286022#849286022, /profile/alpennec'] Definitely an issue with the Screen Time API. [/quote] That does not surprise me at all. Just one more bug added to the long long list of Apple Screen Time Bugs 😭
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Aug ’25
Reply to DeviceActivityReport disappears when app comes back from background
[quote='796329021, kwanTheDev, /thread/796329, /profile/kwanTheDev'] Is this a known bug? [/quote] This is one of the many bugs of the Screen Time API. Please consider filing a bug report on https://feedbackassistant.apple.com to make sure Apple is aware.
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Aug ’25
Reply to Screen Time API - Get user total screen time
[quote='797162021, Roshan_Owaves, /thread/797162, /profile/Roshan_Owaves'] If not, is it expected that this data is only available in the Settings app and not exposed to developers? [/quote] Unfortunately, the only way to access this data is within a sandboxed DeviceActivityReport Extension, as you have correctly stated. So there’s no way for you to extract the data and use it for something else. Seems like Apple is keeping that functionality for themselves. You could try filing a feedback request via https://feedbackassistant.apple.com to make sure they’ll consider adding this.
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Aug ’25
Reply to Token Selection from DeviceActivityReport
[quote='729818021, CaliforniaJay, /thread/729818, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] Is there ay way to accomplish passing a token from the sandboxed report extension to my app? [/quote] Unfortunately, this is not possible. As you have stated, tokens are not sensitive data, but Screen Time usage data is. So Apple is not allowing ANY data to leave the sandboxed DeviceActivityReport :/
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
[quote='854401022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854401022#854401022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] I'm on iOS26 Public Beta 3 [/quote] Public beta 4 just dropped. Can you still reproduce?
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Aug ’25
Reply to iOS 26 regression: `DeviceActivityEvent`: `eventDidReachThreshold` called immediately (instead of waiting till threshold is reached)
[quote='854399022, CaliforniaJay, /thread/793747?answerId=854399022#854399022, /profile/CaliforniaJay'] Only the one call right after scheduling and for me it's consistently doing this. [/quote] That’s Bad! @Apple: Please fix this! Just relying on the schedule is unfortunately not an option for me. I need the threshold trigger :/
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Aug ’25