[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 😭

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

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!

[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!

[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!!

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]

They even have an app on the store which implements the functionality as well to open the parent App directly from the ShieldActionDelegate: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/wellspent-replace-scrolling/id1643980844 [quote='840165022, ScottySy, /thread/766644?answerId=840165022#840165022, /profile/ScottySy'] This company is now selling this exact functionality as an SDK: https://www.wellspent.so [/quote]

[quote='867384022, nemecek_f, /thread/793747?answerId=867384022#867384022, /profile/nemecek_f'] Did Apple respond to any of the feedbacks? Is there any change in iOS 26.1? [/quote] unfortunately nothing helpful: they just claim that they cannot reproduce the issue and it behaves correctly on their side. here’s my radar for reference: FB18061981

I’m having the same question. Would be great if Apple shared the workaround!

Unfortunately, no. You can use private API (which many apps do), but that’s risking having your developer account terminated, so not really an option if you’re serious about your business. [quote='866869022, honzon, /thread/766644?answerId=866869022#866869022, /profile/honzon'] Have you found a solution yet? [/quote]

You can’t unfortunately. More info on this thread: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/766644?page=1