Hi Ed,
Thank you very much for your previous guidance.
Our current app requirement is to allow users to run a Shortcut, share an image to our app, and then immediately receive some chat-based suggestions after we process the image.
When using App Intent, I noticed that we cannot process the image directly within the invoked UI. It appears that this is restricted by Apple’s privacy protections—any attempt to handle the data immediately results in the background privacy indicator showing a blocked status. Therefore, App Intent does not seem to meet our need to process user-provided images directly.
Following your advice, I added an Action Extension to the project. This successfully adds our app to Shortcuts as an available action. However, when I try to use the “Share with App” feature from the share sheet, our app still does not appear in the list. The only options shown are: Notes, Health, Reminders, and Freeform.
Could you help us understand why our app does not show up in the “Share with App” menu, even though the Action Extension is present? Is there an additional configuration or entitlement we may be missing?
Thank you very much for your help and guidance.
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App & System Services
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Automation & Scripting
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