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Reply to FamilyControls: App Store build has app-and-website-usage entitlement but AuthorizationStatus remains .approved instead of .approvedWithDataAccess
are you testing in the EU on the store ? approvedWithDataAccess is accessible only in the eu, and the associated functions that needs this permission, it works on dev devices everywhere. it's clearly indicated in the documentation : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/familycontrols/authorizationstatus/approvedwithdataaccess
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Sep ’26
Reply to app to restriction student phone use in schools
Hey rebounding on this, I work at Opal, and we built a product for schools that looks exactly like what you're mentioning, and launched it at Harvard-Westlake School, the top high school in LA, you can check it out here -> https://www.opal.so/for-schools [quote='803911021, jjguth4, /thread/803911, /profile/jjguth4'] If anyone has any guidance here, it would be so helpful! My boss (Head of School) is super interested in this idea and significantly prefers it to every other alternative that he has encountered. The problem is this idea does not exist yet! [/quote]
Oct ’25
Reply to Application Tokens from Bundle Identifier
Hey, To my knowledge, you cannot create Tokens from bundle ID, only get them from the FamilyActivitiyPicker. I can also confirm that tokens are not portable across devices, an Instagram token on device A is not the same as on device B, using it to block apps will just do nothing on device B. I'm almost certain you cannot achieve what you are trying to do with the current set of APIs provided by Apple. I believe this is behaving as designed by apple for privacy reasons. Good luck !
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Aug ’24
Reply to URGENT: Muse is AUTOMATICALLY blocked by Screen Time API whenever Facebook is blocked, 100% of the time with no workaround for users or developers
We also have multiple reports from our users on this issue, right now over 200 individual reports, with no workaround we can provide except not blocking Facebook. We also opened a feedback assistant about the underlying issue(FB11799302,opened in November 2022).
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Oct ’26
Reply to FamilyControls: App Store build has app-and-website-usage entitlement but AuthorizationStatus remains .approved instead of .approvedWithDataAccess
are you testing in the EU on the store ? approvedWithDataAccess is accessible only in the eu, and the associated functions that needs this permission, it works on dev devices everywhere. it's clearly indicated in the documentation : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/familycontrols/authorizationstatus/approvedwithdataaccess
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Sep ’26
Reply to app to restriction student phone use in schools
Hey rebounding on this, I work at Opal, and we built a product for schools that looks exactly like what you're mentioning, and launched it at Harvard-Westlake School, the top high school in LA, you can check it out here -> https://www.opal.so/for-schools [quote='803911021, jjguth4, /thread/803911, /profile/jjguth4'] If anyone has any guidance here, it would be so helpful! My boss (Head of School) is super interested in this idea and significantly prefers it to every other alternative that he has encountered. The problem is this idea does not exist yet! [/quote]
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Oct ’25
Reply to Screen Time API ( screen to select app)
Hey, the issue was already described here -> https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/764457 And some workarounds were mentioned :) In the mean time, would be nice If you could open a bug report, the more there are, the most likely apple will fix it ! Regards
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Dec ’24
Reply to Application Tokens from Bundle Identifier
Hey, To my knowledge, you cannot create Tokens from bundle ID, only get them from the FamilyActivitiyPicker. I can also confirm that tokens are not portable across devices, an Instagram token on device A is not the same as on device B, using it to block apps will just do nothing on device B. I'm almost certain you cannot achieve what you are trying to do with the current set of APIs provided by Apple. I believe this is behaving as designed by apple for privacy reasons. Good luck !
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Aug ’24