I'm using a Distribution-ready Family Controls Entitlement and it seems like I'm unable to save Content Filter configurations in my individual-use Screen Time app when I download a production build from TestFlight. For development builds, everything works fine. From nehelper: slowdown trying to create a content filter configuration through an app. Creating a content filter configuration is only allowed through profile in production version of slowdown. From the app: Failed to save configuration Slowdown: Error Domain=NEConfigurationErrorDomain Code=10 "permission denied" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=permission denied} -[NEFilterManager saveToPreferencesWithCompletionHandler:]_block_invoke_3: failed to save the new configuration: Error Domain=NEFilterErrorDomain Code=5 "permission denied" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=permission denied} TN3134 seems to suggest that Content Filters are allowed for Screen Time apps Platform: iOS, Packaged as: app extension, Minimum OS: 15.0, Restrictions: Screen Time apps TN3120 suggest the same: There are two ways to deploy a content filter on iOS. In a managed environment, use MDM to deploy a content filter to supervised devices. In an unmanaged environment, deploy your content filter as part of a Screen Time app. These technotes lead me to assume that this should be a supported use case. Any idea how to progress from here?

I'm trying to build a live activity with the new iOS 17.0 interactivity, and I want a button on the live activity to update the live activity when clicked (e.g. start a timer). This works fine with a widget, but with live activities it doesn't seem like the activity view gets refreshed instantly. As a workaround, I tried putting the activity.update code in the button's intent's perform method. This doesn't seem to work as the intent gets executed from the widget extension, which seems to always have an empty activities (link) array. Question: Is activity.update only meant to be called from the app (either foregrounded or in a background task), or should it also be possible to be called in the WidgetExtension itself? Ideally I'd be able to avoid using push notifications, which seems overkill for e.g. just at timer. Related thread: Changing the live activity without push notification