Detect when shielded app is added to "Always Allowed" in Screen Time Settings

I am building a screen time restricting app that shields certain apps. I would like to know when users attempt to "cheat" by adding an app to the "Always Allowed" list in the Screen Time Settings.

Having a way to detect when the user takes this action would be helpful.

I've explored other options but they all seem to fall short:

  • If I set store.shield.applications, that will also shield "Always Allowed" apps, but unfortunately, this is restricted to 50 apps. This would be ideal, if not for the 50 apps limit.
  • If I set a store.shield.applicationCategories policy, this will not shield the "Always Allowed" apps.
  • Using a DeviceActivityMonitor.eventDidReachThreshold callback, but this is triggered regardless of whether or not the shield is visible. Ideally, it would only be triggered for unshielded apps.
  • Trying to indicate the shield is visible from the ShieldConfigurationDataSource, but this extension is sandboxed for privacy reasons so I cannot communicate back to the hosting app.

Is what I'm requesting possible?

Thanks

Hi. I'm struggling with the same issue. Did you find any solutions?