How to get the bundleIdentifier or app name from FamilyActivitySelection's applicationTokens?

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Armia_Dev OP

Created Apr ’25

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I'm working with the FamilyControls and DeviceActivity frameworks in iOS (Swift).

In my app, I collect selected apps using a FamilyActivitySelection, and I access the selected apps via selection.applicationTokens, which gives me a Set<ApplicationToken>.

I would like to get either the bundle identifier or the display name of the selected apps from these ApplicationTokens.

I tried creating an Application instance using:

let app = Application(token: token)
print(app.bundleIdentifier)
print(app.localizedDisplayName)
However, both bundleIdentifier and localizedDisplayName are always nil.

My questions are:

Outside the extension (in the main app), how can I get the bundleIdentifier or display name from an ApplicationToken?

Is there an Apple-recommended way to resolve a Token<Application> into something human-readable or usable?

If not, what is the best practice to store or identify user-selected apps for later use?

Environment: iOS 17, Swift 5, Using FamilyControls and DeviceActivity APIs.

Thank you for any help!

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Answer 1

axb2 OP

Apr ’25

It's my understanding that you aren't allowed/supposed to rehydrate the app selection tokens that you get from the FamilyActivitySelection. However, apps like Opal show a bundle identifier or display name after the fact, so I guess you are allowed to do it?

If you come across how to do it, I would also like to know. Might be a screenshot that is sent to a server that recognizes the apps from the image and then stores them for later use?

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Answer 2

JBYoshi OP

May ’25

You can pass any of the tokens to the SwiftUI Label constructor to show the app name and/or icon.

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