Hi Apple Developer,
I’m working on a message-filtering application and reviewing Apple's documentation on message filtering. The documentation clearly states that MMS messages can be filtered. (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/identitylookup/sms-and-mms-message-filtering)
When we refer to MMS, it includes images, short videos, and other supported multimedia formats. However, the ILMessageFilterQueryRequest only provides the message body as a String, meaning we can access text and links but not images or other media files.
Could you please confirm whether Apple allows third-party applications to access multimedia content sent from unknown numbers?
Looking forward to your quick response.
Thanks,
Rijul Singhal
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What I want to achieve now is that when the app is not running, upon receiving a notification, it displays an interface similar to CallKit with accept and decline buttons.
Here is part of my code:
@available(iOS 17.4, *)
class LiveCommunicationManager: NSObject, ConversationManagerDelegate {
static let shared = LiveCommunicationManager()
var isInvalidate:Bool = false
var configuration: ConversationManager!
override init() {
let config = ConversationManager.Configuration(
ringtoneName: "notes_of_the_optimistic",
iconTemplateImageData: UIImage(named: "AppIcon")?.pngData(), // 图标的 PNG 数据
maximumConversationGroups: 1, // 最大对话组数
maximumConversationsPerConversationGroup: 1, // 每个对话组内最大对话数
includesConversationInRecents: false, // 是否在通话记录中显示
supportsVideo: false, // 是否支持视频
supportedHandleTypes: [.generic,.phoneNumber,.emailAddress] // 支持的通话类型
)
configuration = ConversationManager.init(configuration: config)
}
func reportIncomingCall(uuid: UUID, callerName: String) {
configuration.delegate = self
let local = Handle(type: .generic, value: callerName, displayName: callerName)
let update = Conversation.Update(localMember: local,members: [local],activeRemoteMembers: [local])
Task{
do {
try await configuration.reportNewIncomingConversation(uuid: uuid, update: update)
print("成功报告新来电")
} catch {
print("报告新来电失败: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
}
func conversationManager(_ manager: ConversationManager, conversationChanged conversation: Conversation) {
print("会话状态改变了")
}
func conversationManagerDidBegin(_ manager: ConversationManager) {
print("会话已经开始了")
manager.delegate = self
}
func conversationManagerDidReset(_ manager: ConversationManager) {
print("会话将要清除了")
}
func conversationManager(_ manager: ConversationManager, perform action: ConversationAction) {
print("会话接听了")
configuration.invalidate()
}
func conversationManager(_ manager: ConversationManager, timedOutPerforming action: ConversationAction) {
print("会话超时了")
}
func conversationManager(_ manager: ConversationManager, didActivate audioSession: AVAudioSession) {
print("会话激活了")
}
func conversationManager(_ manager: ConversationManager, didDeactivate audioSession: AVAudioSession) {
print("会话死亡了")
}
}
在Appdelegate里设置了这些:
func application(_ application: UIApplication,
didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any],
fetchCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping (UIBackgroundFetchResult) -> Void) {
// 在这里处理离线推送通知
completionHandler(.noData) // 返回后台任务完成
if let aps = userInfo["aps"] as? [String: Any],
let alert = aps["alert"] as? [String : Any]{
// 静默推送的处理逻辑
if #available(iOS 17.4, *) {
let manager = LiveCommunicationManager.shared
if manager.isInvalidate { return }
if let msgType = userInfo["msgType"] as? Int{
if msgType == 5{
manager.configuration.invalidate()
}else{
let callerName = alert["title"] as? String ?? "Fanvil"
manager.reportIncomingCall(uuid: UUID(), callerName: callerName)
}
}
}
}
}
Xcode has been configured with the necessary capabilities, such as Background Fetch, Voice over IP, Background Processing, and Push Notification.
The issue now is that sometimes the code works as expected, allowing the app to wake up when not running and displaying the system interface with accept and decline buttons. However, after a few successful attempts, the app stops waking up, and no notification appears. But when I manually open the app, the didReceiveRemoteNotification method gets triggered.
I’d like to know why this stops working after a few times.
Hi All,
I have created a Push Notification certificate from my Apple Developer account. After downloading the aps.cer file and adding it to my Keychain, the certificate was added successfully, but the private key is missing.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue in the past? What could be causing this problem?
I created an app and submitted to app store for review and got a rejection with "4.3(a) - Design - Spam".
This one was created for brand new, and I didn't find any similar apps in App store. I searched in this forum but am not sure if it is because I used flutter to build my app?
How could I get a bit more specific detail why it got rejected?
Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam
We noticed your app shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps submitted to the App Store by other developers, with only minor differences.
Submitting similar or repackaged apps is a form of spam that creates clutter and makes it difficult for users to discover new apps.
Next Steps
Since we do not accept spam apps on the App Store, we encourage you to review your app concept and submit a unique app with distinct content and functionality.
Hi,
I’m trying to get an array of strings from the user using AppIntents, but I’m encountering an issue. The shortcut ends without prompting the user for input or saving the value, though it doesn’t crash. I need to get the user to input multiple tasks in an array, but the current approach isn’t working as expected.
Here’s the current method I’m using:
// Short code snippet showing the current method
private func collectTasks() async throws -> [String] {
var collectedTasks: [String] = tasks ?? []
while true {
if !collectedTasks.isEmpty {
let addMore = try await $input.requestConfirmation("Would you like to add another task?")
if !addMore {
break
}
}
let newTask = try await $input.requestValue("Please enter a task:")
collectedTasks.append(newTask)
}
return collectedTasks
}
The Call
func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
let finalTasks = try await collectTasks()
// Some more Code
}
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hey there! So, I'm trying to see what I'm able to do with the Device Activity Report Extension, and I have a few questions about the following quote:
To protect the user’s privacy, your extension runs in a sandbox. This sandbox prevents your extension from making network requests or moving sensitive content outside the extension’s address space.
In particular, what constitutes the address space for this extension?
Can I save data to a UserDefaults object that only the extension can access? (Apps like Opal allow the user to label apps as "distracting" and "non-distracting", and I'm wondering how they do that!)
From what I've read, I believe it cannot write to a shared app group or model (and I just want to confirm this)
It also seems that there's nothing preventing it from reading data from the main app, so I'm just wondering if it's able to read data from an app group or model with no problem.
Thanks in advance!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Tags:
Family Controls
Device Activity
Screen Time
Privacy
We are developing an iOS app to connect to vehicles and trigger predefined vehicle controls (door lock/unlock) via the Digital Key framework.
We are currently blocked on several aspects and would appreciate your expertise to clarify the following queries.
How can we list down connected vehicle information?
What is the method to retrieve connection status?
How can we perform vehicle control actions (e.g., door lock/unlock)?
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Starting the CarKeyRemoteControlSession to Fetch Vehicle Reports
Currently, we are using the following API to start a CarKeyRemoteControlSession:
open class func start(
delegate: any CarKeyRemoteControlSessionDelegate,
subscriptionRange subscriptionFunctionIDRange: ClosedRange? = nil,
with delegateCallbackQueue: DispatchQueue? = nil
) async throws -> CarKeyRemoteControlSession
After successfully creating the session, we check for vehicle reports using the vehicleReports property of CarKeyRemoteControlSession:
public var vehicleReports: [VehicleReport] { get throws }
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
I'm using the new AlarmKit framework to build a Swift app that lets users schedule multiple repeating alarms.
The goal is to allow users to stop all alarms for today if they wake up early, but the alarms should still ring on their scheduled days in the future (for example, every Monday).
What I tried:
When the user chooses to stop alarms for today, I delete all alarms and re-add them. However, this doesn't work as expected.
If today is Monday and I delete and re-add the alarm with .weekday = .monday, it still rings today. That means re-adding the alarm doesn't skip today's instance, even though it's repeating.
What I want to achieve:
Skip or suppress today's alarms when the user stops them manually
Keep the same alarms active for their scheduled days in the future
Questions:
Is there a way in AlarmKit to prevent a repeating alarm from ringing today if it was just re-added or there are better alternatives to this problem?
Is the only workaround to delay re-adding until after today’s alarms would have fired?
What is the best approach to achieve this?
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Hello, I am building an iMessage extension for my app and I am struggling to figure out how to test it. The extension allows users to send their friends an interactive widget and the recipient experience is very important to test.
I tried to do it in the simulators, but simulators do not support iMessage. I have got a second iPhone and created a sandbox account, but I cannot install TestFlight with the sandbox account, as this feature is not supported.
Reddit, Stackoverflow, ChatGPT and Apple Developer support also did not help. Can someone share their experience with testing recipient experience in the iMessage extension?
Hi I'm trying to build a screen time app and the Apple docs and APIs really leave something to be desired. I want to block apps on a schedule. That's it. To do this I need my DeviceActivityMonitorExt to know which apps to block. I need to somehow pass a DeviceActivitySelection from the main app into this DeviceActivityMonitorExt. How can I do this?
Hi Apple engineering team,
I’m trying to integrate the new Live Caller ID Lookup (PIR) on iOS using your pir-service-example code as well as a custom mock server in Vapor, but the extension never advances past the /issue/token-key-for-user-token step. I’ve tried both:
1. Official Example
Cloned https://github.com/apple/pir-service-example
Ran PIRService locally
Confirmed that
GET /.well-known/private-token-issuer-directory → 200
GET /issue/token-key-for-user-token → 200 (DER bytes, correct SPKI)
No POST /issue ever fires
2. Mock Server (Vapor)
Implemented all five endpoints (/config, /.well-known/private-token-issuer-directory, /issue/token-key-for-user-token, /issue, /queries)
Verified with curl and openssl asn1parse that:
GET /.well-known/private-token-issuer-directory
Content-Type: application/private-token-issuer-directory
{ "issuer-request-uri":"https://…/issue", "token-keys":[…] }
GET /issue/token-key-for-user-token
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
<DER bytes>
Added Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600 on directory and SPKI
Stubbed POST /issue to always return { "token": "" }
Still no POST /issue request from the extension
Reproduction Steps
Install and enable a Live Lookup extension pointing to my server.
Trigger an incoming call on device.
Watch server logs—only see the two GETs, never /issue or /queries.
Expected Behavior
After fetching the SPKI DER, the framework should issue a POST /issue call (Privacy Pass flow) and then POST /queries.
Observed Behavior
Stuck in an infinite loop of:
GET /.well-known/private-token-issuer-directory
GET /issue/token-key-for-user-token
(repeat…)
No progression to the /issue or /queries endpoints.
What I’ve Tried
Verified JSON kebab-case and headers exactly match examples
Confirmed SPKI DER is valid via openssl asn1parse
Added Cache-Control headers
Tested on real device, localhost url, and ngrok public URL
Mocked a valid-looking token response
Could you advise what additional requirement or format detail I’m missing that prevents from advancing past /issue/token-key-for-user-token?
These are the main files:
LiveLookupExtension.swift
routes.swift
service-config.json
Thanks in advance!
Is there a way to increase the frequency of UWB background ranging?
Widgets on the widget is not responding to the touch properly. This issue is also affecting within the home screen widget in a way that the widget switches to light mode by itself even though I am in dark mode. Additionally, lock screen does not to respond once the lock screen widget has been edited. Is anyone else having this issue?
Hello!
It's my first time posting in this forum. Apple Intelligence is enabled by default in Workspace ONE (WS1). I was wondering if Apple Intelligence can access or process corporate data within (WS1) corporate apps, which are containerized?
Thank you!
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
Description
When you try to open an iOS app using Universal links from another app while the opening app is being updating, Safari will open an error screen(app will not launch).
Is this a specification of universal links on iOS?
Also is it possible for the Main app to detect that the application trying to open Universal Link is being updating?
Devices
iPad 9thGen/10thGen
I've noticed that very consistently the Weatherkit API times out when I make a large(-ish) number of calls at 7am east coast time.
If I make x calls between 7:00:00 and 7:01:00 about half of them time out (as do retries.)
If I make 2x the calls between 7:15:00 and 7:16:00 there are close to zero time outs.
I've looked at the logs, at the calls per second, etc., and there is no difference between 7 and 7:15.
So, I'm not hitting a rate limit. It seems like Weatherkit itself just can't handle the traffic at peak times.
Is there any other explanation? Does Apple intend to make sure the API can handle all the traffic they are getting paid to handle?
I am looking to set environment variables for the use of some applications that are launched by icon or from the dock. I am aware of launchctl setenv for setting environment variables, but I am also aware that the effects of that last only until the next reboot.
I find various people posting hacks that come down to configuring some .zsh* initialization files, but those fines are not used until an interactive login session is started, and so are not of value for the case where the user does not happen to launch terminal
The particular environment variable of interest at the moment is JAVA_HOME for use by MATLAB . MATLAB is started by the shell script /Applications/MATLAB_R20xxx.app/bin/matlab and does not appear to have a .plist file associated with it . Editing the shell script would not be ideal.
Topic:
App & System Services
SubTopic:
General
I have shortcuts up and running and I have my custom response added to my completion handler since day1.
Recently I upgraded to iOS18, and found out the app I develop can not display the custom response.
I test the app on iOS17.6, the display of custom response is no problem.
The situation is exactly like the problem posted on 2018: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/109324
Can anyone help me or have the same bugs?
Thank you so much!
Happy 2025
I've successfully started the Live Caller ID Lookup example and initialized the PIRService.
I added several identities to the input.txtpb file, some with block: true and others with block: false.
Here is the file but modified phone digits:
identities {
key: "+40790123123"
value {
name: "Blocking 1"
cache_expiry_minutes: 7
block: true
}
}
identities {
key: "+972526111111"
value {
name: "Blocking 2"
cache_expiry_minutes: 7
block: true
}
}
identities {
key: "+123"
value {
name: "Adam"
cache_expiry_minutes: 8
block: false
category: IDENTITY_CATEGORY_PERSON
}
}
identities {
key: "+972526111112"
value {
name: "Identified Business Name 1"
cache_expiry_minutes: 1
block: false
category: IDENTITY_CATEGORY_BUSINESS
}
}
identities {
key: "+972526111113"
value {
name: "Identified Business Name 2"
cache_expiry_minutes: 1
block: false
category: IDENTITY_CATEGORY_BUSINESS
}
}
The main issue is that only the number marked as +40790123123 was actually blocked, while "Blocking 2" appeared as identified contacts with their assigned name displayed.
Notably, the only blocked number was a foreign number with a different country code than the number being called. The other numbers belonged to the same country.
Can someone clarify whether this is a bug in the example project or an issue with the data file?
Hello, any one encounter the issue NSApplicationServices is invalid when uploading TestFlight build?
We are facing an issue with our latest iOS build.
For context, we are trying to add support for the apple watch connectivity with tvOS. After uploading our build, we get the following error:
Invalid Info.plist key. The key 'NSApplicationServices' in bundle myapp.app/Watch/watch.app is invalid.
However, the doc indicates that NSApplicationServices must be declared in the Info.plist file (source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicediscoveryui/connecting_a_tvos_app_to_other_devices_over_the_local_network?changes=_1_7)
Dev environment:
Xcode v14.0 (14A309) to dev and archive
Deployment target: watchOS 6.0 & iOS 13.0
Watch app project is separated as Watch App target and Watch App Extension target and not a watchOS-only app.
Value of key NSApplicationServices in Watch App plist:
<key>NSApplicationServices</key>
<dict>
<key>Advertises</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>NSApplicationServiceIdentifier</key>
<string>MyAppConnectId</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
We tried that create a new watch App with NSApplicationServices key in watch app plist, but it still can't work that getting the same error.
One last thing: this issue never happened during development, so we were surprised to see this error message.
FYI, the doc we are referring:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicediscoveryui/connecting_a_tvos_app_to_other_devices_over_the_local_network
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/nsapplicationservices/
Any one who is facing the issue, pls comment the post/contact me, thanks in advance!
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