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Use case proposal: immersive mental visualisation and manifestation experiences on visionOS I'd like to open a discussion around a use case I believe is currently missing from the visionOS ecosystem

Hi, I’m building an iOS app called SocialLite using Apple’s Screen Time APIs, primarily FamilyControls and ManagedSettings. My goal is to block access to the Instagram app itself, while still allowing the user to receive and see Instagram notifications. Right now, when I apply the shield/block using the Screen Time API, the Instagram app is blocked as expected, but its notifications also appear to be blocked/suppressed at the same time. What I’m trying to achieve: Block the Instagram app from being opened Still allow Instagram notifications to come through normally Current behavior: The app is blocked Notifications are also blocked or no longer visible My question: Is there any supported way with Apple’s Screen Time API / ManagedSettings to shield or block an app while still allowing that app’s notifications? Or are app access and notifications tied together by design when a shield is applied? If this behavior is expected, I’d appreciate confirmation from Apple or guidance on whether there is another supported approach. Thanks.

Hi everyone, I’m honestly trying to understand what’s going on with the Family Controls API review process. I submitted my entitlement request on March 5, and as of today (March 19), there has been zero response. I also opened a support ticket on March 16, and that hasn’t received any response either. What’s confusing is that updates to another app on the same developer account were approved within days — so clearly the account is in good standing and active. At this point, it feels like there’s no visibility into what’s happening: Is the request under review? Is it waiting for additional information? Or is it just sitting in a queue indefinitely? I understand that Family Controls is a sensitive API, but a two-week silence with no status or communication makes it very difficult to plan or ship features. For those who’ve gone through this: How long did your approval actually take? Did you receive any communication during the process? Is there any reliable way to get visibility or speed this up? Right now, this is blocking a feature we’ve invested significant time building, and the lack of feedback is the most frustrating part. This is really giving me pain. Would really appreciate any insights.

I signed up for the Developer Account Program, but I keep getting a message that my registration is under review. Obviously, I haven't paid yet because I couldn't find a link to pay the $99 when I signed up. I've sent two emails for support, but I haven't received a response. Has anyone else had the same problem? Thanks.

Good Morning Everyone As per the title, got my DUNS Number (what a mission!) and switched to an organization. It's been a couple of days and there's Radio Silence from Apple. Any tips to speed the process along? Thank you!

Has everyone in the app review team decided to take vacation at the same time? I have two apps waiting for almost a week. One of the reviews is just an update. We're paying $99 a year...for what, exactly?

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Can you Make an GLOBAL IN REAL LIFE SIMULATOR ROLEPLAY.. Try to get 8 Different Developers to Help do it.. (Similar to Sims Play others Kind of that as well.. Gta Greenfiel rp in Roblox Minigame others as well..) Family Life Simulator Make it Realistic as can be.. The Server Could Add Billionaires or More then That on the Server & Add Multiple ppl on there in Online & Offline.. They Could Play it on ALL KINDS OF DEVICES & Android IPad Google Play IOS other Stuff too) Pls Pls Pls Pls.. I will Make a Image of it then I will Show it to you Guys to See what I want to be in the Game thnxs.. they could Have Wifi/Internet Hotspots & Offline..

Hi all, Has anyone else experience review bombs and how effective was Apple at remedying it? In my case there is zero guidance and zero substantive insight by Developer support how I can effectively remedy a dishonest/bad-faith review attack on my application by a competitor. What are the criteria or guidelines for assessing an ‘attack’ under Apple Media Services Terms of Service section M? And the same for ‘bad-faith‘ and ‘dishonest‘ reviews? In my case I had an encounter on Reddit with somebody threatening to review bomb me, explaining to me how they knew how to bypass the Apple review system, and critiquing my app with specific comments. On that same day I received a 1 star review including exactly the same ‘critiques‘ that the Redditor gave me, written in German instead of English. Who here wants to guess the nationality of the Redditor? Before I received the review I had already notified Apple of the fact that I had this interaction and I was expecting a review bomb. I explained the explicit intention and the bad faith. I have set out all the evidence in emails to Apple, including links to the Reddit thread, that the reviewer and redditor use literally the same tends to describe my app, the timing, the circumstances, and so on. Apple provides me nothing in terms of concrete assessment except for telling me two different things in order for reviews to qualify to be removed: Reviews must be spam, attacks or hate speech Reviews must be offensive or factually inaccurate I had argued with concrete evidence that it was na attack. The review is also factually inaccurate. But this review procedure keeps moving the goalposts. Is there anyone at Apple who moderates / manages the assessment of these reviews when they’re reported to Apple? I’d be happy to have a call about this. After all, in a case like this where somebody explicitly threatens somebody with a review bomb, and is then review bombed with overlapping terms, language etc, then it makes you wonder if the assessment is effective at all.

Error 8 in the NEHotspotConfigurationError domain is .internal, aka NEHotspotConfigurationErrorInternal. This error typically indicates that something went wrong in some sort of expected way, but we decided not to surface the exact cause [1]. This has come up a bunch of times before on the forums, and I have various titbits to share. To start, I want to address some specific cases: You’ll see this error if your app isn’t signed with the com.apple.developer.networking.HotspotConfiguration entitlement. To fix this, use Xcode’s Signing & Capabilities editor to add the Hotspot capability to your app. Historically developers reported a situation where once they encountered the error it would show up consistently, but then it would go away on restarting the device. If you see behaviour like that, that’s definitely a bug and I encourage you to file it as such. I have more about filing such bugs in Filing a Wi-Fi Bug Report. Of course, you have to wait to reproduce the error again before you’ll be able to file that bug, because the act of restarting cleared the issue. I’ve seen reports where such problems only occur on a specific type of device, for example, on iPhone 16 but not on earlier or later iPhones. That’s definitely something that Apple should investigate, and I recommend that you file a bug about it. If the problem is being reported by your users but you can’t reproduce it yourself, consider the various suggestions in Using a Sysdiagnose Log to Debug a Hard-to-Reproduce Problem. Assuming you’re still here (-: the next step is to determine whether the problem is specific to NEHotspotConfigurationManager or not. Try joining the accessory’s network from Settings > Wi-Fi. Does that also have problems? If so, that’s not something we can help you with here on the forums. The focus of the Apple Developer Forums is primarily to help developers with the APIs in Apple’s various platform SDKs [2]. We’re not set up to help accessory developers with Wi-Fi issues. However, there are still things you can do, as I explain in Filing a Wi-Fi Bug Report. At this point you have an error that: Persists across restarts Happens with all Apple devices You can reproduce Only affects NEHotspotConfigurationManager If that’s correct then there are a couple of things you might look at: Coerce the error to an NSError and print that. Does it reveal anything interesting? Also check the underlying error property (NSUnderlyingErrorKey) for hints. When reproducing the error, monitor the system log for log entries in the com.apple.networkextension subsystem. Do those offer any clues? Note For lots of hints and tips about the system log, see Your Friend the System Log. And finally, if you have questions about this case, feel free to start a thread here on the forums and we’ll try to help you out. Put it in the App & System Services > Networking subtopic and tag it with Network Extension. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com" [1] There’s also the .unknown error. See this post for a brief summary of the difference. [2] And with Apple tools and some developer-oriented services. Revision History 2026-03-18 Added a missing entitlement bullet to the specific case list. 2026-03-17 First posted.

How do we get addPaymentPassViewController response for in app verification without calling that function ? Currently we have working in app provisioning but not in app verification. The apple docs say "The process of generating the cryptographic OTP value is the same as for generating activationData for In-App Provisioning.". How is it the same when in in app provisioning we have this button that returns all necessary info and for in app verification there is no clear way of recieving same info.

General: Forums subtopic: App & System Services > Networking DevForums tag: Network Extension Network Extension framework documentation Routing your VPN network traffic article Filtering traffic by URL sample code Filtering Network Traffic sample code TN3120 Expected use cases for Network Extension packet tunnel providers technote TN3134 Network Extension provider deployment technote TN3165 Packet Filter is not API technote Network Extension and VPN Glossary forums post Debugging a Network Extension Provider forums post Exporting a Developer ID Network Extension forums post Network Extension Framework Entitlements forums post Network Extension vs ad hoc techniques on macOS forums post Network Extension Provider Packaging forums post NWEndpoint History and Advice forums post Extra-ordinary Networking forums post Wi-Fi management: Understanding NEHotspotConfigurationErrorInternal forums post See also Networking Resources for general networking resources, including information about Wi-Fi. Share and Enjoy — Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

There's a purchase I make pretty often on a particular site and I'm trying to automate the boring parts with a macOS app. I can pull the merchant session from their ValidateMerchant endpoint. I can see the Apple Pay dialogue appear, then it will disappear with "Payment Not Completed." Is it fundamentally not possible to use someone else's merchant session in your own app? Thanks

Hello, We have been trying to enroll our company in the Apple Developer Program for about 1.5 months, but we are completely blocked. • D-U-N-S verified • Initial enrollment was accepted • Multiple payment attempts made (Swedbank, Revolut) • No 3-D Secure, no pending transactions • Bank confirmed that no payment requests from Apple were ever received For comparison, we successfully completed Google Play Developer registration using the same company and already published an app, so this does not seem to be an issue with company data or payment methods. Current state: • Enrollment was reset by Apple Support • Apple Developer app shows Enroll button disabled • Web shows: “Your enrollment in the Apple Developer Program could not be completed at this time” • We cannot reach the payment step anymore We contacted Apple Developer Support, but responses come about once a week and only suggest contacting the bank, which does not apply in our case. It seems there might be an internal restriction on the Apple ID. Has anyone experienced something similar? Case number: 102828473456

Hi App Review Team, I would like to raise a concern regarding the review process for our app update (Version 2.0.0), which has now been pending for over two weeks. We completely understand the importance of the review process, but the extended delay is starting to impact our business. This update is not a major change—the app already exists on the App Store, and Version 2.0.0 mainly includes UI improvements. The core functionality remains the same as the currently approved version. Additionally, the app has been rejected multiple times with the status “Information Needed.” We have been promptly providing all the requested information each time, but the repeated cycle is significantly extending the overall review timeline. We kindly request guidance on how to move forward more efficiently, or if there is anything specific we can provide upfront to avoid further delays. If possible, we would also appreciate support in expediting the review. Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated, as this delay is leading to business loss. Thank you.

Hello, Can someone please tell me why the unlock button was unresponsive when tapped? The restore button worked. if let price = store.product?.displayPrice { Text(price) .font(.title2.bold()) .padding(.top, 4) } Button { Task { await store.purchase() } } label: { ZStack { if store.isLoading { ProgressView() .tint(.white) } else { Text("paywall.buy") .font(.headline) } } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) .padding() } .background(.blue) .foregroundStyle(.white) .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14)) .disabled(store.product == nil || store.isLoading) Button { Task { await store.restorePurchases() } } label: { Text("paywall.restore") }

As a company, we would like to implement digital passes in the Apple Wallet. We're wondering which option we should follow to be able to do so. Our company creates and manages access control devices to put on waste drop-off points. Our goal is to give the opportunity to our final users to unlock these drop-off points with their iphone. A contact told us to use the NFC & SE but this solution seems not to be available in France and not directly integrated with the Apple Wallet. We've seen Apple Wallet Access and Apple Wallet VAS as alternatives but we're not sure any of these two are really matching our usecase. We definitely want our passes to be directly integrated within the wallet, without an app.

I have been experiencing many issues trying to integrate the Apple AlarmKit in my app. I essentially keeping getting authorization errors. I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing issues like this and if anyone had guidance or a fix for what I am experiencing. I was under the impression that any devices IOS26+ could use the AlarmKit but maybe I am mistaken. Getting (com.apple.AlarmKit.Alarm error 1.) every time I try and enable alarms.

描述：低等级会员在 7 天免费期内订阅了高级会员 预期：低级会员的 7 天免费试用结束，高级会员直接扣费生效，苹果的升级通知如下： { "extra_info": { "quantity": 1, "expiresDate": 1754627893000, "purchaseDate": 1754623693000, "transactionId": "2000000979349440", "offerDiscountType": null, "originalTransactionId": "2000000979347229", // 升级前后没有变化 "subscriptionGroupIdentifier": "21729756" }, "decodedPayload": {}, "orgin_sku_name": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "payment_platform": "app_store", "decodedPayload_Renew": { "productId": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "autoRenewStatus": 1, "originalTransactionId": "2000000979347229" }, "decodedPayload_Trans": { "type": "Auto-Renewable Subscription", "price": 228000, "bundleId": "ai.plaud.ios.plaudzh", "currency": "CNY", "quantity": 1, "productId": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "signedDate": 1754623696459, "storefront": "CHN", "environment": "Sandbox", "expiresDate": 1754627293000, "purchaseDate": 1754623693000, "storefrontId": "143465", "transactionId": "2000000979349440", "appTransactionId": "704742096472000913", "transactionReason": "PURCHASE", "inAppOwnershipType": "PURCHASED", "webOrderLineItemId": "2000000107917134", "originalPurchaseDate": 1754623472000, "originalTransactionId": "2000000979347229", "subscriptionGroupIdentifier": "21729756" } } 异常 case：苹果通知升级到高级会员且继续剩余试用时间，例如：低等级会员7 天免费试用期剩余 4 天，升级到 4 天的高等级会员的免费试用，收到的通知消息如下： "extra_info": { "quantity": 1, "expiresDate": 1773109207000, "purchaseDate": 1772708455000, "transactionId": "550002836609836", "offerDiscountType": "FREE_TRIAL", "originalTransactionId": "550002832625469", //升级前后没有变化 "subscriptionGroupIdentifier": "21729756" }, "purchase_type": "upgrade", "decodedPayload": { "signedTransactionInfo": {}, "orgin_sku_name": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "payment_platform": "app_store", "decodedPayload_Renew": { "productId": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "autoRenewStatus": 1, "originalTransactionId": "550002832625469" }, "decodedPayload_Trans": { "type": "Auto-Renewable Subscription", "price": 0, "bundleId": "ai.plaud.ios.plaudzh", "currency": "CNY", "quantity": 1, "offerType": 1, "productId": "unlimited.minutes.per.year.v3", "signedDate": 1772708460325, "storefront": "CHN", "environment": "Production", "expiresDate": 1773108607000, "offerPeriod": "P7D", "purchaseDate": 1772708455000, "storefrontId": "143465", "transactionId": "550002836609836", "appTransactionId": "705330723507531368", "offerDiscountType": "FREE_TRIAL", "transactionReason": "PURCHASE", "inAppOwnershipType": "PURCHASED", "webOrderLineItemId": "550001244481732", "originalPurchaseDate": 1772507407000, "originalTransactionId": "550002832625469", "subscriptionGroupIdentifier": "21729756" } } 请问是苹果的会员试用的策略发生了变化吗

Followed Apple's instructions and signed up via the iOS developer app. Received confirmation email of purchase. However I can 't complete enrolment because the developer account and the apple account haven't synced, so the developer account is trying to get me to "finish payment". Anyone else have this issue?