Parent Application Opening

[haider792]

Is it possible that we can open the parent application from the shield.
i have a functionality that when the user click on the primary button on shield action extension it opens the parent app(App who has installed the restrcition on another app).

same thing is happenin in jomo app. @NoodleOfDeath

[NoodleOfDeath]

Ugh. Unfortunately, I have researched all possible ways to make this possible and Apple just has not made it even natively doable. Like you can't even open your app "schema" because opening URLs from the main bundle is not accessible to the Shield extensions :( pretty lame right?

[haider792]

but how jomo app is doing then? any rough idea.
they are creating a perfect scenario.

[NoodleOfDeath]

interesting. you're right. i'll have to dig into that a bit more 🤔

[haider792]

let me know if you find anything.

[NoodleOfDeath]

try using the NSEXtensionContext to call openURL

[NoodleOfDeath]

give this hacky solution a shot... in your ShieldAction. You also need to add your URL scheme to your Info.plist and handle for all three delegate methods not just for app token

  override func handle(action: ShieldAction, for application: ApplicationToken, completionHandler: @escaping (ShieldActionResponse) -> Void) {
    // Handle the action as needed.
    switch action {
    case .primaryButtonPressed:
      completionHandler(.close)
    case .secondaryButtonPressed:
      completionHandler(.defer)
      if let url = URL(string: "your-app-schema://") {
        // hack option 1
        let webView = WKWebView()
        webView.load(URLRequest(url: url))
        // hack option 2
        let context = NSExtensionContext()
        context.open(url)
      }
    @unknown default:
      fatalError()
    }
  }

[haider792]

have you tried it? its not working on my side.
@NoodleOfDeath

[haider792]

have you searched it out more or have you done the testing on code you shared?
becuase its not opening the parent(Host) application on triggering the secondary button on my side.

@NoodleOfDeath

[NoodleOfDeath]

So I have tried doing quite a bit more research and it's practically impossible to find a way for this to work natively so far

[AftabUfaq]

i want to get the screen time used.

[NoodleOfDeath]

i want to get the screen time used.

Uh. are you having issues making the library features work? or are you having issues with this particular "feature" why seems to only be achieveable by using non public methods