Hello, I get this error: How can I fix it and hope you can help me. greetings Fabian SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c36e50 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2024-08-16 17:14:32 +0000"; } SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c36e50 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1

Hi, I'm trying to implement the iOS18 ControlWidget features. When i turn on a ControlWidgetToggle that action with a LiveActivityIntent, the toggle will turn off automatic. The toggle state is read from my sharemanger, but it state won't refresh even i use the ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls(). Here is my code. struct TimerLiveActivityControl: ControlWidget { var body: some ControlWidgetConfiguration { StaticControlConfiguration(kind: Self.kind) { ControlWidgetToggle(isOn: ShareManager.shared.isLiveActivityTimerOn, action: LiveActivityTimerIntent()) { isTurnedOn in Image(systemName: isTurnedOn ? "fan.fill":"fan") Text(isTurnedOn ? "Turned off" : "Turned On") } label: { Text("Live Activity Timer") } } } } struct LiveActivityTimerIntent: LiveActivityIntent, SetValueIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource { "Live Activity timer" } @Parameter(title: "is Turned On") var value: Bool @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { TimerLiveActivityTimer.shared.duration = 10 TimerLiveActivityTimer.shared.startTimer() return .result() } } func startTimer() { self.startActivity() self.isLiveActivityTimerOn = true Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: TimeInterval(self.duration), repeats: false) { timer in self.isLiveActivityTimerOn = false ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls() self.endActivity() } //The ControlWidgetToggle can't refresh even i refresh it all time Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: TimeInterval(0.1), repeats: true) { timer in ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls() } } However the code can work if I use a single SetValueIntent. My Xcode version is 16.0 beta, use iOS 18.0 simulator.

Hi everyone, I'm working on an app that uses the Screen Time API, and I'm encountering an issue with Live Activities. The app runs a timer (e.g., 10 minutes), after which the intervalDidEnd method in DeviceActivityMonitor is triggered. To improve the user experience, I've implemented Live Activities to display the remaining time. However, I'm having trouble stopping the Live Activity when the timer expires and intervalDidEnd is called. It seems that the Screen Time extensions cannot detect or interact with active Live Activities, even though both share the same App Group. My Question: Since the DeviceActivityMonitor extension does not seem to be able to detect Live Activities, does anyone know if there’s a way to end a Live Activity when the timer expires without relying on a server? Using Apple’s Push Notification service feels excessive given the lightweight nature of the app, which doesn’t use server-side components. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I am trying to start a live activity via push token with the below headers and payload. I am using the 'fetch-http2' npm module to execute the APNS request in a deno/typescript environment, and am authenticating via token/p8. The device receives the alert portion of the payload, but the live activity does not appear on the device. I get a 200 OK response from APNS with the unique ID, and dashboard shows notification was successfully sent to the device. The odd thing, when backgrounding the app dismisses to the Dynamic Island with the animation as if there were a live activity happening, but there is not. When I check Activity<MyAttributes>.activities on app launch, it's empty. I don't see any errors in Xcode when I have the app running/foregrounded when sending the request. Quitting the app restores normal behavior. TL;DR: I have regular APNS alert push notification requests working without issue from the same environment. However when attempting to start a live activity via APNS, the alert is received but the live activity does not appear, despite the app/system seemingly thinking there is one. What could I be missing, or what else could I try? I have checked that: My generated JWT and device token are valid according to CloudKit dashboard (again, standard push alerts are working as expected) I can successfully start a live activity locally/from foreground via Activity.request I have added Supports Live Activities and Supports Live Activities Frequent Updates to my app's info.plist, and also have the required capabilities enabled (remote push, background processing, background fetch) I am using the current device push-to-start token (obtained from device via Activity.pushToStartTokenUpdates) for the device token in the APNS request (NOT the update token) My ActivityAttributes and ActivityAttributes.ContentState values and types are correct "headers": { "authorization": "bearer {jwt}", "apns-push-type": "liveactivity", "apns-topic": "{bundleId}.push-type.liveactivity" } "aps": { "attributes-type": "LiveActivityAttributes", "attributes": { "title": "Test Event" }, "content-state": { "status": 1 }, "event": "start", "alert": { "title": "Alert Title", "body": "Live Activity has started." }, "sound": "default", "timestamp": Math.round(Date.now() / 1000) }

On watchOS 11 when starting a workout session a widget appears automatically on the smart stack showing the pause or resume button. It´s a great feature, but my problem is that the duration is not showed correctly because the prepare phase of the workout and the pause / resume events are not taken into account calculating the duration. In my project I don´t use the workout builder. I have made a sample project with workout builder and there the duration is shown correctly. It would be great if this automatically appearing widget would also show the time correctly in case the workout builder is not used (prepare phase and pause resume events considered, otherwise it looks like a bug). Is there any way to opt out of this automatically appearing widget or could this be fixed? Any comments from an Apple engineer on this?

I'm trying to develop a Live Activity Extension. The problem is, I can't get pushToStartToken. I'm able to get it when I start a Live Activity, but I can't when I don't start a Live Activity. This function successfully generates the token: private func startNewLiveActivity() async { guard #available(iOS 16.2, *) else { return } let attributes = MyWidgetAttributes( homeTeam: "Badger", awayTeam: "Lion", date: "12/09/2023" ) let initialContentState = ActivityContent( state: MyWidgetAttributes.ContentState( homeTeamScore: 0, awayTeamScore: 0, lastEvent: "Match Start" ), staleDate: nil ) guard let activity = try? Activity.request( attributes: attributes, content: initialContentState, pushType: .token ) else { return } if #available(iOS 17.2, *) { Task { for await data in Activity< MyWidgetAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // THE DESIRED pushToStartToken TOKEN IS GENERATED HERE } } } for await data in activity.pushTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // I send token to server here. } } But when I try to get pushToStartToken separately, without creating a live activity, it doesn't return any value: private func getPushToStartToken() async { guard #available(iOS 17.2, *) else { return } Task { for await data in Activity<MyWidgetAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // THIS DOESN'T GENERATE ANY TOKENS SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS NOT CREATED } } }

I'm trying to build a Live Activity extension. I can successfully start my live activity via push notification. The problem is, when I start live activity from my app, I can get pushTokenUpdates since I control everything and run the for loop that gets pushTokenUpdates. But the code that gets pushTokenUpdates isn't called when I start live activity with push notification since system starts it automatically (maybe it is called, but I don't know when and where). Where am I supposed to get pushTokenUpdates when I start Live Activity using push notification to send them to my server? The relevant code is below: for await data in activity.pushTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() Logger().log("Activity token: \(token)") // send token to the server }

Our watchOS App isn't opened when tapping on a Live Activity. Added the following to our Info.plist and still get the Open on iPhone option. <key>WKSupportsLiveActivityLaunchAttributeTypes</key> <array/> Is there something else we need to configure?

Our team has recently added support to our app for Live Activities where the source of the data is driven from the app itself (not push notifications). We've noticed a crash happening in our core data code caused by the following error thrown by the addPersistentStore function where it would attempt to recover and eventually crash. Here's an error we created to help us debug that contains the error details: Domain: CoreData Code: 1 NSLocalizedDescription: Error performing migration for databaseName=mydb.sqlite. Error details=The file couldn’t be saved because you don’t have permission. - userinfo: ["reason": No permissions to create file; code = 1] After some trouble shooting, we managed to reproduce the issue by doing a hard reboot while we're running a live activity. It appears that when the device starts back up, the Live Activity starts which triggers the app to hit didFinishLaunchingWithOptions which is where we get our Core Data store initialized. The problem is that our app uses Data Protection using NSFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication and we'd prefer to keep it that way. The Core Data db is present in the app sandbox and we're also seeing logs to suggest a failure trying to access NSUserDefaults as well. Is there an accepted solution for this? Is it expected that a Live Activity would cause an application to launch prior to the device being unlocked for the first time? Is there a way to change that?

How can I disable Dynamic Island interactions while using my app?

I'm trying to start a live activity that allows a user to see and control a recording from their lock screen. I have an AppIntent that uses a class to start recording the user. The intent is used in a home screen widget. Upon pressing the button in the widget, the intent is called, which then calls the startRecording function within its perform. This function then tries to start the live activity, but it is currently failing with a "Failed to start live activity: The operation couldn’t be completed. Target does not include NSSupportsLiveActivities plist key" error. The relevant code block is this: func startRecording() { print("[RecordingManager] start recording called") isRecording = true let activityAttributes = RecordingControlWidgetAttributes(name: "RecordingManagerActivity") let initialContentState = RecordingControlWidgetAttributes.ContentState(isRecording: true, startTime: Date()) let initialContent = ActivityContent(state: initialContentState, staleDate: nil) if ActivityAuthorizationInfo().areActivitiesEnabled { do { liveActivity = try Activity<RecordingControlWidgetAttributes>.request( attributes: activityAttributes, content: initialContent, pushType: nil ) } catch { print("Failed to start live activity: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } else { print("Live activities are not available") } // TODO: actually start the recording } When this function is run/the button is pressed, the following messages are printed: "[RecordingManager] start recording called Failed to start live activity: The operation couldn’t be completed. Target does not include NSSupportsLiveActivities plist key" However, I have included the NSSupportsLiveActivities key, with value YES, in the target Info in XCode for both the main app target and the WidgetExtension. The following line exists in both the Release and Debug parts of the project.pbxproj file: INFOPLIST_KEY_NSSupportsLiveActivities = YES; I also tried including this key and value directly in the Info.plist file of both targets, but that also didn't work. This issue is occurring both on device and in simulator. I also checked that both my device and the simulator has LiveActivities turned on in Settings for the app. What could be going wrong? Are there any other situations where this error may print?

Hi everyone, Like so many before me, i tried to install my app to test widgets, live activities & dynamic island implementation on a real device or on the simulator (neither works). The problem is that when I try to run the project I get this message : "SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'fr.example.LiveActivities.LiveWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace). [......]". The first thing I tried was looking on Apple's forum and StackOverflow for a solution but after 1hour trying almost eveyrthing, nothing seemed to resolve my problem. Does anyone has an idea of how I could try to fix it ? I would love to show this project in my portfolio in order to find an apprenticeship, but I can't until I find a way to fix this. Thanks a lot!

In iOS 18 (beta 1-4) when you set openAppWhenRun = false in your AppIntent of your live activity the perform function never gets called. In iOS 16 and 17 my live activities work. I have downloaded other apps and in their live activities any button tab which doesn´t open the app is also doing nothing in iOS 18. Has anyone got this working? Any comments from an Apple engineer on this?

The ActivityKit API requires developers to parameterize calls to pushToStartTokenUpdates by the live activity's attributes, e.g. for await data in Activity<AdventureAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { // Send token to server. } for await data in Activity<BoringAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { // Send token to server. } At runtime, I have noticed that the token is the same for the different live activity attribute types we support in our app. Can someone confirm if this behavior is consistent? If the pushToStartToken is the same across different live activity types, it can simplify our database design 🙏🏼.

Hello! I'm building a Countdown Timer for the Dynamic Island using a Live Activity. I have two issues for which I can't find any solution: We want to display the time in the "X minutes" format, like in this example. I went through the forum but all the answers were wrong, because they were using a Text(:format) which never updates in the live activity, or a Text(:timerInterval) which we can't format. I want the Live Activity to end once the timer gets to zero. I found this staleDate parameter that I thought would helped, but is actually only adding loaders on my design once the date is reached. I tried to implement a solution like the answer of this post, but the if (context.isStale) {...} part is never being rendered. It also looks like the stale sate gets activated only when the app is focus again. I tried several fixes, went through a lot of forum and posts, but I can't find any solution. Thanks!

Is there a trick to getting the new Live Activities on Apple Watch working via the simulator? I have an iPhone paired to a watch simulator, but live activities created on the phone aren't appearing on the watch Smart Stack. It looks like maybe the Smart Stack isn't functional on the watch simulator, as there are a bunch of blank tiles where the Smart Stack should be.

I have a live activity, that works fine when the Lock Screen showing, but as soon as it "sleeps" dims down for always on display, everything in the widget disappears and an Activity Indicator(spinner), displays in its place, but non-animating.

I can’t refresh dynamic Island frequently on ios 18, it's worked on ios 17

I'm developing a music app, and currently I have lyrics placed on the live activity and dynamic island. However, the lyrics aren't refreshing as frequently as they did on iOS17 with a refresh rate of 0.25 seconds. I need help resolving this.

I'm developing a music app, and currently I have lyrics placed on the live activity and dynamic island. However, the lyrics aren't refreshing as frequently as they did on iOS17 with a refresh rate of 0.25 seconds. I need help resolving this.