Content Filter Providers with Family Control app

Hello!

There was mentioned in the WWDC session that

Also, on-device web content filters built with the Network Extensions framework can be included in your app and will be installed automatically and cannot be removed.

But there is a notice in documentation for Content Filter Providers that

You can use content filter providers in apps ... on iOS supervised devices only

Can we rely on the fact that the documentation is not updated yet and com.apple.developer.family-controls entitlement with authorized app on child device would be enough for on-device web content filtering?

We can't prove this with ourselves while the entitlement is only for Development where Content Filter Providers are allowed for default.

Answered by Systems Engineer in 683920022

I would try using a NEFilterDataProvider in iOS 15 with the Screen Time APIs as I have heard that these restrictions for being on a supervised device have been relaxed in this context. If you find that this is not true, please follow up and let me know otherwise.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com
Accepted Answer

I would try using a NEFilterDataProvider in iOS 15 with the Screen Time APIs as I have heard that these restrictions for being on a supervised device have been relaxed in this context. If you find that this is not true, please follow up and let me know otherwise.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com
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