How to hide specific apps from home screen proactively?

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Created Sep ’22

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I'd like to use screen time Api 16.0 to hide specific apps from the home screen for individuals, not family/parental. I've already written the authentication:

let center = AuthorizationCenter.shared try await center.requestAuthorization(for: .individual)

But can't figure the doc that shows how to hide/unhide a specific app such as instagram.

The closes is familyActivityPicker https://developer.apple.com/documentation/familycontrols/familyactivitypicker but that's for IOS 15.0 API & based on user's selection versus being already pre-configured. AKA, when individual screentime API access given hide all social media apps or hide instagram.

Answered by Frameworks Engineer in 730710022

After requesting authorization using the AuthorizationCenter, if the user approves the request with Face ID or Touch ID, you can then use ManagedSettingsStore to hide Instagram:

let instagram = Application(bundleIdentifier: "com.burbn.instagram")
let store = ManagedSettingsStore()
store.application.blockedApplications = [instagram]

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Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’22

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After requesting authorization using the AuthorizationCenter, if the user approves the request with Face ID or Touch ID, you can then use ManagedSettingsStore to hide Instagram:

let instagram = Application(bundleIdentifier: "com.burbn.instagram")
let store = ManagedSettingsStore()
store.application.blockedApplications = [instagram]

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Daniyaldehleh OP

Oct ’22

Worked! Thank you so much @Kmart! Is is in anyway possible to do the same with websites? Aka hide instagram.com bookmark from the homescreen.

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