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I have added an embedded iMessage extension to my app like so:

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When I update my app via TestFlight or the App Store my iMessage extension is installed without uninstalling the old causing the iMessage Extension to become completely unusable:

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"Messages Extension Plugin"

If I touch the switch of Messages Extension Plugin, two switches turn off and on because they have the same identifier or reference on the list. My app and "Messages Extension Plugin"

You can reproduce this error in a similar way by installing the Delta app that has an embedded iMessage Extension. Then delete the Delta app and reinstall, you will see an orphaned Messages Extension Plugin artifact.

Brian Ogden
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Not a developer here, but as a user, this is a bug I've dealt with for years on multiple phones, with multiple apps. Once an app updates if I want the image to show up in the iMessage share bar I have to:

  1. Remove it from the share bar
  2. Uninstall the app
  3. Reinstall the app
  4. Add it back to the share bar

Even this only has an 80% success rate (estimating obviously). I'm glad to hear some developers are reporting it as a bug, maybe it will finally get fixed. Reinstalling a couple of apps each time they update is very much a first-world problem, but annoying nonetheless.

Shaun
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