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App extensions are a feature introduced in iOS 8 that allows apps to extend their functionality and become available to users while they're using other apps. Extensions are created to do a specific task, such as enabling sharing Safari pages through your app, or to display an interface in Notification Center for your app.

App extensions are a feature introduced in iOS 8 that allows apps to extend their functionality and become available to users while they are using other apps.

Extensions are created to do a specific task, such as enabling sharing Safari pages through your app, or to display an interface in Notification Center for your app.

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Do I need to use a Spotlight extension for my iOS app?

I have a question about Core Spotlight indexing. I use a method in my main UIViewController to index data, which works as expected. However, the indexed data stops appearing in Spotlight search some time later (even though the expiry is set to a…
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How to make a swipe enabled photo gallery (using photos from photo library)?

I'm making an ios camera application which is written in swift, and I want to add an album in the app. I'm using ALCameraViewController framework. It creates a nice collection view of the photos, which fetch all the photos from user's Photo…
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iOS content block extension with renewable subscription

I’m having hard time thinking of a solution to my problem, I want to block the content blocker usability when the renewable subscription is not active, I have the related code that checks if the subscription is still active inside the app extension…
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Push Notification Extension not called while debugging

My IOS app and the Push Notification Extension work fine on my device. However when debugging (running the Extension via Xcode), the extension is not begin called when receiving a push notification. The debugger immediately detaches and no messages…
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iOS: I installed the Share Extension, but impossible to get the image selected from the gallery in my App

I used that Tutorial but impossible to get the selected image in my App. I created with "New/File/Target", then I added a group in the "Capabilities". I can see the share icon when I go to the image gallery, but it does nothing when I click on the…
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Code Signing required 'WatchKit Extension' in SDK 'watchOS 3.2'

I have migrated watchOS 1 to watchOS 2. So I had to change the extension Bundle id with a prefix from App my.app.com Watch my.app.com.watchkit Watch Extension …
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How do you add more than one provisioning profile on nevercode.io

The documentation on nevercode.io (https://developer.nevercode.io/docs/code-signing#section-provisioning-profile) states correctly that each app extension will need it's own provisioning profile.How can I add more than one provisioning profile when…
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Swift - App Extension to open PDF files

I want my app to be able to copy PDF files from Safari, just like adobe reader can copy them from Safari. Is this a private API that adobe reader uses? I can't find any guide about such action and by reading apple documentation I became more…
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How to reuse the code of the containing app for action extension?

I want to reuse the code of the containing app for action extension with objective c. In the documentation it is written that you cant launch the main/containing app. So how to implement the partial functionality of the app in action extension with…
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Opensource App Extension Swift

I have created a custom UI for a share extension in an app I am working on. I was wondering if there was a way to export this as a framework/library for others to use via cocoapods? Essentially I want others to use my library as a way for custom UI…
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Take screenshots programmatically of entire scrollable area in iOS

Currently it is cumbersome for the user to repeatedly scroll and take a screenshot if they want to capture more than what can fit on the screen at a time. I would like to implement functionality such that at the request of a user (e.g. via tapping a…
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Can an App Extension be opened before the updated app has been opened for the first time?

I am implementing App Extensions in an upcoming release of my app. In the main app, I update the data and move the PersistentStore (.sqlite file) to a shared App Group directory. I am concerned the the user might update the app and then attempt to…
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Sharing dynamic frameworks between ios main app and extension

I have an ios app and its photo extension. I have certain dynamic frameworks that are required by both the main app and the extension. But I am struggling to make the dynamic frameworks available to both the main app and the shared app in a way that…
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Detect whether custom keyboard is currently active from keyboard's container application

As part of my user on-boarding experience for a custom keyboard I'm developing, I'd like to know whether my custom keyboard is currently active for text entering from within the containing (parent) application. Is there any way to do this, similar…
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This iMessage application is missing its required iMessage app extension

I have already thoroughly reviewed the other answers for this question which has been asked several times. As the others, it works on simulator but not on my iPhone or iPad. I have confirmed that yes (and it was working fine before I upgraded to…
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