Is there any way to obtain the ControlWidget installed by user, I use WidgetCenter.shared.getCurrentConfigurations cannot work

Trying to start a live activity without showing anything, and update its UI while app is being terminated. However, we found very inconsistent behavior - sometimes it shows sometimes not - could you help figure out the cause?

I've been working on a new application and beta testing with TestFlight. When iOS 18.3 came out, my widgets stopped working due to using too much memory. I've been trying to debug for a while now, but not making much progress. Now that iOS 18.4 is out, I noticed the widgets are working again. I'm wondering if there was some change made in iOS 18.3 that was rolled back in iOS 18.4 that I'm not seeing in the iOS Release Notes etc? I haven't seen much in the Developer Forums, either. My concern is that perhaps Apple decided to make the 30MB Widget memory limit a "hard" limit, but then rolled it back, perhaps temporarily, so I'd like some clarity on the situation if possible. Otherwise, I did notice that it seemed as if all of my widgets were loaded at once, even if only one widget was installed, this boosting the memory usage significantly. If so, that might indicate that a bug was fixed in the Widget Provider system? In any case, I'd appreciate any information or advice on this. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm working with Live Activities using the ActivityKit(Activity), and I'm trying to find a way to detect when a user manually dismisses a Live Activity by swiping it away — either from the Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island. Currently, when a Live Activity ends, the activityState changes to .dismissed, which is defined as: /// The Live Activity ended and is no longer visible because a person or the system removed it. case dismissed This doesn’t allow me to determine whether the dismissal was triggered by the user or by the system. Is there any way — either through ActivityState, notifications, or another approach — to distinguish if a Live Activity was manually dismissed by the user vs. ended by the system? Thanks in advance!

My widget requests server data updates in getTimeline to refresh information. But if the server API returns an error and I don't execute the completion callback, will this cause any problems?

Issue Report 1.Multiple instances of the same widget from one app were added, but only one fails to display while others work normally. 2.Sometimes the widget displays blank on iOS 18.3.2 Technical Context Occurs intermittently Specific to iOS version 18.3.2 Widget content fails to render

Do we need to include a 1x, 2x, and 3x version of each asset shown on the widget? Can we instead just supply a single 3x version and have the system display this for all device types? We are concerned about our growing app size

Hello, We are using the Firebase Admin SDK (firebase-admin framework) to send push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for Live Activity updates in our iOS app. With the introduction of iOS 18, a new key "input-push-token": 1 has been added to the Live Activities push payload structure. 1) Can this new key ("input-push-token": 1) be used when sending payloads via FCM? We noticed that FCM is still using the push update format introduced in iOS 17.2. Will FCM be updated to support the new push structure introduced with iOS 18? Or is the "input-push-token" feature only available when sending notifications via direct APNs? 2) We are concerned about the expiration of the Live Activity start push token. If a user doesn't open the app for a long time, the token may expire, and this could result in failed updates. That’s why we are looking into the new "input-push-token" behavior in iOS 18. Do you have any recommendations on how to manage or prevent token expiration? Is there any official guidance on the lifespan of the Live Activity push tokens? Will FCM support the delivery of start/update/end Live Activity actions even when the app is completely terminated? We would highly appreciate any official clarification or roadmap regarding this. It would help us determine whether we should wait for FCM support or switch to sending notifications directly via APNs. Thank you for your help!

In our widget we include a button with an intent, making a network call to refresh some shared data in its perform(). Whether the call finishes in time or not is not important to us, what matters more is that the widget gets reloaded at the end and displays whatever data it has available with its transition animation. On iOS18.0 we see the widget being reloaded but on the latest version 18.4 this doesn't happen anymore. Going through the logs, on both devices we see this same flow: default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853674 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300e002a0; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 1; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853691 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to windows: 1 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853702 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to window: <WidgetRenderer.WidgetWindow: 0x5689b4000>; contextId: 0x8E401B8A default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853735 +0300 SpringBoard Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300af9420; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 1; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853836 +0300 SpringBoard Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to windows: 1 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.853864 +0300 SpringBoard Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to window: <_UISystemGestureWindow: 0xb5a20d000>; contextId: 0x5A4C4C23 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.854862 +0300 SpringBoard Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300aeeca0; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 1; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.854866 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default [Timeline[<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget:systemMedium::321.00/148.00/20.20:(null)]--A76785AED3F9::0xb5bc4c000)] Handle action default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.854892 +0300 SpringBoard Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to windows: 1 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.854901 +0300 SpringBoard Sending UIEvent type: 0; subtype: 0; to window: <SBHomeScreenWindow: 0xb5ad60000>; contextId: 0x71D69FA2 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.855015 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default Handle action: <private> default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.855360 +0300 SpringBoard Allowing tap for icon view '<private>' default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.855376 +0300 SpringBoard Not allowing tap gesture to begin because we're not editing, the custom view controller's user interaction is enabled, and the effective icon alpha isn't zero. default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.856940 +0300 SpringBoard Icon touch ended: <private> default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.857474 +0300 backboardd contact 1 presence: none default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.857826 +0300 chronod Received action <private> for interaction <WidgetRenderSession--4632871937259503361-scene::C1F20222-CC99-45CC-B074-A76785AED3F9::0xb5bc4c000-[<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget:systemMedium::321.00/148.00/20.20:(null)]> default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.858381 +0300 chronod [<WidgetRenderSession--4632871937259503361-scene::C1F20222-CC99-45CC-B074-A76785AED3F9::0xb5bc4c000-[<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget:systemMedium::321.00/148.00/20.20:(null)]>] Handle interaction: <private> default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.858436 +0300 chronod Pausing reloads for: [<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget] default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.869525 +0300 chronod [0xd180b2440] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.linkd.registry default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.870054 +0300 WidgetRenderer_Default Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300e002a0; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 0; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.870124 +0300 SpringBoard Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300af9420; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 0; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.870198 +0300 SpringBoard Evaluating dispatch of UIEvent: 0x300aeeca0; type: 0; subtype: 0; backing type: 11; shouldSend: 0; ignoreInteractionEvents: 0, systemGestureStateChange: 0 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.871831 +0300 linkd Accepting XPC connection from PID 129 for service "com.apple.linkd.registry" default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.871840 +0300 linkd [0x410cbe6c0] activating connection: mach=false listener=false peer=true name=com.apple.linkd.registry.peer[129].0x410cbe6c0 info 2025-04-10 15:05:26.876032 +0300 chronod Client requested ( "<LNFullyQualifiedActionIdentifier: 0xd17321b40, bundleIdentifier: <edited-bundle-identifier>, actionIdentifier: ReloadBalanceIntent>" ), got { } default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.877178 +0300 chronod [0xd180b2440] invalidated because the current process cancelled the connection by calling xpc_connection_cancel() default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.877377 +0300 linkd [0x410cbe6c0] invalidated because the client process (pid 129) either cancelled the connection or exited Then it followa with this on iOS18.4 : error 2025-04-10 15:21:32.964920 +0300 chronod [<WidgetRenderSession-7817322460413849944-scene::B5E4D7C4-91E1-4656-8175-C3C3C1CB894D::0xc733b8000-[<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget:systemLarge::364.00/382.00/23.00:(null)~(null)]>] Encountered error when handling interaction: ChronoKit.InteractiveWidgetActionRunner.Errors.runnerClientError(Error Domain=WFLinkActionWorkflowRunnerClientErrorDomain Code=1 "There is no metadata for ReloadBalanceIntent in `<edited-bundle-identifier>`" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=There is no metadata for ReloadBalanceIntent in `<edited-bundle-identifier>`}) default 2025-04-10 15:21:32.964958 +0300 chronod [<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget] Resuming reloads. Reload state paused -> clean info 2025-04-10 15:21:32.965013 +0300 chronod [interactionFailed] All diagnostics are disabled. Whereas on iOS18.0 it follows with a simplified error: error 2025-04-10 15:05:26.879005 +0300 chronod [<WidgetRenderSession--4632871937259503361-scene::C1F20222-CC99-45CC-B074-A76785AED3F9::0xb5bc4c000-[<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget:systemMedium::321.00/148.00/20.20:(null)]>] Encountered error when handling interaction: Error Domain=ChronoKit.InteractiveWidgetActionRunner.Errors Code=1 default 2025-04-10 15:05:26.879065 +0300 chronod Resuming reloads for: [<edited-bundle-identifier>::<edited-bundle-identifier>.<Widget>:widget] but afterwards we see many lines describing the reload process. So it turns out that the intent fails(?) to execute on both OSes but iOS18.0 triggers a reload even so, which fits our purposes. What could the issue be? The intent is pretty standard, it contains only the title, localizedDescription and is defined only inside the widget.

Hello everyone, I am currently developing a media playback app and want to achieve the following functionality: Display multiple media contents in the Now Playing control center, instead of just showing the currently playing one. Allow users to select and switch between different contents, such as videos, music, etc., from the control center. However, I have encountered some issues: Although I have integrated the Now Playing control center, it only displays the current media being played. I would like to display multiple selectable media contents (such as a video list, music list, etc.) in the control center, similar to what is done by some media player apps, and allow users to switch between them. I’ve tried the following methods: Using MPNowPlayingInfoCenter to update the current playing media information. Attempting to set MPNowPlayingInfoPropertyPlaybackQueueCount to show multiple items in the queue, but it doesn’t seem to work. Can anyone provide guidance on how to display multiple media contents in the Now Playing control center? Any experienced developers who could share their insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much for your help and feedback!

Device: iPhone 16 Pro iOS version: 18.3.2 The calendar widget (on home screen) is displaying "No more events today" even though there is an appointment scheduled later in the evening on the same day. I have looked through all the settings and nothing seems to work. How do I get it to display events that are on the calendar for rest of the day today. It does correctly display events that are upcoming tomorrow and next week. Thanks, -Harry

I'm developing a widget with WidgetKit, and I'm having a problem: I need to click on an image, and when I click it triggers a network request, the image automatically rotates clockwise, and when the network ends, the image automatically stops rotating. How to do that? My current idea is to click on the image and await the call to the network request. Should Toggle be used for the control corresponding to the picture? Because Toggle has two states. Then there is how to do image rotation, did not find support API.