iOS Launching Settings - Restrictions URL Scheme

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I ve recently discovered the awesome iOS5 custom Settings URL Scheme  which can be explained in detail at this great website   I ve found this to work  directing the user to the Settings app from my application     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL          NSURL URLWithString   prefs root General       But cannot seem to route directly to the Restrictions path via the path parameter     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL      NSURL URLWithString   prefs root General amp path Restrictions       Has anyone found documentation on this or been able to make this work    Any insight would be greatly appreciated   I m trying to take the user to enable in-App purchasing  and would rather not have the user manually click on Restrictions  not very obvious

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iOS 10  Use app-prefs   App-prefs root MOBILE DATA SETTINGS ID   See gist

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As of iOS10 you can use   UIApplication sharedApplication   openURL NSURL string  App-Prefs root        to open general settings   also you can add known urls you can see them in the most upvoted answer  to it to open specific settings  For example the below one opens touchID and passcode   UIApplication sharedApplication   openURL NSURL string  App-Prefs root TOUCHID PASSCODE

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In iOS 9 it works again   To open Settings   General   Keyboard  I use   prefs root General amp path Keyboard   Moreover  it is possible to go farther to Keyboards   prefs root General amp path Keyboard KEYBOARDS

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As of iOS8 you can open the built-in Settings app with   NSURL  url    NSURL URLWithString UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString   if    UIApplication sharedApplication  canOpenURL url          UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL url       The actual URL string is   app-settings    I tried appending different sections to the string   Bluetooth    GENERAL   etc   but seems only linking to the main Settings screen works  Post a reply if you find out otherwise

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Here is something else I found    After I have the  prefs  URL Scheme defined   prefs root Safari amp path ContentBlockers  is working on Simulator  iOS 9 1 English   but not working on Simulator  Simplified Chinese   It just jump to Safari  but not Content Blockers  If your app is international  be careful  Update  Don t know why  now I can t jump into ContentBlockers anymore  the same code  the same version  doesn t work now     On real devcies  mine is iPhone 6S  amp  iPad mini 2    Safari  should be  SAFARI    Safari  not working on real device   SAFARI  now working on simulator    if arch i386     arch x86 64         Simulator     let url   NSURL string   prefs root Safari     else        Device     let url   NSURL string   prefs root SAFARI     endif  if UIApplication sharedApplication   canOpenURL url        UIApplication sharedApplication   openURL url     So far  did not find any differences between iPhone and iPad

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AS  Nix Wang s ANSWER THIS IS NOT WORK IN IOS 10    WARNING  This method will not work for devices running iOS 5 1 and greater - See Hlung s comment below   It s possible that the path component has a different name than the actual section  but it s also possible that you can t currently access that section straight from a URL  I found a list of possible URLs and Restrictions is not on it  maybe it s just not found out yet   List of currently known URLs in the Settings app    prefs root General amp path About prefs root General amp path ACCESSIBILITY  prefs root AIRPLANE MODE prefs root General amp path AUTOLOCK       prefs root General amp path USAGE CELLULAR USAGE  prefs root Brightness   prefs root General amp path Bluetooth       prefs root General amp path DATE AND TIME prefs root FACETIME       prefs root General prefs root General amp path Keyboard  prefs root CASTLE prefs root CASTLE amp path STORAGE AND BACKUP       prefs root General amp path INTERNATIONAL  prefs root LOCATION SERVICES   prefs root ACCOUNT SETTINGS prefs root MUSIC  prefs root MUSIC amp path EQ prefs root MUSIC amp path VolumeLimit  prefs root General amp path Network     prefs root NIKE PLUS IPOD  prefs root NOTES       prefs root NOTIFICATIONS ID prefs root Phone prefs root Photos       prefs root General amp path ManagedConfigurationList       prefs root General amp path Reset  prefs root Sounds amp path Ringtone       prefs root Safari prefs root General amp path Assistant  prefs root Sounds prefs root General amp path SOFTWARE UPDATE LINK  prefs root STORE       prefs root TWITTER prefs root General amp path USAGE prefs root VIDEO     prefs root General amp path Network VPN prefs root Wallpaper       prefs root WIFI prefs root INTERNET TETHERING

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Update   prefs  will NOT work since iOS 10

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If you add the prefs URL scheme to your iOS app  it will allow you to use all those schemes that we could in iOS 5  I ve tested it on iOS 9  but I think it will work on older versions too

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Yep  saw this  and many more   even implemented it in a test application  Really need to get the definitive word from Apple  but the community consensus opinion is Apple disallowed it in 5 1 after it was publicly  discovered published   so applications containing it won t be accepted   08 01 12 Update  Asked Apple through my developer account if there is a way to programmatically launch the WiFi Settings dialog  Here is the response       Our engineers have reviewed your request and have concluded that   there is no supported way to achieve the desired functionality given   the currently shipping system configurations

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Solution for iOS10  Works fine   NSURL  URL    NSURL URLWithString   App-prefs root TWITTER      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL URL options     completionHandler nil

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I wanted to open the Bluetooth Menu in the Settings Application and the above path  prefs root General amp path Bluetooth  didn t work for me   What ended up working for me was   UIApplication sharedApplication   openURL NSURL string  prefs root Bluetooth       Make sure you have the prefs URL Scheme defined first

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I am updating one news here  Using  prefs   only is NOT rejected by Apple  I tested it and checked approved to the app store in Aug  2016   thx

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Works Fine for App Notification settings on IOS 10  tested   if  amp UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString    nil         UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString

[ios] iOS Launching Settings -> Restrictions URL Scheme

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