Ios Launching Settings -≫ Restrictions Url Scheme

iOS Launching Settings - Restrictions URL Scheme

AS @Nix Wang's ANSWER THIS IS NOT WORK IN IOS 10

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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&path=About
• prefs:root=General&path=ACCESSIBILITY
• prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE
• prefs:root=General&path=AUTOLOCK
• prefs:root=General&path=USAGE/CELLULAR_USAGE
• prefs:root=Brightness
• prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth
• prefs:root=General&path=DATE_AND_TIME
• prefs:root=FACETIME
• prefs:root=General
• prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard
• prefs:root=CASTLE
• prefs:root=CASTLE&path=STORAGE_AND_BACKUP
• prefs:root=General&path=INTERNATIONAL
• prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES
• prefs:root=ACCOUNT_SETTINGS
• prefs:root=MUSIC
• prefs:root=MUSIC&path=EQ
• prefs:root=MUSIC&path=VolumeLimit
• prefs:root=General&path=Network
• prefs:root=NIKE_PLUS_IPOD
• prefs:root=NOTES
• prefs:root=NOTIFICATIONS_ID
• prefs:root=Phone
• prefs:root=Photos
• prefs:root=General&path=ManagedConfigurationList
• prefs:root=General&path=Reset
• prefs:root=Sounds&path=Ringtone
• prefs:root=Safari
• prefs:root=General&path=Assistant
• prefs:root=Sounds
• prefs:root=General&path=SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LINK
• prefs:root=STORE
• prefs:root=TWITTER
• prefs:root=General&path=USAGE
• prefs:root=VIDEO
• prefs:root=General&path=Network/VPN
• prefs:root=Wallpaper
• prefs:root=WIFI
• prefs:root=INTERNET_TETHERING

Custom URL Scheme for Settings on iOS 10?

None of the previous methods for launching the root "Settings" app on iOS 8+ were officially supported by Apple, so unfortunately we can't rely on them. It's also possible that apps that relied on the undocumented behaviors could be rejected during App Store review, even if others have been approved--even if the same app had been previously approved!

I've been unable to discover any workaround either, so it seems your choices are:

1. Open the app-specific URL (as detailed in many places, including @alvin-varghese 's answer above), and then ask the user to navigate backwards. (A terrible user experience, since it involves the user knowing to scroll up from the app list into the main settings sections.)

2. Use an instructional screen or alert in your app to educate users on how to find it themselves. (Not much better, but at least aren't dropped into an unfamiliar context with no waypoints.)

There doesn't seem to be an officially supported way of making this happen in iOS 10, and as you pointed out, it seems like the old ways (adding prefs scheme to your Info.plist file and using openURL(_:)) do not work any more.

URL Scheme Open Settings ios

As of iOS 8, it's possible to launch the Settings app that directly opens your Privacy app section in this way:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];

In Swift:

if let settingsURL = NSURL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString) {
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(settingsURL)
}

In Swift 3.0:

if let settingsURL = URL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString + Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!) {
    UIApplication.shared.openURL(settingsURL as URL)
}

The prefs URL Scheme is not working in iOS 10 (Beta 1 & 2)

Just replace prefs to App-Prefs for iOS 10

Below code works for iOS 8,9,10

Swift 3.0 and Xcode >= 8.1

if #available(iOS 10.0, *)
{
       UIApplication.shared.openURL(URL(string: "App-Prefs:root=SOMETHING")!)
}
else
{
       UIApplication.shared.openURL(URL(string: "prefs:root=SOMETHING")!)
}

Swift 2.2

if #available(iOS 10.0, *)
{
      UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string:"App-Prefs:root=SOMETHING")!)
}
else
{        
    UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string:"prefs:root=SOMETHING")!)
}

Works for me.

Happy Coding /p>

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