{"id":26822,"date":"2019-10-09T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26822"},"modified":"2022-10-27T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T19:59:09","slug":"settings-urls-supported-by-ios-and-ipados-13-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/settings-urls-supported-by-ios-and-ipados-13-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings URLs Supported by iOS and iPadOS 13.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federico Viticci<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I came across a post on Reddit<\/a> claiming that Apple had restored the ability to launch specific sections of the Settings app via Shortcuts in iOS and iPadOS 13.1. I was inspired by that discovery to finish working on a project I had long been putting off: documenting all the URLs supported by the Settings app<\/strong> in iOS and iPadOS.<\/p>

After some<\/del> a lot<\/em> of trial and error, I’ve collected 120+ URLs that can open individual pages and sub-sections of the Settings app. In this post, I’m going to share the complete list of URLs that are supported as of iOS and iPadOS 13.1 (specifically, iOS 13.1.2), as well as a custom shortcut to launch them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

For example, you can open the iCloud Backup settings using prefs:root=CASTLE&path=BACKUP<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n

The equivalent Mac System Preferences URLs<\/a> start with x-apple.systempreferences<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n

Matthias Gansrigler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So, using \n@viticci’s iOS Settings URLs (prefs:root<\/code>) will<\/em> get your app rejected. Figures.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m not sure if it’s the prefs:<\/code> url scheme itself, or if it’s prefs:root=<\/code> that they’re having an issue with.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing the latter, because before, I used prefs:<\/code> to launch Settings.app, and that wasn’t rejected.<\/p>\n

I’d even argue using public APIs to open a URL constructed from a string doesn’t really constitute using “private API”, but what do I know..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n