We have a problem with adding the widget to the screen.
Our app has 2 widgets and app is live in AppStore.
The problem that some users can see only 1 widget (randomly, and using the newest version of the app), some see both widgets. It is hard to debug as I see both widgets on my device.
Happened on iPhone 6S iOS 14, iPhone 11 iOS 14. I guess there are more users as well who can't see these widgets.
Any known issues?
So I found the reason, so in future, if anyone has the same issues, might help:
Apple for today has some bugs related to the WidgetKit. If you want to see the widget in the widget menu, you must first open the app (after updating or installing) and then put the app to the background or kill the app
Now you are able to see the widget in the widget menu
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I am working on an app that contains widget feature.
Recently, I have observed that, when I take the app in Killed state and then click on its widget from widget view, the app gets opened without any action.
It is working fine, when -
App is in the foreground/background for this device,
App is being tested in iPhone 8, iPhoneX with iOS 16.1.
Can anyone help me regarding this?
I'm experiencing a strange graphic issue (flickering) for iOS 14 widgets on the Home Screen and also in the Widget Gallery. The problem seems to occur after an app update gets installed. During development I thought this is a problem with the iOS Simulator, but now users reporting this issue, after I released an app update.
Was someone experiencing the same problems? Is there a fix for it or is it a bug from Apple?
Here are 2 videos showing the problem. Once on the Home Screen and once in the Widget Gallery. Home Screen flickering
Widget Gallery flickering
I’m having the same issue. “Color Widgets” flickers and it’s irritating at times.
This is an issue with iOS 14.0. (This issue was there in the betas, not sure why apple didn’t fix it)
I guess Apple will get it fixed it in the next iOS update since a lot of users are complaining.
Seems iOS 14 issue but while development you can avoid this by removing Widget from home screen before adding new version in simulator/device.
I am suffering from Today Extension freezing issue when the main app is updated. In detail, I recently found that Today Extension freezes after updating the main app from Crashlytics Beta service. After that, all of touchable things like a button does not work. I tried to reinstall the widget by setting menu supported by Today but failed.
The only way to solve this symptom is rebooting iPhone device. You know, however, this is not proper solution.
What makes the widget freeze after updating a main app?
After I delete my app without removing the today widget in the Today area of Notification Center, I rerun the app, the today widget is there but without the icon. I could make it display after remove it and add it again or relaunch my iPhone. Is that a bug of iOS?
As long as you have all of your icons included in Xcode, it sounds like a bug with iOS. Apps installed from Xcode sometimes install differently than apps installed from the App Store. I wouldn't worry about it.
1.Remove app when widget is enable.
2.Install your app again.
3.In Some iOS Version has a higher risk of widget icon is gone.
Do test in different Version
It is ok： iOS 8.0.2、iOS 9.0 and later
Has Problem version: iOS 8.4.1、 iOS 8.3
(maybe in 8.1.1 ~ 8.4.1 has problem)
I have created a working iOS8 app extension widget for my app. In the simulator it appears by pulling down Notification Center and clicking edit and adding the widget, however if I compile my app to my iPhone 5S, the widget does not appear in the Notification Center today view until I after I reboot. Each time I compile to my phone I have to reboot again before seeing my widget and re-add it. After rebooting my phone the widget always shows up as expected but before rebooting it is like it does not exist.
Does anybody know why this might be happening? It sure is tedious rebooting after each compile.
This is a known issue in Beta 4 and hopefully will be addressed soon.
After updating a previously installed Today extension, the extension
may no longer launch. (17241004)
Workaround: Reboot the iOS device. (source)