Opening IOS settings preferences

Question

Im having a problem opening the settings preferences in my IOS iphone app. At the moment im just using a simple button to test and it doesn't seem to be working correctly.

Basically when I click the button I want a specific settings preference page to open. This is what Im currently using within my buttons IBACTION:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs:root=General"]];

Hope you guys can help me out with a solution for this, thanks in advance.

This only works in iOS `5.0`. The prefs shortcuts were removed in 5.1. Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8246070/ios-launching-settings-restrictions-url-scheme — Matthias Bauch, Apr 07 '12 at 16:00
Oh so this cannot be used in IOS 5.1 at all ? I mean, it has been completely removed ? — Doop, Apr 07 '12 at 16:06

Sebastian Flückiger · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07T19:01:43.177

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try this:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs://"]];

should work in iOS 5

... update:

opening with the prefs url was disabled in iOS 5.1

sebastian

edited Apr 07 '12 at 19:01

answered Apr 07 '12 at 15:49

Sebastian Flückiger

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Hi sebastian, Ive just tried that, but it doesn't seem to do anything at all. – Doop Apr 07 '12 at 15:53
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hi, sorry to bring the news, i figured out that this way was blocked with iOS 5.1... let us know if you find another solution =) – Sebastian Flückiger Apr 07 '12 at 19:02

Opening IOS settings preferences

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