How to Open Keyboard's settings screen programmatically in iOS 10?

Question

This code is not working in iOS 10

NSURL *keyboardSettingsURL = [NSURL URLWithString: @"prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS"];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:keyboardSettingsURL];

and added URL Scheme

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '16 at 08:20

It looks like this functionality has been disabled in iOS 10. I believe that https://developer.apple.com/library/content/qa/qa1924/_index.html is no longer valid. I checked several top keyboard apps and they have either been updated to no longer have a direct link to the preferences, or have a non-working button.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '17 at 02:38

2

is work in iOS 10+

NSURL *keboardURL = [NSURL URLWithString: @"App-Prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:keyboardURL];

key points:

@"App-Prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS"

answered Mar 03 '17 at 02:38

DouSha

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Is this working for iOS13. I tried but didn't work. Do we have to enable something in the xcodeprojecte.g. URL type? – Sumit utreja Aug 26 '20 at 09:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 09 '16 at 19:02

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You may need to add a URL Scheme to your project if you haven't already. Instructions and more details can be found at this Apple Q&A Reference. Hope this helps!

answered Sep 09 '16 at 19:02

Alex Pojman

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Have you tried using `"prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard"`instead of `"prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS"`? – Alex Pojman Sep 09 '16 at 20:29
"prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard" is also not working – Rachit Sep 09 '16 at 20:58
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Unfortunately, it's very possible that Apple may have removed this type of URL functionality from iOS 10. According to some of the comments [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37399893/open-phone-settings-programmatically-in-ios9), it seems that there has been a history of Apple rejecting apps that use the "prefs:*" URL, so it would make sense if it was removed from iOS 10 – Alex Pojman Sep 09 '16 at 21:06
The URL provided clearly mentions that it is only allowed to do so from keyboard extensions. Using this under all other scenarios will cause app rejection. – DS. Sep 10 '16 at 05:36
I am using this for Keyboard Extension App – Rachit Sep 10 '16 at 06:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 28 '17 at 16:08

In iOS 10, a new url is required. Try using this code which tests both urls :

NSArray* urlStrings = @[@"prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS", @"App-Prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS"];
for(NSString* urlString in urlStrings){
    NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
    if([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:url]){
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
        break;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 19 '17 at 10:13

For IOS-10 or higher,openURL is deprecated. use with completion handler like below.

NSString *settingsUrl= @"App-Prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard";
if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 10.0){
    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:settingsUrl]]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:settingsUrl] options:@{} completionHandler:nil];
     }
 }

How to Open Keyboard's settings screen programmatically in iOS 10?

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