Extension Point | Description | iOS/iPadOS | macOS | tvOS | watchOS |
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Action | Add custom actions to the share sheet to invoke your app’s functionality from any app. | ● | ● | ||
Audio Unit | Create and modify audio in any app that uses sound, including music production apps such as GarageBand or Logic Pro X. | ● | ● | ||
Authentication Services | Streamline authentication for users by enabling single sign-on. | ● | ● | ||
Account Authentication Modification | Automatically upgrade user passwords to strong passwords, or convert accounts to use Sign in with Apple. | ● | |||
AutoFill Credential Provider | Surface credentials from your app in Password Autofill and pull your app’s password data into the Password AutoFill workflow. | ● | |||
Broadcast Setup UI / Broadcast UI | Capture the contents of a user’s screen to stream to a video broadcast service. | ● | ● | ||
Call Directory | Display caller identification from your appʼs custom contact list so users know who’s calling. | ● | |||
ClassKit Content Provider | Update the status of your appʼs activities so that status is visible in the Schoolwork app. | ● | |||
Content Blocker | Provide rules for hiding elements, blocking loads, and stripping cookies from Safari requests. | ● | ● | ||
Custom Keyboard | Provide systemwide customized text input for unique input methods or specific languages. | ● | |||
File Provider | Let other apps access the documents and directories stored and managed by your app. | ● | |||
File Provider UI | Add custom actions to the document browserʼs context menu for documents that your app manages. | ● | |||
Finder Sync | Keep files in sync with a back-end storage service. | ● | |||
iMessage | Allow users to send text, stickers, media files, and interactive messages. | ● | |||
Intents | Let users interact with your app using Siri. | ● | ● | ||
Intents UI | Customize the interface for interactions with your app in Siri conversations or Maps. | ● | |||
Message Filter | Identify and filter unwanted SMS and MMS messages. | ● | |||
Network | Provide system-level networking services such as VPN, proxies, or content filtering. | ● | ● | ||
Notification Center | Customize the appearance of your app’s notification alerts. | ● | |||
Notification Service | Modify the payload of a remote notification before it’s displayed on the user’s device. | ● | ● | ● | |
Photo Editing | Allow your app to edit assets directly within the Photos app. | ● | ● | ||
Photo Project | Augment the macOS Photos app with extensions that support project creation. | ● | |||
Quick Look Preview | Provide previews of documents your app owns so they can be viewed in any app. | ● | ● | ||
Safari Services | Extend the web-browsing experience in Safari by leveraging web technologies and native code | ● | |||
Share | Let users post to your social-network service from any app. | ● | ● | ||
Smart Card Token | Grant access to user accounts and the keychain using a hardware-based token. | ● | |||
Spotlight Index | Make content in your app searchable in Spotlight, Safari, Siri, and more. | ● | ● | ||
Sticker Pack | Add custom stickers to Messages. | ● | |||
Thumbnail | Display thumbnails of your custom document types in all apps. | ● | ● | ||
TV Top Shelf | Help users discover your app by providing Top Shelf content and a description of your tvOS app. | ● | |||
Unwanted Communication | Block incoming phone calls using your app’s custom unsolicited caller database. | ● | |||
Widget | Show relevant, glanceable content from your app on the iOS Home screen or macOS Notification Center. | ● | ● | ||
Xcode Source Editor | Provide custom editing features directly inside Xcode’s source editor. | ● |