Extension point | Typical app extension functionality |
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Action (iOS and macOS; UI and non-UI variants) | Manipulate or view content originating in a host app. |
Audio Unit (iOS and macOS; UI and non-UI variants) | Generates an audio stream to send to a host app, or modifies an audio stream from a host app and sends it back to the host app. |
Broadcast UI (iOS and tvOS) The software has a long list of features including construction aids, editing, layer technique, tool administration, lines, cubic splines and complex pre-defined elements. ![]() | |
Broadcast Upload (iOS and tvOS) | |
Call Directory (iOS) | Identify and block incoming callers by their phone number. To learn more, see CallKit Framework Reference. |
Content Blocker (iOS and macOS) | Indicate to WebKit that your content-blocking app has updated its rules. (This app extension has no user interface.) |
Custom Keyboard (iOS) | Replace the iOS system keyboard with a custom keyboard for use in all apps. |
Document Provider (iOS; UI and non-UI variants) | Provide access to and manage a repository of files. |
Finder Sync (macOS) | Present information about file sync state directly in Finder. (This app extension has no user interface.) |
Game App (watchOS) | Provide a game app for Apple Watch, as described in App Programming Guide for watchOS. (The Game App template is a version of the WatchKit App template, configured for game content.) |
iMessage (iOS) | Interact with the Messages app. To learn more, see Messages. |
Intents (iOS) | Handle tasks related to supporting Siri integration with your app. To learn more, see SiriKit Programming Guide. |
Intents UI (iOS) | Customize the Siri or Maps interface after handling a task related to supporting Siri integration with your app. To learn more, see SiriKit Programming Guide. |
Notification Content (iOS) | |
Notification Service (iOS) | |
Photo Editing (iOS and macOS) | Edit a photo or video within the Photos app. |
Share (iOS and macOS) | Post to a sharing website or share content with others. |
Smart Card Token (macOS) | |
Spotlight Index (iOS) | Index content within your app while it isn’t running. To learn more, see Index App Content. |
Sticker Pack (iOS) | Provide a set of stickers that users can use within the Messages app. To learn more, see Messages. |
Today (iOS and macOS) | Get a quick update or perform a quick task in the Today view of Notification Center. (A Today extension is called a widget.) |
TV Services (tvOS) | |
VPN (iOS and macOS) Hide recent app mac dock download. Jun 11, 2019 An app that isn’t pinned to the Dock appears twice when you open it; once as a recent app and once as the app window. Not all apps appear twice but for the ones that do, it’s just more wasted space on the Dock. Fortunately, you can hide recent apps from the Dock from System Preferences. How to Hide Recent Apps from Dock in MacOS Mojave. And if you want an app to stay in the Dock even once it’s closed you can choose to Keep in Dock if you right click on it and select Options. Jun 12, 2020 How To Hide Recent Apps On Your Mac To disable the recent apps in the Dock on Mac, do the following. Go to the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen in the menu bar and click on it. Oct 22, 2018 The Dock in MacOS Mojave includes a new feature that displays a trio of recently used applications alongside your regular Dock app icons. The Recent Applications section of the Dock adjusts and updates automatically as you launch and quit apps, and while it offers a convenient way to reopen apps you were using not long ago, some users may prefer to not have the feature enabled for whatever. | Create clients for your business’s custom, remote-access VPN servers using the Packet Tunnel Provider or App Proxy Provider extension points. Create content filtering for managed devices, such as for school environments, using the Filter Control Provider and Filter Data Provider extension points. |
WatchKit App (watchOS) | Provide an app or a notification UI for Apple Watch, as described in App Programming Guide for watchOS. |
Xcode Source Editor (macOS) |