iOS 16 Lock-screen Widget: can we add a deep link to the widget

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I want the user to be able to tap on a lock-screen widget created by my app and deep link to my main app (eg, so that my main app can take some action) I have been able to do this with Home Widgets, but the same method does not work with the Lock Screen widgets in iOS 16.

Is this possible? Here is a code that works for Home Widgets:

                    Link(destination: myActionURL) {
                    Image("my_image").resizable(capInsets: EdgeInsets(), resizingMode: .stretch)
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2 Answers

I was able to do this using widgetURL. In the app delegate catch the url using func applicationHandle(url: URL) and do the action based on the url.

            VStack(spacing: 0) {
            Text("\(String(carName))").font(.system(size: 10)).fontWeight(.bold).minimumScaleFactor(0.4)
            Image("action").resizable(capInsets: EdgeInsets(), resizingMode: .stretch)
                .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit).foregroundColor(entry.widgetTextColor)
        }
        .widgetURL(url)
RawMean0

It is my understanding that lock screen widgets are not interactive. They’re meant to show glanceable content from your app, not have tappable elements.

If you find out anything that contradicts this, I would love to hear it as I also wish to have them be tappable.

Ferdinand Rios0
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