Broadcast Extension with ReplayKit Xamarin iOS not working

Question

I'm trying to add a broadcast extension to Xamarin.iOS (part of Xamarin.Forms app) but the extension is not visible in screen-broadcast (control center) when I want to start a broadcast from either in the app or the screen-broadcast (control center)

It's very sample to reproduce it, just create a new Xamarin.Forms project (iOS, Android) , then add broadcastUploadExtension to Xamarin.iOS project which has provision profile working, then run it on real iphone device.

Are there any custom settings for Xamarin.iOS project that I should make, or am I missing something?

Is there one working example that makes the app visible in screen-broadcast (control center)

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello @Loay Shaaban ,

As your description, the main problem is that the app will appear in the control center when you create an extension via Xcode instead of VS.
The BroadcastUIExtension project will be created automatically when you create a BroadcastUploadExtension project in VS, you can open the info.plist in both projects and double-check the NSExtension key.
The value of the NSExtensionPointIdentifier for BroadcastUploadExtension project is written as com.apple.broadcast-services by default
and should be com.apple.broadcast-services-upload
The value of the NSExtensionPointIdentifier for BroadcastUIExtension project is written as com.apple.broadcast-services by default
and should be com.apple.broadcast-services-setupui

The app will appear in the control center if the NSExtensionPointIdentifier is correct.

Best Regards,
Wenyan Zhang

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