Call the official *Settings* app from my app on iPhone

iphone objective-c settings url-scheme
Di Wu picture Di Wu · Dec 21, 2010 · Viewed 41.4k times · Source

At one point in my app, I would like to redirect the user to the official Settings app. If possible, I also want go straight to the Network section within the Settings app.

I think what I need is the Settings app's url scheme and the format to construct my request. But I doubt that calling such an official app is forbidden.

Can anyone can help me?

Answer

mattorb picture mattorb · Nov 9, 2011

As noted in the comments below, this is no longer possible in iOS version 5.1 and after.

If you are on iOS 5.0, the following applies:

This is now possible in iOS 5 using the 'prefs:' url scheme. It works from a web page or from an app.

example urls:

prefs:root=General
prefs:root=General&path=Network

sample usage:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs:root=General"]]
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"prefs:root=General&path=Network"]]

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