Open specific item in Settings app from my app in iOS 11

Question

I have studied several answers and haven't found any that would work for iOS 11.

I want to show the way to switch Background App Refresh on for my user. To do that I want to open Settings/General/Background App Refresh menu from my app. The following code only opens root menu of the Settings app.

guard let url = URL(string: "App-Prefs:root=General&path=BACKGROUND_APP_REFRESH") else { return }

UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)

Is there any way that would be allowed by Apple to do that?

Answer 1

If you open the URL UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString then you'll be taken your app's settings, which includes background app refresh.