onContinueUserActivity(CSSearchableItemActionType, perform) does not work on a SwiftUI macOS app

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Created Jul ’24

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onContinueUserActivity(CSSearchableItemActionType, perform) works as expected on iOS when we search and select an item from Spotlight, but nothing happens when we do the same on a SwiftUI macOS app.

 var body: some Scene {
    WindowGroup {
        MyView()
            .onContinueUserActivity(CSSearchableItemActionType, perform: handleSpotlight)
    }
}
 
 
 
func handleSpotlight(_ userActivity: NSUserActivity) {
    // Is not called...
}

How can we respond to a user clicking a Spotlight result from our apps on macOS?

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Answer 1

zhoubo OP

Sep ’24

Spotlight is not supported on IOS17 or above and cannot be searched. How to solve this problem?

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Answer 2

xmollv OP

May ’25

@marcosatanaka I'm observing the same issue, it works fine on iOS but that code is never called on macOS. Did you figure out a solution or it's simply broken?

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	var body: some Scene {
	WindowGroup {
	MyView()
	.onContinueUserActivity(CSSearchableItemActionType, perform: handleSpotlight)
	}
	}



	func handleSpotlight(_ userActivity: NSUserActivity) {
	// Is not called...
	}