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Focus settings do not allow me to add apps to allowed notifications

When I go into Focus settings on my iPhone and attempt to add apps allowed to send notifications in a particular Focus, the list doesn’t include all my apps. For instance, setting up a Fitness focus there is no way for me to allow notifications from the Running by Adidas app – it doesn’t appear in the alphabetical list if I scroll down, nor if I type it into the search field. In fact, scrolling through the list of apps to allow notifications, it is clearly not a list of all apps on my phone.

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Dec 27, 2021 8:29 AM

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Posted on Feb 26, 2022 3:06 PM

I read this in another thread and it worked for me "Notifications must be allowed for LOCK SCREEN in the notifications settings in order for the app to show up on the whitelist. Mine was not. It was only set on Notification Center. After ticking the "Lock Screen" alert, it shows up in the list of allowable apps.


Weird! But solved.

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Feb 26, 2022 3:06 PM in response to Alex Neil

I read this in another thread and it worked for me "Notifications must be allowed for LOCK SCREEN in the notifications settings in order for the app to show up on the whitelist. Mine was not. It was only set on Notification Center. After ticking the "Lock Screen" alert, it shows up in the list of allowable apps.


Weird! But solved.

Focus settings do not allow me to add apps to allowed notifications

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