I have a widget that shows me core data stuff data I modify in the app. All I want the widget to do is to refresh whenever the core data database in the main app refreshes.

Here is my widget

//
//  RemindMeWidget.swift
//  RemindMeWidget
//
//  Created by Charel Felten on 05/07/2021.
//

import WidgetKit
import SwiftUI
import Intents
import CoreData



struct Provider: IntentTimelineProvider {
  func placeholder(in context: Context) -> SimpleEntry {
    SimpleEntry(
      date: Date(),
      configuration: ConfigurationIntent(),
      notes: Note.previewNotes,
      realFamily: context.family
    )
  }
  
  func getSnapshot(for configuration: ConfigurationIntent, in context: Context, completion: @escaping (SimpleEntry) -> ()) {
    let entry = SimpleEntry(
      date: Date(),
      configuration: configuration,
      notes: Note.previewNotes,
      realFamily: context.family
    )
    completion(entry)
  }
  
  func getTimeline(for configuration: ConfigurationIntent, in context: Context, completion: @escaping (Timeline<Entry>) -> ()) {
    
    print("get timeline is called")
    
    var notes: [Note] = []
    
    let containerURL = PersistenceController.containerURL
    let storeURL = containerURL.appendingPathComponent(PersistenceController.SQLiteStoreAppendix)
    let description = NSPersistentStoreDescription(url: storeURL)
    let container = NSPersistentCloudKitContainer(name: PersistenceController.containerName)
    
    container.persistentStoreDescriptions = [description]
    
    container.loadPersistentStores(completionHandler: { (storeDescription, error) in
      if let error = error as NSError? {
        fatalError("Unresolved error \(error), \(error.userInfo)")
      }
    })
    
    let viewContext = PersistenceController.shared.container.viewContext
    let request = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>(entityName: "Note")
    do {
      let result = try viewContext.fetch(request)
      // is there a nicer way to do it?
      if let tmp = result as? [Note] {
        notes = tmp
      }
    } catch {
      let nsError = error as NSError
      fatalError("Unresolved error \(nsError), \(nsError.userInfo)")
    }
    
    notes = notes.sorted { (lhs, rhs) in
      if lhs.int16priority == rhs.int16priority {
        return lhs.timestamp! > rhs.timestamp!
      }
      return lhs.int16priority > rhs.int16priority
    }
    
    let entry = SimpleEntry(
      date: Date(),
      configuration: configuration,
      notes: notes,
      realFamily: context.family
    )
    print("hey")
    let timeline = Timeline(entries: [entry], policy: .atEnd)
    completion(timeline)
  }
}



struct SimpleEntry: TimelineEntry {
  let date: Date
  let configuration: ConfigurationIntent
  var notes: [Note]
  var realFamily: WidgetFamily
}



struct RemindMeWidgetEntryView : View {
  var entry: Provider.Entry
  
  var body: some View {
    WidgetView(notes: entry.notes, realFamily: entry.realFamily)
  }
}



@main
struct RemindMeWidget: Widget {
  let kind: String = "RemindMeWidget"
  
  var body: some WidgetConfiguration {
    IntentConfiguration(kind: kind, intent: ConfigurationIntent.self, provider: Provider()) { entry in
      RemindMeWidgetEntryView(entry: entry)
    }
    .configurationDisplayName("My Widget")
    .description("This is an example widget.")
  }
}



struct RemindMeWidget_Previews: PreviewProvider {
  static var previews: some View {
    RemindMeWidgetEntryView(
      entry: SimpleEntry(
        date: Date(),
        configuration: ConfigurationIntent(),
        notes: Note.previewNotes,
        realFamily: .systemSmall
      )
    ).previewContext(WidgetPreviewContext(family: .systemSmall))
  }
}

In the app, I have a settings page where I call a manual widget refresh (for debugging for now) like this:

Button("Reload Widget") {
            print("calling widgetcenter")
            WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines()
            WidgetCenter.shared.getCurrentConfigurations({result in print(result)})
          }

Full code:

//
//  SettingsView.swift
//  RemindMe
//
//  Created by Charel Felten on 02/07/2021.
//

import SwiftUI
import WidgetKit

struct SettingsView: View {
  
  @Environment(\.colorScheme) var colorScheme
  @ObservedObject var config: Config
  
  var body: some View {
    NavigationView {
      Form {
        ForEach(Priority.allRegularCases) { priority in
          PriorityView(config: config, priority: priority)
        }
        Section(header: Text("Theme")) {
          Picker(selection: $config.colorTheme, label: Text("Theme")) {
            ForEach(ColorTheme.allCases, id: \.self) { value in
              Text(value.rawValue).tag(value)
            }
          }
        }
        Section(header: Text("Additional Info"), footer: Text("Toggle which additional information to show below each note in the list.")) {
          Toggle(isOn: $config.showNotificationTime) {
            Text("Show reminders")
          }
          Toggle(isOn: $config.showCreationTime) {
            Text("Show date")
          }
          Button("Reload Widget") {
            print("calling widgetcenter")
            WidgetCenter.shared.reloadAllTimelines()
            WidgetCenter.shared.getCurrentConfigurations({result in print(result)})
          }
        }
      }
      .navigationTitle("Settings")
    }
    // save the settings if we leave the app (goes away from foreground)
    .onReceive(
      NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification),
      perform: { _ in config.save() }
    )
    .onDisappear(perform: Note.updateAllNotes)
  }
}

struct PriorityView: View {
  @Environment(\.colorScheme) var colorScheme
  @ObservedObject var config: Config
  var priority: Priority
  
  var body: some View {
    Section(header: Text(priority.getDescription()).foregroundColor(Color.secondary)) {
      Picker(selection: $config.priorityIntervals[priority.getIndex()], label: Text("Notification interval")) {
        ForEach(Interval.allCases, id: \.self) { value in
          Text(value.rawValue).tag(value)
        }
      }
      switch config.priorityIntervals[priority.getIndex()] {
      case .ten_minutes, .never:
        EmptyView()
      default:
        DatePicker("Reminders at", selection: $config.priorityDates[priority.getIndex()], displayedComponents: [.hourAndMinute])
      }
    }
    .foregroundColor(Colors.getColor(for: priority, in: .primary))
    .listRowBackground(
      ZStack {
        colorScheme == .dark ? Color.black : Color.white
        Colors.getColor(for: priority, in: .background)
      }
    )
  }
}

struct SettingsView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
  static var previews: some View {
    SettingsView(
      config: Config()
    )
  }
}

Clicking this button prints the following to my console:

calling widgetcenter
success([WidgetInfo:
- configuration: <ConfigurationIntent: 0x282e51dd0> {
}
- family: systemSmall
- kind: RemindMeWidget, WidgetInfo:
- configuration: <ConfigurationIntent: 0x282e51e60> {
}
- family: systemLarge
- kind: RemindMeWidget, WidgetInfo:
- configuration: <ConfigurationIntent: 0x282e51ef0> {
}
- family: systemMedium
- kind: RemindMeWidget])

The widget however is not refreshed. It keeps looking like this:

Sometimes I did refresh, but then when I made changes in the app, the widget did not update. None of the print statements that I put in getTimeline are being printed. I am really exhausted and not sure what I did wrong...

I am sorry for posting this much code and not a smaller reproducible example, but I just have not idea whatsoever where the issue could come from.

I have read multiple related questions but none of them have helped

• reloadAllTimelines not working with UserDefaults
• SwiftUI widget not refreshing
• How to refresh Widget when Main App is used?

If you want to take a look at the code, here it is:

https://github.com/charelF/RemindMeApp/tree/main/RemindMeWidget

its also not working in the simulator.

I pushed all my changes to github, see https://github.com/charelF/RemindMeApp

Im opening a bounty, will award it to whoever helps me find my problem.