Watch Kit: is it possible to vibrate watch programmatically?

Question

Is it possible to vibrate watch while Watch Extension is running? We can do it on iOS in this way (force iPhone to vibrate):

AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate);

I hope there is something similar on WatchKit.

Update: I have added issue to Apple radar and recieved the answer:

Engineering has determined that your bug report (20019274) is a duplicate of another issue (19025053) and will be closed.

19025053 is still open.

Update 2: AudioServicesPlayAlertSound() not working on watch simulator with any sound ID. Seems like function is not supported.

Ste Prescott · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-05T22:14:42.080

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You can now ask the Watch to vibrate if you target watchOS 2.0

To do this all you need to do is call playHaptic on a WKInterfaceDevice instance with any WKHapticType. In the example below it will play the notification haptic.

Swift 3

WKInterfaceDevice.current().play(.notification)

Objective-C

[[WKInterfaceDevice currentDevice] playHaptic:WKHapticTypeNotification];

You can further read the Apple WKInterfaceDevice Documentation

edited Dec 05 '17 at 22:14

answered Jun 10 '15 at 00:46

Ste Prescott

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This should be the correct answer now :) Let's wait release. – kelin Jun 10 '15 at 07:00
Would be nice to also have the objective c up :) – Joe Aug 26 '17 at 21:16

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 03 '15 at 03:12

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That's a great question, but unfortunately the answer is no. WatchKit doesn't have any APIs available to control haptic feedback. If you would really like to see this feature supported, I'd suggest you file a radar as a feature request.

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answered Mar 03 '15 at 03:08

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I hope this feature will be added or revealed in later versions of WatchKit. – kelin Mar 03 '15 at 08:31
Agreed. If you feel this answer was sufficient, you should mark it as so. Cheers. – cnoon Mar 03 '15 at 16:09

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '15 at 20:23

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This is the answer in objective-c after watchOS 2

[[WKInterfaceDevice currentDevice] playHaptic:WKHapticTypeNotification];

answered Oct 11 '15 at 20:23

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score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 04 '15 at 18:25

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With WatchKit, you have to remember that your code runs on the iPhone and not on the watch. Therefore, AudioServicesPlaySystemSound call from a WatchKit extension would run on the iPhone, not on the watch. It will make the iPhone vibrate.

answered Apr 04 '15 at 18:25

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No, iPhone will not vibrate as well. I understand that AudioServicesPlaySystemSound not working on Apple Watch. I asked for *something similar*. – kelin Apr 06 '15 at 13:36

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