Receive Local Notification In watchkit

Question

I have setup Local Notification as below :

-(void)startLocalNotification 
{

    UILocalNotification *notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
    notification.fireDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:7];
    notification.alertBody = @"This is local notification!";
    notification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
    notification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
    notification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 10;
    NSDictionary *infoDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"Hello! This is Local Notification!" forKey:@"Notification"];
    notification.userInfo = infoDict;
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:notification];
}

I received notification on iPhone Simulator. But it will not fired notification of watchkit app. I am using below method in NotificationController.m in watchkit extension -

- (void)didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)localNotification withCompletion:(void (^)(WKUserNotificationInterfaceType))completionHandler
{
     NSLog(@"Notification Received ..");
    completionHandler(WKUserNotificationInterfaceTypeCustom);

}

Can anyone tell me why I am not receiving local notification in watchkit App.

Thanks in advance.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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See Apple Watch Programming Guide HERE

When one of your app’s local or remote notifications arrives on the user’s iPhone, iOS decides whether to display that notification on the iPhone or on the Apple Watch.

So you don't need to worry about to send notification on Watch, iOS will do it for you.

Anyhow if you want to send notification on watch only you can use Darwin Notification Concepts, but keep in mind there are some limitations, you can check in the given link.

You can also use shared container for communication between App and extension.

Hope it will help you.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Apr 08 '15 at 12:38

M Zubair Shamshad

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Also remember that local notifications are not supported in the simulator at this time. – bgilham Apr 09 '15 at 09:27
iPhone or iPad simulator support Local Notifications. – M Zubair Shamshad Apr 09 '15 at 09:39
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But not on WatchKit. It's mentioned in the docs and the forums. – bgilham Apr 09 '15 at 09:40
To elaborate on this, if you want to trigger the watch to receive the local notification, I believe you can do it simply by having the iPhone be asleep when the notification arrives. – Kevin Qi Jun 23 '15 at 20:09
so we can only receive remote notifications in iWatch?? – Ramakrishna Feb 09 '16 at 09:02

Receive Local Notification In watchkit

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