Use Cocoa Touch Framework in iOS and WatchKit

Question

I have a Cocoa Touch Framework that I developed for using in both my iOS app and my WatchKit app on iOS 8. I have no problems with iOS 8, however when I move the project to iOS 9 and update the WatchKit app to run natively I get the following error:

ParkFinderKit was rejected as an implicit dependency for 'ParkFinderKit.framework' because it doesn't contain platform 'watchsimulator' in its SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS 'iphonesimulator, iphoneos'

I attempted to manually add watchossimulator and watchos to the list of supported platforms: Configured Supported Platforms

However this produces another error:

ParkFinderKit was rejected as an implicit dependency for 'ParkFinderKit.framework' because its SDK is platform 'com.apple.platform.iphonesimulator' and it needs to match platform 'com.apple.platform.watchsimulator'

Any ideas as to how to solve my issue?

I have the same problem, and cannot fix it the way you did, did you have any suggestions ? — Loegic, Sep 14 '15 at 09:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '15 at 15:36

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Okay, it looks like you cannot use a Cocoa Touch Framework inside of a WatchKit app. I was able to get around this by creating a new Watch Framework target and then assigning each file from the original framework to the new framework in the Target Membership options.

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This accomplishes my goal of sharing code between iOS and WatchKit without having duplicate code.

answered Jul 02 '15 at 15:36

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This doesn't work in Xcode 7 beta4 - its the same problem but the other way round, watch kit frameworks don't support iPhone platforms . does any one have another answer ? – Chris Baxter Jul 23 '15 at 14:14
@ChrisBaxter have you try to Clean before Build? – Motoko Sep 13 '15 at 03:22
@g0ld2k, have there been an update to the solution for xcode 9+? – Victor 'Chris' Cabral Aug 02 '18 at 18:32
@Victor'Chris'Cabral nope, I ended up dropping the WatchKit app from my app – g0ld2k Aug 23 '18 at 18:49

Use Cocoa Touch Framework in iOS and WatchKit

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