Questions tagged [watchos-3]

watchOS 3 is the third version of Apple's operating system for Apple Watch and is the successor to watchOS. It was announced at the company's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 13, 2016, and will be released this fall. Use this tag only for questions related to watchOS 3.

The watchOS 3.1 is available.

The watchOS 3.1.1 Developer Beta 2 is available for testing to developers here.

Main features include:

  • Performance & Navigation
  • Watch Face
  • Activity Sharing
  • Wheelchair Use
  • Workout
  • Messages
  • new Breathe App
  • new Home app

More information is available on Apple's website.

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Programmatically notification on apple watch. (WatchOS 3)

How I can programmatically make the notification appear only on the apple watch and only when the event occurs. I searched for a long time on the Internet and in the documentation but did not find the answer
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Can Apple Watch workout metadata use JSON strings?

I've got a working Apple Watch workout app. My metadata saves and all workout data flows to iPhone. I'm also able retrieve and display the data. But when i try to add arrays converted to ... json strings ... to metadata, the app crashes on save.…
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My app will run on watchOS 3.2 but it loads indefinitely on watchOS 3.1

So I created a simple app that shows one's ether balance on the watch. The problem is while it runs as it is supposed to on watchOS 3.2 it just won't load on watchOS 3.1 (both an actual watch and the simulator). Xcode doesn't show any errors or…
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WatchKit Moving SpriteNode with WKCrownDelegate

I am using the WatchKit framework, and using the class WKCrownDelegate. I am trying to move my spriteNode Named "PLAYER" in x direction using the Digital Crown of the Apple Watch. in the console I see my Digital Crown Working and Presenting me with…
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Third party apps in Apple Watch without internet

I'm trying to compare the possibilities of use beetween Apple WatchOS and Android Wear when it comes to using them without the phone nearby. And without conection to internet (Wi-Fi). I own a Android Wear and have tested the possibilities but cant…
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Can I sync a SQLite.swift database to WatchOS?

I have an application that uses SQLite.swift to save a list of shopping items. It works quite well, and is deeply rooted in the app. But I've been getting asked to make a WatchOS app that has the same items on your wrist. My issue with this, is that…
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How to find out if background action for a local notification was answered on iPhone or Apple Watch

Is there a way to find out if a local notification with background actions was responded to on the iPhone vs. on the Apple Watch. In both cases they are handled by the iPhone App userNotificationCenter(_:didReceive:withCompletionHandler:). Is this…
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UIApplicationSignificantTimeChange equivalent on Apple Watch

According to the respective documentation, UIApplicationSignificantTimeChange notification is not available on WatchOS. Is there an equivalent notification or way to be notified about significant time changes (new day mainly) on an Apple Watch app?
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Refresh watchos app based on internet connectivity

I have found a great description of the process for refreshing both the watchapp UI and its complications here. That works for me, even though sometimes the UI is only updated when I actually bring the app to the foreground (but that's another…
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Watch Connectivity transfer messages

Tell me, is it possible in the Watch Connectivity framework to transfer the following types of objects from the iOS application to WatchOS via the session.sendMessage method? If this is possible, then how? Types of objects to…
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Remote Notification removing in watchOS

I wonder is it possible to remove a notification from an Apple Watch that was sent by my application? I really need it. Thanks in advance.
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Refreshing Watch App From Watch

I started messing around with the Watch OS framework today and wanted to throw together a quick app, but have come to a couple questions. I made an iOS app that just shows the current battery % as well as the state of the battery. I then wanted to…
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Can i save a received message on some sort of persistent storage on my Watchos 3

Can someone help me? is it posible to store a variable on the local storage of my watch, so my app can read those settings as it starts?
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iOS Watch Simulator Crashes Mac

I've been fighting with this for a few days now. Whenever I run a watchKit App from the simulator my mac will get the black screen of death and reboot my machine. I am running XCode 8.2.1 running simulators for iPhone 6 or 7 and watches with…
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Does starting an watchapp make its iOS counterpart active?

I am starting to learn how to write watchOS 3 apps. I have a .swift file on my Xcode project (iPhone+watchapp project), which has both the iOS and watchapp as targets. I have a class on this file that is initialized both when the iOS app loads, as…
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