Questions tagged [watchos]

watchOS is Apple's operating system for Apple Watches. Optimized for touch-based interfaces, this OS has a lot in common with iOS, which is the operating system for Apple's mobile devices, but shouldn't be confused with it.

watchOS is Apple's operating system for Apple Watches. Optimized for touch-based interfaces, this OS has a lot in common with , but shouldn't be confused with it.

Currently, the Apple Watch is the only device that runs watchOS. Its API is called WatchKit (see ).

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Can an not native Apple watch app work when the iPhone is locked?

I am working for Apple Watch (OS-1) and consuming the web services from iPhone application. I'm finding difficulty to access iPhone application when iPhone device gets locked. Is there a way to access it while locked?
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How to hide '+' and '-' buttons from WatchKit slider?

I want to show progress like slider bar given in native WatchKit. But I want to hide + and - buttons. Is there any way I can achieve that?
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presentAudioRecordingControllerWithOutputURL not recognized in WatchKit project

I have an existing project for WatchKit and with the new WatchOS release Apple have implemented a method called presentAudioRecordingControllerWithOutputURL to record audio from AppleWatch. When I call this method I have two compilations errors. I…
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Phone call from Apple Watch with openSystem API?

As I watched the WWDC 2015 session video "Introducing WatchKit for watchOS 2" (at 13:29), I saw that it is possible to make phone calls directly on Apple Watch with the openSystem API. How can I use this API in Swift?
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how to pass some message or string from iphone device to paired apple watch

I would like to know how a particular message or string can be passed from my iPhone device to the paired iWatch. I would really like to know how this is handled from development point of view. Is there any particular WKInterfaceController method or…
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How to force focus on Digital Crown in SwiftUI TabView on watchOS

I have a tricky use case with vertical TabView in SwiftUI on watchOS. I display a Map in a Tabview with a button to toggle interaction with the map using Digital Crown to zoom/pan. If I have no interaction with the map, I can move from one tab to…
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Image with white background causes watchOS system clock to disappear

I'm develop a app using the new watchOS 10, I choose using TabView with tabViewStyle equals vertical page, so I can scroll over my app images and they show up in "full screen". However, some images have a white background, the same color as watchOS…
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Watchos 9 displays widget kit gauges smaller

We implemented new widget kit complications to our app. They are running perfectly with watchos 10 devices, but when we test it with watchos 9.x devices (both simulator and real devices), what we see is a little bit weird, i.e. complications does…
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watchOS 10 Beta - WKInterfaceController title alignment

In our existing watchOS application developed in Objective-C (not SwiftUI), we used to set the title property (WKInterfaceController class) of each screen of the application (in Interface Builder or in the Objective-C code). The title was displayed…
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.navigationTitle not showing up in Previews or Simulator

Building a watchOS app for the first time, and for some reason I'm not able to get the title to show up. I just made a few initial changes to ContentView: struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { VStack { …
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Siri Watch Face and `RelevantIntentManager`

I am trying to add a watch widget that I've created for Smart Stack feature of watchOS 10 to also appear in the list of shortcuts shown in the Siri Watch Face. It seems like Apple now wants us to use RelevantIntentManager for this purpose, but my…
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Simulator device returned an error for the requested operation

**i am using watchOS 9.4 i rest simulator but nothing works, secondly the simulator does not boot with out running app while other simulator boot up that is running on watchOS 8.5 Simulator device returned an error for the requested…
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SwiftUI layout issue for embedded TabView in NavigationView on watchOS

I have noticed a very strange issue when using two embedded TabView in a navigation view. My code sample show a TabView (page mode) imbedded in a NavigationView. One of the tabs (tag 2) is also a TabView (verticalPage mode). When I first display…
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WidgetKit watchOS 10 .accessoryCorner cannot figure out how to color a Gauge?

Not sure if its a watchOS 10 bug but I cannot figure out a way to get this Gauge to have any color, it always renders white in preview and on device? case .accessoryCorner: Text("\(75)%") .font(.system(size: 18)) …
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WatchOS app ask for purchase again after successful previous purchase

I developed an app for iOS and an independent app for watchOS. I have generated a promo code for this app (watch app). As proof, I present a screenshot for this: It has been redeemed with success and after all on App Store on iOS it looks like: So…
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