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"Sabbath Mode" for Apple Watch?
I'm a Sabbath observer and I'd love to wear my Apple Watch on the Sabbath... but there are a couple issues that prevent me from doing so. In a nutshell, Jewish religious law states that I can't activate electricity on the Sabbath. For this reason I'm interested in creating a "Sabbath Mode" feature for the Apple Watch which would allow myself and other Sabbath observers to wear it on the Sabbath (there is precedence for building a "Sabbath Mode" feature for an Apple device- see Shabbos Clock by RustyBrick, Inc. https://appsto.re/us/gTSas.i).I have some questions re: some issues I might face for building a "Sabbath Mode" for the Watch:1) WatchfaceCurrently the watchface only lights up when tilting one's wrist to view the time. Is there a way to enable the watchface to always be on, 24/7? (ie even when the person is not looking at it)2) Ability to turn off health tracking infoAirplane mode works to prevent the sensors and notifications. But is there a way to completely deactivate all of the sensors? Furthermore, is there a way to completely turn off the health tracking info? I do not want data to be collected for exercise on the Sabbath, no reminder to stand up, nor for the info to be submitted retroactively post Sabbath.3) Disable all locations servicesPossible to turn all of these off as well?I don't believe these APIs are available in the current watchkit iteration. Do you know if these capabilities might be available in the upcoming version of watchOS 2 beta?
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