I’d like to migrate my watchOS app (bundled with an iOS app) from a dual-target to a single-target setup. I remember Xcode used to have a menu item (Editor -> Validate Settings) that would prompt you to initiate the migration process. However, I can’t seem to find a ‘Validate Settings’ option in the latest Xcode 16. Has "Validate Settings" been removed in xcode16 ? Thanks!

There's no option to help me turn it on in my iPhone 16 Pro Max MYW43LL/A (iOS 18.1 developer beta) and Apple Watch Series 10 MWX13LW/A (watchOS 11 Developer Beta).

After getting the new IPhone 16 pro i updated the software to my Iwatch series 9, and the Bluetooth connection is not working. I took it to Apple Store and iI was told to wait for the next software update, but at this point as my IWatch is not connected to my phone not sure how I am going to get a notification that there is new software to update. They were even not able to get a diagnosis of the watch as it was not connecting.

In the app's Live Activity, Text (timerInterval:) is well displayed on Dynamic Island, but there seems to be a bug in Live Activity (Smart Stack in watchOS) that automatically transfers from iOS 18 to watchOS 11. Does anyone know about this?

I'm receiving reports from users that my app is crashing immediately after being opened on the Apple Watch Series 10 using watchOS 11. I've updated my personal Apple Watch Series 8 to watchOS 11 and I'm unable to reproduce this crash using the same release build from the App Store. The version currently on the App Store was built using Xcode 15.4 (22622). I'm preparing an update that is built using Xcode 16.0 (23051) and have asked one of the users reporting the crash to try a TestFlight build built using Xcode 16.0 and they are no longer experiencing this crash. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the version on the App Store and the TestFlight build is that it is built with the watchOS 11 SDK included with Xcode 16.0. I don't think any of my app's dependencies (all managed by Swift Package Manager) have been updated in the TestFlight build. I'm attaching a crash report submitted by one of the users. I believe this is a partially symbolicated crash report and have tried opening it in Xcode in an attempt to make it fully symbolicated without success. I've also received a video recording of the app crashing. I'm also not able to see any crashes occurring with an Apple Watch Series 10 in the Xcode Organizer, which leads me to believe this crash may be occurring at the Springboard level. Any help to further diagnose this issue would be much appreciated.

We're trying to implement transitions between TabView pages similar to what the Fitness app does on watchOS. As the user swipes or uses the Digital Crown to move between pages, the large rings gauge in the center transitions smoothly to a toolbar item. The code to implement this transition is described in two places in Apple's documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchos-apps/creating-an-intuitive-and-effective-ui-in-watchos-10 (See the section “Provide continuity with persistent elements”) The WWDC23 session "Design and build apps for watchOS 10", around 9:30 However, copying the code from Apple's documentation doesn't give animation as reliable as what we're seeing in the Fitness app. Any slight reversal of motion causes the transition animation to jump back to the starting state. Has anyone else figured out how to replicate what the Fitness app is doing on watchOS? I've included our View implementation below. Debug prints show what's going wrong: the page variable decrements immediately the user moves backward by any amount. But somehow, the Fitness app gets around this problem. How? struct ContentView: View { @Namespace var namespace @State var page = 0 var body: some View { NavigationStack { TabView(selection: $page) { globeView .containerBackground(Color.blue.gradient, for: .tabView) .navigationTitle("One") .matchedGeometryEffect( id: "globe", in: namespace, properties: .frame, isSource: page == 0) .tag(0) Text("Page two") .containerBackground(Color.green.gradient, for: .tabView) .navigationTitle("Two") .tag(1) } .tabViewStyle(.verticalPage) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) { globeView .matchedGeometryEffect( id: "globe", in: namespace, properties: .frame, isSource: page == 1) } } } } @ViewBuilder var globeView: some View { Image(systemName: "globe") .resizable() .scaledToFit() } } Thanks for any help! —Chris

I just switched back to Apple Watch from Garmin, and in the time away I got both work and personal vehicles with CarPlay. I've noticed that my AW10 does not get ANY notifications pushed to it while I am using CarPlay, which is annoying because only texts and calls get pushed to my CarPlay screen, so i miss everything else. Additionally, and this may be a bug issue with iOS18, but I also just noticed that my phone (16) does not light up/make sounds for notifications while using CarPlay - so it doesn't light up, nor do the vehicle speakers make sound with IG/snapchat/etc notifications, and even the screen "lock" sound doesn't audibly go off. I've only had CarPlay for a few months, but I typically keep my phone on Silent anyway, so maybe I'm just noticing this now and its not necessarily a new issue? it does make the sound when i get a text, so logically everything else should make a noise. I've made sure that my general focus and car focus modes are OFF. Sound is ON. Sound volume setting is all the way up. Have also restarted both phone and watch, and “forgot“ the phone from the vehicle and reconnected Am I doing something wrong here? is there a solution for either problem? From what I've seen, some people say that the AW not getting notifications at the same time as Carplay is a built-in safety feature, which most people do not want... maybe its the same with the phone not alerting to non-text/call notifications?

My Watch app is a workout app that has to be careful to minimize CPU load when backgrounded to get below the 15% avg/60 s in order to avoid being terminated by the system. Accordingly I have logic to detect a transition to the background using a .onChange(of: scenePhase) { phase in… } handler which works well for cases where the app is backgrounded - it is able to reduce its CPU load to just 6-9% while backgrounded. But a special case of the change to scenePhase presents a challenge - when an overlay such as the Control Center or a long-look notification presents, there is no transition to .background, only to .inactive. This is a problem because the system nevertheless imposes the background CPU limit on the app while it’s being covered by the overlay, even though the app didn’t get the .background transition on the scenePhase handler. To further complicate matters, it now seems with watchOS 11 that whenever a transition is made in the screen cadence from .live to .seconds, the scenePhase handler is called with a transition to .inactive. Which is a problem because this transition has to be distinguished from the case of the overlay presentation - the cadence change has no CPU usage implications as long as the app remains foregrounded, but the overlay presentation does, and the system will terminate the app if it exceeds 15% avg/60s. My question: how can I distinguish between the two causes of the transition to .inactive for the two cases: 1) when the overlay presents, and 2) when the display shifts to the slow cadence?

I tried building some app logic around NetworkMonitor.isConnected in my watch app (I want to trigger an update when the user opens the app and isConnected == true, otherwise observe NetworkMonitor.isConnected until it changes to true), and I found out that on a real device, NetworkMonitor.isConnected is always false. This does not seem to be documented anywhere. Am I right in assuming NetworkMonitor is not to be trusted on the watch? watchOS version is 18. I found an old post where eskimo argues that NWPathMonitor is not useful on the watch (which is also not documented), is it the same for NetworkMonitor? https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/127080

I have an app that plays audio and the behaviour of it has changed in watchOS 11. I can no longer figure out how to play the audio through the headphones. To play audio I.. let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() try session.setCategory(.playback, mode: .default, policy: .longFormAudio, options: [] let activated = try await session.activate() if activated { // play audio } In previous versions, 'try await session.activate()` would bring up a route picker where the user could select their headphones. Now on watchOS 11 it just plays the audio out of the speaker. Maybe that's what some people want but if they do want it to play out of the headphones I can't see how I can give that option now? There's no AVRoutePickerView available on watchOS for selecting it. I've tried setting the category to .multiRoute instead of .playback and that does bring up the picker but selecting the speaker results in an error code and selecting the headphones results in it saying it cannot find my headphones (which shouldn't be the case since Apple Music on watchOS finds them). Tried overriding the output with try session.overrideOutputAudioPort(.speaker) but the compiler complains that speaker isn't available on watchOS, which is strange as if I understand correctly it's possible to play through the speaker now at least on some Apple Watches. So is this a bug or is there some way I've not found of playing audio through the headphones?

Dear community, 3 Questions 1 On which processor are shortcuts being executed (the script flow) when started from Apple Watch? 2 Same question for the single intents execution. 3 Is there a good documentation and hopefully some architectural block diagram?

I'm attempting to create a standalone watchOS app that fetches the prayer timings of my local mosque in JSON format via an API call. I want the app to fetch the prayer timings in the background, but only once per day, at the start of the day (when prayer timings change, i.e., midnight). I'm trying to implement this using SwiftUI's backgroundTask modifier as explained in the docs and in this WWDC22 video. I made sure to enable the Background Modes capability, and this is what my app's Info.plist looks like: However, I've been unable to get it to work. I would appreciate any assistance I can get and feedback for improvements I can make, even with the Info.plist if anything is incorrect about it. Thank you! This is what I have so far: // PrayerTimesCompanionApp.swift // PrayerTimesCompanion Watch App import SwiftUI import WatchKit @main struct PrayerTimesCompanion_Watch_AppApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("TIMINGS_REFRESH")) { print("Found matching task") scheduleNextBackgroundRefresh() } } } // Schedule the next background refresh func scheduleNextBackgroundRefresh() { let today = Calendar.current.startOfDay(for: .now) if let tomorrow = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: 1, to: today) { WKApplication.shared().scheduleBackgroundRefresh(withPreferredDate: tomorrow, userInfo: "TIMINGS_REFRESH" as NSSecureCoding & NSObjectProtocol) { error in if error != nil { fatalError("*** An error occurred while scheduling the background refresh task. ***") } print("*** Scheduled! ***") } } } // ContentView.swift // PrayerTimesCompanion Watch App import SwiftUI struct ContentView: View { @StateObject var prayerTimeModel = PrayerTimesModel() var body: some View { List { VStack { VStack(spacing: 15) { // Table Header HStack { Text("Prayer") .bold() .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading) // Align to the left Text("Iqamah") .bold() .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .trailing) // Align to the right } .padding() // Table Rows (5 prayers) ForEach(prayerTimeModel.prayerTimes.data.iqamah, id: \.date) { iqamah in rowView(prayer: "Fajr", time: iqamah.fajr) rowView(prayer: "Zuhr", time: iqamah.zuhr) rowView(prayer: "Asr", time: iqamah.asr) rowView(prayer: "Maghrib", time: iqamah.maghrib) rowView(prayer: "Isha", time: iqamah.isha) } } .padding() } .padding() .onAppear { prayerTimeModel.fetch() } } .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top) } func rowView(prayer: String, time: String) -> some View { HStack { Text(prayer) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading) Text(time) .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .trailing) } } } #Preview { ContentView() } // PrayerTimesModel.swift // PrayerTimesCompanion Watch App import Foundation import SwiftUI // Main struct for the response struct PrayerTimesResponse: Codable { let status: String var data: SalahData let message: [String] } // Struct for the data section struct SalahData: Codable { var salah: [Salah] var iqamah: [Iqamah] } // Struct for Salah times struct Salah: Codable { let date: String let hijriDate: String let hijriMonth: String let day: String var fajr: String let sunrise: String var zuhr: String var asr: String var maghrib: String var isha: String enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case date, hijriDate = "hijri_date", hijriMonth = "hijri_month", day, fajr, sunrise, zuhr, asr, maghrib, isha } } // Struct for Iqamah times struct Iqamah: Codable { let date: String var fajr: String var zuhr: String var asr: String var maghrib: String var isha: String let jummah1: String let jummah2: String enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case date, fajr, zuhr, asr, maghrib, isha, jummah1 = "jummah1", jummah2 = "jummah2" } } class PrayerTimesModel: ObservableObject { @Published var prayerTimes: PrayerTimesResponse = PrayerTimesResponse( status: "Unknown", data: SalahData( salah: [Salah(date: "", hijriDate: "", hijriMonth: "", day: "", fajr: "", sunrise: "", zuhr: "", asr: "", maghrib: "", isha: "")], iqamah: [Iqamah(date: "", fajr: "", zuhr: "", asr: "", maghrib: "", isha: "", jummah1: "", jummah2: "")]), message: ["No data available"] ) // fetches the local mosque's prayer timings via an API call func fetch() { guard let url = URL(string: "https://masjidal.com/api/v1/time/range?masjid_id=3OA87VLp") else { return } let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { [self] data, _, error in guard let data = data, error == nil else { return } // Convert to JSON do { var prayerTimes = try JSONDecoder().decode(PrayerTimesResponse.self, from: data) DispatchQueue.main.async { self.prayerTimes = prayerTimes } } catch { print(error) } } task.resume() } }

Hi everyone, I have a shortcut that works great on iOS and on MacOS but that for some reason, doesn't work on WatchOS. The shortcut contains only a "Run script over SSH" item, I've tested both with password and public Key, they work well on the other devices but in WatchOS they shortcut returns "Cannot send with an inactive account". Any idea of what the issue is? Regards, Ade

This morning I bought my first-ever Apple Watch for the sole purpose of development and proceeded to spend six hours failing at the first step of development: getting the device to enter developer mode and connect to Xcode. Since I'm not seeing any WatchOS 11 posts on this issue, it might just be me. This is why I'm making a new thread that's specific to WatchOS 11, Xcode 16, and maybe Series 10. Some particulars for my case: Overall __Followed Xcode 16.0 documentation On a watchOS device that you use for development, go to Settings > Privacy > Developer Mode. To toggle Developer mode, use the Developer Mode switch. To pair an Apple Watch to a Mac, connect its companion iPhone to the Mac with a cable, and ensure that the iPhone is paired for development. After this step, follow any instructions on the Apple Watch to trust the Mac. When paired through an iPhone running iOS 17 or later, Xcode connects to the Apple Watch over Wi-Fi __Tried all the folk remedies listed in the (many) previous posts on enabling development mode and connecting to Xcode iOS 18.0 __In developer mode __Connected to macOS via USB, trusts computer WatchOS 11.0 __Prompt to trust computer appears and trust is established __‘Developer Mode’ list item never appears at end of the ‘Privacy’ menu under ‘Settings’ __‘Developer’ item sometimes appears at the end of ‘Settings’ Despite never having seen or toggled ‘Developer Mode’ under ‘Privacy’ Persists across reboots Possible that WatchOS 11 eliminated the item under Settings > Privacy? If so, documentation not up to date Xcode 16.0 __Watch never appears under ‘Manage Run Destinations’ After installing sample app to phone, then attempting to install WatchOS app via iOS Watch app, “Cannot install at this time” alert appears App icon appears on watch, and tapping on it leads to an alert with, “This app cannot be installed because its integrity could not be verified”, despite wi-fi working Watch apps for other apps (e.g. Apple Store) can be successfully installed via iOS Watch app Above suggests the watch isn't truly in developer mode despite Settings > Developer appearing and persisting across reboots __The network path from Xcode to WatchOS should be clear Reconfigured router such that devices on the same network can talk to each other iPad and iPhone appear with network icon when not connected via cable and Xcode can run code on them Watch on same network as iPad and iPhone macOS 15.0 __Due to security policy, cannot use Wi-Fi (disabled both physically and via sudo /usr/sbin/networksetup -setnetworkserviceenabled 'Wi-Fi' off) Possible that Xcode can only establish a connection to WatchOS via Wi-Fi and not via ethernet bridged to wifi. If so, a confirmation would be hugely helpful. This is currently my prime suspect. Wi-fi cannot be re-enabled, so I'm trying workarounds like connecting watch to phone's hotspot (doesn't work) and somehow using phone to provide network to the Mac. __Due to security policy, firewall configured to block all incoming connections Shouldn't be an issue since Xcode doesn't need incoming connections to see non-watch devices __Due to security policy, mDNSResponder and mDNSResponderHelper disabled Also shouldn't be an issue, but including just in case

We have a problem with undesirable rebuild with Debug configuration for watchOS target dependencies. There is a iOS project with watch extension target. Both have some SPM package dependency. Build Active Architecture Only for Debug is Yes for both app/extension targets. When build app, watch target is building not only for active arch(arm64) but also i386/x86_64. It can be fixed by adding Excluded Architectures = i386 x86_64 for watch target. But it don't help to avoid rebuild SPM package dependency for this architectures.

I'm using Healthkit with the following H/W specs: Apple Watch, series 8, OS: 10.6.1 (21U580) iPhone 11 Pro, OS: 17.6.1 Mac Studio M1 Xcode ver: 16.0 (16A242d) I am trying to get Apple Watch to report heart rate, HRV, respiratory rate, and body temperature using Healthkit's HKLiveWorkoutBuilder implementing HKLiveWorkoutBuilderDelegate's workoutBuilder method. However, the only reported value that is found from the workoutBuilder method's collectedTypes (a Set of HKSampleType objects) is HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate. Nothing for HRV, respiratory rate, or body temperature. All entitlements are set up, the plist filled in, and capabilities in place. Not sure why only the heart rate is reported from the watch but nothing else. I've scoured StackOverflow, Apple developer forums, even ChatGPT but none of the solutions work. Any help most appreciate! The model code is: import Foundation import HealthKit class WatchModel: NSObject, HKLiveWorkoutBuilderDelegate, HKWorkoutSessionDelegate { private let healthStore = HKHealthStore() private var workoutSession: HKWorkoutSession! private var workoutBuilder: HKLiveWorkoutBuilder! override init() { super.init() requestAuthorization() startWorkoutSession() } private func requestAuthorization() { let heartRateType = HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .heartRate)! let respiratoryRateType = HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .respiratoryRate)! let HRVRateType = HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .heartRateVariabilitySDNN)! let temperatureRateType = HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .bodyTemperature)! let healthDataTypes: Set = [heartRateType, respiratoryRateType, HRVRateType, temperatureRateType] healthStore.requestAuthorization(toShare: healthDataTypes, read: healthDataTypes) { (success, error) in if !success { print("Authorization failed") } } } func workoutSession(_ workoutSession: HKWorkoutSession, didChangeTo toState: HKWorkoutSessionState, from fromState: HKWorkoutSessionState, date: Date) { } func workoutSession(_ workoutSession: HKWorkoutSession, didFailWithError error: any Error) { } func workoutBuilderDidCollectEvent(_ workoutBuilder: HKLiveWorkoutBuilder) { } func startWorkoutSession() { let configuration = HKWorkoutConfiguration() configuration.activityType = .other configuration.locationType = .indoor do { workoutSession = try HKWorkoutSession(healthStore: healthStore, configuration: configuration) workoutBuilder = workoutSession.associatedWorkoutBuilder() workoutBuilder.delegate = self workoutBuilder.dataSource = HKLiveWorkoutDataSource(healthStore: healthStore, workoutConfiguration: configuration) let dataSource = HKLiveWorkoutDataSource(healthStore: healthStore, workoutConfiguration: configuration) let respiratoryRate = HKQuantityType(.respiratoryRate) dataSource.enableCollection(for: respiratoryRate, predicate: nil) let bodyTemp = HKQuantityType(.bodyTemperature) dataSource.enableCollection(for: bodyTemp, predicate: nil) let hrv = HKQuantityType(.heartRateVariabilitySDNN) dataSource.enableCollection(for: hrv, predicate: nil) workoutSession.delegate = self workoutSession.startActivity(with: Date()) workoutBuilder.beginCollection(withStart: Date(), completion: { (success, error) in if let error = error { print("Error starting collection: \(error.localizedDescription)") } }) } catch { print("Failed to start workout session: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } func workoutBuilder(_ workoutBuilder: HKLiveWorkoutBuilder, didCollectDataOf collectedTypes: Set<HKSampleType>) { print("collected types: \(collectedTypes)") for type in collectedTypes { if let quantityType = type as? HKQuantityType { if quantityType == HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .heartRate) { if let heartRateQuantity = workoutBuilder.statistics(for: quantityType)?.mostRecentQuantity() { let heartRateUnit = HKUnit(from: "count/min") let heartRateValue = heartRateQuantity.doubleValue(for: heartRateUnit) print("heart rate: \(heartRateValue)") } } if quantityType == HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .heartRateVariabilitySDNN) { if let hrvQuantity = workoutBuilder.statistics(for: quantityType)?.mostRecentQuantity() { let hrvUnit = HKUnit.secondUnit(with: .milli) let hrvValue = hrvQuantity.doubleValue(for: hrvUnit) print("HRV: \(hrvValue)") } } if quantityType == HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .bodyTemperature) { if let bodyTempQuantity = workoutBuilder.statistics(for: quantityType)?.mostRecentQuantity() { let tempUnit = HKUnit.degreeCelsius() let tempValue = bodyTempQuantity.doubleValue(for: tempUnit) print("body temp: \(tempValue)") } } if quantityType == HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .respiratoryRate) { if let respRateQuantity = workoutBuilder.statistics(for: quantityType)?.mostRecentQuantity() { let respRateUnit = HKUnit(from: "count/min") let respRateValue = respRateQuantity.doubleValue(for: respRateUnit) print("breathing: \(respRateValue)") } } } } } }

Hello everyone, I really need your help here :-)) iOS App. 17 and up. Widget extensions and watchOS app as well. New build for iOS 18 earlier this week. All platforms works perfect, except the Apple Watch version, which crash constantly on launch. Testing on simulator and testing devices - works perfect. Uploading to TestFlight and running on the same device - crash. The only thing I see in the crash report is StoredLocationBased.get error. It takes me to nowhere inside the project. Opened a DTS to Apple as well. Any help here will be fully appreciated. Thank you so much!

Watch OS11 My recording play gets paused when watch I turned down. It was not happening in previous versions. In my app I recorded my recording. And When I play it in my app, it was playing good in debug mode(when Xcode is connected) could not debug. Otherwise, it was automatically paused(when my wrist is down or inactivity time is elapsed) I want it to be continued.

I'm trying to use a custom SVG as a SF Symbol for a .accessoryInline complication on Apple Watch but it only appear on WatchOS 11. I even tried a fresh project and exported one of the symbols from SF Symbols app to eliminate error with custom symbol creation. On WatchOS 11 it shows correctly and colored, on WatchOS 10.5, no symbol at all. Am I missing some setting or something? Tried different Render As options for the symbol with no luck. For corner complication, it shows it fine (Series 10 is WatchOS 11 here) What is more weird in kinda shows that it's loading in comlication preview: Overall can't use any image for inline complication unless I do it like this: Image(uiImage: UIImage(named: "ImageName") ?? UIImage()) .resizable() Which can't be colored also

My team and I are working on an app for a private emergency helpline. Now as far as I understand the (sparse) API documentation for fall detection, given the appropriate entitlement, the following happens upon a detected fall: The Standard UI will be opened with the options to a) call SOS b) acknowledge the fall but state that you're fine though, c) deny the fall, and (implicitly after 60 seconds on inactivity) call SOS because you didn't react. All fall detection apps will then receive a bit of background time and get the func fallDetectionManager(CMFallDetectionManager, didDetect: CMFallDetectionEvent, completionHandler: () -> Void) called with the appropriate event value. Now that's all good and it sounds like the custom fall detection is additive to the standard system. But but why is there something like that in the entitlement request form sheet: For any emergency calling features that you do not provide, explain any mitigations you use to make sure the user receives emergency services support that’s as close as possible to what they’d receive had they placed an emergency call natively. This sounds like our app would rather be a drop-in to the standard SOS service ­– in contrast to being additive and also in contrast to what the API documentation infers. Am I misunderstanding something?