Settings bundle for watchOS only app?

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Created Jun ’20

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I have an independent watchOS 6 app that I'd like to add some configurable user preferences to via a 'settings' view. I see there is a 'WatchKit Settings Bundle' option when I add a new file in XCode but it is unclear to me if this will work for a watchOS only app or if this is intended to be used with an iOS companion app? I've found no documentation on the WatchKit Settings Bundle or how to go about adding a settings entry for my app. I see entries in the setting applications for other apps, but i'm not sure how to go about getting mine to show up there.

I've followed https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/UserDefaults/Preferences/Preferences.html with no success and a few other tutorials online that date back to watchOS 2 so i'm not sure what is relevant or applicable.

Any help or suggestions would be great.

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Documentation Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’20

There aren't settings bundles for Watch apps at this time. However, there's a great design session coming (What's new in watchOS design) that goes into various ways to expose configuration UI in your Watch apps.

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