Apple Watch not showing in XCode

Same Issue here. Tried everything,

• unparing, restarting, etc ...
• Developer mode is On on both iPhone and Watch.
• The watch asked me if i wanna give my Mac Mini Access to it, tapped yes.

Everything is setup as before but the watch does not appear under devices as paired device to my iPhone as well in xCode as run destination. I'm developing on watch since 2 years ago and something is not working in Xcode 15 as before. The strange thing is that the watch appears twice in console app but when i hit "Start Streaming" no logs appears.

I'm experiencing the same issue

I am having the same issue. WatchOS 10.4

same issue and ive tried countless things, the option for Developer mode is also missing from the watch itself for me

This worked for me. Im using a M1 Macbook with iphone 13 and watch series 4 (44mm/wifi/gps)

I followed from this thread: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/733153 Steps

1. Install sysdiagnose profile on iPhone.
2. Trigger a sysdiagnose by pressing and holding both the Side and Digital Crown buttons on the Watch for two seconds and release, Watch will restart automatically
3. Restart Xcode and hopefully it may recognise the Watch

My steps were slightly different. Its not 100% guaranteed but worked for me twice (1st when I had accidently removed watch from Xcode, and 2nd time when I changed to a new macbook) Prereq:

1. Xcode, Phone and Watch have latest updates
2. Phone and Watch paired
3. Phone and Watch are both connected on the same wifi network - important as Xcode connects to both devices over the network.
4. Developer mode enabled on Phone
5. Developer mode enabled on Watch

Steps

1. Disconnect usb cable from phone to macbook, and disconnect usb cable from watch to macbook
2. In Xcode, open Devices and Simulators, Unpair phone from Xcode, then close Xcode
3. On phone - hold down volume up, volume down and side button to turn off phone. Then turn phone back on
4. Open Xcode and open Devices and Simulators
5. Connect phone to macbook using USB cable. On the phone when prompted to Trust Computer, accept connection
6. Once paired close Xcode
7. Connect watch to macbook on USB cable. Make sure the watch is connected on the wifi
8. On the watch - hold down crown and side button to restart watch
9. On the watch when prompted to Trust Computer, accept connection (Cant remember if I had to open Xcode first) - I think this step is important for Xcode to detect watch, and requires the watch to be on the wifi
10. Open Xcode, open Devices and Simulators and watch should appear

Notes:

1. The Trust Computer connection seems to be a key step and in order by the phone first followed by the watch. For the watch it seems to relie on the Wifi to work, however I cant confirm as it also maybe connecting via the phone.
2. The Wifi is a key prereq for both Watch and Phone. I had to recheck my Watch wfi settings as sometimes it would lose connection and the Trust Computer step would not work
3. If not working, try turning off and on developer modes on both devices before repeating steps. I think had I do to this when I changed laptops
4. I didnt have to re-pair the phone and watch, so you can eliminate this step

I finally got his working on the latest Xcode v15.4 and WatchOS v10.5 releases! I had to restart my MacBook after updating everything.

I have Xcode 15.4 MacOS 14.4.1 WatchOS 10.5 Phone 17.4.1

and still my Xcode don't show my apple watch and in my apple watch I don't have "developers mode" option. I have tried everything above and cannot continue with my project... Did anyone find a solution for that? :(

I've had this happen a few times. The way it goes is that everything is working, then one day I try to deploy an app to my watch and Xcode and just says "Waiting to reconnect to Watch" (or something like that) forever (or at least longer than I'm willing to wait). I unpair my watch from Xcode, and when I try to re-pair it, it doesn't show up. As others have said, restarting every device doesn't help.

After just spending another hour+ of my life trying to figure this out, I got it to show up by unpairing everything from Xcode, turning off Developer Mode (under Privacy & Security) on the Apple Watch and the iPhone (turning it off on just Apple Watch doesn't work), then turning it back on (which requires restarts on each device)

Once that was done done, the phone and watch showed up in Devices & Simulators again, and I could re-pair them.

I finally found the solution:

On your iPhone:

1. Go to Settings, then tap General.
2. Tap Transfer or Reset [Device].
3. Tap Reset, then tap Reset Location & Privacy.

Now the link between your iPhone and Xcode is removed / untrusted. Make sure you have your apple watch selected as active watch in the iPhone Watch app.

Now open Xcode and connect the iPhone with USB cable. The "do you want to trust this device" alert should pop-up on your iPhone again. Select Trust device. Give it a bit of time, and once your iPhone becomes available as destination, your AW should also pop-up. At least this worked for me.

After several months of not being able to deploy apps to my watch, and trying many things, I came across this post and tried a few things. What finally worked for me was on my iPhone going into settings, General, Transfer or Reset iPhone, Reset, Reset Location & Privacy.

After that I connected my phone via USB to my MacBook and hey presto, my watch appeared in the Device list in Xcode. At the same time the Developer option finally reappeared in Settings on my watch and after a few reboots of devices everything is good again.

Clear Trusted Computers from the iPhone Settings > Developer and reconnecting the iPhone again solved my problem.

You might’ve already tried this but check if the bluetooth of your laptop is turned on. If this doesn’t work then the last option is to erase the content and settings of apple watch.

• go to the Finder, choose your iPhone in the sidebar and do the same thing: choose "Trust" to establish a connection
• start Xcode and open the "Devices and Simulator" window, where you will see your iPhone and its paired Apple Watch.

That's exactly what solved for me. After doing many other things that took me the whole night like reseting the watch and other stuff. After many attempts I just did that and then the watch appeared in XCode devices and the "developer mode" option appeared in my watch settings -> privacy

Things that worked for me:

• Dev mode was turned on and iP restarted
• What herbertv mentioned about resetting Privacy Settings (#786373022)
• Re-opening Xcode AFTER this was done (I forgot to close it before doing the above and it didn't work, then closed it, re-opened it and it showed up)
• AND: ensuring the iP, watch and mac were all on the same network. In my case, on the watch only my 2.4Gh Wifi showed up, switching to that network on my iP and mac did the trick.