Assistance with WatchConnectivity - Objective-c - ios

Question

I have been attempting to add a WatchKit target to an existing app written in Objc and have been completely unable to get the messaging working. When I run the extension, start the session, and check for reachability everything is fine, I am showing the container app is reachable from the extension. However, when I send a message, the phone application does not wake up. From all of the documentation and samples that I have seen, the phone application should run in the background, however, this is not happening. Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated.
Attached is the associated code:
From the InterfaceController.m of the extension, I am calling:
[[WCSession defaultSession] sendMessage:#{#"message":#"begin"} replyHandler:nil errorHandler:nil];
ExtensionDelegate.h
#import <WatchKit/WatchKit.h>
#import <WatchConnectivity/WatchConnectivity.h>
#interface ExtensionDelegate : NSObject <WKExtensionDelegate,WCSessionDelegate>
#end
ExtensionDelegate.m
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching {
// Perform any final initialization of your application.
if ([WCSession isSupported]) {
WCSession *session = [WCSession defaultSession];
session = [WCSession defaultSession];
session.delegate = self;
[session activateSession];
if (session.isReachable) {
NSLog(#"Able to reach app.");
}
}
}
IOS AppDelegate.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "objShoppingList.h"
#import "databaseController.h"
#import <WatchConnectivity/WatchConnectivity.h>
#interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
#end
IOS AppDelegate.m
#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import CoreLocation;
#interface AppDelegate ()<CLLocationManagerDelegate, WCSessionDelegate>{
CLLocationManager *locationManager;
WCSession *session;
}
#end
#implementation AppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
if ([WCSession isSupported]) {
[WCSession defaultSession].delegate = self;
session = [WCSession defaultSession];
session.delegate = self;
NSLog(#"Sessiopn on phone starting");
[[WCSession defaultSession] activateSession];
}
NSLog(#"iphone app starting");
. . .
return YES;
}
- (void)session:(nonnull WCSession *)session didReceiveMessage:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)message replyHandler:(nonnull void (^)(NSDictionary<NSString *,id> * __nonnull))replyHandler {
// In this case, the message content being sent from the app is a simple begin message. This tells the app to wake up and begin sending location information to the watch.
NSLog(#"Reached IOS APP");
}
-(void)session:(WCSession *)session didReceiveMessage:(NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)message{
NSLog(#"Reached IOS APP");
}
#end
Every test that is done, the IOS app does not start, and I do not receive the NSLog message from didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
Any help would be greatly appreciated.