Will Push Notifications get displayed on the Apple Watch simulator ?
I have run an app that displays push notifications on iPhone 5C. An Apple Watch app is made as a target of this app.
I usually get Push Notifications on this iPhone 5C while any movement is made in front of a live streaming camera. So is it possible to display the same on Apple Watch Simulator?
No push notifications require a device token, which is not available on the simulator.
You will receive this message: "remote notifications are not supported in the simulator"
You need to test on device, to test Push Notifications.
You can use this library to simulate remote notifications though: https://github.com/acoomans/SimulatorRemoteNotifications
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I work on an app for iOS and watchOS. The watch app is independent but users will be able to use it side-by-side to the iPhone app, synced via iCloud.
The iOS app includes a daily reminder (via UNUserNotificationCenter) to open the app, the notification shows up on both devices (as usually with all other apps).
But what if the user only downloads the watch version of the app? I scheduled the same local notifications I have in the iOS app into the watch app, too.
Now, the iPhone gets the notification, and the watch gets two notifications.
How can I manage to get the iPhone notification only on the user's iPhone so that the Apple Watch does not receive two notifications? Or is there a smarter solution?
Thanks in advance
I want to send notification from iOS App to the apple watch app.
I will receive push notification on iPhone. When I receive the push notification I want to send a notification to my apple watch app along with some data like name,time, and just plain text. I am new to the apple watch. I have seen an example MMWormable, but that does not send notifications. It sends only data from iOS App when both the apps are running, but i want to send notification even if app is closed on both the iPhone & Apple watch.
EDIT:
I have read https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204791 it says it will show notifications to apple watch when if iPhone is locked & it will not show notifications on apple watch if iPhone is not locked.
How can i show notifications to both the iPhone & apple watch.
for the solution, if you use a simulator, you have to turn off the simulator with the power button according to the device, later the notification will enter the apple watch automatically
If push or local notification arrives on iPhone it will display notification only on iPhone[if the phone is unlocked].If it is locked notification will be displayed on watch. FYI notification wont be displayed on both ,OS will choose device in which user is active.
If you want than you can add it on local notification an also on watch to fetch the data.
How do you send Local Notifications from iPhone to an Apple Watch app when the Apple Watch app is in the background? And how do you check Local Notifications in the simulator, if possible?
The notifications shown at Apple Watch are the sames that appears in your iPhone.
If you have your iPhone locked, notifications go to the Apple Watch also.
You can not send a notification that only shows at Apple Watch.
As of Apple Docs:
Apple Watch takes full advantage of the existing interactive
notification support on iOS. If your iOS app supports notifications,
Apple Watch displays those notifications at appropriate times. When
one of your app’s local or remote notifications arrives on the user’s
iPhone, iOS decides whether to display that notification on the iPhone
or on the Apple Watch. For notifications sent to Apple Watch, the
system lets the user know subtly that a notification is available. If
the user chooses to view the notification, the system displays an
abbreviated version of the notification first, followed by a more
detailed version. The user can dismiss the detailed notification,
launch your Watch app, or act on the notification by tapping an
available action button.
Apps are not required to do anything to support notifications. The
system provides a default notification interface that displays the
alert message from the notification. However, apps can customize the
notification interface and include custom graphics, content, and
branding.
I'm trying to display local notifications in Apple Watch.
The implementation is done but I don't know how to pass local notifications to Apple Watch. How can I do this?
If your iOS app supports local or remote notifications, Apple Watch displays those notifications at appropriate times.
iOS it self decide to pass the notification to Apple Watch or show on iPhone,
As you said the implementation is done so let the iOS handle it. and at this time you have to do nothing to pass it to Watch you can see the Apple documentation for more clarification.
You can see here
iOS takes care of notifications.
If your iPhone is unlocked, you get notifications on your iPhone, instead of your Apple Watch.
If your iPhone is locked or asleep, and your Apple Watch is unlocked and on your wrist, you get notifications on your Apple Watch.
Read this
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204791
I know it's not possible to receive push notifications on the simulator but is it possible to send them? Noticed that the simulator won't create an installation on Parse.com but does this make a difference?
thanks
Short answer: you CAN
BUT
You cannot fully test push notifications in Xcode's simulator. You can send pushes from the simulator, but it will not receive push notifications.
Apple does not support Push Notifications through the iOS Simulator.
First you can't register to APNS with simulator So you can receive or send push notification from simulator , you need real device