Re: Make WatchKit app show local notification

2016-11-12 Thread Charles Jenkins
Well, I have two responses. First let me ask the question a different way: if people use this app, it is because they want the *watch* to “buzz” them at a certain time. Is there any foolproof way to make that happen? Second, I’m not doing anything in the iPhone portion of the app, which it think

Re: Make WatchKit app show local notification

2016-11-11 Thread Jeff Kelley
The recommended approach here (I think) is to show the notification on whichever device the user is using. Are you implementing any of the UserNotification framework pieces on the phone? Would it work for your purposes if the alert sometimes appeared there? Jeff Kelley slauncha...@gmail.com

Re: Make WatchKit app show local notification

2016-11-11 Thread Charles Jenkins
Thanks, Jeff! Lordy be, the only thing I want is a sound and prominent haptic when the countdown reaches zero. Is there no foolproof way to achieve that? Everything I’ve tried seems to only work in certain cases. ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list

Re: Make WatchKit app show local notification

2016-11-10 Thread Jeff Kelley
Hi Charles, Your code looks good to me. One thing to look at is if the iPhone is unlocked. By default, the watch will only show notifications if it’s on your wrist and unlocked, and your iPhone is locked. If you’re using the phone, it won’t show notifications on your wrist. If you

Make WatchKit app show local notification

2016-11-10 Thread Charles Jenkins
I’m trying to write an app that basically serves as a countdown timer. I’ve learned that the WKInterfaceTimer object doesn’t really do anything but draw the countdown on the screen. The documentation suggests pairing it with an NSTimer in order to be able to do something when the timer expires. I