Is there a way to launch or re-open an iPhone app to the foreground from a watch extension? The extension's openParentApplication:reply: method opens the containing app in the background. Is there a way to put the app into the foreground from the application:handleWatchKitExtensionRequest:reply: method?
Perhaps that method could post a local notification, which the user can interact with to bring the app to the foreground? Don't know.
openParentApplication:reply: can ONLY open iOS app in the beackground, and yes, the only way to bring iOS app to foreground i have experienced is that when application:handleWatchKitExtensionRequest:reply: method is called on the iOS app, you can make it trigger a local notification where user can interact with it to bring the iOS app to foreground.
There currently is not a way to open an iOS app into the foreground from your WatchKit extension.
This works on the simulator. I have yet to verify it with the actual device.
