Sharelink in WatchOS and Messages App

UI Frameworks SwiftUI
joncolours OP
Created Nov ’24
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I’m relatively new to SwiftUI, so I’ve got a pretty basic question here. In my watchOS app, I’m using ShareLink to share a string of text to the Mail and Messages apps. Mail shows up in the ShareLink sheet just fine, but Messages doesn’t appear.

What’s odd is that when I run the app in Xcode’s preview or in the Simulator, Messages does show up as a sharing option… So now I’m wondering if this is just a quirk with my device or if Apple doesn’t actually support sharing text to Messages from third-party watchOS apps yet? I know some Apple Watch apps (like Contacts) do support sending text/files to Messages, so I’m curious if anyone’s had a similar experience or knows more about this.

Any insights would be super helpful!

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DTS Engineer OP
Apple
Nov ’24

@joncolours Could you please share a link to your test project. That'll help us better understand what's going on. If you're not familiar with preparing a test project, take a look at Creating a test project.

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Engineer OP
Apple
3w

Our engineering teams need to investigate this issue, as resolution may involve changes to Apple's software. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could open a bug report and post the FB number here once you do. Bug Reporting: How and Why? has tips on creating your bug report.

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ph_whip OP
3w

I opened a FB report: FB15997586

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Akira_Hayakawa_Atsurae OP
3w

Today I have confirmed a similar issue after updating to watchOS 11.2; it did not occur in watchOS 11.1. My watchOS app uses ShareLink and uses FileRepresentation to share local files.

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vfdgdfgdgsfg OP
2w

I have also been using ShareLink for years without any problems, and watchOS 11.2 suddenly removed the “Messages” option.

This is greatly affecting 3 of my apps right now, while Apple’s apps are not affected.

FB16110838

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