What is it so hard to develop on the Watch?

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Yetitron OP
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I am trying to develop a Watch and iOS app as companion. It is beyond stupid how I can not keep the watch connected to Xcode to develop. I have tried all the so-called tricks.

Why is this so fragile?

  • The phone is USB connected to my Mac

  • I have tried turning off the wifi on my Mac and have the phone and watch on the same network. Nada

  • I have tried just having everything on the same network. The watch is connected maybe 20% of the time.

  • I have tried creating a hotspot network with my phone. The watch is connected maybe 50% of the time.

This is truly an awful experience. Am I doing something wrong?

Any advice would be grateful.

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DTS Engineer OP
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Do you have a feedback report yet? If not, would you mind to file one with a sysdiagnose captured in the way mentioned here, and then share your report ID?

Folks reported pairing & connection issues between Xcode and Apple watch in this thread, and so most likely the Xcode team knows the issue. Filing your own feedback report will help the team to be sure that what you are encountering is the same issue.

Best,
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Ziqiao Chen
 Worldwide Developer Relations.

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Yetitron OP
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I have been focused on the iOS companion right now, but will be making another update to the watch app. I will capture the sysdiagnostics data and update my feedback

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