Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-06 Thread J. Scott Tury
That is correct. Local notifications only go to your local device - or the paired device (watch) associated with it. If you want to be able to reach all iOS devices a user has, you would have to use a Remote notification service, and eventually talk to the APNS service. Notifications have alw

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-06 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
> On 5 Dec 2016, at 21:27, J. Scott Tury wrote: > > Gerriet, > > Try setting a Local Notification to be delivered at a scheduled time in the > future (like a minute later). Then put your iPhone into lock mode, and turn > off the display. > > This should force the OS to deliver your notif

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-05 Thread J. Scott Tury
Gerriet, Try setting a Local Notification to be delivered at a scheduled time in the future (like a minute later). Then put your iPhone into lock mode, and turn off the display. This should force the OS to deliver your notification to your paired device. When the timer fires for the loca

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-04 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
> On 5 Dec 2016, at 02:34, J. Scott Tury wrote: > > There are two concepts I think you are trying to ask in your email. > > 1. What are notifications? > > 2. How can you communicate between your iPhone and your watch app? > > These are two fundamentally different questions. Thanks for clea

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-04 Thread J. Scott Tury
There are two concepts I think you are trying to ask in your email. 1. What are notifications? 2. How can you communicate between your iPhone and your watch app? These are two fundamentally different questions. Notifications: Notifications are a way for you to deliver messages of something i

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-04 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
> On 4 Dec 2016, at 00:48, J. Scott Tury wrote: > > Notifications for iOS will show on whatever device you are using currently. > If you’re not using one, it will show up on your watch. If you’re using a > iPad, it’ll show up on your iPad. If you’r using your phone - it’ll show up > there.

Re: Message from iOS to watchOS

2016-12-03 Thread J. Scott Tury
Notifications for iOS will show on whatever device you are using currently. If you’re not using one, it will show up on your watch. If you’re using a iPad, it’ll show up on your iPad. If you’r using your phone - it’ll show up there. There is no API that sends a Notification to a particular