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iosnotificationswatchkit
Jovi Jovanelly
Jovi Jovanelly

Reputation: 21

Can we show different actions on notification on Apple watch than on phone app?

We have a couple notifications in our iOS app that have actions (initiate a call and open another iOS application on phone) that don't translate well when showing on the Apple Watch.

I've looked to see about a specific UIUserNotificationActionContext for the watch (instead of using default or minimal) and I've also looked to see if I can change the category when the notification is fired in my custom notification interface controller (Dynamic Interface). No luck.

I'll go down the path of a Handoff to my iOS phone app if all else fails, but that isn't optimal since many users won't understand the Swipe Up/Unlock steps of Handoff.

I'd rather just hide those buttons for now and wait to see if iOS9 has more open support.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 287

Answers (1)

rmp
rmp

Reputation: 3503

No, you cannot have different actions, they all must be defined in the parent app's appDelegate with UIMutableUserNotificationAction and UIMutableUserNotificationCategory and therefore shared with the watch app.

Upvotes: 4

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