The latest reply to FB18383742 from Apple: With an accessory setup having AccessorySetupKit on your iOS app and if device is on iOS 18. The companion watch app will not be able to use Bluetooth.

As @mcrippa mentions, Core Bluetooth can now be used in watchOS 26 apps (while the iOS 26 counterpart uses ASK). This is great news! The documentation update is a welcome change, and I've now added a watchOS app to my iOS app that uses ASK. I do wonder what happens to users running watchOS 11 (if the iOS app support supports iOS 18), and if there is a way to make this work.

I don't think the AccessorySetupKit documentation stating AccessorySetupKit is available for iOS and iPadOS. The accessory’s Bluetooth permission doesn’t sync to a companion watchOS app. addresses this limitation. Has anyone figured out a way to use Core Bluetooth in a companion watchOS 11 app after an AccessorySetupKit onboarding happens in the iOS 18 app? 🤔

I was able to get AccessorySetupKit working by specifying values for NSAccessorySetupBluetoothCompanyIdentifiers and NSAccessorySetupBluetoothServices in the info.plist. Interestingly I didn't have to modify the ASDiscoveryDescriptor to specify a bluetoothCompanyIdentifier or manufacturerDataBlob property. The device I'm working with would sometimes advertise one, two, or no service identifiers so I was forced to rely on the company identifier. I could only get it work with the company identifier specified in just the info.plist. Good luck!

Crash "fixed" by building app using Xcode 16

Hi @DTS Engineer , I've received a response to FB15292000 saying they will close the feedback report as resolved since I was able to upload the crash report to Dropbox and include a link in a reply. I don't think it makes sense to resolve this feedback report in this way. The feedback report is about not being able to add a crash report as an attachment to a post on the forums. Update: I'm able to attach the crash report to this reply, I don't know if this would also work for the original post. Perhaps the response I've received to the feedback report wasn't clear enough! WatchCloud Watch App-2024-09-25-163744 - Watch Series 10 + Xcode 15.4 22622.crash

Dropbox link for the crash report: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9q88masijfcngig24jmvm/WatchCloud-Watch-App-2024-09-25-163744-Watch-Series-10-Xcode-15.4-22622.crash?rlkey=founp959ssx1jzffou3w20g8n&st=ge44ej82&dl=0

Does anyone know of an email address to contact developer relations? I've submitted reports through the Feedback Assistant app in the past but don't often receive replies there.

I'm unable to include the crash report as an attachment due to a warning about the post containing sensitive language.