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Reply to Could not launch app on watchOS downloaded from TestFlight
I am seeing the problem as well and have been for a couple of months. One of my beta testers mentioned today that Carrot was reporting it so I searched the forums and found this thread. It's reassuring to know that it is a TestFlight issue because I assumed that I had broken something and have been rolling back lots of code trying to work out what it was that I had broken. One thing I have noticed is that it usually happens after the tester has updated watchOS. I had several reports a couple of months ago after watchOS 26.4 was released. And it has been reported more often again since watchOS 26.5 was released. I always ask them to downgrade to an older beta or the App Store version and it always fixes the problem, even if they then upgrade to the latest beta again.
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Reply to WatchOS 26.5 breaks Action Button intent donation
Thanks for your reply. It seems that the intent donation bug in watchOS 26.5 was happening because my app was written a while ago and uses a WatchKit extension. I have now converted my watch app to use a single target and the donation now works again. I am slightly nervous that such a major restructuring will have other knock on effects, but I would probably have had to do it at some time anyway. Thanks again.
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Reply to Health permissions problem with watchOS 10.6.2
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately they can't update to watchOS 26 because they have older devices (series 4, series 5, or SE 1st gen). And they can't roll back so they are stuck. The reason they are using watchOS 10.6.2 is because it is the latest version that they can use. It was only released 3 months ago and no-one is reporting the issue for older versions of watchOS 10, so it sounds like that permissions bug crept into v10.6.2 for some reason. Thanks again for replying.
May ’26
Reply to Workout Effort Scores
I don't see estimated effort scores in Apple's Fitness app for any workouts created by my app, for any activity type. The only time they are visible is if an effort score has been specifically set by the app (which I got working after your help on that other thread, so thanks for that). I am assuming that the Fitness app shows the effort if one has been set and otherwise shows the estimated effort. Is that the case? Or does the estimated effort get stored in Health Kit but is not used by the Fitness app?
Oct ’24
Reply to Adding workoutEffortScore to HKWorkout
I can't get it working when using relateWorkoutEffortSample. The completion comes back without an error but there doesn't seem to be an effort stored for the workout when I view it in the Fitness app. My code is: HKUnit* effortUnits = [HKUnit appleEffortScoreUnit]; HKQuantity* effortQuantity = [HKQuantity quantityWithUnit:effortUnits doubleValue:effort]; HKQuantityType* effortQuantityType = [HKQuantityType quantityTypeForIdentifier:HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWorkoutEffortScore]; HKQuantitySample* effortSample = [HKQuantitySample quantitySampleWithType:effortQuantityType quantity:effortQuantity startDate:self.startDate endDate:self.endDate]; for (HKWorkoutActivity* activity in self.workout.workoutActivities) [self.store relateWorkoutEffortSample:effortSample withWorkout:self.workout activity:activity completion:^(BOOL success, NSError * _Nullable error) { if (!success) { if (error) NSLog(@"Error saving effort score: %@", error.localizedDescription); else NSLog(@"Error saving effort score"); } else NSLog(@"Successfully saved effort score %d", effort); }];
Sep ’24
Reply to XCode not supporting Apple Watch Series 10 models
Many thanks for the fast, detailed and helpful reply. It helped me realise that I was using the Xcode beta 6. However I downloaded it yesterday from the Downloads page and that page definitely described it as the RC, with a date of September 9th. I suspect I downloaded when the page had been partially updated with the text for the RC but the link to the file hadn't been changed. I was eagerly pressing refresh on that page and downloaded the moment the text changed to say RC with yesterday's date. Anyway it all seems to be working now, so many thanks again for your very helpful response.
Sep ’24
Reply to No swimming distances on watchOS 10
Thanks. I suspect they are different problems because I don't get distance samples for pool swims either, where GPS is not involved. However I have only seen two outdoor swim workouts with watchOS 10, but the GPS trace for both of them was awful. Much worse than I have seen in the past. It's a very small sample and probably too early for me to tell, but I am probably seeing the same GPS issues as you when swimming outdoors with watchOS 10.
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Sep ’23
Reply to How can users download an old version of a watch app?
Many thanks for replying so quickly. My watch app is independent (although I wish it wasn't but that is another story) so in theory users should be fine in most circumstances. That may explain why only two people have complained so far. As you say, new users of the app running a recent iOS will not be able to install the app. This is not too bad because they can just get a refund and an apology. However it may also affect long term users of the app. For example if they update their iPhone but not their watch. They would then get the latest version of the iOS app, which will not be able to install its watch app on the old watch. It seems that it is possible to download an older version but only for the situation where the user is running an old version of iOS. Is it also possible to do the same when the user is running an old version of watchOS? For example if they try to install the watch app from the App Store on the watch? Thanks again for replying so quickly and thoroughly, especially at the weekend and just before the release of all the new hardware and software!
Sep ’23
Reply to Health permissions problem with watchOS 10.6.2
Is there any known fix or workaround for this? I am hearing from more and more users with series 4, series 5 and SE 1 who cannot send health permissions to the watch app. They are all using watchOS 10.6.2.
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Reply to Could not launch app on watchOS downloaded from TestFlight
I am seeing the problem as well and have been for a couple of months. One of my beta testers mentioned today that Carrot was reporting it so I searched the forums and found this thread. It's reassuring to know that it is a TestFlight issue because I assumed that I had broken something and have been rolling back lots of code trying to work out what it was that I had broken. One thing I have noticed is that it usually happens after the tester has updated watchOS. I had several reports a couple of months ago after watchOS 26.4 was released. And it has been reported more often again since watchOS 26.5 was released. I always ask them to downgrade to an older beta or the App Store version and it always fixes the problem, even if they then upgrade to the latest beta again.
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Reply to WatchOS 26.5 breaks Action Button intent donation
Thanks for your reply. It seems that the intent donation bug in watchOS 26.5 was happening because my app was written a while ago and uses a WatchKit extension. I have now converted my watch app to use a single target and the donation now works again. I am slightly nervous that such a major restructuring will have other knock on effects, but I would probably have had to do it at some time anyway. Thanks again.
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Reply to Health permissions problem with watchOS 10.6.2
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately they can't update to watchOS 26 because they have older devices (series 4, series 5, or SE 1st gen). And they can't roll back so they are stuck. The reason they are using watchOS 10.6.2 is because it is the latest version that they can use. It was only released 3 months ago and no-one is reporting the issue for older versions of watchOS 10, so it sounds like that permissions bug crept into v10.6.2 for some reason. Thanks again for replying.
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May ’26
Reply to "Testflight is currently unavailable" message for all users
Same problem for me with the one app I have in TestFlight.
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Mar ’26
Reply to Xcode 16.3 - very slow to run on simulator
Did anyone find a solution to this? I have been getting it for a while and it's very annoying.
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Jul ’25
Reply to Workout Effort Scores
I don't see estimated effort scores in Apple's Fitness app for any workouts created by my app, for any activity type. The only time they are visible is if an effort score has been specifically set by the app (which I got working after your help on that other thread, so thanks for that). I am assuming that the Fitness app shows the effort if one has been set and otherwise shows the estimated effort. Is that the case? Or does the estimated effort get stored in Health Kit but is not used by the Fitness app?
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Oct ’24
Reply to Adding workoutEffortScore to HKWorkout
Many thanks for your detailed response. I finally managed to get it working by coding it in Swift, using your example code. For some reason I just couldn't get it working with Objective C.
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Oct ’24
Reply to Adding workoutEffortScore to HKWorkout
I can't get it working when using relateWorkoutEffortSample. The completion comes back without an error but there doesn't seem to be an effort stored for the workout when I view it in the Fitness app. My code is: HKUnit* effortUnits = [HKUnit appleEffortScoreUnit]; HKQuantity* effortQuantity = [HKQuantity quantityWithUnit:effortUnits doubleValue:effort]; HKQuantityType* effortQuantityType = [HKQuantityType quantityTypeForIdentifier:HKQuantityTypeIdentifierWorkoutEffortScore]; HKQuantitySample* effortSample = [HKQuantitySample quantitySampleWithType:effortQuantityType quantity:effortQuantity startDate:self.startDate endDate:self.endDate]; for (HKWorkoutActivity* activity in self.workout.workoutActivities) [self.store relateWorkoutEffortSample:effortSample withWorkout:self.workout activity:activity completion:^(BOOL success, NSError * _Nullable error) { if (!success) { if (error) NSLog(@"Error saving effort score: %@", error.localizedDescription); else NSLog(@"Error saving effort score"); } else NSLog(@"Successfully saved effort score %d", effort); }];
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Sep ’24
Reply to XCode not supporting Apple Watch Series 10 models
Many thanks for the fast, detailed and helpful reply. It helped me realise that I was using the Xcode beta 6. However I downloaded it yesterday from the Downloads page and that page definitely described it as the RC, with a date of September 9th. I suspect I downloaded when the page had been partially updated with the text for the RC but the link to the file hadn't been changed. I was eagerly pressing refresh on that page and downloaded the moment the text changed to say RC with yesterday's date. Anyway it all seems to be working now, so many thanks again for your very helpful response.
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Sep ’24
Reply to File transfer issue from iPhone to Watch after iOS 17.5 & WatchOS 10.5 update
I am seeing the same thing. It is only an issue with iOS 17.5. Sending from iOS 17.4 to watchOS 10.5 worked fine, but not sending from iOS 17.5.
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May ’24
Reply to TTS problem iOS 17 beta
I am also seeing this stack trace in the crash logs that Apple send via Organiser. My app uses TTS on the iPhone and the Apple Watch and I get this crash for both iOS 17 and watchOS 10.
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Nov ’23
Reply to watchOS 10 update has ruined GPS on Ultra during open water swimming.
I have only seen two outdoor swim workouts with watchOS 10, but the GPS trace for both of them was awful. Much worse than I have seen in the past. It's a very small sample and probably too early to be sure, but I am probably seeing the same GPS issues as you when swimming outdoors with watchOS 10.
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Sep ’23
Reply to No swimming distances on watchOS 10
Thanks. I suspect they are different problems because I don't get distance samples for pool swims either, where GPS is not involved. However I have only seen two outdoor swim workouts with watchOS 10, but the GPS trace for both of them was awful. Much worse than I have seen in the past. It's a very small sample and probably too early for me to tell, but I am probably seeing the same GPS issues as you when swimming outdoors with watchOS 10.
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Sep ’23
Reply to How can users download an old version of a watch app?
Many thanks for replying so quickly. My watch app is independent (although I wish it wasn't but that is another story) so in theory users should be fine in most circumstances. That may explain why only two people have complained so far. As you say, new users of the app running a recent iOS will not be able to install the app. This is not too bad because they can just get a refund and an apology. However it may also affect long term users of the app. For example if they update their iPhone but not their watch. They would then get the latest version of the iOS app, which will not be able to install its watch app on the old watch. It seems that it is possible to download an older version but only for the situation where the user is running an old version of iOS. Is it also possible to do the same when the user is running an old version of watchOS? For example if they try to install the watch app from the App Store on the watch? Thanks again for replying so quickly and thoroughly, especially at the weekend and just before the release of all the new hardware and software!
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Sep ’23