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Reply to How do I dismiss a presented sheet?
Thanks very much. I've only developed for iOS for years and so was surprised at this behaviour. However, I found the same behaviour when I ran it on the Mac and then it dawned on me that I needed to add controls to dismiss the sheet. Thank again for such a clear and helpful answer.
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Reply to XCode - Apple Watch Connectivity
I can't help in any consistent way as after looking in the docs and asking chatGPT I'm getting exactly this issue, I just wanted to share the pain... It's my first time building a watch App too and it's a really simple app. It was installing fine every single time for weeks but then something happened and since then it's been a nightmare: everything seems fine, I test the iOS app and it works fine and I test the watch app and it installs and runs but I need to change the code. I stop the app. I rebuild on iOS and it's good then I go to do the same on the watch but it spins and I get exactly the error that you have! I am getting SO fed up with it. In D&S I unpair the watch, quit Xcode, restart my watch, I enter my code, trust the Mac and then try to find it in Xcode but it doesn't show. I restart Xcode and then the watch sometimes appears but it's trying to update/connect to the watch and fails with the same error. I did restart my Mac and that perhaps cleared the issue and it will install on the watch but then on the next attempt to install the watch app 5 minutes later and it's the same error again. Like you, it's taking around 20 minutes to install the watch app (let alone actually test it!) what with the unpairings, Mac restarts, toggling of Developer mode & restarting the watch, cache clears and the rest. I can 'fix' it, but I never know what step out of the 10 things I tried was the one that actually made it work again. This is a drag and no fun at all. I have another app I'm planning and that would have a much more involved watch app, but given this mess I'm not sure I have the stamina. This reminds me uncomfortably of the early days of iOS development with all the code signing hell that we had to go through. So, I'd suggest combinations of unpairing in D&S, toggling Developer mode on the watch and restarting both Xcode and your Mac - some or all of these eventually get it working again but of course it might break 5 minutes later and it's back to the start. Come on Apple - it surely doesn't have to be this unbearably tedious to develop a watch app?
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Reply to Texas's SB 2420: obligations depending on app rating ?
I have no blue banners showing for any of my apps in any language and all are showing an appropriate age rating. However, I've been directed here by Apple despite explaining the above. It seems from what you are saying is that I should just increment the build and resubmit all three apps and answer the age questions, or the questions then resubmit! All seems a bit odd and confusing to me.
Dec ’25
Reply to How do I dismiss a presented sheet?
Thanks very much. I've only developed for iOS for years and so was surprised at this behaviour. However, I found the same behaviour when I ran it on the Mac and then it dawned on me that I needed to add controls to dismiss the sheet. Thank again for such a clear and helpful answer.
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Reply to XCode - Apple Watch Connectivity
I can't help in any consistent way as after looking in the docs and asking chatGPT I'm getting exactly this issue, I just wanted to share the pain... It's my first time building a watch App too and it's a really simple app. It was installing fine every single time for weeks but then something happened and since then it's been a nightmare: everything seems fine, I test the iOS app and it works fine and I test the watch app and it installs and runs but I need to change the code. I stop the app. I rebuild on iOS and it's good then I go to do the same on the watch but it spins and I get exactly the error that you have! I am getting SO fed up with it. In D&S I unpair the watch, quit Xcode, restart my watch, I enter my code, trust the Mac and then try to find it in Xcode but it doesn't show. I restart Xcode and then the watch sometimes appears but it's trying to update/connect to the watch and fails with the same error. I did restart my Mac and that perhaps cleared the issue and it will install on the watch but then on the next attempt to install the watch app 5 minutes later and it's the same error again. Like you, it's taking around 20 minutes to install the watch app (let alone actually test it!) what with the unpairings, Mac restarts, toggling of Developer mode & restarting the watch, cache clears and the rest. I can 'fix' it, but I never know what step out of the 10 things I tried was the one that actually made it work again. This is a drag and no fun at all. I have another app I'm planning and that would have a much more involved watch app, but given this mess I'm not sure I have the stamina. This reminds me uncomfortably of the early days of iOS development with all the code signing hell that we had to go through. So, I'd suggest combinations of unpairing in D&S, toggling Developer mode on the watch and restarting both Xcode and your Mac - some or all of these eventually get it working again but of course it might break 5 minutes later and it's back to the start. Come on Apple - it surely doesn't have to be this unbearably tedious to develop a watch app?
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Reply to Texas's SB 2420: obligations depending on app rating ?
I have no blue banners showing for any of my apps in any language and all are showing an appropriate age rating. However, I've been directed here by Apple despite explaining the above. It seems from what you are saying is that I should just increment the build and resubmit all three apps and answer the age questions, or the questions then resubmit! All seems a bit odd and confusing to me.
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Dec ’25