Is there (UI) automation support for the Apple Watch simulator?

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Created Dec ’15

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Is there any means to script/automate taking Apple Watch app screenshots? UI automation or UI test only seem to support app targets.

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Engineer OP

Apple

Dec ’15

I'm not sure if UIAutomatin has, or will have, support for watchOS. UI testing in Xcode 7 currently does not.

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ve6yeq OP

Jun ’25

As of Xcode 16.4, there is limited support for XCTest UI Automation for WatchOS apps (e.g. no recording support). If you remember to add a sleep(1) after every automated app interaction such as .tap(), then you can use XCUIScreen.main.screenshot() and XCTAttachment(screenshot: ..., quality: .original) to automate the collection of screenshots for the AppStore.

I have found it useful to use XCTContext.runActivity(named: "...") {} to be able to organize the screenshots reliably.

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