On your iPhone, go to: Settings > General > Restrictions > under Allow Changes, check whether Background App Refresh is set to Don't Allow Changes. Close the Watch app on your iPhone and restart both devices: On your iPhone: double-click the Home button, then swipe up on the Watch a...
Background app refresh is the sort of feature that needs smart management. If you fail to take control of it, rapid battery drain would rock yourApple Watch. Thankfully, it’s quite simple to manage background refresh for apps on Apple Watch. So, whether you have noticed anunexpected batte...
Once you do this, apps installed on your Apple Watch will no longer frequently refresh content using cellular or Wi-Fi connection. Disabling background app refresh may make a difference when your Apple Watch is running low on battery and you want it to last longer until you get home. It’...
import SwiftUI @main struct MyApp_Watch_AppApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("MY_FIRST_IDENTIFIER")) { context in // Handle tasks with the "MY_FIRST_IDENTIFIER" identifier. } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("MY_SECOND_IDENTIFIER"))...
The runtime state of the watchOS app. enum WKApplicationState The running states of the Watch app. var isApplicationRunningInDock: Bool A Boolean value that indicates whether the app is running in the dock. Current page is scheduleBackgroundRefresh(withPreferredDate:userInfo:sch...
A background task used to receive background updates from the Watch Connectivity framework. classWKBluetoothAlertRefreshBackgroundTask A task for handling timely Bluetooth alerts in the background. classWKIntentDidRunRefreshBackgroundTask A background task used to update your app after a SiriKit inte...
// PrayerTimesCompanion Watch App import SwiftUI import WatchKit @main struct PrayerTimesCompanion_Watch_AppApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } .backgroundTask(.appRefresh("TIMINGS_REFRESH")) { print("Found matching task") ...
Background Watch Connectivity Tasks.Use aWKWatchConnectivityRefreshBackgroundTaskobject to receive data sent by your iOS app using the Watch Connectivity framework. The system automatically creates this type of task when your Watch app receives data from the its corresponding iOS app running on the pa...
The system budgets the number of background refresh tasks available to an app. In general, the system performs approximately four tasks per hour for each app with a complication on the active watch face. All the complications on the current watch face share this budget. After you exhaust the...
In my testing (on an actual Apple Watch Ultra running watchOS 9.3.1), I've observed that when the system performs the background app refresh, I always receive a callback to myhandle(_:) method. But when I start the background URL session upload task (in startBackgroundURLSessionUploadTa...