Open iOS parent application in background

Question

My requirement is to open a parent application in the background from the Watch-kit extension using Objective-C. I am using Xcode8.0. The Watch-kit extension lacks an api method like openParentApplication .

Could anyone help me with the available api or sample code?

Answer 1

the openParentApplication method has been deprecated from watchOS 2.0, you cannot access the application in background.

To access the parent application from watch app, you can use the WCSessionDelegate methods

you can use the tutorial here for reference apart from that you may use

func sendMessage(_ message: [String : Any], 
replyHandler: (([String : Any]) -> Void)?, 
errorHandler: ((Error) -> Void)? = nil)

to communicate with the iphone app instantly if it is alive