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Push Notifications for Apple Watch


From what I've understood (which could be completly wrong and therefore this post will make no sense), I need to create separate APP Id's in my developer portal for my Watch app/extension.

I did that, and I now have 3 app ID's and their complete related set of provisioning profiles up and running.

The archive works fine and I'm about to submit but, I see that because there is an app ID, I can link a PUSH Certificate (apn). Since the Apple Watch doesn't really get notified, but the phone does, do I really need to create specific certificates for the apple Watch ? And use their related .p12 wherever I would need them (parse.com for example) ?

Or can I simply ignore that and keep the regular phone certificates ?

Thanks


Solution

  • If you already have push notifications set up properly for your iPhone app, they will be delivered to the Watch automatically. You don't need to set up any separate certificates.

    Docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/BasicSupport.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014969-CH18-SW1

    Additionally, I have deployed a number of apps already and have first-hand experience.