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Is there a way to create actionable notifications on the Apple Watch without creating an actual watch app?


I am trying to get an actionable notification for iOS app and watch app the actionable notification works on iOS and it shows on the watch as well when phone is locked. My issue is that in the watch it doesn't show the actions for the notification. I've read apple documentation and seems to create an app so I can customize the notification and make it actionable, is there a way to do this without an actual watch app is I don't require one neither want to develop/support one.

This is what I found in Apple's docs:

Apps are not required to do anything to support notifications. The system provides a default notification interface that displays the alert message from the notification. However, apps can customize the notification interface and include custom graphics, content, and branding.

I read the Apple docs and some tutorials on how to customize the notification for the watchOS, but they require me to make an actual app.

I want the same actionable notification showing on the iOS app in the watch without a watch app.


Solution

  • I cannot comment on the previous answer as my rep points are too low, but I'm not entirely sure it's correct - you get actionnable notifications from WhatsApp or Slack without a watch app. (I don't know how to do them however which is why this should be a comment and not an answer, sorry).