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Apple Watch not found by Xcode

My Apple Watch is registered under iOS Devices. I can see the UDID. The watch has watchOS 6.11 installed and my iPhone 6 has iOS 13.3 installed. The iPhone pairs just fine with the watch and I can install apps.

In Xcode in Window > Devices and Simulators the watch UDID appears to be set but the Watch name is set to null and the model to Unknown(see image below). This happened after I upgraded Xcode to 11.3.1. Before the upgrade, everything worked fine. I haven't gotten the "trust this computer" popup on the watch after the upgrade but gotten it multiple times on the iPhone. The iPhone build works fine and I can use the app on the phone without problems

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I've tried:

  • Unpairing the watch and repairing (twice)
  • Updating the watch to firmware 6.11
  • Restarting watch, phone and mac multiple times
  • Deleted Watch OS Support files from Xcode folder which was reported to fix a similar problem in other Stackoverflow question threads
  • Setting the right provisioning profiles for the iOS app and the watch app extension

Anyone experienced anything similar?

Solution

  • After trying everything mentioned above, there was a small update available on the Phone. Weirdly enough, the watch appeared again in Xcode after updating the phone.