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Are m1 macs able to run watch apps?

I have an m1 mac. And I’m trying to create a watch target for my iOS app. After numerous tries, I’ve not been able to run to any watch (either real or simulator).

I also downloaded open source watchOS projects and couldn’t run any of them. I get the error “Could not attach to pid: 18362” “attach failed ((os/kern) invalid argument)enter image description here

Has anybody faced this challenge? How did they fix it? Is it caused by the m1, cos I was able to create it on another Mac

Solution

  • Found out the hard way.

    As of March 2021, the new Mac M1s cannot run WatchKit apps and CarPlay apps. You either end up with the error in the question or another error.

    But these errors do not pop up on regular macs.