WatchOS emulator not starting using Xamarin, Visual Studio, and WatchCommunication Demo

Question

I downloaded the Watch Connectivity sample app (https://developer.xamarin.com/samples/monotouch/watchOS/WatchConnectivity/) and ran it. The iPhone emulator comes up but the watch emulator does not. Has anybody set this up?

I'm using Xamarin and Visual Studio.

Answer 1

I downloaded the sample and selected the WatchConnect.Onwatch as my start up project. In doing so, I was able to set my target simulator as Apple Watch Series 2 - 42mm watchOS 3.1. If you are missing the iWatch Simulators, simply download them in XCode by opening Preferences -> Components.

When I started my debugging session, both an iPhone and the iWatch Simulator booted up.

Although, when the debugging session began, I had to choose the application (i.e. "WatchConnectivity") on the iPhone Simulator myself for it to launch.