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# watchOS

:::warning Legacy

Getting started the **legacy** watchOS app done in .NET MAUI.

:::

## Requirements

Follow the [iOS Setup](../ios/index.mdx).

In order for everything to work properly **devices** are needed. On simulators the synchronization
won't work (and some other parts may not work as well). Also, have Bluetooth enabled if possible to
ease the sync between devices and the debugging communication.

It's recommended to read the
[Watch Architecture](../../../../../architecture/mobile-clients/net-maui-legacy/watchOS) as well.

## macOS Setup

Having followed the macOS setup of iOS, no additional configuration is needed given that when the
project is opened in Xcode it will automatically have the provisioning profiles set up.

## Debugging

There are two parts from where to debug:

- From Visual Studio for Mac (the iOS app)
- From Xcode (the watchOS app)

For now, there is no way to debug both apps (iOS and watchOS) at the same time given that from MAUI
there is no access to debug information of the watchOS app and from Xcode an iOS stub app is
installed on the iPhone to debug it. So, at the moment of debugging one needs to choose which part
to have information about, therefore whether to debug from VS4M or from Xcode.

:::caution

When debugging from Xcode the MAUI iOS app will be replaced with the stub one from Xcode. So any
configuration on the iOS app will be lost (like server urls)

When debugging from VS4M, uninstall the previous watchOS app (if any) from the Apple Watch in
between builds to have it always up to date (there are times that if one doesn't uninstall the
previous watchOS app it doesn't get updated)

:::

:::tip

If one needs to get the logs or use the _Console_ app to see the logs from the watch then one needs
to install the `sysdiagnose` profile for watchOS from Apple Developer site
[here](https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/profiles-and-logs/?name=sysdiagnose) into the
paired iPhone and after that restart both devices in order for the logs to work.

:::

### Building

Given that the MAUI iOS app needs the output of the build of Xcode, one needs to build the watchOS
app from Xcode first and then from VS4M build the iOS app to run it on the device.

The output of Xcode build is stored in a location pretty similar to the next one that is configured
in the `iOS.csproj`:

```xml
<PropertyGroup>
    <WatchAppBuildPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">$(Home)/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/bitwarden-cbtqsueryycvflfzbsoteofskiyr/Build/Products</WatchAppBuildPath>
```

It's highly likely that the folder `bitwarden-cbtqsueryycvflfzbsoteofskiyr` won't be the same on
every Mac. So one needs to change that part in `iOS.csproj` to the one created automatically by
Xcode locally.

To know exactly which is the path: Open the Project in Xcode -> Go to Product -> Show Build Folder
in Finder.

_This needs to be improved to have a fixed location or an easier way to get it automatically._

:::caution

One needs to take special attention to target the same platform on both IDEs. Therefore when running
on a device, target the device both in Xcode and on VS4M when building so that the watchOS app is
bundled correctly. Also one needs to make sure that "bitwarden WatchKit app" scheme is selected.

:::

### Synchronization

There is no way to debug the synchronization completely at the same time for the reasons
aforementioned.

So one can debug one end (iOS) or the other (watchOS).

If needed to check something on both ends "at the same time" (like to check why a message is not
sent/arrived), one needs to use console logging or adapt part of the MAUI code to the iOS stub app
on Xcode and debug the synchronization from Xcode.