React Native Watch Connectivity

Communicate with your Apple Watch apps over the React Native bridge.

Note: This library does not allow you to write your Apple Watch apps in React Native but rather allows your RN iOS app to communicate with a watch app written in Obj-C/Swift.

Documentation

http://mtford.co.uk/react-native-watch-connectivity/

Install

npm install react-native-watch-connectivity
# or
yarn add react-native-watch-connectivity

iOS

cd ios && pod install

Requirements

• React Native 0.76+
• iOS 13.4+

Quick Start

import {
  sendMessage,
  useReachability,
  usePaired,
  useInstalled,
} from 'react-native-watch-connectivity';

function App() {
  const reachable = useReachability();
  const paired = usePaired();
  const installed = useInstalled();

  const onPress = () => {
    sendMessage({ text: 'Hello from React Native!' }, (reply) => {
      console.log('Watch replied:', reply);
    });
  };

  return (
    // ...
  );
}

Example App

git clone https://github.com/mtford90/react-native-watch-connectivity.git
cd react-native-watch-connectivity/example
yarn install
cd ios && pod install && cd ..
yarn ios

To run the watch app, open example/ios/WatchConnectivityExample.xcworkspace in Xcode.

Expo Support

This library has been successfully used in Expo apps (Bare Workflow with EAS Build).