watchOS Wearables Support

[zgover]

Watch App Token Previews for watchOS

As discussed in this article, lets add a watchOS instance for the iOS app.

Provide support for the wearables watchOS targets using "Watch App for iOS App" to enable scroll view of tokens.

PS: ... I noticed similar issues were closed prior to being completed, these should remain open for people to follow and track status, also helps you avoid duplicate issues.

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[adocyn]

@zgover Hi. Creating a watchOS app doesn't work like that. This only creates an empty target. If you run it you'll get only white/black screen on the watch. You have to WRITE that app 😄 Nothing in IT is that simple. Even if you have 100% SwiftUI app (which 2FAS isn't as it's predates this technology 3 - 4 years) you still have to make it work on the watch, add iCloud integration for sync, which has different limitations on every Apple platform and on top of that create custom views (what fits on iOS doesn't fit on small watchOS screen).

It's the same reason we aren't enabling macOS app. There's a different situation there because you can enable it to run iPadOS version. The problem with that is it's 1:1 iPadOS version on top of macOS. It's horrible and not very practical.

But yes, let's keep this issue open.

[zgover]

You have to WRITE that app 😄 Nothing in IT is that simple.

@adocyn 😂😂😂 well boy... I thought engineering a native app was a 2 click process... sigh Ok... All sarcasm aside, yes the Watch App for iOS App still needs to be written of course.

That being said, this issue is serving as the base instruction on where to begin supporting wearables, i.e.,

• explicitly announcing the initial MVP features do not need to be comparatively equivalent to that of the iOS app. Just minimally provide a list view of the tokens. s
• Secondly, the new Xcode instance should be initiated using Watch App for iOS App to create a watchOS app setting it as the companion for the iOS app — vs. the alternative standalone watchOS app.

This is a common use of GH issues in OSS repos, I only say this because you have closed all other related issues prior to the issue actually being solved. Furthermore, If you are not in a position to initiate the development, this issue is serving as a basic instruction for the community to solve and submit a PR.

[worldsdream]

+1.

[ricardopereira]

I'm excited for this one! Having MFA codes in the  Watch would help a lot. Any ETA? Thanks

[kevinp2]

Looking forward to this feature as well. A minimal viable product would be to show a simple scrollable list of the codes, in the same order as that in the iPhone app.

[Flupsy]

+1, this is all that's stopping me move to this brilliant project.

[worldsdream]

It’s finally out!

Version 5.3.6 adds watch support!

A very nice feature. Thank you!

[adocyn]

It took some time, but it wasn't easy 😅 I'm glad you like it! There'll be few small improvements coming, but currently it allows to access your 2FA even tokens even if you don't have a phone on you. OK, up to next items on the list 😄

[dextercai]

Any plan to make the watchOS version requirement lower in the future updates? A lower version requirement can make this function benefit more people

[ricardopereira]

I just donated some bucks. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[notDavid]

Hi there, question: does the Watch app only work if iCloud sync is enabled, or should it also work without enabling iCloud?

Thank you!

[notDavid]

So it seems the Watch app does not work when iCloud is disabled... can you confirm that's expected behavior @adocyn ?

(since iCloud data is not e2e encrypted it's not an option for me unfortunately.)

[ricardopereira]

iCloud Data is not e2e encrypted by default but you can turn it on. It's is called: Advanced Data Protection for iCloud (https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651)

Advanced Data Protection for iCloud is an optional setting that offers our highest level of cloud data security. If you choose to enable Advanced Data Protection, your trusted devices retain sole access to the encryption keys for the majority of your iCloud data, thereby protecting it using end-to-end encryption. Additional data protected includes iCloud Backup, Photos, Notes, and more.

[notDavid]

Thank you @ricardopereira , i'm aware of that, however it's unreliable as it depends on whether Developers/apps have implemented this and store their data in iCloud in this secure way.

Much of the iCloud data is not actually e2e encrypted. So even if 2fas would use this, i would not rely on it. This is not really proper e2e encryption, it's more like "hope for the best" - which is fine for most regular data, but not for important MFA authentication codes.