What’s new in Shortcuts on Apple Watch
New Shortcuts.app
on iPhone you can maintain a Apple Watch collection of all the shortcuts that should sync to the Watch
New Shortcuts complications
to launch the Shortcuts.app
to trigger a specific shortcut
Running Shortcuts on the Watch
For shortcuts based on NSUserActivity API, we need to open the app to handle the activity:
if the app is found on the watch, the app is launched
if the app is not found, an error will be shown
For shortcuts based on Intent API, we need to call the Intent extension:
if the extension is found on the watch, the extension will be asked to handle the intent
if not, the watch will try to handle the intent remotely, aka in the phone:
if the intent can be handled without launching the app, it will do so
if the intent requires to be handled in the app, an error will be shown
