WCSession Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: WatchConnectivity

Assembly:: Xamarin.iOS.dll

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Mediates the transfer of information between a WatchKit extension app and the container app on the device.

[Foundation.Register("WCSession", true)]
[ObjCRuntime.Introduced(ObjCRuntime.PlatformName.iOS, 9, 0, ObjCRuntime.PlatformArchitecture.All, null)]
public class WCSession : Foundation.NSObject

type WCSession = class
    inherit NSObject

Inheritance: Object

NSObject
WCSession

Attributes: RegisterAttribute IntroducedAttribute

Constructors

WCSession(IntPtr)	A constructor used when creating managed representations of unmanaged objects; Called by the runtime.
WCSession(NSObjectFlag)	Constructor to call on derived classes to skip initialization and merely allocate the object.

Properties

ActivationState	Get the activation state of the session.
ApplicationContext	The most recent contextual data sent to the companion app.
Class	(Inherited from NSObject)
ClassHandle	The handle for this class.
ComplicationEnabled	Whether this application's complication is in use on the watch face.
DebugDescription	A developer-meaningful description of this object. (Inherited from NSObject)
DefaultSession	Produces the shared view of the app's WCSession on the current device.
Delegate	An instance of the WatchConnectivity.IWCSessionDelegate model class which acts as the class delegate.
Description	Description of the object, the Objective-C version of ToString. (Inherited from NSObject)
ErrorDomain	Gets the error domain in which errors are reported.
Handle	Handle (pointer) to the unmanaged object representation. (Inherited from NSObject)
HasContentPending	Gets a Boolean value that tells whether there is more content to transfer.
IsDirectBinding	(Inherited from NSObject)
IsProxy	(Inherited from NSObject)
IsSupported	Whether the current device supports WCSession objects.
OutstandingFileTransfers	The currently in-progress file transfers.
OutstandingUserInfoTransfers	The currently in-progress data transfers.
Paired	Whether the current iPhone is paired to an Apple Watch.
Reachable	Whether the paired device is reachable.
ReceivedApplicationContext	The most recent data sent from the companion app.
RemainingComplicationUserInfoTransfers	Gets the number of remaining times that complication data can be sent to the extension.
RetainCount	Returns the current Objective-C retain count for the object. (Inherited from NSObject)
Self	(Inherited from NSObject)
Superclass	(Inherited from NSObject)
SuperHandle	Handle used to represent the methods in the base class for this NSObject. (Inherited from NSObject)
WatchAppInstalled	Whether the watch app is installed on the paired Apple Watch.
WatchDirectoryUrl	The directory in which information about the paired Apple Watch is stored.
Zone	(Inherited from NSObject)

Methods

ActivateSession()	WCSession objects must be activated on both devices prior to data transfer.
AddObserver(NSObject, NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr)	Registers an object for being observed externally (using NSString keyPath). Observed changes are dispatched to the observer’s object ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr) method. (Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSObject, String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr)	Registers an object for being observed externally (using string keyPath). Observed changes are dispatched to the observer’s object ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr) method. (Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)	Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method. (Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)	Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method. (Inherited from NSObject)
AwakeFromNib()	Called after the object has been loaded from the nib file. Overriders must call base.AwakeFromNib(). (Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action)	(Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)	Invokes asynchrously the specified code on the main UI thread. (Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(NSString, NSObject, String, NSDictionary)	(Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(String, NSObject, String, NSDictionary)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
BindingInfo(String)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
BindingOptionDescriptions(String)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
BindingValueClass(String)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
CommitEditing()	(Inherited from NSObject)
CommitEditing(NSObject, Selector, IntPtr)	(Inherited from NSObject)
ConformsToProtocol(IntPtr)	Invoked to determine if this object implements the specified protocol. (Inherited from NSObject)
Copy()	Performs a copy of the underlying Objective-C object. (Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousAutorelease()	(Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRelease()	(Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRetain()	(Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString)	Indicates a change occurred to the indexes for a to-many relationship. (Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet)	(Inherited from NSObject)
DidChangeValue(String)	Indicates that a change occurred on the specified key. (Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose()	Releases the resources used by the NSObject object. (Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose(Boolean)	Releases the resources used by the WCSession object.
DoesNotRecognizeSelector(Selector)	Indicates that this object does not recognize the specified selector. (Inherited from NSObject)
Equals(NSObject)	(Inherited from NSObject)
Equals(Object)	(Inherited from NSObject)
ExposedBindings()	(Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingInfo(NSString)	(Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingOptionDescriptions(NSString)	(Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingValueClass(NSString)	(Inherited from NSObject)
GetDictionaryOfValuesFromKeys(NSString[])	Retrieves the values of the specified keys. (Inherited from NSObject)
GetHashCode()	Generates a hash code for the current instance. (Inherited from NSObject)
GetMethodForSelector(Selector)	(Inherited from NSObject)
GetNativeField(String)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
GetNativeHash()	(Inherited from NSObject)
Init()	(Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(IntPtr, String)	(Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(IntPtr)	(Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, Double)	(Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, TimeSpan)	(Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Action)	(Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)	Invokes synchrously the specified code on the main UI thread. (Inherited from NSObject)
IsEqual(NSObject)	(Inherited from NSObject)
IsKindOfClass(Class)	(Inherited from NSObject)
IsMemberOfClass(Class)	(Inherited from NSObject)
MarkDirty()	Promotes a regular peer object (IsDirectBinding is true) into a toggleref object. (Inherited from NSObject)
MutableCopy()	Creates a mutable copy of the specified NSObject. (Inherited from NSObject)
ObjectDidEndEditing(NSObject)	(Inherited from NSObject)
ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr)	Indicates that the value at the specified keyPath relative to this object has changed. (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double, NSString[])	(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double)	Invokes the selector on the current instance and if the `obj` is not null, it passes this as its single parameter. (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, NSObject)	(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject)	(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean, NSString[])	(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean)	(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector)	(Inherited from NSObject)
PrepareForInterfaceBuilder()	(Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString, IntPtr)	Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath and context. (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString)	Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath. (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String, IntPtr)	Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath and context. (Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String)	Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath. (Inherited from NSObject)
RespondsToSelector(Selector)	Whether this object recognizes the specified selector. (Inherited from NSObject)
SendMessage(NSData, WCSessionReplyDataHandler, Action<NSError>)	Sends `data` to the companion app.
SendMessage(NSDictionary<NSString,NSObject>, WCSessionReplyHandler, Action<NSError>)	Sends the message to the active paired device.
SetNativeField(String, NSObject)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetNilValueForKey(NSString)	Sets the value of the specified key to null. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKey(NSObject, NSString)	Sets the value of the property specified by the key to the specified value. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(IntPtr, NSString)	A constructor used when creating managed representations of unmanaged objects; Called by the runtime. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(NSObject, NSString)	Sets the value of a property that can be reached using a keypath. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForUndefinedKey(NSObject, NSString)	Indicates an attempt to write a value to an undefined key. If not overridden, raises an NSUndefinedKeyException. (Inherited from NSObject)
SetValuesForKeysWithDictionary(NSDictionary)	Sets the values of this NSObject to those in the specified dictionary. (Inherited from NSObject)
ToString()	Returns a string representation of the value of the current instance. (Inherited from NSObject)
TransferCurrentComplicationUserInfo(NSDictionary<NSString,NSObject>)	Sends the complication user info data to the extension.
TransferFile(NSUrl, NSDictionary<NSString,NSObject>)	Sends the file and metadata to the device.
TransferUserInfo(NSDictionary<NSString,NSObject>)	Sends the provided user info to the peer.
Unbind(NSString)	(Inherited from NSObject)
Unbind(String)	Obsolete. (Inherited from NSObject)
UpdateApplicationContext(NSDictionary<NSString,NSObject>, NSError)	Sends the application context data to the device.
ValueForKey(NSString)	Returns the value of the property associated with the specified key. (Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForKeyPath(NSString)	Returns the value of a property that can be reached using a keypath. (Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForUndefinedKey(NSString)	Indicates an attempt to read a value of an undefined key. If not overridden, raises an NSUndefinedKeyException. (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString)	Indicates that the values of the specified indices in the specified key are about to change. (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet)	(Inherited from NSObject)
WillChangeValue(String)	Indicates that the value of the specified key is about to change. (Inherited from NSObject)

Extension Methods

GetDebugDescription(INSObjectProtocol)
GetAccessibilityCustomRotors(NSObject)	Gets the array of UIAccessibilityCustomRotor objects appropriate for `this` object.
SetAccessibilityCustomRotors(NSObject, UIAccessibilityCustomRotor[])	Sets the array of UIAccessibilityCustomRotor objects appropriate for `this` object.

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