From the course: Apple watchOS App Development: Advanced APIs

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Add launch complications

Add launch complications

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Add launch complications

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- [Instructor] Many apps don't need to display information on the watch face. The complication is a quick way to launch the application from the watch face. Examples are the heart rate, maps, exercise, and breathe apps. Let's set up a launch complication for the pizza ordering app. Open the application from the last chapter if you don't have it open. We added complications, when we added the extension. Click on the "Application Properties" at the top of the navigator. Select the "PizzaOrderWatch Extension", in the drop down. Get rid of the console... About halfway down, you'll see the complication families. For all applications, you should configure all application families like you see here. This is a bit repetitive for a course, so I'll demonstrate only the utilitarian large and circular small, which is found on the default watch of the simulator. Deselect the rest. Still in Attributes, go to "PizzaOrderWatch." Towards the top, you'll see the display name, and put a space between…

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