Unable to invoke widgets from hot key in app.

When are you trying to use the Widget hotkey?  Are you in a native app or a CIQ device app?  It won't do anything if your on a watch face.

I can invoke other features, like Screen Shot and Flashlight from within my app, but not Widgets, so not my code I think?

I can't invoke Widgets from any native apps I've tried: Bike, Run either. The hot key (Long press Down)  returns to the watch face.

Just checked one of my apps that works on a f5 with both long back and long down for the widget hotkey and found a comment in onKey() to make sure to return false if I'm not handing keys, so maybe check that.

Are you trying to catch your own presses with onKeyPressed()/onKeyReleased()?  I avoid using those at all. 

jim_m_58 said:

Just checked one of my apps that works on a f5

Which one? I'd like to test.

jim_m_58 said:

Are you trying to catch your own presses with onKeyPressed()/onKeyReleased()?  I avoid using those at all. 

Nope,  and see 

Alan.raceQs said:

I can invoke other features, like Screen Shot and Flashlight from within my app, but not Widgets, so not my code I think?

Hmmm?

Just confirmed, The Widgets Hot Key does work in Hike 2+ as you say. So what's up here? 

Alan.raceQs said:

I can invoke other features, like Screen Shot and Flashlight from within my app, but not Widgets, so not my code I think?

Why do these work but not Widgets for me, but they do for you???

Something in Manifest?

Alan.raceQs said:

Which one? I'd like to test.

Hike2

Found it... see above.

As I said, check what you return in onKey() for keys you aren't handling  It should be "return false;"

Thanks, good call.

But it does beg the question:

Alan.raceQs said:

I can invoke other features, like Screen Shot and Flashlight from within my app, but not Widgets, so not my code I think?

And also, since the Long Press Down is not a WatchUI.key I can detect, why do I need to return false from a key I can't detect?