WCErrorCodeDeliveryFailed: Payload could not be delivered

Question

I'm working on an app that share data between iPhone and Apple Watch, using WCSession method sendMessage:replyHandler:errorHandler:

After implementing that method I get the error like:

WCSession _onqueue_notifyOfMessageError:withErrorHandler: errorHandler: YES with WCErrorCodeDeliveryFailed.

Error = Payload could not be delivered.

import Foundation
import WatchKit
import WatchConnectivity

class ResultInterfaceController: WKInterfaceController, WCSessionDelegate {

override func awake(withContext context: Any?) {
    super.awake(withContext: context)

    let applicationData = ["name": "ViratKohli"]
    self.sendToPhone(data: applicationData)
}

func sendToPhone(data: [String: Any]) {

    if WCSession.isSupported() {

        let session = WCSession.default
        session().delegate = self
        session().activate()

        if WCSession.default().isReachable {

            session().sendMessage(data, replyHandler: {(_ replyMessage: [String: Any]) -> Void in

                print("ReplyHandler called = \(replyMessage)")
                WKInterfaceDevice.current().play(WKHapticType.notification)
            }, 
            errorHandler: {(_ error: Error) -> Void in

                print("Error = \(error.localizedDescription)")
            })
         }
    }
}
....

Any help appreciated.

Maybe [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33200630/wcsession-sendmessagereplyhandler-error-code-7014-wcerrorcodedeliveryfailed) does help you? — Reinhard Männer, Feb 17 '17 at 15:25

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 12:52

16

Do you have session(_ session: WCSession, didReceiveMessage message: [String : Any], replyHandler: @escaping ([String : Any]) -> Void) on ios side's WCSessionDelegate?
Are you calling replyHandler() inside this method?

Pay attention that session(_ session: WCSession, didReceiveMessage message: [String : Any]) will be called only for messages sent without replyHandler.

answered Mar 22 '17 at 12:52

abjurato

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This is the correct answer. If a `replyHandler` is provided but the other app does not implement the variant with `replyHandler`, the request will fail. – Léo Natan Jul 29 '17 at 00:09
Thanks, struggled with watch > phone communication until I read this post/answer and tried the `session:message:replyHandler:` + call `replyHandler()` route! – Chris Allinson Oct 13 '18 at 14:10
Thank you! works great – Adam Sep 23 '21 at 18:59

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '18 at 07:31

I was in the same trouble. If you are sending a message with a replyHandler , you'll have to use

func session(_ session: WCSession, didReceiveMessage message: [String : Any], replyHandler: @escaping ([String : Any]) -> Void) {

}

instead of

func session(_ session: WCSession, didReceiveMessage message: [String : Any]) {

}

for receiving messages.

WCErrorCodeDeliveryFailed: Payload could not be delivered

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