Recreating the Poketch from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on the Apple Watch with SwiftUI and WatchOS 8

Idrees Hassan

Last update: Dec 31, 2022

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Overview

Apple Watch Poketch

What is it?

It's an Apple Watch remake of the "Poketch" from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl made with SwiftUI!

Check out the YouTube video here to see it in action!

Notice: "Poketch", "Pokemon", and the assets used in this project are soley owned by the Pokémon Company, Game Freak, and Nintendo. As such, the license for this project does not apply to assets in this repository owned by the aforementioned companies.

What devices can I run this on?

The only real limitation is screen size. Any full-screen Apple Watch should work (4 or above), though I haven't tested it on the Series 3. Feel free to give it a shot and report back how it goes! I'd imagine that simple apps like the digital watch should fit but more complex apps like the calculator will have elements cut off.

How do I put this on my Apple Watch?

By sideloading! This is a pretty complicated and involved process that will probably only make sense if you're a developer, but here's Apple's documentation on running custom apps on your devices using Xcode.

Will this be posted to the App Store?

Nope, this is a fan project of some fantastic games and I am in no position to publish this to the App Store as my own creation. Hopefully this will inspire an official Poketch app to be developed for smart watches at some point!

What apps does it have?

All kinds!

I added the apps that seemed to make the most sense on an Apple Watch, as well as some of my favorites that gave the original Poketch its charm. If you want to see the project running, check out my video here.

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Comments

Fix link to sideloading documentation

Apple changed one word of the title, referencing the Simulator rather than "in a simulation", breaking the link to the page on how to sideload apps.

opened by seyaidev 1
Invalid value of WKCompanionAppBundleldentifier key in WatchKit 2.0 app's Info.plist: com.idreesinc.poketch.release(expected com.idreesinc.poketch.release.3YX8S4B33U)
Hi! I was trying to install the release IPA through Altstore when I encountered this error:

Invalid value of WKCompanionAppBundleldentifier key in WatchKit 2.0 app's Info.plist: com.idreesinc.poketch.release(expected com.idreesinc.poketch.release.3YX8S4B33U)

I am running iOS 16 with an Apple Watch series 6 on watchOS 9
opened by LukeTheWalker 2

Releases(v1.1)

v1.1(Nov 19, 2021)

Original source code packaged up into an .ipa file. Note that I am not aware of any way to sideload apps to the Apple Watch via an ipa package.
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Poketch.ipa(746.76 KB)
v1.1-testflight(Nov 19, 2021)

TestFlight link is open, though spots are limited due to Apple's restrictions. Remember that this build is temporary and may disappear at any time so you're better off using the source code directly if you can. https://testflight.apple.com/join/jd1cqyip
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)