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Today I have a question regarding sending an animated image (UIAnimation) made up of an image array of pngs, to an Apple Watch, after it is generated on the companion iOS app.

I am building the app with Swift, and am successfully able to generate the animation in an image view outlet on the phone screen. Now I am trying to have that created animation display on the Apple Watch.

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

var images: [UIImage]!
var progressionAnimation: [UIImage]!

var loading_1: UIImage!
var loading_2: UIImage!
var loading_3: UIImage!

@IBOutlet weak var progressionAnimation: UIImageView!


override func viewDidLoad() 

 loading_1 = UIImage(named: "B")
 loading_2 = UIImage(named: "C")
 loading_3 = UIImage(named: "D")


 images = [loading_1, loading_2, loading_3]


 super.viewDidLoad()
 // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.



override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() 
 super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
 // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.



@IBAction func animationSelectionPressed(_ sender: Any) 
 progressionAnimation.animationImages = images
 progressionAnimation.startAnimating()




 @IBAction func startStopButtonPressed(_ sender: UIButton) 

 if progressionAnimation.isAnimating
 progressionAnimation.stopAnimating()

 
 else 
 progressionAnimation.startAnimating()
 



@IBAction func animationSpeedSlow(_ sender: Any) 

 progressionAnimation.animationDuration = 1.0
 progressionAnimation.startAnimating()



@IBAction func animationSpeedFast(_ sender: Any) 

 progressionAnimation.animationDuration = 5.0
 progressionAnimation.startAnimating()

I have added the WatchConnectivity framework to the iOS app, set the bundle identifiers to match, and am able to run the app successfully on the emulator. However my problem now is when trying to display the animation on the watch, instead of repeating this code and having the animation created with images created that are stored on the watch, I would basically like the watch to simply display the live animation that is playing on the phone as its playing, so the phone acts as mostly a controller.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated and helpful.