title: How to trigger notifications using WatchKit
body: <p>In the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/index.html">WatchKit developer guide</a>, there are instructions on <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/CustomzingthePushNotificationInterface.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014969-CH6-SW1">how to render custom notifications</a> and it also says: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Apps are not required to do anything to support notifications. The system provides a default notification interface that displays the alert message from the notification. However, apps can customize the notification interface and include custom graphics, content, and branding.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I can get local notifications to trigger banner alerts on the phone, but they don't happen on the WatchKit app. I have tried debugging using all of the targets:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>iOS app</li>
  <li>Watch app</li>
  <li>Watch Glance</li>
  <li>Watch custom notification</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Even while the phone app is in the background, none seem to trigger when the local notification is received. I have also tried this by simulating a remote notification being received in the background.</p>
  
  <p>I'm hoping I don't have to call the watchKit's controller local/remote notification handlers directly.</p>