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Long back I had bought the Sony smartwatch version 1. I am trying to display a layout containing the standard Android VideoView tag in XML.

Now, in smartwatch 1 the layout is changed using the showBitmap method. As seen from the ControlExtension sample, I have made my own layout containing only a VideoView that i want to display on the watch.

Basically, i want to know if the smartwatch version 1 can support the playing of a video. If not does the smartwatch 2 support it or is it not supported at all?

Parth Doshi
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There are no APIs supported for video playback on either watch. You can simulate video playback using a bitmap stream essentially by calling showBitmap() repeatedly but the bandwidth of video playback is limited by the Bluetooth connection, so playback will be choppy at best.

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  • Ok @Marlin SONY. Thanks for the info. Does Sony plan on releasing an API in the future that may be has the sendVideo() kind of method ? – Parth Doshi Apr 15 '14 at 01:38
  • also how can I play a video on my Android phone when I click a button on the smartwatch? Any ideas on how to do this? – Parth Doshi Apr 15 '14 at 02:02
  • What about measuring heart rate, blood pressure etc. Does the Sony SDK provide health API's too? – Parth Doshi Apr 15 '14 at 16:48
  • There are currently no plans to support video playback on the watch. Playing a video on the phone is the same as in standard Android. The Smartwatch 1 and 2 do not have hardware sensors for health related services so those are also not supported. – mldeveloper Apr 15 '14 at 21:07