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The title and picture say it all--my round android wear emulator shows the rect layout. I'd appreciate any tips that help me get the round emulator to show the correct interface.

Created AVD using instructions from: Android Documentation

Android Studio 0.8.1 Beta, SDK Tools 23.0.2, Wear target is 4.4W(API 20)

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Creating the AVD using Wayne's Command Line method created an AVD that shows the correct UI

KevinTydlacka
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  • Interesting, mine comes out round; except with the Eclipse IDE (missed that part about Android Studio, but it shouldn't matter since they both use the same tool I would suspect). – Jay Snayder Jul 08 '14 at 20:11
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    This appears to be fixed in the new `5.0.1` x86 system image. – Sam Dozor Dec 10 '14 at 18:52

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You don't have to use the command line to create the AVD. You should just make sure you turn off "USE HOST GPU" as this feature currently doesn't support the round watch face.

nickjm
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Make sure when you create you AVD that you select the following options for a round emulator:

Device: Android Wear Round (320 x 320: hdpi) Target: Android 4.4W - API Level 20 CPU/ABI: Android Wear ARM (armeabi-v7a) Skin: AndroidWearRound

Alternatively, you can create round or square emulators with the command lines:

android create avd --force -n WatchRound --target "android-20" --device "Android Wear Round" --skin AndroidWearRound --abi android-wear/armeabi-v7a
android create avd --force -n WatchSquare --target "android-20" --device "Android Wear Square" --skin AndroidWearSquare --abi android-wear/armeabi-v7a

It is important that Device and Skin are both consistent, and you cannot mix round and square with the same emulator. If the problem still happens, post a screen shot of your configuration.

Wayne Piekarski
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    My AVD was created with the above recommended settings (and I made a new one to test it out just to be sure--it had the same issue). Added screenshot of my AVD Settings to my OP. – KevinTydlacka Jul 09 '14 at 16:26
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    Creating the AVD from Command Line like you suggested fixed it--thanks Wayne! – KevinTydlacka Jul 09 '14 at 16:54
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    Command line is the way to go. The GUI must be broken, as the same options do not result in the same outcome. – Shaun Jul 16 '14 at 12:49
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    same problem, and resolved with staring emulator from command line – Decoy Jul 16 '14 at 13:46
  • As mentioned in another answer: The key is to not enable "Use host CPU". This makes the screen square. It's also no problem to create a Round Android Wear AVD with a intel x86 CPU. – StarQuake Jul 18 '14 at 09:46
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    I have seen other reports that enabling the GPU can cause problems here, so my command lines above did not enable the GPU, hence why it worked. I upvoted the other answer about turning off the host GPU support. – Wayne Piekarski Aug 05 '14 at 20:28
  • Followed these instructions but the AVD won't let me launch the device. Instead of the play button I just see "Repair Device". Clicking on this displays nothing. – Lou Morda May 22 '15 at 16:26
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I'd second Wayne's suggestion to use the command line to create the AVDs. If you just disable "Use Host GPU" from the UI, you get the round skin, but the wearable layouts are all still made for square displays, so the content is cut off in the corners. Also, using 

android create avd --force -n WatchRound --target "android-20" --device "Android Wear Round" --skin AndroidWearRound --abi android-wear/x86

to create an x86 based emulator runs quite a bit faster on PCs in my experience.

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