How can I disable that my Wear OS app closes when I swipe from left to right?

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I did try this but did not work. Do I have to do more? Or is there another easy way?

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Does this answer your question? [How to disable the android wear back swipe?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24775451/how-to-disable-the-android-wear-back-swipe) — TofferJ, Jan 24 '23 at 22:06
You do need to make sure that your theme is being used by your activity. You can also check out this question for more details: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24775451/how-to-disable-the-android-wear-back-swipe — TofferJ, Jan 24 '23 at 22:07

Pranay · Answer 1 · 2023-02-02T06:11:44.687

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You can Modify your theme style. Add this to your style.xml file.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
   <item name="android:windowSwipeToDismiss">false</item>
</style>

Then add theme style in your manifest file on targeted activity like this:

android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

This will disable swipe in the app or activity.

edited Feb 02 '23 at 06:11

answered Feb 01 '23 at 07:26

Pranay

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where is the style.xml file located ? or do i have to create the file ? Same question for the manifestfile. – Kerbal Space Program Germany Feb 01 '23 at 20:30
style file is located in values folder which u can see in the image you have uploaded and manifest file is in the manifest folder – Pranay Feb 02 '23 at 06:13
style wasn't a premade file by the android studio. i did add this on my own. is she there right ? – Kerbal Space Program Germany Feb 02 '23 at 08:49
you have created style file in the string folder, try to create the file in the values folder then it will work – Pranay Feb 03 '23 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '23 at 04:45

If you use Theme.AppCompat.Light it will make everything white.

Here is a way to do it on a newer device where you didn't add support libraries and also want to make it stay dark theme:

<resources>
    <style name="ThemeActivity" parent="android:Theme.DeviceDefault">
        <item name="android:windowSwipeToDismiss">false</item>
    </style>
</resources>

<activity
     android:name=".ui.MyActivity"
     android:exported="true"
     android:theme="@style/ThemeActivity">
</activity>

Disables swipe to close activity on a single activity.

How can I disable that my Wear OS app closes when I swipe from left to right?

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