Questions tagged [sony-smartwatch]

The Sony SmartWatch is a wearable device that connects to Android devices and offers an API for notifications and custom applications.

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Scrolling via SmartWatch control

I very much like the look and feel of Sony's extensions for the SmartWatch that have the scrolling functionality, and I would like to have the same thing in my apps. Is there any example or guideline how to implement this? It would be nice if such…
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Sony SmartWatch - invoke app on Smart Watch when it gets an event

I'd like to write an app that monitors incoming SMS and notify me on the watch if the content of SMS contains a predefined text (e.g. "go home"). I know I can use the notification API to add an event. It will vibrate and show a small app icon on the…
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Creating an App That Syncs with Smartwatch

I am a fairly new coder so please pardon any ignorance in my questions. I am in process of trying to create an android application for a senior project. One of the main things I would like for the application to do is sync with a smart watch so that…
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Fitness tracker with API for live hand movements

I'm trying to develop an app for a fitness tracker(can be any), which has an API to track the live hand movements (For every couple of seconds). To be specific, trying to find aggressive hand movements to track users who need help (like seizures,…
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Standalone Smartwatch App with Cordova

are there plans in cordova to support standalone apps for smartwatches? Or are they any examples how to do this?
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Read NFC tags with Sony Smartwatch 3 (SWR50)

For the past day i have been reading about the NFC support for the Sony Smartwatch 3 (the main reason i got one). It got me confused. There is not much out there. One of the best references i could find is 1,5 years old:…
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Kiosk Mode / Screen Pinning in Android wear

I am developing an Android wear app for Sony Smartwatch 3 with Android Lollipop and can't seem to find a way implement a working kiosk mode. I've looked everywhere but nothing seems to work. Also tried screen pinning but there isn't an option to do…
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Sony SmartWatch 3 (SWR50) no longer returns Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION

I am writing an application which uses the Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION. mAccelerometer = mSensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION); This was working up until recently however each SensorEvent now returns a values float…
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Is there a easy way to sync content providers on phone and wearable

I have content provider on the phone, and I'd like to display content from this provider on watch. the only way I can see is send everything manually via https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/data-layer/index.html which is not very cool,…
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How to keep light sensor awake when screen is off for Sony Smartwatch 2?

Sony: Any update on this? I am trying to write a Control Extension that will read light sensor data from the Sony Smartwatch 2 in the background, even while the watch's screen backlight goes off and the screen shows the clock time. The problem is…
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Dynamically add or modify RegistrationInformation in Sony Smart watch 2

I was looking at the source example provided by Sony but didn't find a way to change or modify the layout for Notification API dynamically once it has been registered. Or in other words , is it possible to dynamically register a…
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Sony SmartWatch Handler fails

I've got this very weird situation. I program my Sony SmartWatch, and use a Handler to schedule tasks. When I activate the app the Handler schedules a task which gets called a few seconds after the app activation. But the Handler fails when the…
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Can multiple Sony Smartwatch 2 be paired to one Android device?

This isn't your typical smart watch application... Restaurants are busy places, and our app is doing everything we can to make it easier for the staff to communicate with the host stand. One of the issues with having an 'app' for the bussers to…
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Control Event in NotificationExtension

Anybody knows whether I can put control event in NotificationExtension in SmartWatch? For example: if the notification is appear, I can swipe it down to delete it. I have tried to add onSwipe: public void onSwipe(int direction) { switch…
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How to use Active power save mode in ControlExtension

Could somebody help me to get Active power save mode of Smartwatch 2 working? I would like to change the SampleControlExtension from SDK 2.0 to use low power support, but it seems to be ignored. How do I completely turn of the backlight in…
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