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An API for building (interactive) watch faces for the Wear OS platform.

The watch face API is part of the Wearable Support Library. Watch faces can be rendered on a Canvas or using OpenGL ES 2.0. The official developer documentation can be found here and includes basic setup instructions and sample code.

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Changing Watchface in android Wear from companion app?

We can change watchface of wear watch from google official wear app. How can I implement same functionality in my companion app? What should be the approach?
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What is the right ComponentName to use with ProviderUpdateRequester() so Android Wear 2.0 will update my complication data?

To tell the Android Wear Watch Face my complication data has been updated, I need to use the ProviderUpdateRequester() method, but it needs a ComponentName. Which is the right component name to use? Details: I am building a data provider for the…
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Android Wear: Lock into watch face

I have written my own watch face app for Android wear devices and I wish to disable all other features of the watch to 'lock' the user into the watch face. Is there any way to do this in my watch face app?
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Writing an Android Wear Watchface, having errors in Wallpaperservice.java

I'm totally new in the developer world, i started coding just 2 days ago, but until now everything went well. Now i'm trying to make an android watchface and i'm trying to display just a basic bitmap on the smartwatch (using emulator) The problem is…
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Alignment on Android Wear Watch Face

I am new to android watch face development and facing some problem with alignment of time text! I am displaying time in two format, How can I display it one at top and one at bottom and center aligned as shown in image below? Is there any pattern or…
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WearableListenerService, onDataChanged() called only when watch is active

I am doing watchface and I am experimenting following issue : method onDataChange() on watch is only called when my watchface is on. When it is shaded or in ambient data are not fetched. How can I make watch accept changed data when not…
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Basic android watch face app not appearing on real device

I tried building watch face sample for Android Wear watch face. It works on emulator, but it doesn't appear on real watch. I tried signing package and installing via phone, but again no success.
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Is there a way to get visibilty of indicators in watchfaces in android wear?

I create a new watchface for android wear. I'd like to change visibility of some elements (textviews) on watchface, if indicators (lost connection, load battery) are shown on the screen. Is there a way to recognize when those indicators get…
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Android Wear companion activity gear does not show up in watch face

I wanted to provide a Companion Configuration Activity for my Android Wear watch face. I have already build the app that has all the configuration and can communicate directly with the watch face, but I can only launch it from the launcher as app,…
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Android Wear detect if watch has Ambient Screen Mode enabled

Certain Android watches have the option to turn Ambient Screen Mode on/off, meaning whether if after brief inactivity the watch will go into ambient mode instead of the screen turning totally off. Is there any way on the API to detect what is the…
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Possible to make android watch face a picture from my gallery?

Is it possible to make an app that will take a picture from a user's phone's gallery and convert it to a android wearable watch face? I've been reading up on these Android…
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Android Wear watchface companion configuration testing in emulator

I'm having some issues testing/using my handheld companion configuration activity for an Android Wear watchface I am developing. While I'm not new to Android development in general, this is my first watchface application, so if some of these…
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Tap actions on Android wear watchfaces

So, I know this is undocumented and unsupported and not recommended etc. But, I haven't given up on trying to add a button to an Android watchface. If you are familiar with WatchMaker, you know they support this feature! My guess is that is has…
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Making toggle for wearable "ONLY" to change background on Android watch face

Im a noob and Im having a hard time understanding the guide for making a simple configuration activity for the wearable to be able to change the background of my watch face. The documentation makes it seem simple but when I copy the code and change…
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How can I make quarter indicators in Android Wear Watch Face?

It's no secret. My math skills aren't that impressive. I'm developing my own Wear Watchface. But I want to draw a Drawline to the center of the screen for every 10 minute place on the watch. (See the 500px analog example). By using the Google…
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