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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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Broadcasting custom intent from one service to another

I have two services. I need to broadcast custom intent with data from one service. and in second service I need to receive it. I have tried following: In first service: public String ACTION_CHANGE_TIME_FORMAT =…
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How to install and run wearable apps?

I have created a watch face for android wear. I followed this tutorial and generated signed apk. But there are two generated apks under my folder as shown in image: So, if I install mobile-release.apk then will it work for wear companion app? Can…
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WatchFaces are not configuring

I have created watchface for android wear and my code is as follows: ComapnionConfigActivity (in mobile module): import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import…
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Android wear module listener service not receiving data from mobile module

I am developing a sample watch face wherein a user would be able to select some color configuration on mobile app triggering changes on wear app watch face. Here is what I have in mobile app to send configuration: package…
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How to develop watch face with wearable app in android?

I am new in Android wearable app development and recently I came to know that Watch Face API is also now available for Android. So I want to develop wearable app of my mobile app and also I want to develop watch face of that same app. Can anyone…
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Where is getActivity() on Android Wear Face?

I am inside of AnalogWatchFaceService class, which is a sample Android Wear Face provided in Android Studio. I imported an API for doing something interesting and I need to pass getActivity() as a parameter for an object.…
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Android watch face preview is not available on my LG G Watch R

I'm using Android Studio 1.0.2 and I've created a new watch face project by following instructions on Android developer site: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/watch-faces/service.html I ended up with an application that can be run on…
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Restarting Android service

I want to be able to restart my WatchFaceSerivce in so that I can trigger the onCreateEngine() method again and set an alternate wallpaper. However, the Android service I am trying to restart is putting up a real fight, it almost seems as though…
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Can't find Sample Watch faces in AVD

I am trying to learn how to create Android Wear watch faces. The problem that I am having is I can't see any of the sample watch faces in the emulator. How do I get the samples into the emulator so I can see the changes I make? Thanks
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designing Watch-face background

I am new to designing android wear watch-faces. My question was if i only had to make the background image in GIMP or also the pointers and time markers? if so How can I best do this? Are there any tips I need to know? Kind regards, Emma
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Android Wear Watch Face: onDraw() alternative in WatchFaceService?

as explained here (https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/watch-faces/service.html) to draw a watch face I have to use the method OnDraw, is that right? there are no alternatives? is this a joke? no layout from xml management? no dpi…
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Handling change of a timezone in a watch face

If you take a look at Google's example of an analog watch face you can see that they are handling timezone change using BroadcastReceiver. In documentation, it says that onTimeTick will be triggered by timezone change. Would it be enough to just…
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Why is my watchface not working?

The Watch face I am trying to code is not working. Here is the code: package mnx.watch; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.content.IntentFilter; import…
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My WatchFace is lagging and heating watch too much (Android Wear)

I have created a watch face using CanvasWatchFaceService. I have created the watch face. And created the configuration app for phone. The problem is, my watch face is taking too much battery, and when watch go to sleep it wakes in 1-2 minutes. And…
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