Questions tagged [watchface]
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Standalone Wear OS watchface without Android app
I have a standalone Xamarin Watchface for Tizen and I want to bring it over to Wear OS - is it possible? Without any companion app (e.g. no Android app)? When I try to add an app on Google Play it requires "phone" and "tablet" screenshots before…

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Tizen watchface get last recorded values for steps & heart rate
How can I get cumulative data for heart rate & steps from Tizen watchface?
tizen.humanactivitymonitor.getHumanActivityData('PEDOMETER') & tizen.humanactivitymonitor.getHumanActivityData('HRM') will return data that is gathered only by watchface…

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Which version of Tizen Wearable should I choose for the development of watchfaces?
I just started with the development of a watchface for Tizen/Samsung watches (native application). Should I select the latest Wearable version 5.5 in Tizen Studio expecting that it is backwards compatible with older devices? Or should I select an…

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Why doesn't the font cover the entire device screen as described in API?
I'm building a watch face using Garmin's Connect IQ API. The watch face is designed for running so I want it to be easily readable. I'm looking for a font for numbers that covers roughly half of the screen. I am trying to avoid creating a custom…

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How do I get daily step count in a gear fit 2 pro web based watchface?
I am building a html/js powered watchface for the gear fit 2 pro and I'm having trouble accomplishing what seems like a simple task: getting the daily step count.
I have poured over the documentation, but it only describes how to count either steps…

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Gear Sport watch face ... native works but not web
I have a Gear Sport and I am trying to install my web (html + js) watch face, but the watch will not let me make it the default watch face. I try to add it and it tries for a few seconds and then goes back to the previous watch face.
This same watch…

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Do standalone Android Wear 1.x apps require a companion app?
I have an Android Wear app (a watchface) that was originally created before Wear 2.0, so it is embedded in a phone APK. I am working on porting it to 2.0, and keeping it backwards compatible. It is standalone and requires zero connection to a…

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Error connecting android wear emulator: adb server didn't ack
I am trying to connect Android Wear emulator to my Android phone through USB cable. I am enterying the command:
adb -d forward tcp:5601 tcp:5601
And I get the following error:
adb server is out of date. killing...
cannot bind 'tcp:5037'
ADB server…

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Start Android Wear Watchface from Activity
I am wondering if it's possible to start the Watchface Service from an activity?
I tried to start the service in the onCreate method of my activity but it does not show the Watchface:
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(this,…

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List and remove developer installed android wear packages from windows?
I have a couple watchfaces that were installed while working on a watch face in android studio.
I'm using Android Studio with windows and a USB connection to the watch. How can I remove the packages? I tried adb with no luck, receiving the error…

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android watch selection menu options?
How are selection options added to watch selection menu.
Some watches (eg InstaWeather) show a gear under the the selection thumbnail, and clicking the gear offers settings.
Unfortunately, I could not find source code for the InstaWeather watch.
But…

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onAmbientModeChanged is not calling when in ambient watchface android wear
Recently i tried to implementing ambient mode in android wear watchface, after implement some coding, i found out that onAmbientModeChanged will not be called when turn into ambient mode (emulator), but turn to normal mode it will called twice,…

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watch face service data layer api
I got a problem with the Google android wear Data Layer Api...
I already used it to call handheld activities from a wearable activity and it worked just fine. But now I want call a handheld activity from a watchface service...
I created a Google API…

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Offset Clock Hands Angle Calculation
I have an interesting mathematical problem that I just cant figure out.
I am building a watch face for android wear and need to work out the angle of rotation for the hands based on the time.
Ordinarily this would be simple but here's the kicker:…

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how getting total count of notification watchface on Gear S
I am trying to add a notifications feature to my watchface. I want to get total count of notifications on the Samsung Gear S and then when a specific areais clicked I would like to take the user to the "Notifications" app of the Samsung Gear.
Is…

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