This repository contains a set of individual Android Studio projects to help you get started writing Wear OS apps and watch faces.
Read below for a description of each sample.
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ComposeStarter (Compose/Kotlin) - Demonstrates simple Compose for Wear OS app devs can use as a starting point for their own Compose app.
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DataLayer (Compose/Kotlin) - Demonstrates communicating via the data layer between the watch and the phone. Guide
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WatchFaceFormat - Demos the new Watch Face Format which allows quick development of performant watch faces in XML Guide
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WatchFaceKotlin (Kotlin) - Demos the AndroidX Watch Face APIs which provide their own storage mechanism for watch face preference values.
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Complications (Kotlin) - If you are writing a watch face with complications, this app gives you a full suite of data sources to test against your implementation of complications to make sure it looks good. Complication Guide
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WearOAuth (Kotlin) - Demonstrates how developers can authenticate a user on their Wear OS app via the user's mobile/phone device without requiring a mobile app (Wear OS companion app handles the request on the mobile side). The sample uses OAuth. Guide
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WearSpeakerSample (Compose/Kotlin) - Demonstrates audio recording and playback if the wearable device has a speaker. This is also an advanced Compose sample, handling permissions, use of effects, animations and ConstraintLayout for Compose. Guide
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WearTilesKotlin (Kotlin) - Demonstrates tiles using the new AndroidX library. Guide