Showing posts with label watch. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Google Store sale offering discounts on Nexus 6P Huawei Watch and more

Google Store sale offering discounts on Nexus 6P Huawei Watch and more


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It’s about time for students to head back to school, and to make the return easier, Google is offering discounts on several of the products in its store.

The Google Store is running a sale on Android hardware, Chromecasts, and Chromebooks. On the Android side, you can score $100 off a Nexus 6P, meaning that the device starts at $399. The Nexus 6P discount will be available through August 13.

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Sunday, November 6, 2016

Interactive watch faces with the latest Android Wear update

Interactive watch faces with the latest Android Wear update


Posted by Wayne Piekarski, Developer Advocate

The Android Wear team is rolling out a new update that includes support for interactive watch faces. Now, you can detect taps on the watch face to provide information quickly, without having to open an app. This gives you new opportunities to make your watch face more engaging and interesting. For example, in this animation for the Pujie Black watch face, you can see that just touching the calendar indicator quickly changes the watch face to show the agenda for the day, making the watch face more helpful and engaging.

Interactive watch face API

The first step in building an interactive watch face is to update your build.gradle to use version 1.3.0 of the Wearable Support library. Then, you enable interactive watch faces in your watch face style using setAcceptsTapEvents(true):

 setWatchFaceStyle(new WatchFaceStyle.Builder(mService) .setAcceptsTapEvents(true) // other style customizations .build()); 

To receive taps, you can override the following method:

@Override public void onTapCommand(int tapType, int x, int y, long eventTime) { }

You will receive events TAP_TYPE_TOUCH when the user initially taps on the screen, TAP_TYPE_TAP when the user releases their finger, and TAP_TYPE_TOUCH_CANCEL if the user moves their finger while touching the screen. The events will contain (x,y) coordinates of where the touch event occurred. You should note that other interactions such as swipes and long presses are reserved for use by the Android Wear system user interface.

And that’s it! Adding interaction to your existing watch faces is really easy with just a few extra lines of code. We have updated the WatchFace sample to show a complete implementation, and design and development documentation describing the API in detail.

Wi-Fi added to LG G Watch R

This release also brings Wi-Fi support to the LG G Watch R. Wi-Fi support is already available in many Android Wear watches and allows the watch to communicate with the companion phone without requiring a direct Bluetooth connection. So, you can leave your phone at home, and as long as you have Wi-Fi, you can use your watch to receive notifications, send messages, make notes, or ask Google a question. As a developer, you should ensure that you use the Data API to abstract away your communications, so that your application will work on any kind of Android Wear watch, even those without Wi-Fi.

Updates to existing watches

This update to Android Wear will roll out via an over-the-air (OTA) update to all Android Wear watches over the coming weeks. The wearable support library version 1.3 provides the implementation for touch interactions, and is designed to continue working on devices which have not been updated. However, the touch support will only work on updated devices, so you should wait to update your apps on Google Play until the OTA rollout is complete, which we’ll announce on the Android Wear Developers Google+ community. If you want to release immediately but check if touch interactions are available, you can use this code snippet:

PackageInfo packageInfo = PackageManager.getPackageInfo("com.google.android.wearable.app", 0); if (packageInfo.versionCode > 720000000) { // Supports taps - cache this result to avoid calling PackageManager again } else { // Device does not support taps yet }

Android Wear developers have created thousands of amazing apps for the platform and we can’t wait to see the interactive watch faces you build. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, or just a cool new watch face, check out the Interactive Watch Faces collection on Google Play.

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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Check out Facer Hey KittyKitty and more in our Android Wear watch face roundup

Check out Facer Hey KittyKitty and more in our Android Wear watch face roundup


Five fantastic watch faces to add some flair to your smartwatch.

Sometimes you need a little bit of personal flair with your accessories, and your smartwatch is no exception to this rule. Thankfully there are hundreds upon hundreds of different watch faces that allow you to do just that. Rather than making you slog through the good, bad, and ugly watch faces, weve collected five awesome faces that might be new to you.

So if youve been hoping to find something new to spice up your smartwatch, then look no further. Weve got you covered. Keep scrolling to see what weve collected for you this week!

Facer

Sometimes you dont want to decide on a single watch face. Instead you want to have access to plenty of options to switch between multiple watch faces without the hassle of having to constantly go searching through the Google Play Store for them. Thats where Facer comes in. Facer is a free app that boasts dozens of different watch faces from within their app.

There is a ton of content within Facer that you can explore at your leisure. There are unlockable watch faces that are only available once you have completed certain tasks within the app like sharing a watch face with friends. You can explore their top charts for both free and paid watch faces, or you can see their featured ones. The last but not least of the awesomeness is the fact you can easily build your own watch faces from within the app.

Download: Facer (free)

HeyKittyKitty

Sometimes you just need a cute watch face to get through a rough day. If thats the case, then the HeyKittyKitty watch face might be just up your alley. This is a super simple watch face that features an adorable kitty along with the time and date, but not much else. You can adjust the time format, select ambient mode, and select whether the animation loops.

At the very bottom of the screen is the current date with the month, day and day of the week. Just above that is the time in a default 12-hour digital style. In the middle of your screen is a cat with a small ball of yarn. If you tap on it, youll get an animation of that cat flopping onto its back for belly rubs. Best of all this watch face is available for the low, low price of absolutely free.

Download: HeyKittyKitty watchface (free)

Stopwatch and Timer

Maybe youre training for a 5K, or you just want to know how long it takes you to do 100 pushups. Whatever the reason, having easy access to a stopwatch, and a timer right on your wrist can be handy. Thats where the Stopwatch and Timer watch face comes in. It gets you access to the timers you want, along with the time, date and even battery percentage on your smart watch. Its also got a fair few options that will let you adjust the background, as well as what is showing on the watch face and even what position the information displayed is in.

The time is displayed in digital 24-hour format at the top of your screen. Just under that is the timer on the left, and your stopwatch on the right. By tapping youll either set a timer, or start your stopwatch. At the bottom left of the screen is todays date with the day of week, month and day. On the bottom right is your battery indicator. This watch face can be particularly handy in a pinch and is available for $0.99.

Download: Stopwatch and Timer watch face ($0.99)

YinYang

For some people, a watch face that just gives you the time with a background is all that you need. If thats the case, then the Yin Yang watch face should interest you. This is a watch face where what you see is what you get, there arent any options to change or adjust anything. What you do get is a background with a yin yang, and the time over top of it.

This watch face displays the time in a classic watch analog style. Youll see tick marks around the edge of your screen to denote the hours of the day. The watch hands will tick off hours, minutes, and seconds as time passes. Thankfully this super simple watch face is available for free.

Download: Yin Yang watch face (free)

WatchMaster

WatchMaster is another app that enables you to find and download hundreds of different watch faces. You can search through their free watch faces, brand watch faces, search by category and even see watch faces that are coming to the app in the near future. One of the really cool features of WatchMaster is how many watch face developers are using it. As you scroll through you may see familiar watch faces from the Google Play Store, like the Fiore watch face or the mysterious forest watch face.

While you have the option of only downloading free watch faces, or paying for each watch face separately, there is a third option with WatchMaster. You can opt in to the Pro version of the app, which gives you access to all of the watch faces on their app. You can subscribe yearly for $6.99, or upgrade permanently for $16.99. Part of this subscription fee even goes to creators to ensure that future watch faces will be of a higher quality.

Download: WatchMaster (free)


These are just the 5 watch faces that caught our eye this go round. There are hundreds of different watch faces that are available through the Google Play Store, with more being added every day. No matter what kind of face you want for your smartwatch, there is definitely one out there. Were any of these watch faces up your alley? Do you have a favorite we should know about? Let us know in the comments below!



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