Wear OS Latest Topic & Improving Wear OS App Usability

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1. 2023.06.20
   
   
   ਆݪ ݈Ұ (@korodroid)
   Wear OS Latest Topic
   

   & Improving Wear OS App Usability
   potatotips #82
   

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2. 2
   About me
   Kenichi Kambara (@korodroid)
   •Mobile App Development
   
   
   •Speeches (e.g. 15 Int’l Confs.)
   
   
   •Writings (e.g. 8 Dev Books)
   
   
   •Principal Evangelist at NTT TechnoCross
   
   
   •[Private] iplatform.org
   

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3. Recent Activity (Overseas)
   Droidcon SF 2023@San Francisco (Speech)
   

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4. Wear OS Overview
   
   Noti
   fi
   cation Complication
   Based on Android & optimized for the wrist
   Tile
   
   App
   

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5. Wear OS Topics from I/O 2023
   
   Watch Face Format Watch Face Studio Tile (Animation)
   

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6. Wear OS ΞϓϦ։ൃೖ໳ with Jetpack Compose
   Improving Wear OS App Usability
   

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7. Creating an App
   
   Noti
   fi
   cation Complication Tile
   
   App
   

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8. Sample App
   8
   
   

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9. Looks good, but to make it better…
   9
   
   

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10. Adding a Tile feature
    
    Noti
    fi
    cation Complication
    Provide easier access to this app
    Tile
    
    App +
    

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11. Implementing a Tile feature
    
    class MainTileService : CoroutinesTileService() {
    // Abbreviates some procedures, such as reading data from the repository

    override suspend fun resourcesRequest(
    requestParams: RequestBuilders.ResourcesRequest
    ): ResourceBuilders.Resources {
    return ResourceBuilders.Resources.Builder().setVersion(RESOURCES_VERSION).build()
    }
    override suspend fun tileRequest(
    requestParams: RequestBuilders.TileRequest
    ): TileBuilders.Tile {
    val singleTileTimeline = TimelineBuilders.Timeline.Builder().addTimelineEntry(
    TimelineBuilders.TimelineEntry.Builder().setLayout(
    LayoutElementBuilders.Layout.Builder().setRoot(tileLayout(this)).build()
    ).build()
    ).build()
    return TileBuilders.Tile.Builder().setResourcesVersion(RESOURCES_VERSION)
    .setTimeline(singleTileTimeline).build()
    }
    }
    a Kotlin coroutine-friendly wrapper
    

    from the Horologist Tiles library
    /MainTileService.kt
    

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12. Adding a Tile de
    fi
    nition
    
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault">
    

    …

    android:name=".tile.MainTileService"
    android:exported="true"
    android:label="@string/tile_label"
    android:permission="com.google.android.wearable.permission.BIND_TILE_PROVIDER">
    
    
    
    android:name="androidx.wear.tiles.PREVIEW"
    android:resource="@drawable/tile_preview" />
    
    
    /AndroidManifest.xml
    

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13. That’s all! Can show the last contact easily.
    13
    
    

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14. 
    Tips💡 Useful features for Wear OS
    

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15. 
    Please let me know if you have any requests
    

    such as technical speeches, technical writings and so on.
    Facebook:http://fb.com/kanbara.kenichi
    
    
    Twitter:@korodroid
    
    
    LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/korodroid
    Thank you so much
    

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