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2023.06.20
ਆݪ ݈Ұ (@korodroid)
Wear OS Latest Topic
& Improving Wear OS App Usability
potatotips #82
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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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Recent Activity (Overseas)
Droidcon SF 2023@San Francisco (Speech)
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Wear OS Overview
Noti
fi
cation Complication
Based on Android & optimized for the wrist
Tile
App
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Wear OS Topics from I/O 2023
Watch Face Format Watch Face Studio Tile (Animation)
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Wear OS ΞϓϦ։ൃೖ with Jetpack Compose
Improving Wear OS App Usability
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Creating an App
Noti
fi
cation Complication Tile
App
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Sample App
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Looks good, but to make it better…
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Adding a Tile feature
Noti
fi
cation Complication
Provide easier access to this app
Tile
App +
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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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Adding a Tile de
fi
nition
…
/AndroidManifest.xml
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That’s all! Can show the last contact easily.
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Tips💡 Useful features for Wear OS
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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