Google play wear os companion app

Watch Face Studio
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@Skymax,

The Play Store Watch downloads only work when there when the watch has a WiFi connection I think that is probably the connection issue you are seeing. Open Play Store from your watch and see if it downloads then.

There still is a big benefit of having a companion (actually bundled app) and that is it allows you to have a brand page that lists all your watch faces for potential buyers.

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations

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Hi all,
it gives same errors everytime for 2 different watchfaces, how can i fix it ?

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When you start a new project in Android Studio, did you choose “Groovy DSL” or “Kotlin DSL” in the Build Configuration Language? (see image attached).

I always make sure to choose “Groovy DSL”.

I once chose “Kotlin DSL” and it gave me a lot of errors. That’s because the original source code that I copied does not use Kotlin language.

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thank you very much mate , its done :clap: :clap:

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Hi guys! I’ve managed to make both the watch face and the companion app visible on Google Play page by uploading first the bundle for Wear OS and then for the phone. However, now I have a strange problem because the companion app is mandatory for installation. Any ideas how to make the wach face independent from the phone app? I’ve checked the manifest file for the watch face and meta tag com.google.android.wearable.standalone is set to true.

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Hi, someone has the code for the companion app and can help me?

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See this Topic

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations

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I have the same question :slight_smile:

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Hi @DeliFani nice to know you are using android studio. can you please teach me how to create watch face by android studio in simple way. Also please share some link how to do this. Many Thanks.
Recently i have create more the 30 watch faces through watch face studio and live in play store.

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hi @nobel.mixed , I wish I could, I only use android studio for the companion apk of watch faces for tablets and phones.

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on my smartwatch, when I say load time, it loads, then the adjust dial button does not appear as in the image, what could be the reason for this

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[quote=“IndyNS, post:130, topic:18400, full:true”]
Hi guys! I’ve managed to make both the watch face and the companion app visible on Google Play page by uploading first the bundle for Wear OS and then for the phone. However, now I have a strange problem because the companion app is mandatory for installation. Any ideas how to make the wach face independent from the phone app? I’ve checked the manifest file for the watch face and meta tag com.google.android.wearable.standalone is set to true.

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Can you explain in detail how you did this?

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<service
    android:name=".YourWatchFaceService"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:permission="android.permission.BIND_WALLPAPER">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService" />
        <category android:name="com.google.android.wearable.watchface" />
    </intent-filter>

    <meta-data
        android:name="android.service.wallpaper"
        android:resource="@xml/watch_face" />
</service>

Do I need to define a service like this in my helper app?