Incompatible device and manifest

Watch Face Studio
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I’m still dealing with incompatible issue with Google Play listing.

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Below is reply from Google support,

I’ve looked into your issue and found that your app is not compatible with the Galaxy S10 to a conflict in your app’s manifest with the following feature: android.hardware.type.watch .

For more information about implied features, visit our developer site at <uses-feature>  |  Android Developers

Can we modify manifest with WFS? I still don’t get what does phone compatibility has anything to do with Wear OS content.

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WFS sets that in the manifest by default. It is mentioned in this seller portal note

: The following information should be included in the manifest file for app registration for Wear OS.
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.type.watch" />
(When utilizing 'Android Studio, Watch Face Studio, or Galaxy Watch Studio Converter to create content, the information is included as default. )

I think you just didn’t have your Watch4 as the paired watch in your phone. That would give that error in the Play Store.

Ron
Samsung Developer Relations

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You can check it here on Windows

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\WatchFaceStudio\tools\common\merged-manifest

There are two files, one in editor folder is more important I think.

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WFS dev team has looked into it and can’t find any conflict. Play store is also looking into the issue further.

SM-R890 is paired with Fold 3, Chrome browser recognizes the watch but not the Play app.

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I think there is a communication issue between Galaxy Wearable and Google Play on Fold 3. As I mentioned in this post that I can’t find any watch faces made from WFS on Fold 3 and there are no watch and watch face subcategories in the search result. Same search on S10 shows many watch faces made with WFS.

I don’t know if this is an unique problem on my Fold 3 or all Fold 3 users are experiencing the same issue.