Category: WearOS (watch)
Launcher/watch face on Wear OS (was Android Wear)
How to remove the peek card
There are multiple ways to remove the peek card
How to apply and adjust 1-click themes
This post includes 3 short tutorials:
Quick apply 1-click themes
Customize 1-click theme component colors
Quickly change background color
Watch face ambient mode: bubble visibility and color
“Selective ambient mode” and “Ambient uniform color”.
SMS / Auto-populate by recently contacted
Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission to send SMS or to access call logs. Here is a workaround.
Showing week number on watch face
You can add the week number as watch face complication (the default “Clock” complication group does not have the week number but I found a free app)
Ambient mode icon from icon pack
Normally the ambient (hollow bubble) icon is not themed, it is just the regular app icon put in a circle. If this is not what you’d like, there is a workaround.
Step by step instructions for composite theme
Follow the 6 steps below to get exactly this watch face style
Troubleshoot Notification icons plugin issues
Refer to this checklist if the status icons don’t appear on your watch face.
Call log gone
Google is actively removing functionality from Android. Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission: to access call logs and to send SMS messages (more…
Notification bubbles – not for custom layouts
Status Bubbles are generally not compatible with manual layouts generated with the layout designer, since the manual layout doesn’t allow for easy addition and removal of bubbles from the watch face
SMS / Auto-populate by recently contacted
Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission to send SMS or to access call logs. Here is a workaround.
Phone battery level, notification icons and weather updating issues
Steps to disable Android’s battery optimization for Bubble Cloud
Advanced tip: Full color inactive mode
On LCD screen watches you can set the ambient mode look the same as the active watch face
License issues
Google Play Store on the watch prompts you to purchase again? Here is what you can do
How to show date on the watch face
There are 2 ways to add information to the watch face:
1) assign live info to any bubble
2) add standard watch face complication
NUOVA NOTIFICA ANDROID 8.0:
“App Bubble Cloud mostrata sopra altre app”
→ Questo può essere rimosso!
НОВЫЙ ANDROID 8.0 УВЕДОМЛЕНИЕ:
«Bubble Cloud поверх других приложений» → Он может быть удален!
The Android Wear 1.5 paradox
Please report bugs, it improves the experience thousands of others!