Creating Tiles for Wear OS
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Demo $[==]
To set up the project, first, open the app build.gradle and add the following dependencies:
implementation 'androidx.wear:wear:1.1.0'
implementation "androidx.wear.tiles:tiles:1.0.0-alpha05"
debugImplementation "androidx.wear.tiles:tiles-renderer:1.0.0-alpha05"
class WaterService : TileProviderService() {
private val ioScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO)
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
ioScope.cancel()
}
}
override fun onTileRequest(requestParams: RequestReaders.TileRequest): ListenableFuture<TileBuilders.Tile> {
return ioScope.future {
TileBuilders.Tile.builder()
.setResourcesVersion("1")
.build()
}
}
override fun onResourcesRequest(requestParams: RequestReaders.ResourcesRequest): ListenableFuture<ResourceBuilders.Resources> {
return ioScope.future {
ResourceBuilders.Resources.builder()
.setVersion("1")
.build()
}
}
android:permission="com.google.android.wearable.permission.BIND_TILE_PROVIDER"
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="androidx.wear.tiles.action.BIND_TILE_PROVIDER" />
</intent-filter>
class DebugActivity : ComponentActivity() {
private lateinit var tileClient: TileClient
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_debug)
val rootLayout = findViewById<FrameLayout>(R.id.container)
tileClient = TileClient(
context = this,
component = ComponentName(this, WaterService::class.java),
parentView = rootLayout
)
tileClient.connect()
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
tileClient.close()
}
}
<FrameLayout android:id="@+id/container"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.type.watch" />