MetadataConstants

Added in 1.1.0

public class MetadataConstants

Constants for android wear apps which are related to manifest meta-data.

Summary

Constants
static final String

The value of the notification bridge mode meta-data element in the case where the Wear app wants notifications to be bridged from the phone to the wearable.
static final String
NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.notificationBridgeMode"

We support specifying whether notifications should be bridged from the phone to the wearable in the Wear app manifest file.
static final String

The value of the notification bridge mode meta-data element in the case where the Wear app does not want notifications to be bridged from the phone to the wearable.
static final String
STANDALONE_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.standalone"

The name of the meta-data element in the Wear app manifest for specifying whether this app does not require a companion phone app.
static final String
WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_CIRCULAR_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview_circular"

The name of the meta-data element in the watch face service manifest declaration used to assign a circular preview image to the watch face.
static final String
WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview"

The name of the meta-data element in the watch face service manifest declaration used to assign a non-circular preview image to the watch face.

Public methods
static int
getPreviewDrawableResourceId(Context context, boolean circular)
static boolean

Determines whether a given context has notification bridging enabled.
static boolean

Determines whether a given context comes from a standalone app.

Constants

NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_BRIDGING

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_BRIDGING = "BRIDGING"

The value of the notification bridge mode meta-data element in the case where the Wear app wants notifications to be bridged from the phone to the wearable.

NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_METADATA_NAME

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.notificationBridgeMode"

We support specifying whether notifications should be bridged from the phone to the wearable in the Wear app manifest file. Simply add a meta-data element to the Wear app manifest with the name "com.google.android.wearable.notificationBridgeMode" and either the value NO_BRIDGING or the value BRIDGING. If you choose not to update your Wear app manifest, then notifications will be bridged by default from the phone to the wearable.

NO_BRIDGING means that phone notifications will not be bridged to the wearable if the wearable app is installed.

BRIDGING means that phone notifications will be bridged to the wearable, unless they are posted with setLocalOnly(true).

Example AndroidManifest.xml meta-data element for NO_BRIDGING: 

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.wearable.notificationBridgeMode"
    android:value="NO_BRIDGING" />

Example AndroidManifest.xml meta-data element for BRIDGING: 

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.wearable.notificationBridgeMode"
    android:value="BRIDGING" />

NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_NO_BRIDGING

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_MODE_NO_BRIDGING = "NO_BRIDGING"

The value of the notification bridge mode meta-data element in the case where the Wear app does not want notifications to be bridged from the phone to the wearable.

STANDALONE_METADATA_NAME

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String STANDALONE_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.standalone"

The name of the meta-data element in the Wear app manifest for specifying whether this app does not require a companion phone app. The value should be set to "true" or "false".

Wear apps that do not require a phone side companion app to function can declare this in their AndroidManifest.xml file by setting the standalone meta-data element to true as shown in the following example. If this value is true, all users can discover this app regardless of what phone they have. If this value is false (or not set), only users with compatible Android phones can discover this app. 

<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.wearable.standalone"
android:value="true" />

WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_CIRCULAR_METADATA_NAME

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_CIRCULAR_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview_circular"

The name of the meta-data element in the watch face service manifest declaration used to assign a circular preview image to the watch face. The value should be set to a drawable reference. 

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview_circular"
    android:resource="@drawable/preview_face_circular" />

WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_METADATA_NAME

Added in 1.1.0
public static final String WATCH_FACE_PREVIEW_METADATA_NAME = "com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview"

The name of the meta-data element in the watch face service manifest declaration used to assign a non-circular preview image to the watch face. The value should be set to a drawable reference. 

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview"
    android:resource="@drawable/preview_face" />

Public methods

getPreviewDrawableResourceId

Added in 1.1.0
public static int getPreviewDrawableResourceId(Context context, boolean circular)
Parameters
Context context

to be evaluated.
boolean circular

Whether to return the circular or regular preview.
Returns
int

an integer id representing the resource id of the requested drawable, or 0 if no drawable was found.

isNotificationBridgingEnabled

Added in 1.1.0
public static boolean isNotificationBridgingEnabled(Context context)

Determines whether a given context has notification bridging enabled.

Parameters
Context context

to be evaluated.
Returns
boolean

Whether a given context has notification bridging enabled.

isStandalone

Added in 1.1.0
public static boolean isStandalone(Context context)

Determines whether a given context comes from a standalone app. This can be used as a proxy to check if any given app is compatible with iOS Companion devices.

Parameters
Context context

to be evaluated.
Returns
boolean

Whether a given context comes from a standalone app.