I'm trying to convert my Watch Face App that was created using Jetpack Watch Face library to use the newly released Watch Face Format - since it doesn't work on new watches like GW7 or Pixel 3 Watches.
My app was created to draw the current time, the upcoming prayer time, and time remaining for the upcoming prayer time. Now this was done easily previously thanks to Jetpack libraries and drawing them using the canvas APIs.
However since you introduced the Watch Face Format I'm not able to do that since there is no code involved in the Watch Face Format and you're forcing the 'hasCode=false' in Android Manifest. What came to my mind is using a complication that provides the Prayer times calculation but this requires the user to download a separate app just for the complication since - again forcing 'hasCode=false' so I can't bundle it within my app.
I understand that Watch Face Format would be easier for the designers and developers, but I believe this will have less control for the developers.
I attached a screenshot for the app on Wear to better understand the concept.
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Hi,
I'm trying to convert my Watch Face App that was created using Jetpack Watch Face library to use the newly released Watch Face Format - since it doesn't work on new watches like GW7 or Pixel 3 Watches.
My app was created to draw the current time, the upcoming prayer time, and time remaining for the upcoming prayer time. Now this was done easily previously thanks to Jetpack libraries and drawing them using the canvas APIs.
However since you introduced the Watch Face Format I'm not able to do that since there is no code involved in the Watch Face Format and you're forcing the 'hasCode=false' in Android Manifest.
What came to my mind is using a complication that provides the Prayer times calculation but this requires the user to download a separate app just for the complication since - again forcing 'hasCode=false' so I can't bundle it within my app.
I understand that Watch Face Format would be easier for the designers and developers, but I believe this will have less control for the developers.
I attached a screenshot for the app on Wear to better understand the concept.