Android Wear Platform

• Latest Android project
• Kotlin Support
• Support for Gradle 4.9

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File Extension Support

Extenstions are defined via engines. Engines with androidwear support:

• @rnv/engine-rn

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Requirements

• Android Studio for Android development
• Android SDK 23.0.1 or newer for Android development

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Project Configuration

Feature	Version
Gradle	4.10.1
Android Gradle	3.3.1
Kotlin	1.3.20
Target SDK	27

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Run on Simulator

rnv run -p androidwear

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Run on Device

rnv run -p androidwear -d

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Deploy on Device

This will run production version on your device (not connected to metro bundler) You can configure each buildScheme ie -s release in your config file ./appConfigs/<YOUR_APP_CONFIG>/renative.json

rnv run -p androidwear -s release -d

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Android X support

androidX is enabled by default

make sure you have this piece of script in package.json

"scripts" : {
  "postinstall": "jetify"
}

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Hermes support

Hermes can be enabled or disabled with "reactNativeEngine": "hermes" prop in renative.json:platforms.android.reactNativeEngine or renative.json:platforms.android.buildSchemes.[SCHEME].reactNativeEngine

NOTE: There is a bug in RN. for now you must NOT have running bundler (rnv start) in order for wear sim to work

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Advanced

Clean and Re-build platform project

rnv run -p androidwear -r

Launch specific emulator:

rnv target launch -p androidwear -t Android_Wear_Round_API_28

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Android X support

androidX is enabled by default

make sure you have this piece of script in package.json

"scripts" : {
  "postinstall": "jetify"
}

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Hermes support

Hermes can be enabled or disabled with "reactNativeEngine": "hermes" prop in renative.json:platforms.android.reactNativeEngine or renative.json:platforms.android.buildSchemes.[SCHEME].reactNativeEngine

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App Config

see: Android based config

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Connect WearOS with Mobile Device via Bluetooth

Follow the instructions at react-native-wear-connectivity.