Since last update Android Wear has a new feature - the always-on mode. This means that the Android Wear device doesn’t turn off the screen; it changes to the ambient mode to save battery and keeps certain apps running in the background.
How exactly should I implement this?
p.s. I'm developing sport application, not watchface.
We have also created a code lab to run through the steps. Please find it here:
https://io2015codelabs.appspot.com/codelabs/always-on#1
What you're looking for is how to support "Ambient Mode" in your Wear app's activity.
There is an entire doc dedicated to this:
http://developer.android.com/training/wearables/apps/always-on.html
As well as a code sample:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-AlwaysOn/
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I'm trying to create a custom lockscreen for Android version 7.1.1. (Nougat). I know that there are a lot answers on how to create a custom lockscreen, but whatever code I try to use, it's not really working.
The problem appears because of using deprecated methods. The app crushes, and there are no methods to replace the deprecated ones.
Does anyone know a way that this still works?
These are some of the links I've tried to use (there were a few older ones also but I didn't save them):
how to make our own lock screen in android instead of default lock screen
https://github.com/thomasvidas/Simple-Lockscreen/tree/master
developing an android lock screen application
Create custom lockscreen for android 4.0 or above?
At the end I managed to make this app working. My biggest problem was to put my device in kiosk mode (disabling hardware buttons when the lockscreen is displayed). The solution that worked for me was enabling device owner mode using Android Debug Bridge. It wasn't the best solution, but it was the most acceptable one for this project.
Here are some of the links that I used to achieve this:
https://documentation.meraki.com/SM/Device_Enrollment/Enabling_Device_Owner_Mode_using_Android_Debug_Bridge_(ADB)
http://www.sureshjoshi.com/mobile/android-kiosk-mode-without-root/
Iam trying to run Android multiwindow sample https://github.com/googlesamples/android-MultiWindowPlayground on Android Automotive N. Inorder to switch app into split screen mode, it is suggested to long-press the recents button. Though the resizableactivity attribute is set true in Android manifest, it doesnot works in split screen mode in Headunit.
Please let me know how can I enable split screen mode in Android N Automotive Headunit?
Hope I understand your question, but fairly sure the point of Android Auto is to provide 'safe' access to some phone features, multi-window kinda defeats that purpose so I'm guessing the force it off in the Android Auto app.
I have written an application using Adobe Air 3.4 SDK. I have deployed it to my android v4.0.4 device. It works fine (in full screen mode as expected).
Now the application is expected to run in full screen mode automatically before the device shows the native android screen to the user.
How can I do this? Suggestions anyone?
In the AIR native classes, there is a thing called startAtLogin that you can set to true or false :
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.startAtLogin = true;
But I doubt that can be used to override the native android screen and be displayed before it.
I suppose some built-in checks have been made to be sure nothing gets booted before the screen is ready and diplayed.
Still, you can try it :-)
We have an App for a tablet with Android 2.2. This is the only App that should run on this tablet. It starts automatically.
Thats why the user should not have access to other Apps on this tablet, especially not to the settings.
How we can realize this?
You should probably write your application as a Home application. There is an example in the developer docs here:
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/Home/index.html
Then you'd be able to switch the default Home application for your one.
i am new to android development and had question regarding custom screen saver.
The requirement is for a tablet which will always be plugged in so battery life wouldn't be
an issue. The required app should behave as a screensaver in that during inactivity, the tablet should launch this app which contains a flash file that displays a series of images and video. When activity is resumed then the tablet takes the user back to the program they were using.
Can this be done via an app without requiring any hacks?
cheers,
abhi
There is no concept of a "screensaver" in Android.
There is the lock screen, which can be modified via custom firmware, though AFAIK it is implemented in Java as part of the OS and therefore could not be replaced via a Flash APK.