Author Archives: wpadmin

Opened sample app WatchFace in Android Studio. When try to run build fails saying: Unexpected top-level exception … Multiple dex files Execution failed for task ‘:Application:dexDebug’ Found that in 2 build.gradle files (wearable & application modules) there were references to 2 versions … Continue reading →

This procedure sometimes works for me and sometimes doesn’t; have not yet found a reason why it doesn’t work. 1. On phone start AndroidWear and start USB debugging. 2. On watch go to Settings, Developer options and start ADB debugging/Debug over … Continue reading →

Following a tutorial and yet getting an error entering data into AndroidManifest.xml. Code entered was <meta-data android:name=”com.google.android.wearable.watchface.preview” android:resource=”@mipmap/ic_launcher” /> Error was showing on ‘@mipmap/ic_launcher’. It appears to be a bug and the solution was to create a file called lint.xml … Continue reading →

I was getting this error using bitmaps and found I could fix it by reducing the size of the bitmaps. Bitmap size reduced from >1000px high to 700px. Relevant code was: bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(this.getResources(), R.drawable.myBitMap);  

Including requestFocus tag in the XML is supposed to work but doesn’t for me. It can be done programmatically but the simple answer for me was to include the following in the activity’s manifest. android:windowSoftInputMode=“stateVisible”  

While SoundPool is the best tool for handling short sound clips that are frequently used, it does have the problem that the sound is often not played first time. This is because the load into the pool has not finished. … Continue reading →

With the help of stackoverflow I managed to add a button programatically. (Previously my code just created myTimerPanel and as that as the content view. public class TimerActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); … Continue reading →

1. I’ve found so far that: android:setFillAfter=”true” is not accepted in xml android:fillAfter=”true” is accepted but does not work setFillAfter(true) in code does work, ie at the end of the animation the image does not revert to how it started … Continue reading →

A. To start another activity and do something when it’s finished: Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, GameActivity.class); startActivityForResult(myIntent, 1); Then you also need to add: @Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { //your code here to do … Continue reading →

Open a command window and enter set directory to platform-tools folder in your sdk location (eg ‘cd c:\androidsdk\platform-tools’) to enable use of adb commands. adb -e logcat will write logcat messages. adb pull /data/anr/traces.txt will copy that file to the … Continue reading →