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If you experience problems when developing and testing with the
Wear 2.0 Developer Preview, please file bugs at
https://g.co/wearpreviewbug.
To discuss issues or ideas with other developers working with Android Wear,
join the
Wear Developer Google+ community.
Developer Preview 1
Date: May 2016
Builds: Wearable Support 2.0.0-alpha1, NVD36I
Emulator support: x86 & ARM (32-bit)
General advisories
This Developer Preview release is for app developers only and is designed for
use in compatibility testing and early development only.
Deprecations
The following fields are deprecated in the Preview:
- The
Notification.WearableExtender#setCustomSizePreset(int)
method no longer accepts SIZE_FULL_SCREEN
and this value is now
undefined.
- The
Notification.WearableExtender#setContentIcon(int)
method
is deprecated.
Known Issues
Notifications
- This preview release does not include support for notification groups,
but will be supported in a future release.
- Tapping on next and previous controls in a notification while playing
music does not work.
- Bottom drawer actions user interface overlaps with media card
notifications.
- The system does not generate Smart Reply responses even if
setAllowGeneratedReplies(true)
is set.
Complications
- Battery information is not synchronized between watch face and drop down
quick menu.
- Play music crashes when tapping on music complication in watch face.
System User Interface
- Pressing the hardware button in ambient mode triggers active mode with
the app launcher instead of active mode only.
- Double pressing the power hardware button while on the launcher causes
the watch screen to turn black.
- Dismissing multiple notifications can cause app to force close.
- Turning screen lock to off (Enable and disable) functionality is not
reliable.
- Airplane mode does not work from quick settings.
- Tapping Google keyboard English (United States) displays a Settings
under construction message.
- First calendar event notification must be dismissed in order to show the
rest of the event card.
- Unable to turn off the Wifi on wearable.
- Voice transcription may not work reliably at this time.
Companion App
- 'More actions' via Companion app shows a blank screen on phone running
nyc-release and watch running feldspar-release.
- Select watch face on companion wear app will not change watch face on
wearable.
Devices
- On the Huawei Watch, selecting the language, followed by multiple
acknowledgement dialogues results in a black screen.
- On the LG Watch Urbane LTE, when answering call from the watch, the watch
does not provide audio from the caller.