Today nosotros launched the Wear OS past times Google developer preview together with brought Android P platform features to wearables. The developer preview includes updated organization images on the official Android Emulator together with a downloadable organization icon for the Huawei Watch 2 Bluetooth or Huawei Watch 2 Classic Bluetooth. This initial unloose is intended for developers alone together with is non for daily or consumer use. Therefore, it is alone available via manual download together with flash. Please refer to the release notes for known issues before downloading together with flashing your device.
In this release, nosotros would similar to highlight the next features that developers should pay attending to:
- Restriction related to non-SDK methods together with fields: To meliorate app compatibility, Android P has started the procedure of restricting access to non-SDK methods together with fields. Developers should brand plans to migrate away from these. If in that place is no populace equivalent for your travel case, please permit us know.
- Dark UI organization theme: To heighten glanceability, Wear OS has switched to a UI subject amongst a darker / dark background for the notifications flow together with organization launcher since the showtime of the year. This is at nowadays also the default for the organization subject together with should meliorate the glanceability for wearable apps. Developers should banking concern jibe the accessibility of their app's UI subsequently this change.
- Limited background activity: To meliorate power, apps volition no longer travel allowed to run inwards the background unless the lookout adult man is on the charger. Developers should greenback that Wear OS is going farther amongst Android's app standby characteristic than another course of report factors. Exceptions to this include watch faces together with complications that the user currently has selected. This characteristic volition travel rolled out gradually inwards the developer preview, together with then you lot may non run across it at in 1 lawsuit on your device, simply should hit your apps accordingly past times removing background services.
- Turning off radios when off body: To meliorate power, bluetooth, WiFi, together with cellular radios volition travel turned off when the lookout adult man is detected to travel off trunk for an extended catamenia of time. Again, this characteristic volition travel rolled out gradually together with then you lot may non initially run across it on your device. If this characteristic causes challenges inwards your evolution process, you lot tin mail away disable the characteristic via adb; delight follow the instructions inwards the release notes.
- WiFi off when BT is disconnected: To meliorate power, the device volition no longer automatically connect to wifi when disconnected from bluetooth. Exceptions include if an app is requesting a high bandwidth network or if the lookout adult man is on the charger. This characteristic volition travel rolled out gradually together with then you lot may non initially run across it on your device.
Please reach us your feedback
We aspect to render several updates to this preview before the finally production release. Please submit whatever bugs you lot let out via the Wear OS past times Google final result tracker. The before you lot submit them, the higher the likelihood that nosotros tin mail away include the fixes inwards the finally release.
