Android Wear and iOS connectivity

[Snowby123]

I have a question that could be answered here.
I have read in this thread that you can install apps from watchmaker, however I found no information on the watchfaces from the playstore.
Is there any way to install third party watch faces downloaded from the play store?
I would love to have an answer sooner rather than later.

 

[Heath101]

Did you have to do anything special to your watch to push files. I installed both files but can't seem to be able to push watch zips over. I also have a Huawei watch.

 

[pauljmiddleton]

Sorry of this is a stupid question but could you not just but a really cheap broke android phone off ebay, say one with a smashed screen that still works but nobody would want to use normally, then pair your Android watch with that and upload watch faces from the store there, then pair back to your iPhone?

 

[wkevinw]

Sorry of this is a stupid question but could you not just but a really cheap broke android phone off ebay, say one with a smashed screen that still works but nobody would want to use normally, then pair your Android watch with that and upload watch faces from the store there, then pair back to your iPhone?

Unfortunately, that doesn't work. When you pair to iOS, it installs/modifies a totally different set of "behaviors" in the watch (no WiFi, no Bluetooth controls, etc.). Same when pairing to an Android device. I did almost as you suggested (bought a $40 no contract Android phone and didn't buy any minutes) just to run WatchMaker. And as far as I know you have to do a factory reset to move between the two different environments.

However, all is not lost. I have refined a few of the ideas mentioned here and will be creating a new post called Getting WatchMaker and other watch faces onto your Android Wear watch with iOS.
It overcomes most of the problems talked about here in the last few pages.

Kevin

 

[pennywise1988]

Unfortunately, that doesn't work. When you pair to iOS, it installs/modifies a totally different set of "behaviors" in the watch (no WiFi, no Bluetooth controls, etc.). Same when pairing to an Android device. I did almost as you suggested (bought a $40 no contract Android phone and didn't buy any minutes) just to run WatchMaker. And as far as I know you have to do a factory reset to move between the two different environments.

However, all is not lost. I have refined a few of the ideas mentioned here and will be creating a new post called Getting WatchMaker and other watch faces onto your Android Wear watch with iOS.
It overcomes most of the problems talked about here in the last few pages.

Kevin

Hey Kevin, just so I don't get my hopes up for nothing, does your procedure work also on the first gen moto 360?

Thanks!!

 

[wkevinw]

Hey Kevin, just so I don't get my hopes up for nothing, does your procedure work also on the first gen moto 360?

Thanks!!

Yes, but only if you have a USB cable. There is a video on YouTube by rootjunky that shows how to build one. Pretty simple - should take about 15 minutes and about $3 in parts (
CE TECH Category 5e Jack - White Model # 5025-WH at Home Depot). I couldn't find a way to do this over Bluetooth, so you will need the cable to allow ADB to work, unless someone else can figure out how to make Bluetooth debugging with iOS work.

Kevin

 

[evangilner]

Wear compatibility on iOS is so limited that I ended up not using my 360 anymore once I switched to iOS. Tried it out for a few weeks and it just didn't do it for me. Music playback was pretty buggy too, more so than with my Moto X 2014.

 

[spider82]

Sorry for stupid question.
After got my new moto 2nd, I am trying to make it powerful when activated by iPhone.
I wonder is it possible to used a jailbreaked iphone and adb_IOS executable file to debug the watch connected to it.
because not familiar with adb command, I just sshed to my iPhone and tried "adb forward tcp:4444 localabstract:adb/hub", it showed error: device not found.
So, I guess the driver is not compatible or I missing the knowledge about debug over bluetooth.
any luck?

 

[knowledge2g]

Guess What, Paired with my iPhone and I am able to Debug over Bluetooth on my Android device, Trying to sideload some stuff now.

Hi Steve,
I am having trouble trying to reproduce this. I did it one time over a week ago and that was it. After pairing with the iPhone, I am not able to see my moto 360 2nd gen from my android phone at all unless I do a factory restore on the watch again... I made sure to disable Bluetooth on the iPhone and activate debugging over Bluetooth on the watch. Trying to figure out what I am missing here. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[RaideIvan]

connectivity to iphone

Like others, I have an iPhone and Moto 360 and made the USB cable ... but removing the strap to login and do something is really annoying.
So I was thinking, given the moto has wifi and we have adb shell access (via USB) cant we persistently enable wifi access,?

something like this link:
h...ttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/8708886/connecting-to-wi-fi-using-adb-shell
h...ttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/22825443/connect-to-password-protected-wifi-network-using-adb-shell
h...ttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/31613019/android-wear-enable-adb-connection-over-wifi-tcp-ip

but I'm very new to andriod so dont know all the locations/syntax, (or necessarily what I'm talking about). Given the moto doesnt use wifi when on bluetooth, if you confirmed the settings of your wifi, then the way you would enable it would to turn off bluetooth on the iphone (the moto should look for an bond to the wifi you setup).

 

[johnnyle7]

Technically if you can get the premium APK, you can have 4 watchfaces (2 each) to choose from.

Rant 1: If you haven't already updated to the latest firmware and Android Wear (on the watch) DO IT NOW! Too many people have been reporting problems with using the older versions, and that's the only reason Google said older watches were incompatible, even though they aren't.

Rant 2: If you're using a Moto 360, I don't think it's possible to use ADB without breaking your bluetooth connection to the iPhone. Make a USB cable or buy a better watch. I know Moto 360 is dirt cheap and looks nice, but hardware-wise it's the black sheep of all Android Wear. Also, shame on Motorola for making the 360 v2 use an LCD screen again.

Prerequisite: Get ADB and universal ADB drivers

Getting Watchmaker ready
-Obtain Watchmaker APK or Watchmaker Premium APK. I will not say how.
-Append a .zip to the end of the APK file (e.g. watchmaker.apk.zip)
-Extract the res/raw/android_wear_micro_apk.apk file. This is the one that goes into the watch.
-Append a .zip to the end of the APK file (e.g. watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk.zip)
-Extract the entire contents to a directory
-Delete the META-INF subdirectory

Getting the Watchface ready
-Get the watchface you want. As a completely shameless plug, I'll use my own watchface as an example. I even added an Apple logo to it.
-Append a .zip to the end of the WATCH file (e.g. old-meets-new-v3.watch.zip)
-Extract the entire contents to a directory

There are 2 default watches. W3 is Steel Blue. W11 is Retrospecto. We will replace W3 in this example.
-Copy the fonts and images subdirectories from the watchface to the watchmaker\assets directory
-Rename the preview.jpg to w3.jpg and overwrite the one in the watchmaker\assets\preview directory
-Rename the watch.xml to w3.xml and overwrite the one in the watchmaker\assets\watches directory
-Unfortunately none of the scripts load. I don't know why.
-Process can be repeated for a second watchface and W11.

Time to package up and sign
-Zip everything back up again (without the META-INF subdirectory) and rename it back to APK (e.g. watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk)
-In %JAVA_HOME%\bin there's two files: jarsigner and keytool
-Use keytool to make a keystore: "keytool -genkey -v -keystore abcdef.keystore -alias MyKey -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000"
-Use jarsigner to sign your apk file: "jarsigner -verbose -keystore abcdef.keystore watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk MyKey"

Upload to watch
-Plug watch to computer via USB
-Enable developer options on watch (Settings, About, Build Number x 10)
-Enable ADB debugging (Settings, Developer Options)
-Run "adb usb". It should say "daemon started successfully" and "running in USB mode"
-Run "adb devices". It should have one device on the list
-Run "adb install watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk". It should upload and say "Success". Then your watch should have a notification saying "WatchMaker Installed. Touch to set watch face".
-If you get a INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Watchmaker was previously installed, run "adb shell" then "pm list packages", find the watchmaker package, and run "pm uninstall slide.watchFrenzy" (or watchFrenzy.premium), then "exit" from the shell
-If you get a INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES: You didn't run jarsigner properly or you forgot to delete the META-INF directory before running jarsigner.

Hi, I followed this tutorial to try to get myself a nice, favourite watchface. But I was stuck the stage where we have to pack all back. not sure how to do the signing thing, and I have no idea what I was doing from there. I also I tried the "adb devices" , I could see my watch there, but when I type "adb usb", after showing "daemon started successfully", it shows restarting in USB mode. and I stuck there, dont know what to do to get "running in usb mode".
I am very appreciated if someone can help me out here, or at least help me with some keywords so I can go on Google and have look for solutions.
Thanhs in advance.

 

[AudiA4_20T]

Great to see some fellow iOS users go against the grain.

My Setup:
- iPhone 5S
- iOS 9.3.1
- Huawei Watch

Things I've Done:
- AERLink (can't really figure out what it's supposed to do . On the watch I can see phone battery and manually force music but nothing else... Also the camera thing is weird in the phone app?)
- Google Calendar (works as a calendar to check dates, but does not sync)
- StayLit Wear (works great)
- Invaders (game, works fine)
- Challenger Watch Face (looks fantastic but no weather, no music controls, etc)
- Husky Dev Watchface (looks more boring than challenger, plus no controls)
- Instaweather Watchface (terrible, no weather data pulled, ruins it)
- Wear Spotify (sucks, doesn't control anything)
- I've tried a few other music apps with no help

Questions:
- Has anyone else figured out how to control music other than the atrocious standard Android Wear App? Right now it takes 3-4 swipes to change a track, unacceptable.
- Has anyone figured out how to get weather data onto a watch face? This sounds incredibly simple but is very frustrating, I check the weather all the time.
- Is there a way to get Google Maps to work with Google Maps on iPhone for turn-by-turn?

 

[firehawk]

Hi, I followed this tutorial to try to get myself a nice, favourite watchface. But I was stuck the stage where we have to pack all back. not sure how to do the signing thing, and I have no idea what I was doing from there. I also I tried the "adb devices" , I could see my watch there, but when I type "adb usb", after showing "daemon started successfully", it shows restarting in USB mode. and I stuck there, dont know what to do to get "running in usb mode".
I am very appreciated if someone can help me out here, or at least help me with some keywords so I can go on Google and have look for solutions.
Thanhs in advance.

-Use something like Winzip to zip up the files you extracted from the APK file. Make sure you zip it up without the META-INF subdirectory, and that the structure looks more or less like the zip file you started with.
-Jarsigner and Keytool come with Java JDK 8. Install this first and they will be in the /bin directory.
-Forget about "adb usb". If "adb devices" already shows your watch, then you're good.

---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 PM ----------

Great to see some fellow iOS users go against the grain.

Questions:
- Has anyone else figured out how to control music other than the atrocious standard Android Wear App? Right now it takes 3-4 swipes to change a track, unacceptable.
- Has anyone figured out how to get weather data onto a watch face? This sounds incredibly simple but is very frustrating, I check the weather all the time.
- Is there a way to get Google Maps to work with Google Maps on iPhone for turn-by-turn?

-I think watchmaker watchfaces that have weather need to communicate to the watchmaker app on the phone (which we don't have). Google Now gives me weather by pulling data from the Android Wear iPhone app, but it's a popup.
-I'm pretty sure someone said that the newest Google Maps apk does turn-by-turn with the iPhone Google Maps. I have an older version, so I can't confirm until I sideload a newer one.

 

[AudiA4_20T]

watchmaker watchfaces that have weather need to communicate to the watchmaker app on the phone (which we don't have). Google Now gives me weather by pulling data from the Android Wear iPhone app, but it's a popup.
-I'm pretty sure someone said that the newest Google Maps apk does turn-by-turn with the iPhone Google Maps. I have an older version, so I can't confirm until I sideload a newer one.

I'm out of luck on music controls too huh? Which is the latest .apk for Maps? I'll do some digging.

 

[johnnyle7]

I'm out of luck on music controls too huh? Which is the latest .apk for Maps? I'll do some digging.

Follow this post here. http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/development/app-google-maps-apk-ios-t3271425
I did manage to get the Maps on my Urbane but it doesnt do much. only shows where you are, I couldnt get it to navigate, cant link with phone either.

---------- Post added at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 PM ----------

-Use something like Winzip to zip up the files you extracted from the APK file. Make sure you zip it up without the META-INF subdirectory, and that the structure looks more or less like the zip file you started with.
-Jarsigner and Keytool come with Java JDK 8. Install this first and they will be in the /bin directory.
-Forget about "adb usb". If "adb devices" already shows your watch, then you're good.

I have been able to get thru signing the app. but when installing, I got the error like this.
"pkg: /data/local/tmp/watchmaker.androidwear.micro.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK]"
any idea what I did wrong?
I didnt get around really well with the cmd steps. totally new for me. Is there any advice on how to get used to those command?

Thanks again.

 

[AudiA4_20T]

Follow this post here. http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/development/app-google-maps-apk-ios-t3271425
I did manage to get the Maps on my Urbane but it doesnt do much. only shows where you are, I couldnt get it to navigate, cant link with phone either.

Yeah, bummer. Not really helping much unless you do turn-by-turn.

 

[lDarsi]

Hi everybody
Is there someone who knows how can i install on my iphone a watchface from "facer"?
thank you all

 

[ZiadAlAlaf]

Contact Photos - Adroid Wear + Iphone

Hello Everyone, I am using Tag Heuer Connected with Android Wear on Iphone 6s. Everything works perfect. The watch is amazing. Only one problem, I can't see contact photos on the watch when receiving calls and messages. Anyone can help ? Thnx

 

[lancedimaria1]

Hello, does anyone know how to get a PDF viewer on the lg g watch r with android wear connected to iphone 6 ios 9.3 beta. i know you can use it with android but is there a way i can get the app on my watch while its hooked up to my apple. i see theres a way to get the watchmaker app on there does this work with any app?


i could really use this for work to quickly check pdfs for information. also, what about a calculator? that would be great too. thank you in advance

 

[quantan]

Technically if you can get the premium APK, you can have 4 watchfaces (2 each) to choose from.

Rant 1: If you haven't already updated to the latest firmware and Android Wear (on the watch) DO IT NOW! Too many people have been reporting problems with using the older versions, and that's the only reason Google said older watches were incompatible, even though they aren't.

Rant 2: If you're using a Moto 360, I don't think it's possible to use ADB without breaking your bluetooth connection to the iPhone. Make a USB cable or buy a better watch. I know Moto 360 is dirt cheap and looks nice, but hardware-wise it's the black sheep of all Android Wear. Also, shame on Motorola for making the 360 v2 use an LCD screen again.

Prerequisite: Get ADB and universal ADB drivers

Getting Watchmaker ready
-Obtain Watchmaker APK or Watchmaker Premium APK. I will not say how.
-Append a .zip to the end of the APK file (e.g. watchmaker.apk.zip)
-Extract the res/raw/android_wear_micro_apk.apk file. This is the one that goes into the watch.
-Append a .zip to the end of the APK file (e.g. watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk.zip)
-Extract the entire contents to a directory
-Delete the META-INF subdirectory

Getting the Watchface ready
-Get the watchface you want. As a completely shameless plug, I'll use my own watchface as an example. (http://facerepo.com/app/faces/details/old-meets-new-v3-14f9bc97e2a) I even added an Apple logo to it.
-Append a .zip to the end of the WATCH file (e.g. old-meets-new-v3.watch.zip)
-Extract the entire contents to a directory

There are 2 default watches. W3 is Steel Blue. W11 is Retrospecto. We will replace W3 in this example.
-Copy the fonts and images subdirectories from the watchface to the watchmaker\assets directory
-Rename the preview.jpg to w3.jpg and overwrite the one in the watchmaker\assets\preview directory
-Rename the watch.xml to w3.xml and overwrite the one in the watchmaker\assets\watches directory
-Unfortunately none of the scripts load. I don't know why.
-Process can be repeated for a second watchface and W11.

Time to package up and sign
-Zip everything back up again (without the META-INF subdirectory) and rename it back to APK (e.g. watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk)
-In %JAVA_HOME%\bin there's two files: jarsigner and keytool
-Use keytool to make a keystore: "keytool -genkey -v -keystore abcdef.keystore -alias MyKey -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000"
-Use jarsigner to sign your apk file: "jarsigner -verbose -keystore abcdef.keystore watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk MyKey"

Upload to watch
-Plug watch to computer via USB
-Enable developer options on watch (Settings, About, Build Number x 10)
-Enable ADB debugging (Settings, Developer Options)
-Run "adb usb". It should say "daemon started successfully" and "running in USB mode"
-Run "adb devices". It should have one device on the list
-Run "adb install watchmaker.android_wear_micro_apk.apk". It should upload and say "Success". Then your watch should have a notification saying "WatchMaker Installed. Touch to set watch face".
-If you get a INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Watchmaker was previously installed, run "adb shell" then "pm list packages", find the watchmaker package, and run "pm uninstall slide.watchFrenzy" (or watchFrenzy.premium), then "exit" from the shell
-If you get a INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES: You didn't run jarsigner properly or you forgot to delete the META-INF directory before running jarsigner.

Hi,

Within your method, does notification cards show in ambient mode? I used to follow the instruction from another guy but I cannot make the notification work properly. (refer http://xdaforums.com/android-wear/development/getting-watchmaker-watch-android-wear-t3262448).

Thanks.