Android Wear Platform

Overview

• Latest Android project
• Kotlin Support
• Support for Gradle 4.9

File Extension Support

Extension	Type	Priority
androidwear.watch.js	form factor	1
watch.js	form factor	2
androidwear.js	platform	3
android.js	platform	4
watch.native.js	fallback	5
native.js	fallback	6
js	fallback	7
tsx	fallback	8
ts	fallback	9

Requirements

• Android Studio for Android development
• Android SDK 23.0.1 or newer for Android development

Project Configuration

Feature	Version
Gradle	4.10.1
Android Gradle	3.3.1
Kotlin	1.3.20
Target SDK	27

Run on Simulator

rnv run -p androidwear

Run on Device

rnv run -p androidwear -d

Deploy on Device

This will run production version on your device (not connected to metro bundler) You can configure each buildScheme ie -s release in your config file ./appConfigs/<YOUR_APP_CONFIG>/renative.json

rnv run -p androidwear -s release -d

Android X support

androidX is enabled by default

make sure you have this piece of script in package.json

"scripts" : {
  "postinstall": "jetify"
}

Hermes support

Hermes can be enabled or disabled with enableHermes prop in renative.json:platforms.androidwear.enableHermes or renative.json:platforms.androidwear.buildSchemes.[SCHEME].enableHermes

NOTE: There is a bug in RN. for now you must NOT have running bundler ($ rnv start) in order for wear sim to work

Advanced

Clean and Re-build platform project

rnv run -p androidwear -r

Launch specific emulator:

rnv target launch -p androidwear -t Android_Wear_Round_API_28

Android X support

androidX is enabled by default

make sure you have this piece of script in package.json

"scripts" : {
  "postinstall": "jetify"
}

Hermes support

Hermes can be enabled or disabled with enableHermes prop in renative.json:platforms.androidwear.enableHermes or renative.json:platforms.androidwear.buildSchemes.[SCHEME].enableHermes

App Config

see: Android based config