OpenWatch Android API for developers v1.2 (20101020)

Intents that are broadcasted on button press by OpenWatch

com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.command.BUTTON_FF
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.command.BUTTON_RW
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.command.BUTTON_PLAYPAUSE
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.command.BUTTON_VOLUME_UP
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.command.BUTTON_VOLUME_DOWN

Intents handled by OpenWatch

com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.ENVELOPE
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.TEXT
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.VIBRATE

Extras (String):
line1
line2

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OpenWatch v0.4.3 adds support for displaying graphics.

Intents handled by OpenWatch

com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.GRAPHICS

Extras:
data - int array, size 96x16, 1D dimension, required
time - defines how long to keep the graphics on the watch, in milisec (7000 is default)

Warning! When any graphics is displayed, the multimedia buttons are not working. The only option users have is to cancel the graphics by pressing a top right button two times.

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OpenWatch v1.1.2 adds support for status messages.

Intents that are broadcasted by OpenWatch

com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.status.WATCH_CONNECTED
com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.status.WATCH_DISCONNECTED

New extra for com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.*
Add "force1line" key to force single line display.

Hey, thanks so much for building this. I just got my MBW-150 and I'm starting to play around with it and my Droid. However, I'm having some issues getting all of the intents to work.

The ENVELOPE intent does seem to work:

> ./adb -d shell am broadcast -a com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.ENVELOPE
(watch buzzes 3 times, shows envelope icon)

However, the other ones I've tried don't seem to have any effect on the watch:

> ./adb -d shell am broadcast -a com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.VIBRATE
(watch does nothing)

> ./adb -d shell am broadcast -a com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.TEXT -es line1 "Hello World"
(watch does nothing)

I'm using OpenWatch v0.3.1, and the test function in the app does display the test text. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

I implemented this feature in a hurry and tested just the Envelope intent. I see the problem now - intent receiver for the 2 remaining intents is not set. I will fix this in the next release (probably this weekend).

BTW: You can add the line1/line2 extras to the Envelope intent too.

Heh, I figured it was something like that--looking forward to trying out the updated version.

You're right, the text extras do work with the ENVELOPE intent. For anyone else who wants to try it, it's:

> ./adb -d shell am broadcast -a com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.ENVELOPE -e line1 "Hello World" -e line2 "What time is it?"

Should be fixed in v0.3.2.

Hi, just got my MBW-150 on Joe's advice and am trying it out with my droid.

I have SmartWatch 0.3.2 and found that Vibrate does not cause vibrations when it has line1 extras. Vibrate alone with no extras does vibrate the watch, and Vibrate with extras does show text.

abliss
This will be fixed in the next release.

Hello..

i using Tasker for my Desire and under the Point Component Intent can i type the Class, Package, Data and Extra.

What do I need to enter a text appears on my Clock?


Thanks,
Markus

hi Markus

I have just released this plug-in for Locale on the market, I think Tasker can use locale setting plug-in you might want to give it a try.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.handydroid.openwatch.locale.message

You can create an Action Intent in Tasker (found under "Misc." category). Put in the following values:

Action: com.smartmadsoft.openwatch.action.TEXT (or .VIBRATE)
Cat: None
Data: <leave empty>
Extra: line1:<your first line text here>
Extra: line2:<your second line text here>
Target: Broadcast Receiver

You can even use variables in the Extras.

But the next version of Tasker will support variables in Locale-plugins natively. So then you can use handydroid's plugin with variables.

Is there any way of switching from 2-line display to single line display via an Action?

mbirth
There's no option for that in an intent. Maybe the best solution would be adding another extra "singleline" for users with one line output text display. Currently "line2" is just ignored if the user has one line text display on, only "line1" is displayed.

My intention was to make the watch show short messages (I send via Tasker) as one line scrolling text (e.g. "Phone battery low!") but be able to show longer messages in 2 lines. The desired behavior should be switchable from the sender, not automatically by OpenWatch. Also the rest of the OpenWatch features shouldn't be touched by this.

btw: I'm currently playing around with Tasker and writing a web-service so that my PC at home can send notifications to my watch over the Internet.

Hi
I have asked the tasker devs to consider supporting the Openwatch Button press broadcasts

http://groups.google.com/group/taskerdev/browse_thread/thread/b4358546fd2b0b06

hope you don't mind. Locale user can use my locale openwatch BTN plugin but tasker users could not use it as it does not support condition plugins

Thanks Stephen

I just starred your request in the Tasker group.

And I finished the first version of my notification webservice. Read everything about it in my Wiki. This watch is fun!