Support and Release Notes

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Developer Preview 1

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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.