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How can I test ambient mode in Android Wear emulator? I need to see how does my app render on different watches while in ambient mode. Seems ambient mode is different on Moto 360 and Sony Smartwatch 3.
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Wear OS automatically handles moving into low-power mode for an active app when a user is no longer using their watch. This is called the system ambient mode. If the user interacts with the watch again within a certain time frame, Wear OS brings the user back into the app where they left off.
Your watch face may use some color elements on screens that support it provided it is unambiguous that the device is in ambient mode. You can use color elements for up to 5 percent of total pixels. In this mode, the screen is only updated once every minute.
Ambient Mode is a screensaver built into Google TV and Android TV. Its purpose is to avoid displaying static images for extended periods. This is important for display technologies, such as OLED, which may be susceptible to screen burn. The OS will put the device into Ambient Mode after 10 minutes of user inactivity.
Tap Settings. Tap Google Assistant. Go to the Assistant tab, then scroll down and tap Phone. In the Personalization section, tap Ambient Mode to enable it.
To test Ambient Mode in an emulator, you need to do the following:
- In the Emulator, Go to settings and Turn ON "Always-on Screen: ON".
- While emulator window is active Press "F7" (F7 emulates the power button) then press the power button to turn on ambient mode.
Hope this helps.
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On recent Wear emulators you can just press the power button in the associated control panel. The power button within the emulator frame acts as a press on the main button, eg opening the list of apps.
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