Crash loading WearableActivity

Question

I am receiving a crash with the following message while migrating an AppCompatActivity to a WearableActivity.

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find wearable shared library classes. Please add uses-library android:name="com.google.android.wearable" android:required="false" /> to the application manifest

I was following this link for enabling ambient mode in my application: Keeping Your App Visible

I have the following in my manifest and gradle respectively:

<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.wearable"
    android:required="false" />

…

minSdkVersion 22
targetSdkVersion 22



compile 'com.google.android.support:wearable:1.2.0'
provided 'com.google.android.wearable:wearable:1.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:7.5.0'

I have taken these directly from the link (hope I got that right).

My device is running the following versions:

• Android Wear - 1.1.1.1929530

• Google Play Services - 7.5.76 (2002306-534)

• Android OS - 5.1.1

I'm guessing that the library that supplies android.support.wearable.activity.WearableActivity should be bundled on the device but isn't there.

Answer 1

Without seeing your AndroidManifest the only suggestion I can make is the following:

uses-library should be application level, not manifest level. Your AndroidManifest should look like this:

<manifest
    package="com.yourpackage.app_package"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.type.watch"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault">

        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.wearable" android:required="false" />

        <activity
        ....
        </activity>
   </application>
</manifest>

Consider: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-library-element.html