Moto 360 Deploying from Android Studio extremely slow

Question

Trying to run a wear counterpart of an Android app directly on Moto 360, after having it connected and listed as a target device.

ADB can see it and communicates fine.

However, the deployment message is not progressing for a long time, about 10 mins.

Eventually, the app gets installed, but this makes continuous development on the device almost impossible.

Is there any way to speed up this installation? I really doubt that the Bluetooth link is that slow.

Answer 1

Well sometimes you don't really have the option of using an emulator.

My experiences with deploying direct on the device is pretty much the same as yours.

For me, the initial deployments were quick but eventually they began to slow down after a few redeployments

What worked for me was this:

1. Install TaskManager on the wear (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rocketstartups.weartaskmanager&hl=en)

2. Before a deploy, open Task Manager on the wear and "close all" apps.

3. Now deploy. I get consistent deployments within a minute.

Hope it helps

Answer 2

I had the same issue and started using Emulator. Emulator is pretty fast since there is not data transfer over bluetooth.

To setup an emulator, you can use the following tutorials. http://www.binpress.com/tutorial/how-to-create-a-custom-android-wear-watch-face/120 https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/apps/creating.html

The next update of android wear is coming up with Wi-fi. With that we should be able to deploy it in Wi-fi itself.

http://androidcommunity.com/moto-360-getting-wifi-support-after-android-wear-update-20150421/