3 Side Key Mapping

[Utters2027]

I haven't made any luck in my search to find if the 3 side keys are programmable to personal preference in any way. I wasn't sure if anyone else has had any better luck than I have on this.
The center ambient controls I like, but I find LG Health to be a low end competitor against ones like nike+ and google health. I would rather one of those be mapped to the key than LG's.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

As of right now they aren't. Hopefully a future update will enable you to remap the buttons.

 

[StimulatorCam]

As of right now they aren't. Hopefully a future update will enable you to remap the buttons.

Out of curiosity I hooked up my watch with ADB and checked the /system/usr/keylayout files. The most interesting thing I noticed was that the gpio-keys.kl file (GPIO is generally the physical buttons) lists keys 114 and 115 which are usually the Volume Up and Down buttons on most devices. However instead of being mapped to those functions, they are mapped to STEM_1 and STEM_2, which my guess would be shortcuts to Contacts and Health. In theory you should be able to edit these to do just about anything, but it requires root to edit or replace the file, which I haven't got around to yet (and not sure how willing I am to try at this point). But if anybody else is willing to give it a try...

 

[Jaycemiskel]

That's pretty cool. I'm also hesitant to root my device though. I'll just wait

 

[FitzAusTex]

And in case anyone didn't know, the top and bottom buttons raise and lower the watch speaker volume while on a call.

 

[mdw1995]

Out of curiosity I hooked up my watch with ADB and checked the /system/usr/keylayout files. The most interesting thing I noticed was that the gpio-keys.kl file (GPIO is generally the physical buttons) lists keys 114 and 115 which are usually the Volume Up and Down buttons on most devices. However instead of being mapped to those functions, they are mapped to STEM_1 and STEM_2, which my guess would be shortcuts to Contacts and Health. In theory you should be able to edit these to do just about anything, but it requires root to edit or replace the file, which I haven't got around to yet (and not sure how willing I am to try at this point). But if anybody else is willing to give it a try...

I saw this on Reddit. I'm not familiar with it but thought some here might be interested... https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/downloads.html#set_up_a_watch

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/android-wear-2-0-promises-to-free-your-watch-from-your-phone/

 

[StimulatorCam]

I saw this on Reddit. I'm not familiar with it but thought some here might be interested... https://developer.android.com/wear/p...set_up_a_watch
2016 | Ars Technica

Yes, I did see that, but I'm not sure if the developer image is rooted or not. My guess is it probably isn't.

 

[mdw1995]

Yes, I did see that, but I'm not sure if the developer image is rooted or not. My guess is it probably isn't.

Looks like I was a little slow Should have noticed the other thread before posting the links.