wear-widgets

Wear OS widgets use androidx.glance.wear (GlanceWearWidget and GlanceWearWidgetService) with androidx.compose.remote (Remote Compose). They serialize declarative UI and state documents to the watch host process.

Prerequisites and setup

1. Resolve library versions : Resolve the latest versions for {GLANCE_WEAR_VERSION} (androidx.glance.wear), {COMPOSE_REMOTE_VERSION} (androidx.compose.remote), and {WEAR_COMPOSE_REMOTE_VERSION} (androidx.wear.compose.remote). Include -alpha, -beta, or -rc releases when no stable version exists yet. Don't run ./gradlew dependencies to resolve versions:
   • Use an available dependency lookup tool if present.
   • Otherwise, fetch the latest version from Google Maven metadata (Glance Wear metadata, Compose Remote metadata, Wear Compose Remote metadata).
2. SDK and Compose compiler requirements : Ask permission before modifying repo-wide Gradle files unless the user requested widget creation, tile migration, or dependency setup. Set compileSdk = 37 or higher and enable buildFeatures { compose = true }. Keep the project's existing Android and Kotlin Gradle plugin declarations intact.