Since I have a small shop selling smartwatches I'm looking to get the best out of them.
Now I have a couple of Omate Racers, in their app you can install apps to the Omate Racer smartwatch. But I found out that I can install these apps on several other Chinese smartwatches.
I was wondering if we can create these apps ourselves? Is there any information on "VXP apps"? I've tried googling, but nothing related to watches comes up...
MTK MRE, that is probably what I'm looking for...
You need the SDK. I used to have it but deleted it when I quit soft development but you can get it here.
Hey Lokifish!
Thanks for the info, I also registered on MediaTek to get their SDK, but I'm still waiting on their reply. But I'll give this a try, thanks!
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Hello, everyone! I am new here, so I apologize if this is not the appropriate section, or if this has been asked already, but I really need some help. I am working on an android app that needs to detect when you are nearby businesses (Ie, 24 hour fitness, jack in the box, gamestop...etc). I have really tried to use google for this one, but I can not word it correctly to get desired results lol. Can anyone help me? I am a complete noob when it comes to android development (I am coming from the C++/Qt world ) so examples and documentation would really help.
I would also like to ask if there is an open source area to learn from? I see a ton of good apps that would really benefit me if I could see the source, but they are all closed sourced :\.
Here's a list with a lot of open source apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124002
I've ordered one of the countless cheap Chinese MT2502 based smartwatches, the 'K88H Plus' which looks like it's brand new. I was seduced by the great looks but then reading the various reviews the firmware looks pretty common across many of these devices and pretty bad. So then I set about reading the various MediaTek development docs and it seems like the embedded os, frameworks and API's are going to be out-of-the-box MT LinkIt and the UI and all functionality of the watch is actually controlled by one or more VXP's which the manufacturers are including in their ROMs.
Has anybody looked at this in any detail ? Am I on the right lines here ?
So I'm thinking, I'll write a VXP which is a mini watch OS with watchface, built in continuous step counting and notifications handling to create a better overall experience.
Has anybody else tried this ? Can you use the USB charging cable to remote debug the VXP app i.e. will the watch behave like the Linkit Assist 2502 board ? Thanks, grateful for any pointers.
Did you figure this out? Or got any further? Very curious getting into app development for watches with this type of microcontroller (so not just watch faces). Two minds can do more than one! For as far as I've seen, the MRE 3.0 SDK can actually make an installable app, still playing with that.
Tag me in pls ... 3 is better than 2.
Hey everyone,
I'm fairly new to the world of smartwatches, but I am doing some work where I'd like to be able to send some information 'covertly' to a smartwatch.
I assumed I might be able to just pick up a cheap smartwatch and install an APK of my own making on it as an app, relaying information from a connected phone or similar - however it would seem the majority of the cheaper brand smartwatches are just set up with a suite of applications and you can't change them.
I then realised that I don't even need the normal 'features' of a smartwatch - I only want to run the one android 'app'. I thought maybe there might be a way of putting some custom firmware on a device that would let me do something like this, which led me to your forums - but I'm a bit lost looking through in honesty.
So I'm looking for a bit of advice as to what type of smartwatch might be useful here, and if my previous idea is at all possible? Thanks for reading
Hi Team, I am new to smartwatches, did some research and wanted to get a TicWatch, but ended up buying Timex iConnect.
I wanted to know if I can install a Custom ROM like on a mobile phone on this watch. Want to know if I can install Google Wear OS on it?
If I connect the watch to a USB, there is no Developer options sort of option on the watch to enable USB Debugging. Not sure what OS the watch runs. Anybody got a chance to inspect this watch? Please share your inputs and ideas.
If there is a page detailing how to install Google WeasOS on any smartwatch, please share.
kirna9 said:
Hi Team, I am new to smartwatches, did some research and wanted to get a TicWatch, but ended up buying Timex iConnect.
I wanted to know if I can install a Custom ROM like on a mobile phone on this watch. Want to know if I can install Google Wear OS on it?
If I connect the watch to a USB, there is no Developer options sort of option on the watch to enable USB Debugging. Not sure what OS the watch runs. Anybody got a chance to inspect this watch? Please share your inputs and ideas.
If there is a page detailing how to install Google WeasOS on any smartwatch, please share.
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First of all, WearOS is no.
Why? I don't even know the specs and it is closed source. I feel like Ticwatch is better choice than this.
If you've got the specs (Likely MTK2xx CPU), please send me here.
Hello,
I am totally new to smartwatches.
I have been reading the forums but I recognize I am having problems to understand; so, I beg your pardon if my question has been answered before... or if it is so obvious that I shouldn't being making it.
So: I know there apps or programs to make watchfaces for Full Android Smartwatches; for Wear OS Smartwatches; for Tizen OS Smartwatches; or for the Apple Watch.
But: does it exist any app or program to create watchfaces for smartwatches like the one I have (Kospet Tank T1).
I mean: I don't even know which operating system is running the watch.
And, if creating the custom watchface is possible: how can we upload it to the smartwatch?
Any help will be much appreciated and, as I said in the beginning, I am sorry is this is not a proper question.
just another usual "chiness watch". most of it have a custom os, based on rtos. may have a different as watch faces formats, as methods to upload.
start searching at the app. I mean, it uses fit cloud pro, so try to find watch faces to this app and methods to upload. if you'll be lucky, than start to search editor. if no - you'll be forced to investigate watch face format of your watch and method to upload by yourself. it's hard if you newbe but not impossible.