WatchDevTools

Quick-access Wear OS tile for developer settings. Provides shortcut buttons to Developer options, Bluetooth settings, and Wi-Fi settings - all one swipe away without navigating through the full settings menu.

Features

• Dev Options Shortcut - Jump directly to Android Developer settings (for wireless debugging, USB debugging, etc.)
• Bluetooth Settings - One-tap access to Bluetooth configuration
• Wi-Fi Settings - Quick navigation to Wi-Fi setup

Installation

Download WatchDevTools-1.0.apk from the WatchDevTools 1.0 release.

Install it on a Wear OS watch with wireless debugging:

adb pair WATCH_IP:PAIRING_PORT
adb connect WATCH_IP:DEBUG_PORT
adb install -r WatchDevTools-1.0.apk

If you installed an earlier test build that used the old package name, remove it first:

adb uninstall com.fredapps.watchdevtools

The 1.0 release package is com.fredapp.watchdevtools.

Add The Tile

Add the tile to your Wear OS device manually:

1. Long-press on any existing tile in the tile carousel
2. Tap Add
3. Find and select DevTools
4. The tile is now in your carousel

No app drawer icon - this is purely a tile-based utility.

Building

./gradlew build

To build and install directly to a connected watch:

./gradlew installDebug

Release Builds

Release APKs/AABs should be signed with your private Android signing key. Keep signing properties and keystores outside git; the repository ignores local.properties, *.keystore, *.jks, *.apk, and *.aab.

The GitHub 1.0 APK is debug-signed for direct sideloading from the release page.

Before publishing a release:

1. Update versionCode and versionName in app/build.gradle.kts
2. Build the release artifact with ./gradlew assembleRelease
3. Sign the artifact using your local signing configuration

Configuration

• Min SDK: 30 (Wear OS 7.0)
• Compile SDK: 36
• Target SDK: 35
• Language: Kotlin
• Architecture: Wear OS Protolayout (tile-based UI)
• Tested on: Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic LTE SM-R965F

Development Notes

• The app uses androidx.wear.tiles and Protolayout for tile rendering
• Resource caching is managed via RESOURCES_VERSION; bump this constant when layout schema changes
• Tile buttons invoke LaunchDevOptionsActivity, which routes the appropriate Settings intent and immediately finishes
• No UI is painted (NoDisplay theme) - the launcher activity exists only to bridge tile clicks to system intents

Package

• Application ID: com.fredapp.watchdevtools
• Version: 1.0.0
• Namespace: com.fredapp.watchdevtools

License

WatchDevTools is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for details.