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Sreejith Nair
Sreejith Nair

Reputation: 23

Controlling the installation of apk in wearable device

I have installed an app on a handheld device, this app also has a wearable APK file inside it.

so the question is that if i have a connected wearable device then can i control the installing of the app to the wearable device or is it something that will happen at any cost?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 234

Answers (1)

rockgecko
rockgecko

Reputation: 4207

One reason is if you want to restrict access to your bundled wear app via an in-app purchase. I don't think the in app purchasing API is even available for Wear, so you would have to write to the DataLayer a flag to say if the feature is purchased or not, and disable the wear app's functionality unless purchased.

But the problem is the user will have a non-functional app in the app drawer on their watch until they pay for it. This would be pretty frustrating for users of my app who don't need/want it on their wrist.

Upvotes: 1

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