How to detect if android device is paired with android wear watch

Question

I am creating an android wear app that extends push notifications. My app downloads approximately 10 images from a server when a push notification comes in and displays the

Answer 1

You need to use the NodeApi, in particular NodeApi.getConnectedNodes().

For example (from a background thread -- otherwise use setResultCallback() and not await()):

List connectedNodes =
    Wearable.NodeApi.getConnectedNodes(mGoogleApiClient).await().getNodes();

If the list of nodes returned contains at least one element, then there is a connected Android Wear device, otherwise there isn't.

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Update: With the release of Google Play Services 7.3, support for multiple Android Wear devices connected simultaneously has been added. You can use the CapabilityApi to request nodes with specific capabilities.