GoogleApiClient onConnected never called on Wearable device

Question

I have a wearable device that I\'m trying to connect to the GoogleApiClient but the callbacks are never called (onConnected, onConnectionSuspended or onConnectionFailed). Ev

Answer 1

Additionally, I noticed that if you try to do GoogleApiClient when user hasn't setup Google Play there can be a conflict connecting. (I just reset my device and that's what happened). So it's a good practice to test connection from GoogleApiClient using

mCredentialsApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
        .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
        .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)

Or just check mCredentialsApiClient.isConnected() before peforming any task.

Answer 2

Oh wow, the answer is embarrassingly simple. I missed the part where in onStart() you need to call mGoogleApiClient.connect().

Answer 3

You can call the connect and disconnect manually in the onStart and onStop lifecycle methods, or you can use the enableAutoManage feature.

mCredentialsApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
            .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
            .enableAutoManage(this, this)
            .addApi(Auth.CREDENTIALS_API)
            .build();