XStopwatch & XTimer: Working with your watchface to tell beautiful time.

XStopwatch & XTimer grew out of my work on CalWatch, where I wanted to display a stopwatch. On Android Wear, watchfaces weren't originally allowed to accept touch events, but a separate app can do this just fine. Thus was born this project. XStopwatch & XTimer run as separate activities and share their information with any participating watchface (not just CalWatch).

Installation

Here's a Google Play Store link. It's free to download and install on your personal device.

Privacy Policy

XStopwatch & XTimer does not collect any personal information. It doesn't use the network in any fashion. XStopwatch & XTimer respects your privacy.

Source code

If you want to read along with the code, I'm providing everything you need on Github as a public project, this includes the complete revision history, so if you're really into it, you can see something of the software engineering process in action. If you just want to add stopwatch and timer rendering functionality to your own watchface, then I have a simple example watchface to illustrate the process.

License

I've decided to release this under a "dual" license. This means that developers are free to read the code and create derived works, while publishing their changes; commercial developers may contact me if they're interested in other options.


Dan Wallach, CS Department, Rice University
Last modified: Sat 10-Jan-2015 22:03