Supported Platforms and Devices

The following are the supported platforms for wearable using Quantum Visualizer:

Platform Version
iOS
  • 9.0 and above
  • Xcode 7.0 and above
Android 4.4W (API 20) and above*

* Notifications only.

 

Prerequisites

The next few sections present overviews about how to develop applications for the Apple Watch and receive notifications on Android Wear. These overviews discuss the details of the Wearables application architecture, working with Xcode, creating a watch user interface (UI) for Apple Watch, setting up notifications on Android Wear, and designing a sample app.

To create a Wearables app:

  • You must install Kony Visualizer 7.0 (or higher versions) to build a watch app using Kony Visualizer.
  • You need to access Quantum Fabric Messaging to test notifications.
  • It is a good idea to have the target hardware (an Apple Watch or an Android Wear device) for development and testing.

Apple Watch Prerequisites

The following describes the supported functionality and limitations of the wearable in Quantum Visualizer:

  • You can create your user interface and write your business logic in Quantum Visualizer for Apple Watch apps.
  • When developing an Apple Watch app, you can add forms and apply templates in your app.
  • Your Apple Watch app can use notifications, glances, and actions.
  • Apple Watch apps can also apply skins, just as you would with any app you develop in Visualizer.
  • Only the iOS platform supports background and foreground modes.
  • On iOS, invoking the functions kony.notificationsettings.createAction and kony.notificationsettings.createCategory multiple times will not overwrite the existing actions and categories.
  • On iOS, invoking the functions kony.notificationsettings.registerCategory will remove the earlier registered categories.

Android Wear Prerequsites