GitWear: Access GitHub on Your Watch

Meet GitWrist, a project for WearOS which allows devices to interact with the GitHub API to get information such as the users recent notifications and stats.

This was designed to be a fun project, the code is NOT for production and is a total mess, but feel free to download the app, it's a work in progress

This project is made using Jetpack Compose and written in Kotlin, and relies on the Github API, which also uses a GitHub OAuth app to sign you in.

• Link Git account
• Share your github account with a QR code
• View basic account details such as your username
• View some stats (WIP) like account age, public repos and followers
• View unread notifications and mark them as read from the watch
• Uses Material 3 Expressive! The new UI library for Android, check it out here: MUI3Expressive

Right now the app does not show private repos since read-only access doesn't seem possible, which for security we will not allow the app to have write access

This guide will show you how to use the terminal to install to a device -> Windows

• Please note this has only been tested on the Pixel Watch 2 but should be compatible with other WearOS devices.

If you do not have ADB (Android Debug Bridge), install it here: Android Debug Bridge

Then you should be able to access it in the CLI, if not, try changing to the ADB directory, it can often be found in C:\Users\example-user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools and use ./adb rather than adb (as long as its in the directory).

Download the APK file from: GitWear/Releases

If you don't have developer options enabled, enable them by clicking the build number on your device about page numerous times until you get a message titled "You are now a developer" (Some watches this may be different and you enable developer options a different way)

Go into the Developer Options of your device, turn on ADB Debugging if you can plug into your PC, use USB Debugging, otherwise just use Wireless (Make sure you are on the same Wi-Fi network)

• Enable Wireless Debugging in developer options and be on the same network as your pc
• On your watch you should be able to see IP address and Port, which looks something like: ---.---.--.--:-----, you will need that in a second
• Run the command adb connect (ip address and port)
• Then check the device is connected by using adb devices and it should appear.

• Enable USB Debugging in developer options
• Plug in your watch device into your computer, it should now connect via ADB as long as USB Debugging is turned on
• Then check the device is connected by using adb devices and it should appear.

• In the terminal, use the command ./adb install [your new apk location].apk

• If there is a newer version of the APK, complete steps 1, 2 and 3, then run the command ./adb install -r [your new apk location].apk, this will update it but keep your data, if you want to use a custom flag on the install check out ADB Install Commands