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A minute hand is a clock hand that rotates around a watch face once every hour.

Introduced in Wear OS 4.

## Syntax

```xml
<MinuteHand resource ="string" x="integer" y="integer" width="integer"
             height="integer" pivotX="float" pivotY="float" alpha="integer"
             tintColor="argb-color | rgb-color" />
```

## Attributes

The `MinuteHand` element has the following attributes:

### Required attributes

The following attributes are required:

`resource`
:   A resource ID corresponding to the name of a drawable in the res directory.

`x`, `y`, `width`, `height`
:   A collection of integers that specify the element's size and position.

### Optional attributes

The following attributes are optional:

`pivotX`, `pivotY`
:   A two-dimensional pivot point about which the element rotates. Both values
    are floating-point numbers that are scaled to fit in the range $ \[0, 1\] $.

`alpha`
:   Set the level of transparency that this element should have. A value of `0`
    indicates that the element should be completely transparent. A value of `255`
    indicates that the element should be completely opaque.

`tintColor`
:   Apply a tint color filter to the element. You must specify the color using
    either the ARGB format (`#ff000000` = opaque black) or the RGB format
    (`#000000` = black).

## Inner elements

The `MinuteHand` element can contain the following inner elements:

`Variant`
:   Allows for changing attributes of this element when the Wear OS device is in
    ambient mode. More information is available in the [`Variant`](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/wff/common/variant/variant) reference.

## Recommended for you

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- [SecondHand](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/wff/clock/second-hand)
- [AnalogClock](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/wff/clock/analog-clock)
- [HourHand](https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/wff/clock/hour-hand)