SecondHand

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

Introduced in Wear OS 4.

Syntax

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

Attributes

The SecondHand 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 SecondHand element can contain either of the following elements:

Sweep

Causes the element to move around the watch face in a continuous motion. More information is available in the Sweep reference.

Tick

Causes the element to move around the watch face in short, discrete bursts. More information is available in the Tick reference.

Additionally the SecondHand 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 reference.