[AutoWear] Unable to create a Tile on WearOS 6 watch

[Tomasz Legutko]

I'd like to setup a watch Tile on my WearOS with AutoWear to trigger my Tasker automations, but I can't create a Tile via AutoWear GUI "Add Tile" screen due to validation issues despite trying all input combinations:

* Desired setup is to be able to swipe from main watch face and have a Tile with several buttons

* There are workarounds I've managed to successfully setup (complications / app actions), so the problem seems to be specific to Tile-adding feature

As the AutoWear was the only watch app of the category available on my WearOS Pixel Watch 3, I suspect the issue is related to Wear OS 6 APIs specifically.

# Envs and prerequisites
* AutoWear 3.2.16 on Samsung S25, Android 16, OneUI 8

* AutoWear 3.2.16 on Pixel Watch 3, WearOS 6.0

* Tasker 6.5.11

* Prerequisites

  * (Android) Setup Tasker command "air1"

  * (WearOS) "AutoWear Settings" -> Launcher Apps -> toggle on "Action"

# Steps to reproduce

All steps on Android AutoWear app:

1. Wear Device -> select some WearOS 6.0 device

2. Tiles -> "+"

<Observed results 1>

a. Tiles Name -> "Tiles 1" -> OK

b. Command to Execute -> pre-defined yes -> App opened: Action (although I'd like to leave it empty, it should appear because I've configured it as my watch tile, not as result of action).

c. Tile To Update -> <left empty>

d. Tile Type -> Buttons

e. Texts -> "b1"

f. Text Properties / Top Label / Bottom Label / Bottom Button -> <left empty>

g. Buttons -> Commands -> "air1". Others <left empty>

h. Advanced -> <left defaults>

< Other observed results>

# Observed results

1. After entering Tiles, "Manage Tiles" is empty

2. After clicking "Save", popup displays with Warning "These settings are not valid. If yo uexit now settings will be lost. Are you sure you want to exit?"

3. After clicking "Tile To Update", navigation moves to empty Tile list, losing user's settings

4. Adding "AutoWear Tile 1" upfront via "Google Pixel Watch" Android app doesn't cause the Tile to appear on the list of tiles in AutoWear app

5. Adding "AutoWear Tile 2" upfront directly from Pixel Watch 3 doesn't cause the Tile to appear on the list of tiles in AutoWear app

6. Naming the new Tile exactly as the Tile added upfront doesn't allow to pass validation either

7. Changing Tile Type to "Progress" or "Text List" shows the same result. Same with tweaking other settings such as buttons texts / button commands / command to execute at the top. No combination works.

8. The only way I could manage to trigger my integration from WearOS is to resign from using Tiles and switch another means such as Complication or "App X Opened" event

9. I'm sometimes seeing AutoWear exceptions, but they're not appearing after any concrete moment. The "AutoWear Log" despite checking "System Logs" is empty (only messages about checking license, I'm on trial). Clicking "Log Listing Watch" causes another exception, clicking it again causes app to crash.

10. I've noticed that AutoWear was the only watch app I was even able to install on my WearOS 6 Pixel Watch 3, this suggests to me there were breaking API changes and other apps didn't update, but AutoWear updated without adjusting to the breaking changes correctly

# Desired results

1. It should be possible to create a new Tile OR

2.. "Manage Tiles" screen could show the predefined list of Tiles (AutoWear Tile 1...4) similar to Pixel Watch 3 / Google Pixel Watch and then allow to select them in "Tile To Update" section

# Attachments

[Tomasz Legutko]

Ha, what a timing, Joao has just submitted a new AutoWear version and I can confirm it fixes my problem.

For anyone who experiences this till the next version reaches Play Store, solution is to install new versions from Joao, link to apps gdrive is on this Reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/1p29qcr/comment/nr970e3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
1. sideload the app on your phone
2. launch adb on laptop and install via adb on your watch

3. Add "AutoWear Tile 1" upfront via "Google Pixel Watch" Android app / directly from Pixel Watch 3

4. In the new AutoWear version, in Android app on the Tile adding screen in the "Tile To Update" section you can now select a predefined AutoWear Tile 1...4

5. Now the validation will pass and Tile will correctly show on your watch

Thank you Joao, much appreciated, the watch AutoWear Tile -> Tasker is such an amazing input method for my integrations as compared to having to reach for the phone :)

#closed

[João Dias]

Awesome :) Glad the fix helped!

Thank you for your contact.

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