Scrolling via SmartWatch control

Question

I very much like the look and feel of Sony's extensions for the SmartWatch that have the scrolling functionality, and I would like to have the same thing in my apps. Is there any example or guideline how to implement this?

It would be nice if such functionality were a part of the Utils lib, as I see no need to waste time and brainpower to implement something that every programmer today takes for granted. I would rather focus on some unique features I'd like to develop.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Was not possible with the SmartWatch 1, but can be achieved through lists and galleries in SmartWatch 2. That is the only way, so far.

Answer 2

The scrolling functionality that you refer to is implemented in the firmware of the SmartWatch, and is only applicable for the Notification extensions. Due to limitations of the watch hardware, this cannot currently be applied to the Control extensions.

Answer 3

FWIW I've found I can simulate scrollable text by rendering the text into a bitmap in memory, and then displaying a list of bitmaps, each of which is a chunk extracted from the bitmap.

http://damianblog.com/2014/01/12/sw2-scrollable-text/