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Android, Wear OS. Detect Always-On-Display is on/off

I'm trying to understand how you can determine that Always-On-Display mode is on/off. Before starting my process, I must know whether this option is selected in advance in the device's system menu. In the question (another question), one way or another was given the answer, but this is not a direct way to identify it and it is limited in application.

Is there a way to understand whether the Always-On-Display (AOD) option is enabled in Android and in particular Wear OS?

I use Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 (SM-R860). I also did not find a way to understand this using Samsung's SDK.

Solution

  • In Activity:

    try {
    boolean ambientEnabled = Settings.Global.getInt(getContentResolver(), "ambient_enabled") == 1;
} catch (Exception e) {
    // handler
}