AutoWear Floating Icons on Android Wear 1.5

Unfortunately to use Floating Icons on Android Wear 1.5 you have to grant a special permission on your wear device.

Google made the mistake of there being no way to grant this permission on the wear device itself, so now we have to do it manually.

On your Android Wear device:

  1. Enable Developer Mode: Go to Android Settings -> System -> About and look for the Build Number option. Touch it multiple times until developer mode is enabled.
  2. Enable USB Debugging: Go to Android Settings -> and look for the Developer Options option. In there, enable the USB debugging option.
  3. Install ADB on your PC: Check here for a quick way to do it.
  4. Connect device to PC: Connect your device to a PC and look on your watch. A prompt should show up asking you to allow your phone to be debugged by your PC. Accept this.
  5. Grant permission: Open a command line on your PC and write
    adb shell pm grant com.joaomgcd.autowear android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

    If you’re on a mac write

    ./adb shell pm grant com.joaomgcd.autowear android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

You should now be able to use floating icons on your Android Wear 1.5 device.