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Fix Wear OS sync by matching :wear's applicationId to :app's (issue #276) #284

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion wear/build.gradle.kts
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android {
// Namespace (Kotlin/R-class package) stays distinct from :app's; applicationId below is what
// matters for Wear OS pairing and can safely differ from it.
namespace = "com.bugzapperlabs.mycasts.wear"
compileSdk = 36

defaultConfig {
applicationId = "com.bugzapperlabs.mycasts.wear"
// Must match :app's applicationId exactly (issue #276): the Wear OS Data Layer API only
// syncs data between a phone app and a watch app that share the same package name -- two
// differently-packaged apps are treated as unrelated by Play Services even when both
// devices see each other as connected nodes, so this isn't a style choice, it's required
// for WearSyncClient/DataClient to deliver anything at all. This is also why real Wear OS
// companion apps (the phone and watch halves of the same product) always share one
// package name rather than being namespaced like ":wear"'s own Kotlin code is.
applicationId = "com.bugzapperlabs.mycasts"
minSdk = 31
targetSdk = 36
versionCode = 1
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