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Represents a predefined or user-defined key-value pair.
Introduced in Wear OS 4.
Syntax
<Metadatakey="string"value="string"/>
Attributes
Each Metadata element contains 2 attributes, key and value. User-defined
metadata elements must use strings for both key and value.
Predefined values for key include the following:
PREVIEW_TIME
Sets the time that appears in the watch face preview. The value must be in
HH:MM:SS format; for example, 22:10:00 represents 10:10 PM.
If this value is invalid or unspecified, the watch face uses the system's
default time.
CLOCK_TYPE
Specifies the primary watch face type, either DIGITAL or ANALOG. Even if
your watch face supports both types, you must specify a primary type to appear
in the watch face preview.
If this value is invalid or unspecified, the system uses a default value of
ANALOG.
STEP_GOAL
Sets the daily "number of steps" goal that appears in the watch face preview.
This value must be a positive integer.
If this value is invalid or unspecified, the watch face uses the system's
default daily step goal.
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Last updated 2025-05-20 UTC.
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