How to display the time on the right footer when inserting a card?

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I'm using GDK TimelineManager to insert a static card to the timeline, and I noticed that there's no just now or something like that displayed on the right footer.

What am I doing wrong? Is the time just for the Mirror API or am I missing something here?

are you looking for just static time or referring to a dynamic time option? — StanleyZheng, Mar 04 '14 at 16:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '14 at 20:23

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This isn't possible as of XE12. The APIs you would need are not provided by GDK's static card API.

If this is something you'd like to see in a future release, request it in the Glass platform issue tracker

answered Mar 10 '14 at 20:23

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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if you already have a card setup and are looking for static time use java standard libraries to produce a time.

More on this here

Java code for getting current time

//card 
String time = new java.util.Date();
card1.setText("This card has a footer.");
card1.setFootnote(time);

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Mar 04 '14 at 16:22

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No I do not want the Footnote to display a static time there, I want the card to display something like "just now" or "2 hours ago" or "yesterday", just as after you take a picture the card displayed on the timeline. – albusshin Mar 04 '14 at 16:38
My mistake I see what you mean, case examples would be a tweet in the mirror api where it shows relative time. My guess would be it uses timeline manager to run a background service to get the cards existing with that glassware and using the timeline manager to update it. Theres a stored reference to the time. https://developers.google.com/glass/develop/gdk/reference/com/google/android/glass/timeline/TimelineManager – StanleyZheng Mar 05 '14 at 00:07

Pavlonator · Answer 3 · 2014-03-12T21:39:30.917

With GDK API it is not possible.

However assuming that this is a view, not the card and if purpose pays the price the classic Android approach can be used. You can create a regular android view and put time wherever you like, just make sure it's right size, the size of the card. There is a way to have overlay view and put time on it in desired coords.

If the point is to have this as a card - then I am out of ideas.

How to display the time on the right footer when inserting a card?

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