# display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer

Guidelines for building projected Android XR apps on display glasses with Jetpack Compose Glimmer: theming, focus and additive display behaviour.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 9764
- Author: Google LLC
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/xr/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer

## What it does

This skill keeps an agent inside the rules for projected Android XR apps that render onto eyewear with a private in-lens display. It ships a glossary, dependency requirements and the constraints that trip people up first. Without it, an agent will happily reach for Material 3 in a place where it does not belong.

Material 3 is off the table here: no `MaterialTheme`, no `androidx.compose.material3.*` components inside a projected activity. Use `GlimmerTheme` and `androidx.xr.glimmer.*`, and always hand `createGoogleSansFlexTypography()` from `androidx.xr.glimmer.googlefonts` to the `typography` parameter. Shadows and elevation modifiers from Material 3 have no support either — `ShadowScope` and `Depth` tokens cover that ground.

Setup has hard floors. `compileSdk` must be 37 or higher, and the artifacts `androidx.xr.glimmer:glimmer`, `androidx.xr.glimmer:glimmer-google-fonts` and `androidx.xr.projected:projected` need at least 1.0.0-alpha21 and 1.0.0-alpha13. Check `gradle/libs.versions.toml` before writing versions by hand; catalog aliases are the safer route when they already exist. On an additive display black is fully transparent, so the root container takes `Modifier.background(Color.Black)` explicitly. Text below 18sp stops being readable, and Thin or Hairline weights shimmer on the lens.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install android/skills display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/android/skills --path xr/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add android/skills --skill display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/android/skills/tree/HEAD/xr/display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold a projected activity for display glasses
- move a UI off Material 3 onto Glimmer components
- wire up GlimmerTheme and Google Sans Flex typography
- pick a readable text size for an in-lens display
- gate a launch button on whether the glasses are connected

## Example prompts
- Create a projected activity for display glasses and wrap the content in GlimmerTheme with createGoogleSansFlexTypography()
- Check gradle/libs.versions.toml for the Glimmer artifacts and bump compileSdk to 37
- Add a "Launch on Glasses" button that stays disabled until ProjectedContext.isProjectedDeviceConnected returns true

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: display-glasses-with-jetpack-compose-glimmer
description: Provides guidelines for developing projected Android XR apps for display
  glasses using the Jetpack Compose Glimmer UI toolkit. Covers Glimmer design principles,
  workflows, and interaction models for the glasses form factor. Use this skill to
  build an Android XR Augmented Experience app with Jetpack Compose Glimmer. Don't
  use for audio-only AI glasses without a display, non-glasses Android XR headsets
  (spatial panels or 3D volumes with Jetpack Compose for XR), or phone and tablet
  Material 3 UIs.
license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
metadata:
  author: Google LLC
  last-updated: '2026-10-22'
  keywords:
  - Jetpack Compose Glimmer
  - display glasses
  - Projected Activity
  - GlimmerTheme
  - Additive Display
  - Android XR - Augmented Experiences
---

## Glossary

| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| **Intelligent eyewear** | Hands-free eyewear with speakers, camera, and microphone (audio-only or display glasses). |
| **Display glasses** | Eyewear with a private in-lens display for glanceable visuals that pair with audio. |
| **Jetpack Compose Glimmer** | Compose UI toolkit providing components, theming, and focus behavior for display glasses. |
| **Projected activity** | An `Activity` running on a phone host whose UI and input are projected to connected eyewear. |
| **Projected device** | An XR eyewear device connected to an Android host phone that projects app content to it. |
| **GlimmerTheme** | Root styling provider for `GlimmerColors`, `GlimmerTypography`, and `GlimmerShapes`. |
| **Additive display** | Display where black (`#000000`) renders as 100% transparent by adding light to the scene. |
| **Augmented experiences** | Lightweight, additive Android XR experiences that help users while they're on the go. |
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