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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Wearable Computing; Evolution; Moore's law; Ubiquitous computing; Hello Android Wear; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting up the Development Environment; Android Studio; Installation; Git and GitHub; Gradle; Android SDK packages; Android Virtual Devices; Let's build a€skeleton application; Summary; Chapter 3: Developing Android Wear Applications; Skeleton app; The Android manifest file; Gradle build files; App activities; Let's build an Android Wear app; Summary |
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Chapter 4: Developing Watch UIWearable UI; The Android manifest file; The TodayActivity activity; Actions inside the arrays.xml file; Main activity layout file; The WearableListItemLayout component; The DayOfYearActivity€class; The activity_day_of_year.xml file; Summary; Chapter 5: Synchronizing Data; What is a companion app anyway?; Setting up an Android Wear virtual device; Revisiting the Today app; Scope of the new Today app; The Wearable data layer API; MessageApi; WearableListenerService; DataListener; Cloud Node; The GoogleApiClient class; The Volley library; The JSoup library |
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The Build ScriptCompanion app's Android manifest file; The TodayMobileActivity€class; Wearable app's Android manifest file; The OnThisDayActivity€class; The HandheldListenerService class; Messages not coming through to your Wear app?; Summary; Chapter 6: Contextual Notifications; Getting notified; Core classes of the notifications API; NotificationCompat. Builder; Action buttons in your notification; Wearable-only actions; Delivery; Today app with to-do notifications; Geofencing; Mocking a GPS; The build.gradle file on wear and mobile apps; Handheld app's Android manifest file |
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The TodoMobileActivity classTo-do list view; Adding to-do items; Mock locations; Mocking locations using FakeGPS app; The GeofenceTransitionIntentService class; Handheld app notification; Wearable app notifications; Summary; Chapter 7: Voice Interactions, Sensors, and Tracking; Voice capabilities; System-provided voice actions; App-provided voice actions; New feature -- adding to-do items through voice commands; Add to-do Item -- a new action in the wearable app; The AddTodoItem activity in the wearable app; Handling speech inputs; Handheld app; Motion sensors; Gyroscope; Accelerometer |
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New feature -- tracking our stepsAdd to-do item -- a new action in the wearable app; Summary; Chapter 8: Creating Custom UI; Android Wear UI design; Common UI patterns; Cards; Countdowns and confirmations; Card stacks; 2D Pickers; Selection lists; Revisiting the OnThisDay activity; The OnThisDayActivity activity; The activity layout; Summary; Chapter 9: Material Design; Approaching material design; Interacting with the world; A visual language; To-do item menus; [About the navigation drawer]; About the navigation drawer; The TodosActivity class; The TodoItemTypeFragment class |
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Annotation Master the future of mobile devices in wearable technologyAbout This Book Mastering Android Wear Development is a complete guide to wearable technology for experienced Android developers Notifications, voice input, coping with round screens all the key challenges of wearable technology are covered This book describes not just how to write code for wearables, but also how to think about wearable technology and design apps that work well with the physical limitations of wearable devicesWho This Book Is ForThis book is for application developers (the web, mobile, and desktop) who are interested in building new wearable apps, and mobile developers who already have apps on iTunes or Google Play Store and are looking to provide Android Wear support for their existing Android or iOS apps. What You Will Learn Understand the Wearable computing technology Set up a development environment to build Android Wear apps using Android Studio Master the Android Wear SDK and APIs Understand the UI patterns and UX principles to build Android Wear apps Work with the different form factors of wearable devices (round and square) Take advantage of the sensors available on Android Wear devices Develop Android Wear sample apps Communicate between Android mobile and Android Wear apps Get to know the steps involved in publishing Android Wear apps to the Play storeIn DetailWearable technology is the future of mobile devices. It looks set to be a breakthrough technology, just like the iPad was before it. With the Apple Watch being widely regarded as a success, all eyes are now on Google to provide a similar device for its users. Keep your skills ahead of the competition and be one of the first to fully understand this powerful new trend. This book will give you a very solid understanding of the philosophy, thought process, development details, and methodologies involved in building well-designed, robust Android Wear applications. We cover the advantages and disadvantages of the wearable computing paradigm and provide a good foundational knowledge for you to build practical, real-world wearable apps. You will learn about the various tools, platforms, libraries, SDKs, and technology needed to build Android Wear apps. By the end of the book, you will be an expert in building Android wearable apps. Style and approachThis one-stop professional tutorial will teach you everything you need to know to begin designing and developing applications for this exciting new technology. Every step from development through testing to deployment is explained in depth |
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Wearable computers.
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Wearable computers.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Chida, Javeed, author
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| ISBN |
9781785886379 |
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1785886371 |
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