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If you are an Android developer who wants to learn how to build applications for the Android Wear platform, then this is the book for you. This book only requires a basic knowledge of Android programming. Familiarity with development IDEs such as Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, or Eclipse will be helpful.

What you will learn

Get introduced to the Android Wear and Google Glass SDK

Create your own basic and custom notifications for Android Wear by using Android notifications

Develop custom Android wearable watch faces and debug them over Bluetooth prior to packaging

Deploy your application to the handheld device or the Google Play Store

Develop apps that have the ability to send and receive binary blobs of data from the handheld device to the wearable device

Create custom layouts for the Android TV platform conforming to the Android TV design principles

Build effective user interfaces for the Google Glass platform

Incorporate voice and input features into your Android wearable app

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T.M. Aug 23, 2015

This book is densely written and presents numerous screenshots and code listings. The kinds of devices covered are watches under Android Wear, Google Glass and Android TV. Two sample applications with the Wear SDK show how to send notifications and synchronize your data between the phone and the watch. The Google Glass sample covers voice recognition, controlling the camera and displaying current location on Google Maps. Finally, there’s a demonstration of a movie selector for Android TV.You don’t have to own this devices to test the apps as emulators are available.

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Amazon Customer Sep 12, 2015

Steven F. Daniel takes a right-out-of-the-gate approach and is very hands-on in teaching the reader how to assemble effective, powerful wearable applications, primarily for Android Wear. I found the examples to be very pragmatic and worthwhile, exploring the major APIs - the Data API, Node API, and Message API - for the Android Wear platform and how to move data between a wearable device and an associated smartwatch.It also covers working with binary data and some of the unique gains you can get by using images in your wearable app. Additional topics that get good treatment are working with Android notifications across multiple platforms. It also covers debugging of wearable apps over Bluetooth, and proper UI/UX guidelines for ensuring that the main areas of “keeping technology out of the way” remain the primary goal for your wrist-bound products.I wrote a book on Google Glass development, so I was pleased to see the chapter on Glass Development Kit development, as well as working with Android TV, to show how a simple application can have relevance and presence across multiple Android platforms and devices.It’s a great quick read that gets you started on the exciting world of wearable development!

Android Wearable Programming: Expand on your Android development capabilities by building applications for Android Wear

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