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Android Things Quick Start Guide

You're reading from  Android Things Quick Start Guide

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789341799
Pages 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Raul Portales Raul Portales
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Raul Portales is a software engineer who has had a love for computers, electronics, and gadgets in general for as long as he remembers. He jumped into Android as soon as it was released. Raul has worked on social networks, education, healthcare, and even founded a gaming studio and a consultancy company. Specializing in mobile and UX, he speaks frequently at conferences and meetups. Raul's love for electronics reignited when Google announced Android Things. He started tinkering with it with the first Developer Preview, which lead to adding the IoT category on his Google Developer expert profile.
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface Introducing Android Things The Rainbow HAT GPIO - Digital Input/Output PWM - Buzzers, Servos, and Analog Output I2C - Communicating with Other Circuits SPI - Faster Bidirectional Communication The Real Power of Android Things Pinouts diagrams and libraries Other Books You May Enjoy

Supported and unsupported libraries

This section describes the state of unsupported Android features and intents on Android Things 1.0, as well as the state of available and unavailable Google APIs on Android Things.

Unsupported features

Given that Android Things is optimized for embedded devices that may not contain the same feature set as an Android phone or tablet, not all the APIs are present. In most cases, this comes from the restriction of not requiring a UI. This table lists the features from Android that are not supported by Android Things and the affected framework APIs:

Feature API
System UI
(status bar, navigation buttons, quick settings)		 NotificationManager
KeyguardManager
WallpaperManager
VoiceInteractionService...
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Profile icon Raul Portales
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Raul Portales is a software engineer who has had a love for computers, electronics, and gadgets in general for as long as he remembers. He jumped into Android as soon as it was released. Raul has worked on social networks, education, healthcare, and even founded a gaming studio and a consultancy company. Specializing in mobile and UX, he speaks frequently at conferences and meetups. Raul's love for electronics reignited when Google announced Android Things. He started tinkering with it with the first Developer Preview, which lead to adding the IoT category on his Google Developer expert profile.
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