Buy and Download - Lynda.com Building Apps for Android Wear Devices

2015
Lynda
David Gassner
2:30
English

Build apps for the Internet of Things with Android Wear! This popular mobile operating system powers a new generation of wearable devices, including smartwatches made by Samsung, Sony, Motorola, ASUS, and more. Get ahead of the curve by developing apps for this emerging market, with these tutorials from expert David Gassner. He'll show how to configure the Android SDK for Android Wear development, and connect to virtual and physical devices for testing. And because Android watches are always paired with a phone or tablet, he'll show you how to send notifications between paired devices, using display buttons and voice input to enhance the messages. Finally, David shows how to build standalone apps that run directly on watches and package them for distribution through the Google Play store.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started
Configuring the Android SDK for wearable development
Creating an Android Wear virtual device for testing
Pairing a physical phone to a virtual watch
Connecting a physical watch with USB debugging
Connecting a physical watch with Bluetooth debugging
2. Sending Notifications to Wearable Devices
Sending notifications from handheld apps
How the launcher icon affects notifications
Using built-in notification styles
Adding wearable features to a notification
Displaying action buttons in a notification
Adding pages to a notification
Stacking notifications
Receiving voice input in a notification
3. Creating Wearable Apps
Creating a wearable app
Managing layouts for multiple watch shapes
Exploring user interface recommendations for wearable apps
Displaying cards with CardFragment
Displaying an action button with ActionPage
Asking for confirmations
Creating "always on" activities
Accepting voice input in a wearable app
4. Communicating between Devices
Connecting the devices with GoogleApiClient
Sending a message from the watch
Receiving a message on the phone
5. Packaging an App for Distribution
Building and signing an app package
Installing apps on handheld and wearable devices
Conclusion
Next steps