Jomar Tigcal ● GDG Philippines Community Manager ● Mobile Apps Developer ● Android Developer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. ● Has personal Android Apps on Google Play Store
Google Developer Group (GDG) Philippines is a group of enthusiastic Filipino developers interested to collaborate and learn more about new technologies. http://www.gdgph.org [email protected] GDG Philippines @gdgphilippines
Android Wear ● Useful information when you need it most. ● Intelligent answers to spoken questions. ● Tools to help reach fitness goals. ● Your key to a multiscreen world.
Design Principles for Android Wear ● Focus on not stopping the user and all else will follow ● Do one thing, really fast ● Design for the corner of the eye
Prerequisites ● Android Studio 0.8+ ● Android Support Library ● Google Play Services 5+ ● Android Wear companion App (Android 4.3 +) ● An Android Wear device or Wear AVD
Pair tablet/phone with Android Wear Virtual Device ● Connect the tablet/phone to the computer (via USB) ● Forward the tablet/phone’s communication port to the Android Wear Virtual Device: adb -d forward tcp:5601 tcp:5601 ● Open the Android Wear companion app ● Connect the phone/tablet to the emulator
Create an Android Studio Project ● Create a New Project ● Fill up the name and package name ● Select Phone and Tablet ● Select Wear and select API 20: Android 4.4 (KitKat Wear) for minimum SDK ● Add Blank Activity for Mobile ● Add Blank Wear Activity for Wear