Developing for Android Wear

Slides of my talk at GDG Philippines HackTime (December 5, 2015)

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1. Jomar Tigcal
   GDG Philippines Hacktime 2015
   Developing for Android Wear
   

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2. Jomar Tigcal
   GDG Philippines Community Manager
   Android Developer, Trainer, and Consultant
   Have Android (and Android Wear) apps on Google Play Store
   http://jomar.tigcal.com
   jomar@tigcal.com
   http://google.com/+JomarTigcal
   @jomartigcal
   

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3. GDG Philippines
   Google Developers Group (GDG) Philippines is a
   group of enthusiastic Filipino developers interested to
   collaborate and learn more about new technologies.
   http://www.gdgph.org
   

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4. GDG Philippines
   gdgphilippines@gmail.com
   GDG Philippines
   @gdgphilippines
   /GDGPhilippines
   

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5. EXTENDED
   Next Week!
   

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6. Android Wear: Information that moves with you
   

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7. Android Wear at Google I/O 2014
   

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8. Introduction to Android Wear
   

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9. Android Wear
   ● Extends the Android platform to
   wearables.
   ● Information that moves with you
   ● Small, powerful devices, worn on the
   body.
   

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10. 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.
    

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11. Android Wear App
    Phone/tablet running Android 4.3 and up
    http://g.co/WearCheck
    Download at
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
    id=com.google.android.wearable.app
    Image Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Official-Android-Wear-App-now-available-in-Google-Play_id57778
    

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12. Android Wear App
    ● Control voice action preferences
    ● Adjust notification settings
    ● Configure devices
    ● Demo cards
    ● Tutorial
    ● Help & Feedback
    Image Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Official-Android-Wear-App-now-available-in-Google-Play_id57778
    

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13. Designing for Android Wear
    http://developer.android.com/design/wear/index.html
    

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14. Suggest: The Context Stream
    

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15. Demand: The Cue Card
    

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16. Creative Vision for Android Wear
    ● Launched automatically
    ● Glanceable
    

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17. Creative Vision for Android Wear
    ● All about Suggest and Demand
    ● Zero or low interaction
    

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18. 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
    

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19. Design Principles for Android Wear
    ● Design for big gestures
    

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20. Design Principles for Android Wear
    ● Think about stream cards first
    ● Don’t be a constant shoulder tapper
    

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21. Developing for Android Wear
    developer.android.com/wear
    

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22. Notifications
    No work required!
    

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23. Enhanced Notifications
    Custom Actions
    Wearable-only Actions
    

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24. Android Wear Apps
    Apps that run directly on the wearable
    

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25. Watch Faces
    Custom Watch Faces
    Interactive Watch Faces
    

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26. Prerequisites
    ● Android Studio 0.8+
    ● Android Wear companion App (Android 4.3+)
    ● An Android Wear device or Android Wear AVD
    

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27. Update from SDK Manager
    ● Android 4.4W (API 20) or higher > SDK Platform
    ● Android 4.4W (API 20) or higher > Android Wear ARM System Image
    ● Android 4.4W (API 20) or higher > Android Wear Intel System Image
    ● Android SDK Tools 23.0.0 or higher
    ● Android SDK Platform-tools 23.0.0 or higher
    ● Android SDK Build-tools 23.0.0 or higher
    ● Android Support Library
    ● Google Play Services
    

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28. Create Android Wear Virtual Device
    ● Open AVD Manager
    ● Click Create Virtual Device...
    ● Select Wear in the Category and choose
    between Square, Round Chin, and Round.
    Click the Next button.
    ● Select the release name (e.g. Lollipop)
    then click the Next button.
    ● Rename the virtual device (if you like) and
    change any configuration based on your
    preference. Click the Finish button.
    

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29. Pair handheld 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
    

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30. 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
    

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31. Unofficial Wearable UI Library
    compile 'com.google.android.support:wearable:+'
    

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32. Learn More
    Android Wear Development: Extend your Apps to Android Smartwatches Udacity
    Course: https://www.udacity.com/course/ud875A
    Android Wear Documentation: http://developer.android.com/wear
    Android Wear Developers Google+ Community: http://g.co/androidweardev
    Android Wear Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/wear
    Android Wear Videos: http://androidwear-playlist.tigcal.com
    

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33. Demo & Hands-on
    androidwear-codelab.tigcal.com
    

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34. Questions?
    Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
    

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35. Thank you!
    Build something awesome!
    Submit your projects for GDG HackFair Philippines
    Provide feedback: talkback.tigcal.com
    

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36. Jomar Tigcal
    GDG Philippines Hacktime 2015
    Developing for Android Wear
    

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