Android Wear Development for beginners

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Android Wear Development for beginners Android Fortnightly 3 Moyinoluwa Adeyemi (Create your first Y̶o̶r̶u̶b̶a̶ watch face)

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Android Wear

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Extend Android to Wearables

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● Say “Ok Google” to ask questions and get stuff done ● Get glanceable information throughout the day ● Wide range of available sensors ● Make the most of your time ● A style for every mood ● Works with your Android Phone or iPhone

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Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview New User Interface ● Material Design for wearables ● Expanded notifications ● Darker UI

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Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview Standalone Apps ● Direct network access to cloud ● Apps run on watch even when your phone (Android or iOS) isn’t with you

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Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview Watch Face ● Complications API: any watch face can show data from any app

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Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview Messaging New input methods: handwriting, keyboard

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Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview Fitness Google Fit Platform: automatic activity recognition and data API

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Range of devices... ● LG G Watch (first development platform for Wear, first Qualcomm platform) ● Samsung Gear Live (Samsung brand, OLED display) ● Moto 360 (first TI platform, heartrate sensor, round LCD) ● Sony Smartwatch3 (first Broadcom platform, first GPS, reflective LCD) ● LG Watch R (first round OLED, WiFi development platform) ● LG Watch Urbane (launched with WiFi, more compact size) ● Huawei Watch (price challenger for US) ● LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition (first integrated telephony features, first NFC) ● Tag Heuer (First ultra premium, first Intel platform)

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Why is there no fragmentation on Android Wear Devices?

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Watch Faces

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Digital Analog

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Ambient mode

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Design guidelines for square, round and chin faces

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Uploading your Wear app to Google Play Currently... ● Package the wearable .apk file inside the mobile module ● Sign the mobile and wear module in release mode ● Upload only the mobile-release apk since the wear module is packaged with it

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Uploading your Wear app to Google Play With Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview… ● No need to package the wearable .apk file inside the mobile module ● No need to sign the mobile and wear module in release mode

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Common Android Wear Dev problems ● Connecting the mobile device to an Android wear device ● Connecting the mobile device with a wear emulator ● Seeing changes in the watchface ● Testing the wear application