Android Wear Development for beginners

Android Fortnightly 3

Moyinoluwa Adeyemi

(Create your first Y̶o̶r̶u̶b̶a̶ watch face)

Android Wear

Extend Android to Wearables

Say “Ok Google” to ask questions and get stuff doneGet glanceable information throughout the dayWide range of available sensorsMake the most of your timeA style for every moodWorks with your Android Phone or iPhone

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview

New User InterfaceMaterial Design for wearablesExpanded notificationsDarker UI

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview

Standalone AppsDirect network access to cloudApps run on watch even when your phone (Android

or iOS) isn’t with you

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview

Watch FaceComplications API: any watch face can show data

from any app

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview

MessagingNew input methods: handwriting, keyboard

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview

FitnessGoogle Fit Platform: automatic activity recognition and data API

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)

Why is there no fragmentation on Android Wear Devices? 🤔

Watch Faces

Digital

Analog

Ambient mode

Design guidelines for square, round and chin faces

Uploading your Wear app to Google PlayCurrently...

Package the wearable .apk file inside the mobile module

Sign the mobile and wear module in release modeUpload only the mobile-release apk since the wear

module is packaged with it

Uploading your Wear app to Google PlayWith 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

Common Android Wear Dev problems

Connecting the mobile device to an Android wear device

Connecting the mobile device with a wear emulatorSeeing changes in the watchfaceTesting the wear application

FOR CODE

Questions?

Thanks for listening

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