Android Wear Projects: Create smart Android Apps for Wearables

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Key FeaturesCreate real-time Android Wear apps from scratch and become a pro Android Wear DeveloperLearn to create apps specially dedicated to the Android Wear platformDesign custom Wear UIs and create interactive Watch facesBook Description Android Wear Projects is your opportunity to step into the exciting new world of Android Wear app development. This book will help you to master the skills in Android Wear programming and give you a complete insight on wear app development. You will create five different Android Wear apps just like the most popular Android Wear apps. You will create a To-do list, a city maps app, a Wear messenger, Wear fitness tracker and Watch face. While you create these apps you will learn to create custom notifications, receive voice inputs in notifications, add pages to notifications and stack notifications. You will see how to create custom wear app layouts, the custom UIs specially designed for Wear. You will learn to handle and manage data and syncing data with other devices, create interactive Watch faces and also ensure the safety and security of your Wear apps by testing and securing your apps before you deploy them on the app store. What you will learnDesign and build Wear apps.Learn how to use offline storage in Wear apps.Understand sensors and how to work with themWork with standalone applications of the wear 2.0 API.Create a map application for Android Wear devicesWrite a watch face and understand more about Wear 2.0Work with firebase realtime database and firebase functionsCreate a chatting application that has wear companion appAbout the Author Ashok Kumar S is an Android developer residing in Bangalore, India. A gadget enthusiast, he thrives on innovating and exploring the latest gizmos in the tech space. He has been developing Android applications for all Google related technologies. He is a Google certified Udacity Nano degree holder. A strong believer in spirituality, he heavily contributes to the open source community as a e-spiritual ritual to improve his e-karma. He regularly conducts workshops about Android application development in local engineering colleges and schools. He also organizes multiple tech events at his organization and is a regular attendee of all the conferences that happen on Android in the silicon valley of India. He also has a YouTube channel, called AndroidABCD, where he discusses all aspects of Android development, including quick tutorials. Table of ContentsGetting you ready to fly, Setting up your development environmentLets help capturing what's on your mind, WearListView and moreLets help capturing what's on your mind, Saving data and customizing UIMeasure your wellness, SensorsMeasure your wellness, Syncing collected sensor dataWays to get around anywhere, WearMap and GoogleAPIclientWays to get around anywhere, UI controls and moreLets chat in a smart way, Messaging API and moreLets chat in a smart way, Notifications and moreJust a face for your time, WatchFace and servicesMore about Wear 2.0