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Mastering Android Wear Application Development

By : Siddique Hameed, Javeed Chida
Book Image

Mastering Android Wear Application Development

By: Siddique Hameed, Javeed Chida

Overview of this book

Wearable technology is the future of mobile devices. It looks set to be a breakthrough technology, just like the iPad was before it. With the Apple Watch being widely regarded as a success, all eyes are now on Google to provide a similar device for its users. Keep your skills ahead of the competition and be one of the first to fully understand this powerful new trend. This book will give you a very solid understanding of the philosophy, thought process, development details, and methodologies involved in building well-designed, robust Android Wear applications. We cover the advantages and disadvantages of the wearable computing paradigm and provide a good foundational knowledge for you to build practical, real-world wearable apps. You will learn about the various tools, platforms, libraries, SDKs, and technology needed to build Android Wear apps. By the end of the book, you will be an expert in building Android wearable apps.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Android Wear Application Development
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 11.  Advanced Features and Concepts

"Man is a genius when he is dreaming."                                               - Akira Kurosawa

In this chapter, we introduce the design concerns and API features related to making apps run as if they were always on. We develop an activity to demonstrate the always-on capability. We then touch upon debugging wear apps over Bluetooth connections and conclude with a preview of Android Wear 2.0.

Note

The code accompanying this chapter is available for reference on GitHub (https://github.com/siddii/mastering-android-wear/tree/master/Chapter_11). Note that for the sake of brevity, code snippets are only included as needed. The reader is encouraged to download the referenced code from GitHub and follow along as they progress through the chapter.