Now that we have the ability to work with a wearable device on our handheld, let's revisit the Today app we developed in the previous chapter.

That simplistic version of the app helped gets us started, no doubt. But it doesn't really cut it for us. In order to enjoy a fuller experience of a wearable device's capabilities, we need to expand our requirements. So, we've decided to devote the rest of this chapter to augmenting our Today app significantly.

We'll describe the features of the new app in a bit, but first, let's get started by creating a new project in Android Studio—one that includes a wearable app as well as a companion app; and setting it up with the sample code for this chapter.

We thought it might be refreshing to start over; that is why our new app is still named Today. Feel free to call it whatever you like:

Be sure to select the form factors for the app as shown in the following screenshot—Phone and Tablet, and Wear :

Add an empty activity to the Mobile...