We will touch upon the most commonly implemented UI patterns in Android Wear development.
The cards that are displayed in the Context stream can be standard notifications, single-action cards, or an expandable stack that groups related notifications together. In each case, an icon located at the top-right edge of the card indicates the application that the card is associated with.
In some cases, a single notification card does not suffice and more details may be needed. A swipe from right to left can reveal detail cards in addition to the main Context stream card. A swipe from left to right on a card causes it to be removed from the Context stream.
It is noteworthy that notifications dismissed on the wearable will cause them to be dismissed on a paired handheld as well due to the synchronized state shared by paired devices.
A card can optionally display action buttons to the right of detail cards. These actions may run on the wearable itself. Alternatively, they may be...