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Android Things Projects

Android Things Projects

By : Francesco Azzola
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Android Things Projects

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Overview of this book

Android Things makes developing connected embedded devices easy by providing the same Android development tools, best-in-class Android framework, and Google APIs that make developers successful on mobile. With this book, you will be able to take advantage of the new Android framework APIs to securely build projects using low-level components such as sensors, resistors, capacitors, and display controllers. This book will teach you all you need to know about working with Android Things through practical projects based on home automation, robotics, IoT, and so on. We’ll teach you to make the most of the Android Things and build enticing projects such as a smart greenhouse that controls the climate and environment automatically. You’ll also create an alarm system, integrate Android Things with IoT cloud platforms, and more. By the end of this book, you will know everything about Android Things, and you’ll have built some very cool projects using the latest technology that is driving the adoption of IoT. You will also have primed your mindset so that you can use your knowledge for profitable, practical projects.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Getting Started with Android Things
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Getting Started with Android Things
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Internet of Things overview
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IoT components
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Android Things overview
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Things support library
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Android Things board compatibility
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How to install Android Things on Raspberry
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How to install Android Things on Intel Edison
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Configuring the WiFi
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Creating the first Android Things project
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Differences between Android and Android Things
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Create your first Android Things app
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Summary
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Creating an Alarm System Using Android Things
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Creating an Alarm System Using Android Things
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Alarm system project description
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How to close the connection with a GPIO pin
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Handle different boards in Android Things
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How to implement the notification system
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Android companion app
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Summary
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How to Make an Environmental Monitoring System
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How to Make an Environmental Monitoring System
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Environmental monitoring system project overview
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How to read data from sensors
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Handling sensors using the Android sensor framework
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Putting it all together - acquiring data
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How to close the sensor connection
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How to control GPIO pins
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Diving into I2C protocol
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How to implement a custom sensor driver
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Summary
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Integrate Android Things with IoT Cloud Platforms
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Integrate Android Things with IoT Cloud Platforms
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IoT cloud architecture
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Streaming data to the IoT cloud platform
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Sending data from the Android Things app
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Creating a dashboard
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Adding voice capabilities to Android Things
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Create a Smart System to Control Ambient Light
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Create a Smart System to Control Ambient Light
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Ambient light control system description
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Building the Arduino project
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Implementing the Android Things app
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Invoking the Arduino services
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How to implement a web interface
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Summary
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Remote Weather Station
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Remote Weather Station
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Remote weather station project description
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The M2M architecture and the MQTT protocol
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Installing the MQTT server
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Summary
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Build a Spying Eye
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Build a Spying Eye
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Spying eye Android Things project overview
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Implementing the spying eye project in Android Things
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Android with Android Things
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Android with Android Things
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Architecture to connect Android and Android Things
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How to control a LED strip using an Android app
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How to develop an Android app that retrieves data from Android Things
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Differences between Android and Android Things

As you can see an Android Things project is very similar to an Android project. We always have Activities, layouts, gradle files, and so on. At the same time, there are some differences:

  • Android Things does not use multiple layouts to support different screen sizes. So when we develop an Android Things app we create only one layout.
  • Android Things does not support themes and styles.
  • Android support libraries are not available in Android Things.
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