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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

New feature - adding to-do items through voice commands


Let's get ready to write some code. In the last chapter, we augmented our Today app to allow us to add to-do items through a paired handheld app. The wearable then surfaced notifications based on configured contexts.

Now, let's spice that up by adding voice interactions to the mix. We'll use the wearable app to take to-do notes through voice commands. This will involve extending the context-aware notifications feature we implemented with the ability to add to-do items using voice inputs. Furthermore, we will supply the context along with the to-do item.

For example, if we were to say "home make dinner", our wearable app will create a to-do item named Make dinner and associate it with the Home context. In the same way, if we were to say "work set up monthly review meeting", the app will create a to-do item named Set up monthly review meeting and associate it with the Work context.

A few things to keep in mind before we step through the...