Professional Android Wearables

Book Description

The fast and easy way to get up and running on Android wearables

Written by an expert author team with years of hands-on experience in designing and building wearables, Professional Android Wearables covers how to use the Android Wear platform and other techniques to build real-world apps for a variety of wearables including smartbands, smartwatches, and smart glasses. In no time, you’ll grasp how wearables can connect us to the Internet in more pervasive ways than with PCs, tablets, or mobile devices; how to build code using Google’s Wear SDK for Android-enabled hardware devices; how Android Wear and other Android development techniques are capable of building several presented example projects; and much more.

Wearables are the next generation of smart mobile devices, it’s no wonder you will want to master Android Wear SDK to build smart wearable apps for a multitude of form factors and applications.

• Shows you how to navigate Android Wear SDK
• Clearly explains how to use the Android Wear platform to build real-world apps
• The companion website includes source code for all of the projects described in the book

If you’re an experienced Android developer looking to master Android Wear SDK to build wearable apps, you’ve come to the right place.

Table of Contents

Part I: Concepts
Chapter 1: Introduction To Android Wearables
Chapter 2: The Internet Of Things
Chapter 3: Platforms And Technology

Part II: Basic Building Blocks
Chapter 4: Notifications On Small Screens
Chapter 5: Developing Wear Apps
Chapter 6: Voice Input
Chapter 7: Pushing Data
Chapter 8: Location-Based Services On Android Wear

Part III: Projects
Chapter 9: Android Wear As Activity Tracker
Chapter 10: Smartwatch As Input
Chapter 11: Build Your Own Glass

中文：

书名：Professional Android Wearables

在Android可穿戴设备上启动和运行的快捷方式

由拥有多年设计和制造可穿戴设备实践经验的专家作者团队撰写， 专业安卓可穿戴设备 介绍如何使用Android Wear平台和其他技术为各种可穿戴设备构建现实世界的应用程序，包括智能手环、智能手表和智能眼镜。很快，你就会掌握可穿戴设备如何以比PC、平板电脑或移动设备更普遍的方式将我们连接到互联网；如何使用谷歌的Wear SDK为支持Android的硬件设备构建代码；Android Wear和其他Android开发技术如何能够构建几个演示的示例项目；等等。

可穿戴设备是下一代智能移动设备，难怪你会想要掌握Android Wear SDK来为各种外形和应用程序构建智能可穿戴应用程序。

• 向您展示如何导航Android Wear SDK
• 清楚地解释了如何使用Android Wear平台来构建现实世界中的应用程序
• 配套的网站包括书中描述的所有项目的源代码

如果您是一位经验丰富的Android开发人员，希望掌握Android Wear SDK来构建可穿戴应用，那么您来对了地方。

Table of Contents

Part I: Concepts
第1章：Android可穿戴设备简介
第二章：物联网
第3章：平台和技术

第二部分：基本构建块
第4章：小屏幕上的通知
第5章：开发穿戴应用程序
第6章：语音输入
第7章：推送数据
第8章：Android Wear上的基于位置的服务

Part III: Projects
Chapter 9: Android Wear As Activity Tracker
Chapter 10: Smartwatch As Input
第11章：打造自己的玻璃