Pro Android Wearables: Building Apps for Smartwatches

Book Description

Pro Android Wearables details how to design and build Android Wear apps for new and unique Android wearable device types, such as Google Android smartwatches, which use the new WatchFaces API, as well as health-monitoring features and other cool features such as altimeters and compasses. It’s time to take your Android 5 Wear application development skills and experience to the next level and get exposure to a whole new world of hardware.

As smartwatches continue to grab major IoT headlines, there is a growing interest in building Android apps that run on these wearables, which are now being offered by dozens of major manufacturers. This means more revenue earning opportunity for today’s indie app developers. Additionally, this book provides new media design concepts which relate to using media assets, as well as how to optimize Wear applications for low-power, single-core, dual-core or quad-core CPUs, and how to use the IntelliJ Android Studio IDE, and the Android device emulators for popular new wearable devices.

What you’ll learn

• How to build apps beyond those that just run on Android smartphones and tablets
• How to master the fundamentals of wearable app design
• How to build apps for wearables like smartwatches

Who this book is for

This book is for Android app developers new to Android apps development for embeddable appliances, wearables, and related hardware. This book takes your Android app development beyond the smartphone and tablet.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Android Wearables
Chapter 2. Setting Up an Android 5 Wearables Application Development Workstation
Chapter 3. A Foundation for Android Wearables
Chapter 4. Exploring Android Studio
Chapter 5. Android Virtual Devices
Chapter 6. Introduction to Android Watch Faces Design
Chapter 7. Program Watch Faces for Wear
Chapter 8. A Watch Faces Timing Engine
Chapter 9. Implement a WatchFaces Engine
Chapter 10. WatchFaces Vector Design
Chapter 11. WatchFaces Bitmap Design
Chapter 12. WatchFaces Digital Imaging
Chapter 13. Watch Face Configuration Companion Activity
Chapter 14. Watch Face Configuration Companion Activity Utility and Wearable API
Chapter 15. Wearables Application Testing
Chapter 16. Wear API Deprecation
Chapter 17. The Future of Android IoT APIs

中文：

书名：Pro Android Wearables: Building Apps for Smartwatches

Pro Android可穿戴设备 详细介绍了如何为新型和独特的Android可穿戴设备设计和构建Android Wear应用程序，例如使用新WatchFaces API的谷歌Android智能手表，以及健康监测功能和其他很酷的功能，如高度计和指南针。现在是时候让你的Android 5 Wear应用程序开发技能和经验更上一层楼了，让你接触到一个全新的硬件世界。

随着智能手表继续成为物联网的头条新闻，人们对开发在这些可穿戴设备上运行的Android应用程序的兴趣越来越大，目前数十家主要制造商都在提供这些可穿戴设备。这意味着如今的独立应用程序开发者将有更多的收入机会。此外，本书还提供了与使用媒体资产相关的新媒体设计概念，以及如何针对低功耗、单核、双核或四核CPU优化Wear应用程序，以及如何将IntelliJ Android Studio IDE和Android设备模拟器用于流行的新可穿戴设备。

你会学到什么

• 如何构建仅在Android智能手机和平板电脑上运行的应用程序
• 如何掌握可穿戴应用程序设计的基本原理
• How to build apps for wearables like smartwatches

这本书是为谁而写的

本书面向刚刚接触Android应用程序开发的Android应用程序开发人员，适用于嵌入式设备、可穿戴设备和相关硬件。这本书让你的Android应用程序开发超越了智能手机和平板电脑。

目录表

第1章Android可穿戴设备简介
第2章设置Android 5可穿戴设备应用程序开发工作站
第三章：Android可穿戴设备的基础
第四章：探索Android Studio
Chapter 5. Android Virtual Devices
第六章Android Watch Faces设计简介
Chapter 7. Program Watch Faces for Wear
第8章：手表面对计时引擎
第9章.实现WatchFaces引擎
第十章：手表向量设计
第11章：手表面位图设计
第12章：表盘数字成像
第13章.观看人脸配置同伴练习
第14章：观看面部配置伴奏活动实用程序和可穿戴API
第15章可穿戴设备应用程序测试
第16章.不推荐使用Ware API
第17章安卓物联网API的未来