Pro Android Wearables: Building Apps for Smartwatches

✍ Scribed by Wallace Jackson (auth.)

Publisher: Apress
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 567
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Introduction to Android Wearables: Concepts, Types, and Material Design....Pages 1-23
Setting Up an Android 5 Wearables Application Development Workstation....Pages 25-46
A Foundation for Android Wearables: New Wearable Features in Android 5....Pages 47-69
Exploring Android Studio: Getting Familiar with the IntelliJ IDEA....Pages 71-96
Android Virtual Devices: Setting Up Wearables Application Emulators....Pages 97-116
Introduction to Android Watch Faces Design: Considerations and Concepts....Pages 117-141
Program Watch Faces for Wear: Creating the Watch Face Code Foundation....Pages 143-167
A Watch Faces Timing Engine: Using TimeZone, Time, and BroadcastReceiver....Pages 169-201
Implement a WatchFaces Engine: Core WatchFaces API Methods....Pages 203-233
WatchFaces Vector Design: Using Vector Graphics for WatchFaces....Pages 235-273
WatchFaces Bitmap Design: Using Raster Graphics for WatchFaces....Pages 275-315
WatchFaces Digital Imaging: Developing Multiple Mode Assets....Pages 317-344
Watch Face Configuration Companion Activity: Google Mobile Services....Pages 345-394
Watch Face Configuration Companion Activity Utility and Wearable API....Pages 395-450
Wearables Application Testing: Using Hardware Devices in Android Studio....Pages 451-486
Wear API Deprecation: Updating Apps to Use New Classes or Methods....Pages 487-519
The Future of Android IoT APIs: Android TV, Glass, Auto, and Wear....Pages 521-538
Back Matter....Pages 539-552

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general

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