Android Wearable Programming

Steven F. Daniel

Jul 2015 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

This book will introduce you to the very popular Android Wear platform with hands-on instructions for building Android Wear applications. You will start with an introduction to the architecture of Android, followed by an in-depth look at the design of Android applications and user interfaces using Android Studio. You will see how to create basic and custom notifications for your apps, and synchronize data from the wearable device with the handheld mobile device. More advanced topics such as intents, the Gradle build configuration and the implementation of build variants, and packaging and deploying from a single project code base are also covered.

By the end of this book, you will have a good understanding of wearable programming, and be confident enough to write programs for building Android applications that run on Android Wear.

Ratings and reviews

AAA

About the author

Steven F. Daniel is the owner and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS (http://www.geniesoftstudios.com/), a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. He is an experienced software developer with more than 14 years of experience in developing desktop and web-based applications for a number of companies, including: ANZ, Department of Justice, BP Australia, and AXA Australia. Steven is always interested in emerging technologies and is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), Melbourne CocoaHeads, and Java Community. He was the cofounder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company that focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms. Steven is the author of various book titles, such as Xcode 4 iOS Development Beginner's Guide, iOS 5 Essentials, iPad Enterprise Application Development Blueprints, and Xcode 4 Cookbook, all by Packt Publishing. You can check out his blog at http://www.geniesoftstudios.com/blog/ or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GenieSoftStudio.