Professional Android™ Wearables

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Professional android Wearables
introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
▸ Part i concePts
chaPter 1 Introduction to Android Wearables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
chaPter 2 The Internet of Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
chaPter 3 Platforms and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
▸ Part ii basic building blocks
chaPter 4 Notifications on Small Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
chaPter 5 Developing Wear Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
chaPter 6 Voice Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
chaPter 7 Pushing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
chaPter 8 Location-Based Services on Android Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
▸ Part iii Projects
chaPter 9 Android Wear as Activity Tracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
chaPter 10 Smartwatch as Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
chaPter 11 Build Your Own Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

PrOfeSSIONAL
android™ Wearables
David Cuartielles Ruiz
Andreas Göransson
Professional Android™ Wearables
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To Bobbie, my very patient 7-year-old daughter,
for the time that writing this book took away from
building robots with her.
—David Cuartielles Ruiz
To YOU, for reading this book. I hope you’ll have fun
with Android Wear!
—Andreas Göransson

about the authors
david cuartielles is one of the founders of the Arduino platform. He also is a lecturer at Malmö
University and other universities in Europe, where he teaches interaction designers and artists how
to use technology as a tool in their creative process. David is very active in helping change how
technology is taught at secondary schools and high schools around the world. He collaborates
with several foundations (Intel, Telefonica, La Caixa, and AECID) to acquaint teachers with new
technologies. His main research areas are the Internet of Things, wearables, and educational tools.
He has coauthored a couple of books (two of them for Wrox), a series of dissemination articles for
magazines on electronics, and several academic papers.
andreas göransson is a designer, author, teacher, researcher, and maker who works at Malmö
University within many subjects and disciplines. Holding a BSc in interaction design, he strayed
from that path a long time ago and got into the world of technology and programming. He is an
open source advocate who loves to solve problems large and small. He has contributed to projects
such as Arduino. He frequently attends conferences around the world as a listener and speaker. He
enjoys exploring new airports.
about the technical editor
erik hellman currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where he works as a
Senior Android Engineer at Spotify. He has a long experience in the field of
mobile development, starting with the early versions of Java ME and later
working as the lead architect for Sony Ericsson and Sony Mobile on their
Android projects. Due to his vast experience with Android, Erik is also part
of the Google Developer Experts where he helps Google teach about their
platform. Erik is the author of the book Android Programming: Pushing the
Limits and can often be found speaking at various developer conferences
across Europe. He spends his free time traveling with his wife, reading every sci-fi book he can get
his hands on, and experimenting with electronics and food.