Wearable devices seem to be the next revolution to come. In this presentation, we analyze how to incorporate the Android Wear preview API into our Android app and which are its main features.

1. Tomás Ruiz-López
Software Design Manager at
Everyware Technologies
@tomasruizlopez
@everywaretech /everywaretech
http://www.everywaretech.es
Android Wear
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2. Android Wear
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3. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
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4. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
Notifications
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5. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
Notifications
Images
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6. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
Notifications
Actions
Images
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7. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
Demand
The cue card
Notifications
Actions
Images
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8. Android Wear
Suggest
The context stream
Demand
The cue card
Notifications
Actions
Images
Voice Reply
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Android Wear
An overview of
API
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Android Wear
An overview of
API
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2 3 4Creating
Notifications
NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.event)
.setContentTitle(eventTitle)
.setContentText(eventLocation)
.setContentIntent(viewPendingIntent);
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// Get an instance of the NotificationManager service
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager =
NotificationManagerCompat.from(this);
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// Build the notification and issues it with notification manager.
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, notificationBuilder.build());
Send Notifications as usual
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2 3 4Creating
Notifications
NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.event)
.setContentTitle(eventTitle)
.setContentText(eventLocation)
.setContentIntent(viewPendingIntent)
.setBigIcon(R.drawable.background);
Add Background Icon
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2 3 4Creating
Notifications
NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.event)
.setContentTitle(eventTitle)
.setContentText(eventLocation)
.setContentIntent(viewPendingIntent)
.setBigIcon(R.drawable.background);
.addAction(R.drawable.maps,
context.getResources().getString(R.string.maps),
mapPendingIntent);
Add Actions
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3 4Receiving
Voice
Input
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string-array name="reply_choices">
<item>Yes</item>
<item>No</item>
<item>Maybe</item>
</string-array>
</resources>
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3 4Receiving
Voice
Input
String replyLabel = getResources()
.getString(R.string.reply_label);
String[] replyChoices =
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.reply_choices);
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RemoteInput remoteInput = new
RemoteInput.Builder(EXTRA_VOICE_REPLY)
.setLabel(replyLabel)
.setChoices(replyChoices)
.build();
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3 4Receiving
Voice
Input
String replyLabel = getResources()
.getString(R.string.reply_label);
String[] replyChoices =
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.reply_choices);
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RemoteInput remoteInput = new
RemoteInput.Builder(EXTRA_VOICE_REPLY)
.setLabel(replyLabel)
.setChoices(replyChoices)
.build();
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4
Adding
Pages
BigTextStyle secondPageStyle = new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle();
secondPageStyle.setBigContentTitle("Title")
.bigText("Content");
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// Create second page notification
Notification secondPageNotification =
new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
.setStyle(secondPageStyle)
.build();
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// Create main notification and add the second page
Notification twoPageNotification =
new WearableNotifications.Builder(builder)
.addPage(secondPageNotification)
.build();
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4
Stacking
Notifications
final String GROUP_KEY = "group_key";
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NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setContentTitle("Title")
.setContentText("Text")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.event);
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Notification notif = new WearableNotifications.Builder(builder)
.setGroup(GROUP_KEY)
.build();
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4
Stacking
Notifications
final String GROUP_KEY = "group_key";
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NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setContentTitle("Title")
.setContentText("Text")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.event);
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Notification notif = new WearableNotifications.Builder(builder)
.setGroup(GROUP_KEY)
.build();
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26. Tomás Ruiz-López
Software Design Manager at
Everyware Technologies
@tomasruizlopez
@everywaretech /everywaretech
http://www.everywaretech.es
Questions?
Thanks for your attention!
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27. Tomás Ruiz-López
Software Design Manager at
Everyware Technologies
@tomasruizlopez
@everywaretech /everywaretech
http://www.everywaretech.es
Android Wear
From your pocket to your wrist with
#gandroid