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Introduction to Android Wear

Introduction to Android Wear

Lightning Talk on Android Wear - Google's upcoming OS platform for wearable devices. Delivered at: TU München, Android Praktikum SS2014

Ankit Bahuguna

April 24, 2014
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  1. Agenda • Extending Android to Wearables. • Android Wear –

    What’s the buzz? • How is development different for Android Wear? • Notification preview using Wear App. • UI Overview (Suggest and Demand). • Design Principles. • Getting Started : DevCentral. • Moto 360. • Demo/ Video. • Links and Resources.
  2. Extending Android to Wearables Android Wear extends the Android platform

    to a new generation of wearable devices. The UX is designed specifically for these devices.
  3. Android Wear – What’s the buzz? • Android Wear devices

    are small and powerful giving users useful information just when they need it. • Watches powered by Android Wear respond to spoken questions and commands to provide info and get stuff done. • These new devices can help users reach their fitness goals and be their key to a multi- screen world.
  4. User Interface At a high level, the Android Wear UI

    consists of two main spaces centered around the core functions of Suggest and Demand.
  5. Design Principles Android wear experiences are: 1. Contextually Aware and

    Smart. 2. Glanceable. 3. Zero/ Low Interaction. 4. Helpful. Thus it is important to: • Be respectful of users' attention and aware of how unnecessary interruptions will reflect on your application’s reputation. • Omit needless text from your notifications. • Design for glanceability, not reading. • Use words and phrases, not sentences. • Show, don't tell: where possible use simple icons, glyphs, and visualizations to convey your message.
  6. Getting Started: DevCentral www.developer.android.com/wear Three Easy Steps!!! 1. Sign up

    for the Android Wear Preview. 2. Download the System Image for the emulator. 3. Get the companion App on Google Play.
  7. Be a good citizen. Notifications which vibrate or sound on

    your phone will vibrate on your wrist. • Context is everything consider geo-fencing or activity detection. • Sound Vibrate Controls • Use Notification Priority. Notification Design goo.gl/hBJqHp
  8. Links and Resources • Android Wear Home: http://developer.android.com/wear/index.html • Developer

    Preview: http://developer.android.com/wear/preview/start.html • Official Google Plus Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/113381227473021565406 • Android Developers blog introducing Wear: http://android- developers.blogspot.de/2014/03/android-wear-developer-preview.html • Android Notification Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/notifications.html • Android Wear Design Principles: http://developer.android.com/wear/design/index.html