Why are we here?
• What is Android Wear?
• What can you do with Android Wear?
• How to support Android Wear?
• UI elements
What is Android Wear?
• Android operating system designed for smartwatches (and other wearables)
• It’s UI is heavily based on Cards
• Android 4.3+
…while keeping an eye on 5 things
• 5 second rule
• Use large elements because size does matter
• Think about using contextual card
• Everything needs to be fast, really fast
• Do not use vibration too much
Watch Faces• DevBytes - Watch Faces
• Android Developers - Watch Faces
Bridged notifications• They are boring
• If your app is using Android notifications then it already supports them
Full screen - custom layouts• Only when you can not use Cards
• Shouldn’t look like Card unless you use 2d picker
• Think how will user exit the app
“Android Wear is helpful, respectful, and responsive”
- A guy (or a girl) who writes Android documentation
Watch first, toy later
Want to know more?
• http://developer.android.com/design/wear/index.html
• http://android-wear-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
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