The document discusses various aspects of developing wearable apps for Android Wear, including: - Glances provide template-based, read-only snapshots of information on the watch face. - Notifications can be short or long views and may contain user actions. - A companion app runs on the wearable and can include new UI widgets tailored for wearables. - Communication between the wearable and phone apps uses APIs like DataAPI and MessageAPI.

1. WearableApp Dev
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4. Mobiliophobia
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6. Architecture
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7. Navigation
Choices
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8. Glances
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 Template-based
 Not scrollable, single screen
 Read-only.Tapping anywhere on the glance opens the app.
 Optional. Not all apps need a Glance, and users can select
which Glances to display.

9. Notifications
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• Lightweight interactions
• Can be short- and long-view
• May contain user actions

10. UI Elements
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UIElements
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12. Demo
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15. UX
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16. Notifications
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17. Notifications-
Actions
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18. Extending
Existing
Notifications
Lazy, but very effective!
 Uses Notification.WearableExtender
 Custom Backgrounds
 Actions specific forWear
 Remote Input
 Voice Input
 Predefined actions
 Pages, Stacking, and More!
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19. Companion
App
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20. Companion
App
• Android app that runs on a wearable
 NewThemes
 New UIWidgets –Wearable UI Library
• BoxInsetLayout
• CircledImageView
•WearableListView
• More…
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21. GridViewPager
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22. Communication
 DataAPI
 MessageAPI
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