Preface

Android Wear 2.0 is a powerful platform for wearable smart devices. Wear 2.0 enabled close to 72 percent new device activation in the wearable device market from the day Wear was announced. Google is working with multiple iconic brands to bring the best user experience to smart watches. Continuous improvement in the Wear hardware for new devices in the market shows the potential Wear devices can offer. Google introduced a whole new way of experiencing wearable technology with material design, standalone applications, watch face innovations, and more.

The Wear platform is becoming more popular, and Android developers can reap the benefits of improving their ability to program for Wear devices.

This book helps to create five Wear applications, with comprehensive explanations. We start with making a wearable note taking application by exploring Wear-specific user interface components and building a Wear map application with the ability to persist a quick note on the map. We will build a complete chat application with a companion mobile application. We will also build a health and fitness application to monitor pulse rate, a reminder to drink water, and so on, and also write a digital watch. We will complete the book by exploring the capabilities of the Wear 2.0 platform.

Have fun building great wear applications.