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Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787123229

Length 416 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Kumar S

Preface

1. Getting You Ready to Fly - Setting Up Your Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

2. Let us Help Capture What is on Your Mind - WearRecyclerView and More

3. Let us Help Capture What is on Your Mind - Saving Data and Customizing the UI

4. Measure Your Wellness - Sensors

5. Measuring Your Wellness and Syncing Collected Sensor Data

6. Ways to Get Around Anywhere - WearMap and the GoogleAPIclient

7. Ways to Get Around Anywhere - UI controls and More

8. Let us Chat in a Smart Way - Messaging API and More

9. Let us Chat in a Smart Way - Notifications and More

10. Just a Face for Your Time - WatchFace and Services

11. More About Wear 2.0

The Google API console is a web portal that allows developers to manage Google services for their project and it can be at https://console.developers.google.com.

Visit the developer console with your Google account. Create a project packt-wear or something that is convenient for developers:

After creating the project successfully, go to the API Manager | Library section and enable the Google Maps Android API:

After enabling the API in the console facility, we need to create the API key with the development machine's SHA1 and the project's package address, as follows:

To get your machine's SHA1 fingerprint, open Android Studio. On the right-hand side of Android Studio, you will see the Gradle project menu. Then, follow these steps:
1. Click on Gradle (on the right-hand side panel, you will see the Gradle Bar)
2. Click on Refresh (click on Refresh; on the Gradle Bar, you will see a List of Gradle scripts for your project...