Android Wear Xamarin First Steps
Hello, in this post I will talking about how to begin to create Android wear apps.
In first instance, we need to know, what is Android Wear?
Android Wear is the operating system for personal devices (wearables), the system itself is designed to be used in smart watches, smart bracelets.
Devices
In first instance, we need to know, what is Android Wear?
Android Wear is the operating system for personal devices (wearables), the system itself is designed to be used in smart watches, smart bracelets.
Devices
Some of the devices that can run Android Wear:
- Motorola 360
- LG G Watch
- LG G Watch R
- Samsung Gear Live
- Sony SmartWatch 3
- ASUS ZenWatch
To start to create android wear apps, we need to check in order that we have the next things:
Required android Sdk & tools.
Required android Sdk & tools.
- Android SDK Tools v 24.0.0 or higher.
- Android 4.4W (API20).
- Android 5.0.1 (API21).
If we don't have a physical device, we need to create a Wear Emulator:
To verify that, we use Android SDK Manager, in Xamarin Studio, Menu Tools, Open Android SDK Manager:
Also we need to set up an Android Wear emulator.
Now we create a new Android Virtual Device using one of the Android Wear watch configurations
When we have finished this actions, we can start to create Android Wear Apps. In the next post, I will write about how to create our first Android Wear Project with Xamarin Studio.
To verify that, we use Android SDK Manager, in Xamarin Studio, Menu Tools, Open Android SDK Manager:
Now, we verify if we have installed the sdk's
For do it, we need to use the Google Emulator Manager
Now we create a new Android Virtual Device using one of the Android Wear watch configurations
Now we can see our wear emulator
When we have finished this actions, we can start to create Android Wear Apps. In the next post, I will write about how to create our first Android Wear Project with Xamarin Studio.
More information in:
http://developer.android.com/intl/es/training/wearables/apps/creating.html#SetupEmulator
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