Introduction Smart Watch or Smartwatch
"A smartwatch or smart watch, is a computerized wristwatch with functionality that is enhanced beyond timekeeping, and is often comparable to a personal digital assistant (PDA) device. While early models can perform basic tasks, such as calculations, translations, and game-playing, modern smartwatches are effectively wearable computers. Many smartwatches run mobile apps, while a smaller number of models run a mobile operating system and function as portable media players, offering playback of FM radio, audio, and video files to the user via a Bluetooth headset. Some smartphone models, (also called watch phones) feature full mobile phone capability, and can make or answer phone calls"
-- Wikipedia
SmartWatch's exist since 1980s but it wasn't popular much because of lack in hardware/software technology and wasn't supporting eco-system. Many big companies like Google, Sony, Samsung,etc. launch SmartWatch in 2013. I believe that 2014 will be the "year of the SmartWatch".
Popular SmartWatchs
Following SmartWatch allows to develop apps
In this article, I will focus on Sony SmartWatch app development. I am using iMac with OSX 10.9 for the development.
Prerequisites
JDK
Android SDK
Sony Add-On SDK
Emulator / Android Phone
Setup Development Environment for Sony SmartWatch
Step 1: Install JDK [Ref: http://goo.gl/UUYvez]
Step 2: Install Android SDK [Ref: http://goo.gl/E4nRT3]
Step 3: Download Sony Add-on SDK from this link http://goo.gl/zcKlGD
Step 4: Extract zip file and copy "sony_add-on_sdk_2_1" into <Android SDK>/add-ons/
Setup SmartWatch Emulator
Step 1: You can use any SmartPhone or Android Emulator for SmartWatch Emulator, In my case I am using Sony Xperia P phone. You can use any Android based Smart Phone.
Step 2: Install Sony's Smart Connect (LiveWare) Application from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware
Step 3: Install "acessory_emulator.apk" from <Android SDK>/add-ons/sony_add-on_sdk_2_1/apks
Compile & Install Sample Application
Step 1: Open Eclipse
Step 2: Import SmartExtensions from <Android SDK>/add-ons/samples/SmartExtensions
Step 3: Eclipse will display three projects SimplePerferenceActivity,SmartExtensionAPI and SmartExtensionUtils. SimplePerferenceActivity is our main sample application, SmartExtensionAPI and SmartExtensionUtils are library which requires to develop SmartWatch application.
Step 4: Compile & Install "SimplePerferenceActivity" in your smartphone.
Step 5: Open "Accessory Emulator" application from smartphone. It will display dialogbox with different options. Select "SmartWatch"
Step 6: Accessory Emulator will display different options but only Extensions and Widget API will be active.
Step 7: Select Widget API, It will display Sony SmartWatch Emulator with Sample Widget application.
"A smartwatch or smart watch, is a computerized wristwatch with functionality that is enhanced beyond timekeeping, and is often comparable to a personal digital assistant (PDA) device. While early models can perform basic tasks, such as calculations, translations, and game-playing, modern smartwatches are effectively wearable computers. Many smartwatches run mobile apps, while a smaller number of models run a mobile operating system and function as portable media players, offering playback of FM radio, audio, and video files to the user via a Bluetooth headset. Some smartphone models, (also called watch phones) feature full mobile phone capability, and can make or answer phone calls"
-- Wikipedia
SmartWatch's exist since 1980s but it wasn't popular much because of lack in hardware/software technology and wasn't supporting eco-system. Many big companies like Google, Sony, Samsung,etc. launch SmartWatch in 2013. I believe that 2014 will be the "year of the SmartWatch".
Popular SmartWatchs
- Sony SmartWatch
- Samsung Galaxy Gear
- i'm Watch
- Pebble
- WiMM Labs (WiMM Labs was acquired by Google in 9-Jan-2013)
Following SmartWatch allows to develop apps
- Sony SmartWatch [http://goo.gl/c04gSK]
- i'M Watch [http://developer.imsmart.com/]
- Pebble [https://developer.getpebble.com/]
In this article, I will focus on Sony SmartWatch app development. I am using iMac with OSX 10.9 for the development.
Prerequisites
JDK
Android SDK
Sony Add-On SDK
Emulator / Android Phone
Setup Development Environment for Sony SmartWatch
Step 1: Install JDK [Ref: http://goo.gl/UUYvez]
Step 2: Install Android SDK [Ref: http://goo.gl/E4nRT3]
Step 3: Download Sony Add-on SDK from this link http://goo.gl/zcKlGD
Step 4: Extract zip file and copy "sony_add-on_sdk_2_1" into <Android SDK>/add-ons/
Setup SmartWatch Emulator
Step 1: You can use any SmartPhone or Android Emulator for SmartWatch Emulator, In my case I am using Sony Xperia P phone. You can use any Android based Smart Phone.
Step 2: Install Sony's Smart Connect (LiveWare) Application from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware
Step 3: Install "acessory_emulator.apk" from <Android SDK>/add-ons/sony_add-on_sdk_2_1/apks
Compile & Install Sample Application
Step 1: Open Eclipse
Step 2: Import SmartExtensions from <Android SDK>/add-ons/samples/SmartExtensions
Step 3: Eclipse will display three projects SimplePerferenceActivity,SmartExtensionAPI and SmartExtensionUtils. SimplePerferenceActivity is our main sample application, SmartExtensionAPI and SmartExtensionUtils are library which requires to develop SmartWatch application.
Step 4: Compile & Install "SimplePerferenceActivity" in your smartphone.
Step 5: Open "Accessory Emulator" application from smartphone. It will display dialogbox with different options. Select "SmartWatch"
Step 6: Accessory Emulator will display different options but only Extensions and Widget API will be active.
Step 7: Select Widget API, It will display Sony SmartWatch Emulator with Sample Widget application.
