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Commit 6cd78bb2 authored by Luan Nguyen's avatar Luan Nguyen Committed by Android (Google) Code Review
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Merge "docs: Update getting started creating Wearable apps with proper prereqs... 

Merge "docs: Update getting started creating Wearable apps with proper prereqs and instructions." into lmp-docs
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docs/html/training/wearables/apps/creating.jd

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<div id="tb">

<h2>This lesson teaches you to</h2>

<ol>

  <li><a href="#UpdateSDK">Update Your SDK</a></li>

  <li><a href="#SetupEmulator">Set Up an Android Wear Emulator</a></li>

  <li><a href="#SetupDevice">Set Up an Android Wear Device</a></li>

  <li><a href="#CreateProject">Create a Project</a></li>
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</ol>

<h2>Dependencies and Prerequisites</h2>

  <ul>

    <li>Android Studio 0.8 or later and Gradle 0.12 or later</li>

    <li>Android Studio 0.8.12 or later and Gradle 0.12 or later</li>

  </ul>

</div>

</div>
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both your wearable and handheld apps.

</p>



<h2 id="UpdateSDK">Update Your SDK</h2>



<p>Before you begin building wearable apps, you must:</p>



<ul>

  <li><strong>Update your SDK tools to version 23.0.0 or higher</strong>

    <br>

    The updated SDK tools enable you to build and test wearable apps.

  </li>

  <li><strong>Update your SDK with Android 4.4W.2 (API 20) or higher</strong>

    <br>

    The updated platform version provides new APIs for wearable apps.

  </li>

</ul>



<p>To update your SDK with these components, see

<a href="{@docRoot}sdk/installing/adding-packages.html#GetTools"> Get the latest SDK tools</a>.</p>





<h2 id="SetupEmulator">Set Up an Android Wear Emulator or Device</h2>

<p>We recommend that you develop on real hardware so you can better
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<p>To set up an Android Wear virtual device:</p>

<ol>

  <li>Click <b>Tools > Android > AVD Manager</b>.</li>

  <li>Click <b>Create...</b>.</li>

  <li>Fill in the following details for the AVD you want to specify and leave the rest

  of the fields with their default values:

    <ul>

      <li><b>AVD Name</b> - A name for your AVD</li>

      <li><b>Device</b> - Android Wear Round or Square device types</li>

      <li><b>Target</b> - Android 4.4W - API Level 20</li>

      <li><b>CPU/ABI</b> - Android Wear ARM (armeabi-v7a)</li>

      <li><b>Keyboard</b> - Select <b>Hardware keyboard present</b></li>

      <li><b>Skin</b> - AndroidWearRound or AndroidWearSquare depending on the selected device type</li>

      <li><b>Snapshot</b> - Not selected</li>

      <li><b>Use Host GPU</b> - Selected, to support custom activities for wearable notifications</li>

    </ul>

  </li>

  <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li>

  <li>Click <b>Create Virtual Device...</b>.</li>

  <ol>

    <li>Click <b>Wear</b> in the Category list:</li>

    <li>Select Android Wear Square or Android Wear Round.</li>

    <li>Click <b>Next</b>.</li>

    <li>Select a release name (for example, KitKat Wear).</li>

    <li>Click <b>Next</b>.</li>

    <li>(Optional) Change any preferences for your virtual device.</li>

    <li>Click <b>Finish</b>.</li>

  </ol>

<li>Start the emulator:

<ol>

  <li>Select the virtual device you just created.</li>

  <li>Click <b>Start...</b>, then click <b>Launch</b>.</li>

  <li>Click the <b>Play</b> button.</li>

  <li>Wait until the emulator initializes and shows the Android Wear home screen.</li>

</ol>

</li>

<li>Pair Your handheld with the emulator:

<li>Pair your handheld with the emulator:

<ol>

  <li>On your handheld, install the Android Wear app from Google Play.</li>

  <li>Connect the handheld to your machine through USB.</li>