The document discusses development for Google Glass, including an overview of the Mirror API, Glass Development Kit (GDK), Glass user interfaces, immersions and menus, key aspects of the Glass development code, Glass-specific extensions, distribution through MyGlass, and documentation resources. It also promotes following the author on Google+ and Twitter for bonus information and Q&A.

1. David Vávra, Inmite
Development for
using Android GDK

14. Hardware

15. Demo time

16. 4 principles of Glassware design

17. Design for Glass

18. Don’t get in the way

19. Keep it relevant

20. Avoid the unexpected

21. Development for Glass
● Mirror API - March 2013
● Glass Development Kit (GDK) - November 2013
○ Android 4.4
○ offline, real-time, hardware, voice

22. User interface: Timeline card
● 640x360 px
● black background, given font sizes & colors
● bundles

23. User interface - timeline

24. Immersions

25. Menus

26. Finally the code!
● full API 19
○ @android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault
○ Activities = Immersions
○ menu.xml
○ Intents for Speech, Camera, Navigation, Browser, ...
○ LocationProvider, Sensors, Camera
● Glass-specific extensions:
○ class Card
○ class CardScrollAdapter & CardScrollView
○ class LiveCard (+ RemoteViews)
○ class GestureDetector
○ voice commands in manifest
○ Authentication

27. Let’s dive into Glasquare code
http://github.com/destil/glasquare

28. Distribution
● adb install
● MyGlass
○ checklist: https://developers.google.
com/glass/distribute/checklist
○ design
○ voice commands
○ assets

30. Documentation
● https://developers.google.com/glass
● https://github.com/googleglass
● http://stackoverflow.
com/questions/tagged/google-gdk
● https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-
api/issues/list

31. Bonus + Q + A
Follow me:
http://google.com/+DavidVávra
http://twitter.com/destil