Chapter 2
Reviewing Notifications for Android
Notifications provide users with relevant and timely information even when the user is not actively using your app. For instance, they notify the user of asynchronous events such as the arrival of an email or the completion of a download. They also provide contextually relevant information, such as reminding you to carry an umbrella on a rainy day.
The Android Wear platform automatically shares notifications between connected handhelds and wearables. That is, notifications issued on handhelds automatically appear on wearables without requiring any additional code. While we can customize notifications to display information more effectively on wearables (see Chapter 3), it is essential to understand ...
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