Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Technical Library School of Computing and Information Systems 2015 A Survey of Smartwatch Platforms from a Developer’s Perspective Ehsan Valizadeh Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cistechlib ScholarWorks Citation Valizadeh, Ehsan, "A Survey of Smartwatch Platforms from a Developer’s Perspective" (2015). Technical Library. 207. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cistechlib/207 This Project is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Computing and Information Systems at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Technical Library by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Survey of Smartwatch Platforms from a Developer’s Perspective By Ehsan Valizadeh April, 2015 A Survey of Smartwatch Platforms from a Developer’s Perspective By Ehsan Valizadeh A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Information Systems At Grand Valley State University April, 2015 ________________________________________________________________ Dr. Jonathan Engelsma April 23, 2015 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................ 5 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 6 WHAT IS A SMARTWATCH ........................................................................................................................................ 6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF SMARTWATCHES ................................................................................................................ 6 NOT JUST A WRIST DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................ 10 DO I NEED A SMARTWATCH? ............................................................................................................................... 11 PRIVACY AND SECURITY ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Smartwatches Vulnerabilities ...................................................................................................................... 12 Is It Safe? ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SMARTWATCHES .............................................................................................. 13 ARE ALL SMARTWATCHES THE SAME? ............................................................................................................... 14 APPLE WATCH ..................................................................................................................................... 15 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................ 15 WHY IS APPLE WATCH NOT OUT YET ................................................................................................................. 15 WHAT DO THE WORLD'S TOP WATCHMAKERS THINK OF APPLE WATCH? .............................................. 15 WHY THE APPLE WATCH EXISTS ........................................................................................................................ 16 APPLE WATCH PRICE ............................................................................................................................................. 17 SCREEN SIZE ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 BATTERY LIFE .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 APPLE WATCH CONNECTIVITY ............................................................................................................................ 19 COMMUNICATION ................................................................................................................................................... 19 USER INTERACTION ................................................................................................................................................ 20 FITNESS .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 MISCELLANEOUS ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 HOW ABOUT LEFT-HANDED USERS ..................................................................................................................... 22 WHEN DOES IT SHIP? ............................................................................................................................................. 23 ARCHITECTURE ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 WatchKit apps ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Storyboards and resources ............................................................................................................................ 24 Sharing data ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 UI Controls ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Layout ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Animations ............................................................................................................................................................. 25 Navigation ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Contextual Menu ................................................................................................................................................. 26 Glances .................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Handoff ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Notifications ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 HELLO, APPLE WATCH .......................................................................................................................................... 28 What a developer need to develop an Apple Watch app: ................................................................. 28 Getting started .................................................................................................................................................... 28 Adding a Watch app target ........................................................................................................................... 29 Showing the Watch app in the simulator ................................................................................................ 30 Hello, World .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 THE ANDROID WEAR WATCHES .................................................................................................... 32 MOTO 360 ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 RELEASE DATE AND PRICE .................................................................................................................................... 33 SPECIFICATION [11] .............................................................................................................................................. 33 DESIGN AND DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................ 33 SCREEN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Content Gets Cut Off on Round Display ..................................................................................................... 34 BATTERY LIFE AND CHARGING ............................................................................................................................. 34 FITNESS ...................................................................................................................................................................