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Android Things Projects

You're reading from Android Things Projects Efficiently build IoT projects with Android Things

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787289246

Length 232 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Author (1):

Francesco Azzola

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Android Things FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating an Alarm System Using Android Things

3. How to Make an Environmental Monitoring System

4. Integrate Android Things with IoT Cloud Platforms

5. Create a Smart System to Control Ambient Light

6. Remote Weather Station

7. Build a Spying Eye

8. Android with Android Things

Adding voice capabilities to Android Things

By now we have described how to send data to IoT cloud platforms. In this context, an IoT platform behaves like a data container where we store information. There are other kinds of services offered by IoT platforms. There are some IoT platforms that provide integration services. In other words, they are not focused on acquiring data from sensors and storing it, but their target is offering integration services with other cloud systems. One of these platforms is Temboo (h t t p s ://t e m b o o .c o m /). It offers a long list of integration services that can be used to extend the capabilities of an IoT app. Generally speaking, Temboo supports several programming languages and IoT platforms and one of these OSes is Android. This is perfect for our project.

What we want to do is add voice capabilities to our Android Things app so that it can trigger a voice phone call with a pre-configured message to inform us that a specific event happened. To this purpose, the...

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Authors (1)

Francesco Azzola

Francesco Azzola

Francesco Azzola is an electronic engineer with over 15 years of experience in computer programming and JEE architecture. He is SCEA certified (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect), SCWCD, and SCJP. He is an Android and IoT enthusiast. He loves creating IoT projects using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Android, and other platforms. He is interested in the convergence between IoT and mobile applications. Previously, he worked in the mobile development field for several years. He has created a blog called survivingwithandroid,where he shares posts about coding in Android and IoT projects.

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