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author | Robert Ly <robertly@google.com> | 2014-06-23 20:05:26 +0000 |
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committer | Android (Google) Code Review <android-gerrit@google.com> | 2014-06-23 14:51:00 +0000 |
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Merge "docs: Addressed reviews and fixes for Auto dev overview" into klp-modular-dev
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diff --git a/docs/html/auto/images/assets/do_05_template.png b/docs/html/auto/images/assets/do_05_template.png Binary files differindex 4e11243..379253d 100644 --- a/docs/html/auto/images/assets/do_05_template.png +++ b/docs/html/auto/images/assets/do_05_template.png diff --git a/docs/html/auto/overview.jd b/docs/html/auto/overview.jd index 728dff7..de5ec27 100644 --- a/docs/html/auto/overview.jd +++ b/docs/html/auto/overview.jd @@ -89,27 +89,33 @@ page.metaDescription=Android Auto <h1>Android Auto Developer Overview</h1> -<p>Android Auto extends the Android platform to car entertainment systems. When users connect -their Android handheld device to a compatible vehicle, Android Auto lets users project apps on -the vehicle’s touchscreen and interact with them using the vehicle’s controls.</p> +<p>Android Auto extends the Android platform into the car. When users connect +their Android handheld device to a compatible vehicle, Android Auto provides a car-optimized +Android experience on the vehicle's screen. Users interact with compatible apps and services +through voice actions and the vehicle's input controls.</p> + +<p>The Android Auto SDK lets you easily extend your existing apps to work in the car, without +having to worry about vehicle-specific hardware differences. You can use many Android APIs and +services you are already familiar with. Android Auto provides easy to use UI templates and +supports notifications and voice actions:</p> <dl> <dt style="margin-bottom:10px"><strong>UI Templates</strong></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom:20px"> -Android Auto defines interaction models and UI templates for several app categories. The +Android Auto defines interaction models and UI templates for apps. The first version of Android Auto supports media apps, such as music, podcast, live radio, and -audio news apps. Future versions will support messaging, communication, local search apps, -and more. +audio news apps. </dd> <dt style="margin-bottom:10px"><strong>Notifications</strong></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom:20px"> The platform will integrate with existing Android APIs for notifications. Users will get -some notifications from Android apps on the vehicle’s screen.</dd> +car appropiate notifications from Android apps on the vehicle's screen.</dd> <dt style="margin-bottom:10px"><strong>Voice Actions</strong></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom:20px"> -Android Auto supports voice search and voice actions for media apps. Future versions -will support additional voice actions.</dd> +Android Auto supports a set of voice actions to interact with compatible apps and services. +Apps can respond to the voice actions they're interested in, such as playing a particular song +or taking a note.</dd> <dt style="margin-bottom:10px"><strong>Easy Development Workflow</strong></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom:20px"> @@ -124,39 +130,52 @@ Android Auto experience on a regular Android device.</p> <h2 id="design">Design</h2> -<p>Digital experiences for cars should complement and augment driving, not demand the driver's -attention. Designing these experiences for cars is fundamentally different than in the case of -phones and tablets. It requires rethinking how these experiences unfold.</p> +<p>Android Auto extends users' digital ecosystem into their cars, allowing drivers to stay +connected to their virtual worlds while staying focused on the road ahead.</p> + +<p>Because driving is the primary activity in the car, any digital experiences should be designed +to complement and augment that activity. They should never demand the user's attention.</p> -<h3 id="designprinciples">Design Principles</h3> +<p>Designing for cars is fundamentally different than designing for phones or tablets, and +requires rethinking how experiences unfold. Because attention is limited and not all tasks are +possible in the car, effective apps leverage the entire set of devices that drivers have, +leveraging the app experience on those devices, outside of the car, to set the stage for simple +experiences while driving.</p> -<p><strong>Glanceable</strong>. We designed Android Auto to reduce UI complexity, optimize user -interactions, and lower cognitive load. Effective apps show just enough information -and only provide features that do not require excessive menu interaction and navigation.</p> +<p>Android Auto experiences are:</p> + +<p><strong>Glanceable and simple</strong>. Driving requires users' full attention. In-car software +should not. Android Auto was designed to simplify not only the UI, but to optimize interactions +and require less thinking, induce lower cognitive load, and ultimately, be safer. Effective apps +provide just enough information in the minimum amount of time the user needs to glance at it and +return their attention back to the road. Apps should also reduce the number of features to only +those that are safe and drive-appropriate.</p> <p><strong>Predictive, yet predictable</strong>. Android Auto leverages rich, contextual awareness -to keep the driver informed about important situations. Timely help is combined with predictable -functions. Effective apps use patterns for common tasks and show timely information only when -relevant.</p> +to keep the driver informed about important situations during the drive. Rich, timely help is +combined with predictable functions. Effective apps make use of the patterns for common tasks and +show timely information only when relevant.</p> + +<p><strong>Connected</strong>. By leveraging the user's personal ecosystem of apps and services, +Android Auto promotes a continuous experience from phone to car to other devices. The user's +music, destinations, and virtual ecosystem are always available to augment the drive. Experiences +that leverage personal context and other devices are naturally part of Android Auto.</p> -<p><strong>Connected</strong>. Android Auto works with apps that drivers already use in other -devices. Android Auto promotes a continuous app experience from phones and tablets to cars, -providing access to user's existing settings, subscriptions, and digital libraries. Experiences -that bring personal content and context from other devices are part of Android Auto.</p> +<p><strong>Naturally integrated</strong>. Android Auto blends the user's apps with the car, +creating a truly integrated experience that leverages what is unique about each car. By using +the screens, controls, and capabilities of the vehicle, Android Auto feels like an extension of +the car.</p> -<p><strong>Integrated</strong>. Android Auto blends your apps with the vehicle's entertainment -system, creating a truly integrated experience in every car. By using the vehicle's screen and -controls, apps feel tailored to each car.</p> <h2 id="architecture">Architecture</h2> -<p>The Android Auto app projects your app's customized UI on the vehicle's screen. To communicate +<p>The Android Auto app shows your app's customized UI on the vehicle's screen. To communicate with the Android Auto app, your media app implements a set of media interfaces.</p> <div style="width:750px;margin:0 auto"> -<img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/figure01.png" alt="" id="figure1" /> +<img src="{@docRoot}auto/images/figure01.png" alt="" /> <p class="img-caption"> <strong>Figure 1</strong> - Architecture of Android Auto. </p> @@ -215,11 +234,9 @@ Android device and lets users select one of them from an scrollable list:</p> <h3>Primary App Template</h3> -<p>After the user selects a media app, the display shows the primary app template. Figure -3 shows the elements of this template that you can customize:</p> - -<p>You can customize the primary app template to show your own icons, app name, and -background images. Figure 4 shows an example of a customized template:</p> +<p>After the user selects a media app, the display shows the primary app template. +You can customize this template to show your own icons, app name, and +background images. Figure 3 shows an example of a customized template:</p> <div class="cols"> <div class="auto-col-2"> @@ -236,7 +253,7 @@ background images. Figure 4 shows an example of a customized template:</p> </div> </div> <p class="img-caption"> - <strong>Figure 4.</strong> A customized template. + <strong>Figure 3.</strong> A customized template. </p> @@ -245,7 +262,7 @@ background images. Figure 4 shows an example of a customized template:</p> <p>The primary app template supports four main actions on the action bar, four auxiliary actions on the overflow bar, and the <em>Return</em> action. You can use standard controls and customize -the actions and icons, as shown in Figure 5.</p> +the actions and icons, as shown in Figure 4.</p> <div class="auto-img-container-single"> <div class="auto-img-container"> @@ -253,18 +270,14 @@ the actions and icons, as shown in Figure 5.</p> <img class="auto-img-shot-cols" src="/auto/images/assets/do_03_more.png" /> </div> <p class="img-caption" style="margin-top:0px"> - <strong>Figure 5.</strong> Custom extra actions. + <strong>Figure 4.</strong> Custom extra actions. </p> </div> <h3 id="drawertransitions">Drawer Transitions</h3> -<p>For browse actions, the display shows the drawer transition and template:</p> - -<p>After the transition from the primary app template to the drawer template, the drawer -appears on the center. The customized drawer template shows the media containers and -media files provided by the media service in your app. You can also customize drawers -with icons for list items.</p> +<p>For browse actions, the display shows the drawer transition and template, as shown in +Figure 5.</p> <div class="cols"> <div class="auto-col-2"> @@ -281,13 +294,19 @@ with icons for list items.</p> </div> </div> <p class="img-caption"> - <strong>Figure 4.</strong> Generic and customized drawer templates. + <strong>Figure 5.</strong> Generic and customized drawer templates. </p> +<p>After the transition from the primary app template to the drawer template, the drawer +appears on the center. The customized drawer template shows the media containers and +media files provided by the media service in your app. You can also customize drawers +with icons for list items.</p> + + <h3 id="daynighttransitions">Day and Night Transitions</h3> -<p>All the templates support different color schemes for day and night, as shown in -Figure 8. The platform provides the state (day or night) and makes adjustments automatically.</p> +<p>All the templates support different color schemes for day and night. +The platform provides the state (day or night) and makes adjustments automatically.</p> <h3 id="customizetemplates">Customizing Templates</h3> |