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Reach your users while they're out and about by extending your Media or Messaging app to Android Auto! As you'll learn in this course, making your app available in the car is as easy as extending your existing code. This course explains how to get started and then covers Media and Messaging apps in detail. This course is part of the Ubiquitous Computing series. Designed as standalone short courses, you can take any course on its own, or take them all! * Android Wear Development * Android TV and Google Cast Development * **Android Auto Development** [this course]
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Introduction
Overview of the course structure and goals, and introduction to the sample app.Auto
####Part 1 - Messaging App ####Part 2 - Media App Extend and test your apps for Auto.Instructors
- Timothy Jordan - Timothy Jordan leads Scalable Developer Advocacy for Ubiquitous Computing at Google, which includes Android Wear, Google Glass, Android TV, Google Cast, and Android Auto. His goal is to help developers be successful with Google platforms, particularly with services spanning multiple devices. He loves solving problems and believes in improving life through science and art.
- Wayne Piekarski - Wayne Piekarski is a Developer Advocate at Google, focusing on Android and ubiquitous computing. He's worked for 15 years in academia and industry in the areas of wearable computing, outdoor augmented reality, 3D user interfaces, and mobile devices. His position at Google involves getting developers excited about new mobile and wearable technologies, and ensuring developers have the right tools and information to support their work.
- Joshua Gordon - Joshua Gordon is a Developer Advocate at Google. He's passionate about teaching and education. He's worked on diverse projects, from microscopes to giant lasers, and has taught a variety of computer science subjects. His hobbies include biking, running, and exploring the great outdoors.
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Google is a company founded on 4 September 1998 in the Google garage in Silicon Valley, California, by Larry Page and Sergueï Brin, creators of the Google search engine.
The company made its name primarily through the monopolistic position of its search engine, which faced competition first from AltaVista and then from Yahoo! and Bing. It has since made a number of acquisitions and developments, and today owns a number of noteworthy software products and websites, including YouTube, the Android operating system for mobile phones, and other services such as Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Play.
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Udacity is a for-profit educational organization founded by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky offering massive open online courses (MOOCs). According to Thrun, the origin of the name Udacity comes from the company's desire to be "audacious for you, the student". While it originally focused on offering university-style courses, it now focuses more on vocational courses for professionals.
