BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android:
Wearable Framework
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android
:
Wearable FrameworkBlackBerry
Dynamics
's
support for wearable devices includes a server-side policy to allow or disallow them
with BlackBerry
Dynamics
-enabled apps
and the BlackBerry
Dynamics
Wearable
Framework packaged with the BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android
.With the
BlackBerry
Dynamics
Wearable Framework, you can create secure enterprise-grade solutions for wearable devices
based on the Android OS. Developers can use the framework to add the following
features/functionality into their apps:- A secure way to pair the wearable device and handheld device (smartphone or tablet) apps, to ensure that your handheld app is securely communicating with the desired wearable app
- A secure, encrypted communication system between individual apps on wearable devices and handheld devices
- Secure storage for wearable apps
- A set of policies to manage the following:
- Allow usage of wearable devices
- Timeout period: When a wearable device has been disconnected from the handheld device, the wearable application is locked after a specific period of time, either immediately or up to an hour.
- Auto-reconnect: A wearable application can be allowed to auto-authenticate with its paired handheld application, after the wearable device is reconnected to the handheld device.
BlackBerry
Dynamics
Wearable
Framework supports only Android Wear devices, which are described at http://www.android.com/wear/. Android Wear is a specific OS distribution officially
released by Google.The
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK
includes a sample wearable app
that you can use as a starting point. For more information, see Sample apps.