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Docs: Update Auth section of API Overview

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Bert McMeen
2016-06-17 16:31:01 -07:00
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@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ page.tags="wear"
page.image=images/cards/card-n-apis_2x.png
@jd:body
<div id="qv-wrapper">
<div id="qv">
<h2>Key developer features</h2>
@@ -298,36 +295,35 @@ Multiple Network Connections</a>
authentication capabilities will be more powerful; apps will have new ways to
authenticate.</p>
<h4> Authentication tokens can be passed over the Wearable Data Layer </h4>
<p>For Android-paired watches (only), the phone will securely transfer authentication
data to a watch app via the
<a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/data-layer/index.html">
Wearable Data Layer API</a>. The data can be transferred as
Messages or Data Items. </p>
<p>If your watch app needs to determine if your phone app is installed, you can
advertise a capability on the phone app and retrieve the capability on the watch.
For more information, see following sections of
<a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/data-layer/messages.html">
Sending and Receiving Messages</a>:
<ul>
<li>Advertise Capabilities</li>
<li>Retrieve the Nodes with the Required Capabilities</li>
</ul>
<h4>Users can enter a username and password on a watch</h4>
<p>Google Keyboard will be standard on Android Wear, allowing for direct text entry.
This feature will work as expected with standard
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/widget/EditText.html">
EditText widgets</a>. For passwords, the {@code textPassword} attribute will be
used.
<p>Google Keyboard will be standard on Android Wear, allowing for direct text
entry. This feature will work as expected with standard
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/widget/EditText.html">EditText widgets</a>.
For passwords, the {@code textPassword} attribute will be used.</p>
<h4>Utilizing Account Manager</h4>
Android Wear will include the <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/accounts/AccountManager.html">
<p>Android Wear will include the
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/accounts/AccountManager.html">
AccountManager</a>, which will be accessible for syncing and storing account
data, as it is on an Android phone.
</p>
data, as it is on an Android phone.</p>
<h4>Authentication tokens can be passed over the Wearable Data Layer</h4>
<p>For Android-paired watches (only), a phone securely
transfers authentication credentials to a watch app via the
<a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/data-layer/index.html">
Wearable Data Layer API</a>. The credentials can be transferred as
messages or data items.</p>
<p>If your watch app needs to determine if your phone app is installed, you can
advertise a capability on the phone app and retrieve the capability on the
watch. For more information, see the following sections of
<a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/data-layer/messages.html">
Sending and Receiving Messages</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Advertise Capabilities</li>
<li>Retrieve the Nodes with the Required Capabilities</li>
</ul>