Getting Started with Google Play Services

In the past, developers had to rely upon third party, online services to offer features such as Text Detection or Barcode Scanning in their apps. In this course, Getting Started with the Google Play Services API, you’ll be introduced to these features and learn how to integrate them into your apps. First, you'll learn how to implement Nearby Messaging natively in your apps and be introduced to the code needed to send messages between Android apps that are within close proximity of each other. Then, you'll be introduced to Mobile Vision. Finally, you'll explore how to use three features available to us in the Google Play Services API: Text Detection, Barcode Detection, and Face Detection. When you’re finished with this course you’ll have the fundamental knowledge needed to offer these advanced features in the apps you build or in apps you’ve built already.