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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ Copyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+<sample>
+    <name>WearMessagingApp</name>
+    <group>Wearable</group>  <!-- This field will be deprecated in the future
+                            and replaced with the "categories" tags below. -->
+    <package>com.example.android.wearable.wear.messaging</package>
+
+    <minSdk>21</minSdk>
+    <targetSdkVersion>25</targetSdkVersion>
+    <targetSdkVersionWear>25</targetSdkVersionWear>
+
+    <wearable>
+        <has_handheld_app>true</has_handheld_app>
+    </wearable>
+
+    <!-- Include additional dependencies here.-->
+    <!-- dependency>com.google.android.gms:play-services:5.0.+</dependency -->
+
+    <dependency>com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1</dependency>
+    <dependency>com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.1.1</dependency>
+    <dependency>com.android.support:design:25.1.1</dependency>
+
+    <!--<dependency>com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:10.2.0</dependency>-->
+    <dependency>com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:10.2.0</dependency>
+
+    <dependency>com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:3.7.0</dependency>
+
+    <dependency_wearable>com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1</dependency_wearable>
+    <dependency_wearable>com.android.support:design:25.1.1</dependency_wearable>
+
+    <strings>
+        <intro>
+            <![CDATA[
+            Sample demonstrates best practices for building a messaging experience on Android Wear.
+            ]]>
+        </intro>
+    </strings>
+
+    <template src="Wear" />
+
+    <metadata>
+        <!-- Values: {DRAFT | PUBLISHED | INTERNAL | DEPRECATED | SUPERCEDED} -->
+        <status>DRAFT</status>
+        <!-- See http://go/sample-categories for details on the next 4 fields. -->
+        <!-- Most samples just need to udpate the Categories field. This is a comma-
+             seperated list of topic tags. Unlike the old category system, samples
+             may have multiple categories, so feel free to add extras. Try to avoid
+             simply tagging everything with "UI". :)-->
+        <categories>Wearable</categories>
+        <technologies>Android</technologies>
+        <languages>Java</languages>
+        <solutions>Mobile</solutions>
+        <!-- Values: {BEGINNER | INTERMEDIATE | ADVANCED | EXPERT} -->
+        <!-- Beginner is for "getting started" type content, or essential content.
+             (e.g. "Hello World", activities, intents)
+
+             Intermediate is for content that covers material a beginner doesn't need
+             to know, but that a skilled developer is expected to know.
+             (e.g. services, basic styles and theming, sync adapters)
+
+             Advanced is for highly technical content geared towards experienced developers.
+             (e.g. performance optimizations, custom views, bluetooth)
+
+             Expert is reserved for highly technical or specialized content, and should
+             be used sparingly. (e.g. VPN clients, SELinux, custom instrumentation runners) -->
+        <level>INTERMEDIATE</level>
+        <!-- Dimensions: 512x512, PNG fomrat -->
+        <icon>screenshots/icon-web.png</icon>
+        <!-- Path to screenshots. Use <img> tags for each. -->
+        <screenshots>
+            <img>screenshots/1-main.png</img>
+            <img>screenshots/2-settings.png</img>
+        </screenshots>
+        <!-- List of APIs that this sample should be cross-referenced under. Use <android>
+        for fully-qualified Framework class names ("android:" namespace).
+
+        Use <ext> for custom namespaces, if needed. See "Samples Index API" documentation
+        for more details. -->
+        <api_refs>
+            <android>android.app.ActionBar</android>
+        </api_refs>
+
+        <!-- 1-3 line description of the sample here.
+
+            Avoid simply rearranging the sample's title. What does this sample actually
+            accomplish, and how does it do it? -->
+        <description>
+            Sample demonstrating how to instantiate an ActionBar on Android, define
+            action items, and set an "up" navigation link. Uses the Support Library
+            for compatibility with pre-3.0 devices.
+        </description>
+
+        <!-- Multi-paragraph introduction to sample, from an educational point-of-view.
+        Makrdown formatting allowed. This will be used to generate a mini-article for the
+        sample on DAC. -->
+        <intro>
+            Long intro here.
+
+            Multi-paragraph introduction to sample, from an educational point-of-view.
+            *Makrdown* formatting allowed. See [Markdown Documentation][1]
+            for details.
+
+            [1]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
+        </intro>
+    </metadata>
+</sample>