Problem with redraw watchface after o'clock chime rings, or connection lost message

Hi. i building watchface with many data fields. For energy efficient i use partial refresh only for fields with changed data.
When o'clock chime rings, or connection lost message, this message draw directly on canvas. And i cannot program determinate end and start this message to do full refresh screen only one time, for energy savings. Coz one refresh up to 0.5 sec of processor time.

Any possibility to determinate end or start of this message ? i try all methods all fails (

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jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 6500889 +1

The only way to deal with this is to update the full screen when onUpdate() is called. You may want to look ate how you calculate things and in some cases just display the data vs calculating it. An example…

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0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 6500889

Trying to only update part of the screen first came up in the 2015 timeframe, The "fix" is to always update the entire screen, just like in onUpdate() in any other app type.

The only place it's safe to do only part of the screen is in onPartialUpdate()

6500889 said:
I met many watchfaces with this bug (

It's a bug in the watch face, not CIQ. You can't see this in the sim, so some devs might not know.

0 6500889 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

i already make fix this issue with "crutches" )

seams, always works good on my watch, will test on other devices.

Thanks everyone for trying help!