fr55 simulator - black and dark grey not drawing

I'm just checking through the devices I want to support for my watch face and have noticed a problem in the simulator for the fr55.

When the colours are set to Graphics.BLACK and Graphics.COLOR_DK_GRAY nothing is drawn.

When the colours are set to Graphics.COLOR_LT_GRAY then white is drawn.

The code I have used to find this out is:

    targetDc.setColor(Graphics.COLOR_BLACK, Graphics.COLOR_BLACK);
    targetDc.clear();

And

    targetDc.setColor(Graphics.COLOR_BLACK, Graphics.COLOR_BLACK);
    targetDc.fillRectangle(0,  0, _screenWidth, _screenHeight);

The question is though. Is this a problem in the simulator or will it be on the watch too?

Unfortunately, I don't have access to a fr55 to test this on.

Many thanks,

Paul

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago

The Swim2, fr45 and fr55 olny have 8 colors so if you use any of the other 8 standard colors they get mapped into one of the 8 that are supported. With devices that only support 2 colors, like the Instinct2, all colors get mapped to either black or white.

kbdnooni over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hi Jim, thanks.

I expected that. However, I also expected black to be one of the supported colours!

How do I paint black on the fr55?

Many thanks,

Paul

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to kbdnooni

This is one of my watch faces in the sim with the fr45 where I use a black background.

In my code I use an index from settings then uses an array where I use Graphics.COLOR_BLACK dark gray shows as black and lt gray as white.

Same with the fr55

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to kbdnooni

Are your devices up to date? Which SDK?

Shent-Aurkhan (SHN) over 3 years ago

hi, unless I am mistaken, but in your exemple, you set the background in black and you try to draw a black rectangle,

black on black = the best camouflage ever!

kbdnooni over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hi Jim,

As far as I am aware all my devices are up to date (checked in the SDK Manager)

SDK is 4.1.1 I've tried it with 4.0.10 to the same effect

Graphics.COLOR_DK_GRAY also doesn't work.

Graphics.COLOR_LT_GRAY shows as white

I just want to clear the screen :(

Thanks,

Paul

Shent-Aurkhan (SHN) over 3 years ago in reply to kbdnooni

here you will find the color available:

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/user-experience-guidelines/incorporating-the-visual-design-and-product-personalities/

Dark grey does not exist on fr55 that is why is black and LT grey also, I guess the closest color is white, that is why you have it White.

To clear the screen in black try this.

dc.setColor(0,0);

dc.clear();

or in white

dc.setColor(0xFFFFFF,0xFFFFFF);

dc.clear();

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Shent-Aurkhan (SHN)

Yes, on the fr45/fr55. Dk Gray will be black and Lt Gray, White. For colors I never hard code the hex values. This comes from the fenix3 where (if I recall) pink and purple were backwards.

Hr. Mortensen over 2 years ago

Not sure if this is exactly the same topic - but I have also into a color problem unique to the fr55 in the simulator.

This code I use to clear the screen, and set text color, which works just fine for all devices other than fr55:

var BCol = getBackgroundColor();

var TxtCol = BCol ? Graphics.COLOR_BLACK : Graphics.COLOR_WHITE;

dc.setColor(TxtCol , BCol);

dc.clear();

If I draw text after this, it will be black text on white background in sim. But for fr55 it will clear the background to white as it should, but the text is black on black (so just black squares)?

The way to fix it is to add this line:

dc.setColor(TxtCol , Graphics.COLOR_TRANSPARENT);

Now it also works fine for fr55 in sim. But I don't like to have a code of line in that I only need for one device.

huh? a defect in sim? or also required on real fr55 device (I don't have the device) ?

_psx_ over 2 years ago in reply to Hr. Mortensen

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/4-2-2---fix-some-graphics-issues-with-devices-that-have-a-gpu-sim-but-not-on-instinct-but-maybe-it-doesn-t-have-gpu