can a watch face call a watch app?

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Thanks

The idea is if a watch face can call a watch app that can play a sound or vibrate the problem could be solved and there would be no reason not to have native sound and vibrate in the watch face which would be a lot easier.

Right now it is very limiting because it's not possible to have reminders from a watch face, reminders to drink or move or whatever.

You could just have a widget/super app with a background service and use requestApplicationWake.  No need to involve a watch face.  Look at garmin's hydration widget.

Thanks - I'm looking to implement a simple single interface for the user so that he can set all the settings from one place and ideally install just a watch face. This minimizes installation and most importantly reduces the amount of user navigation on the watch whilst providing maximum benefit.

How much have you used a Garmin watch?

If you are seeing a watch face (native or CIQ), up/down takes you to the glance loop where you can access native and CIQ "glances".  A button press take you to a list of all activates on the watch and you can add CIQ or native DFs in an activity.  Other input takes you to controls, the music player, system settings, etc.

Not sure you understand the environment - maybe just what you can see in the sim?

Hi, thanks for taking the time to respond and explain.

I'm trying to achieve a greater level of sophistication and simplified navigation integrated in the watch face.

The absence of vibrate is severely limiting the approach and am still investigating what else can still be achieved.

jim_m_58 said:

Not sure you understand the environment - maybe just what you can see in the sim?

I was hoping to imitate watch button presses in the Simulator.

It seems the Simulator doesn't simulate glances of a watch face, in the same way a watch does.

So you can't fully emulate the behavior of a watch face on a watch.

jim_m_58 said:

You could just have a widget/super app with a background service and use requestApplicationWake.  No need to involve a watch face.  Look at garmin's hydration widget.

Do you have any examples where a watch face could call a super app for the chime or alert requests, as the watch face isn't allowed to do it? For example, passing the number of vibrates it would like performed.