LauncherIcon

Hi,

Some devices show the Icon and Name when you 'design' the screen layout. My Edge 1000 does this.

Yes, you will only see the selected Icon when the App/Data Field is uploaded to the Store. You will always get the Spanner and Pencil icon while side-loading.

Cheers
Chris

Hi,

Some devices show the Icon and Name when you 'design' the screen layout. My Edge 1000 does this.

Yes, you will only see the selected Icon when the App/Data Field is uploaded to the Store. You will always get the Spanner and Pencil icon while side-loading.

Cheers
Chris

Thanks Chris. What do you mean by "design" the screen layout? Is there a GUI for designing the layout that I missed somehow?

Also, it is the LauncherIcon that will show in GC Mobile after downloading from the app store, correct?

Also, it is the LauncherIcon that will show in GC Mobile after downloading from the app store, correct?

No, you set that image when you upload to the store (your main image) There are up to 5 other images that you can also show in the store.

You define launch_icon in your code, and based on app type and device, will show on the watch, even for sideloads. (the size of this varies by device, and there is a max size for a device)

No, you set that image when you upload to the store (your main image) There are up to 5 other images that you can also show in the store.

You define launch_icon in your code, and based on app type and device, will show on the watch, even for sideloads. (the size of this varies by device, and there is a max size for a device)

Thanks Jim, where does the launch icon show on the watch? I never see it...

Thanks Chris. What do you mean by "design" the screen layout? Is there a GUI for designing the layout that I missed somehow?

Also, it is the LauncherIcon that will show in GC Mobile after downloading from the app store, correct?

On the Edge 1000 (and may also be on other devices) you can select the number on data fields on the screen, and what appears in each. Once you select a field, IQ ones show the icon and name - so the icon is important in data fields.

No, the primary store image, not icon, shows in GC

Cheers
Chris

Interesting, on the 735xt when I add a field to the screen, the preview shows the actual field not an icon and name.

It varies by device. For example, on a 23x/630/735, it doesn't show for data fields, but shows for watch apps. On the va and va-hr it shows for watch apps, while on the va-hr, it also shows for widgets. I don't know of any device where it shows for watchfaces....

Interesting, on the 735xt when I add a field to the screen, the preview shows the actual field not an icon and name.

I am guessing the reason why devices like the Edge 1000 show the icon and name, is during this screen setup, no activity is running therefore the data field has no data - and it would be difficult to tell what is where.

Devices like the Edge display the data fields in this way because their User Interface allows you to configure data fields for a profile that is not the currently active profile. Since the data fields for the current profile are loaded, the device cannot load and display data fields from a different profile when you are configuring them in this way. The device shows the app name and icon instead.