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18 days ago

I would like to use more than 255 strings in my watch face for the more recent watches, but still let the older watches work. So my logic was to specify 2 different resource paths:

resources-standard - over 255 stings
resources-lower - less than 255 strings

(I'll use the Fenix 6 and Fenix 8 Solar 47mm as the 2 examples)

So in the monkey.jungle file I specify:

base.resourcePath = $(base.resourcePath);resources-standard
fenix6.resourcePath = $(fenix6.resourcePath);resources-lower

This is OK for the F8 but errors on the F6 as having too many strings - which surprised me. OK I thought maybe its the order, so I put the F6 first

fenix6.resourcePath = $(fenix6.resourcePath);resources-lower
base.resourcePath = $(base.resourcePath);resources-standard

This also errors.

Now I'm into a world of badness, especially in the future, and I make the resources-lower the base folder

base.resourcePath = $(base.resourcePath);resources-lower
fenix8solar47mm.resourcePath = $(fenix8solar47mm.resourcePath);resources-standard

And this worked correctly for the F6 and F8, the issue this would present is it would require every new watch to be added to the list, instead of it being a one off static list now.

I'm using Windows 11, VSC 1.98.2, Monkey C 1.1.1, SDK 8.1.0 and my devices are up to date.

Am I doing this wrong, is there a better way e.g. specify API level to use different resource folders or somehow do this in code? Any help, guidance or pointers would be much appreciated

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  • 18 days ago

    $(fenix6.resourcePath) already includes $(base.resourcePath) so you need:

    base.resourcePath = $(base.resourcePath);resources-standard
    fenix6.resourcePath = resources-lower

    This works usually, but if you use other "pre-definied" resource folders (languages, shapes, etc) then you'll need to add all of those to the "low" devices.

  • 18 days ago in reply to flocsy🤠
    flocsy🤠 said:
    base.resourcePath = $(base.resourcePath);resources-standard
    fenix6.resourcePath = resources-lower

    Yeah this is the general approach I have taken in the past.

    flocsy🤠 said:
    This works usually, but if you use other "pre-definied" resource folders (languages, shapes, etc) then you'll need to add all of those to the "low" devices.

    This is true, except for the part about language folders (I think). As per the generated SDK_ROOT/bin/default.jungle file, language-specific paths are handled separately from resourcePath paths.

    e.g.

    # Set the base properties, base represents the root of the Monkey C Project
base.sourcePath = .\**.mc
base.resourcePath = resources
base.personality = resources

# Set the base language-specific string resources
base.lang.hun = resources-hun
base.lang.nob = resources-nob
base.lang.swe = resources-swe
base.lang.dut = resources-dut

...

# Set the round family qualifier
round = $(base)
round.resourcePath = $(round.resourcePath);resources-round
round.personality = $(round.personality);resources-round

# Set the round language-specific string resources
round.lang.hun = $(round.lang.hun);resources-round-hun

...

# Set the round-260x260 family qualifier
round-260x260 = $(round)
round-260x260.resourcePath = $(round-260x260.resourcePath);resources-round-260x260
round-260x260.personality = $(round-260x260.personality);resources-round-260x260

# Set the round-260x260 language-specific string resources
round-260x260.lang.hun = $(round-260x260.lang.hun);resources-round-260x260-hun

...

# Set the fr955 family qualifier
fr955 = $(round-260x260)
fr955.resourcePath = $(fr955.resourcePath);resources-fr955
fr955.personality = $(fr955.personality);$(devicesPath)\fr955;resources-fr955

# Set the fr955 language-specific string resources
fr955.lang.ara = $(fr955.lang.ara);resources-fr955-ara
fr955.lang.bul = $(fr955.lang.bul);resources-fr955-bul
...

    So for example, if I override fr955.resourcePath as follows, fr955.lang.* should still be unchanged:

    fr955.resourcePath = resources-random # base.resourcePath is no longer included

    Personally I find that looking at default.jungle really helped me to understand how the resource/language qualifier system works. (e.g. you can see how base inheritance works by following one of the chains: e.g. base > round > round-260x260 > fr955)

  • 18 days ago

    Cool, thank you both, i will try

  • 18 days ago

    Excellent that worked - thank you both.

    For completeness, I needed to add drawables, fonts etc.. into the resources-lower