If you are building a watch face, is there a common set of icons for things like Blue Tooth status, Tones on/off, or if there is an Alarm set on the device? It seems having a common icon between watch faces could be a good thing, as if you try a new watch face, you don't want to figure out what a symbol means. Garmin doesn't need to pick one, but maybe the people here can define a set that is the "Common"!
If you are building a watch face, is there a common set of icons for things like Blue Tooth status, Tones on/off, or if there is an Alarm set on the device? It seems having a common icon between watch faces could be a good thing, as if you try a new watch face, you don't want to figure out what a symbol means. Garmin doesn't need to pick one, but maybe the people here can define a set that is the "Common"!
We don't have a common set of icons that we make available I am aware of, but I think this is a good idea. I know I would prefer to at least have a basic set on hand as part of the SDK that I could use, and then customize if I choose. I'll file a request to have this considered for addition to a future release.
We don't have a common set of icons that we make available I am aware of, but I think this is a good idea. I know I would prefer to at least have a basic set on hand as part of the SDK that I could use, and then customize if I choose. I'll file a request to have this considered for addition to a future release.
Sounds good.
It would be even better if (some of) these icons could be referenced directly without adding them to an application - and thus saving precious space for the apps :-)
In my proposal, I suggested a design where the indicators are included as part of the built-in fonts and could be used in a similar fashion to font resources. That would allow a lot of flexibility in sizing and colors, and not require the designer to load additional graphics. We'll see what happens. :)
Ithe indicators are included as part of the built-in fonts and could be used in a similar fashion to font resources.
Yes. This seems like the best way to implement it since you can get any color icon you want (two colors only), with a single resource. I use a custom font for this in my watch face already (the character V maps the vibrate on icon, v maps to vibrate off, ...).
Here is the list that comes to mind. Maybe too many and some I missed!
Alarm - watch alarm on/off Blue tooth - on or off Battery - (the percent could then be next to it) Clock - something like "12h" or "24h" in the same space as the others. Goal - below/above images for step activity goal GPS - on or off Notifications - new/no new ones Low Power - on or off
Would also be nice to have some common "screens" (images or complete layouts) especially when dealing with errors or system requirements. For instance, my widget requires a bluetooth connection and I'd like to display the same "Garmin Connect Mobile Connection Required" screen as the Garmin apps do.
Thanks for the suggestion--I've added your idea to the request. The things we've discussed in this thread have been prioritized on the road map, so we'll be working on getting this included in a future release.
