Fenix 5X Watchface, Continuous Second Hand

Has anyone posted source code for a fairly simple watchface, such as the default that comes with the Fenix 5, that sports a continuous second hand and some add'l metrics? I like this look, but I'd like to add more options in terms of color and what I can change those three metrics to display, as well as some other minor features like on a button press, overlay a message with sunrise/set time, battery level, calories burned, etc for a few seconds then return to the primary watch face.

jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

The analog sample in the SDK has 1hz seconds and runs on the f5x (there's really nothing specific about 1hz seconds on the f5x). As far as colors and additional data, that's common stuff and some post source alongside their apps in the store.

Watchfaces can't handle things like a button press. You could display the extra stuff based on a gesture (drop out of the watchface's low power mode) and it will go away after 10 seconds when it returns to low power mode (see onEnterSleep/onExitSleep in a watchface.)

DaveBrillhart over 6 years ago

The analog sample in the SDK has 1hz seconds and runs on the f5x (there's really nothing specific about 1hz seconds on the f5x). As far as colors and additional data, that's common stuff and some post source alongside their apps in the store.

Watchfaces can't handle things like a button press. You could display the extra stuff based on a gesture (drop out of the watchface's low power mode) and it will go away after 10 seconds when it returns to low power mode (see onEnterSleep/onExitSleep in a watchface.)

Great! Thanks Jim. I don't want to clutter up the watchface with lots of metrics or information. Or consume the battery all the time calculating stuff. So the gesture technique may work well. Scroll thru several additional data values when triggered then go away.