Watchface: M2

This is the support thread for the M2 watchface:

App store link to M2: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1b4e3210-8105-487b-9f3a-8d538e6fed55
Link to M2 Designer: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/206c2756-5eee-47f2-a654-f32375dcbe02

JimAEgirson has created a Facebook group for designs here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/423319952037948

And this PDF files contains a quick visual index to the designs posted in this thread: >>> ForumProfiles1.pdf <<<

To create your own design or modify one, install & use the M2 Designer app on your watch. These are the steps you would go through:

Optionally paste a text code into the "Profile Text" setting of M2 Designer & save the settings, or load one of your previously saved designs (either via the settings or the in-app menu).
Run the M2 Designer app (found underneath your activities list) and create your design.
Once you've finished, open the Garmin settings for M2 Designer.
The text code in "Profile Text" will now represent whatever your design looks like, so copy the text code from "Profile Text" - and be careful to select the whole text.
Close the settings for M2 Designer.
Open the Garmin settings for M2 (watchface) instead.
Delete any text that was already in "Profile Text" - this step helps to avoid potential problems
Paste the text code into "Profile Text".
Save the settings.
Now when you view the M2 watchface it will show your changes.

A guide for accessing the Garmin settings is here: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/w/wiki/14/changing-your-app-settings-in-garmin-express-gcm-ciq-mobile-store.

Profile text for the default display = 01Ys2525111WDPO1011WwWO020Vc121VZ11WwXw03X7C11WwVd035C13NC13XDC19010000

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Notes on 12-hour and 24-hour display options - see 4 posts down (with Oldest first) ...

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PeterN over 4 years ago

Matching another pair of watch strap and watch face to each other - as Israeli, I was not able to miss this band, even its colors are not completely the same with the flag.

The code is:

1st half:

01ZW5VX25111WDPVX1017Y6VX0VtXGVoZW70VX0YdXGVoZW1XGXN023VnVX1XGWB021Vn11XGX603RI11XG503X7G11WXU036G11WmU03SG11X2U03BG11XHU03SG11XlU03GG11WlZ70BVWG11X1Z70BKG11XMZ703EG11XbZ703SG11XlZ7034G11XGYi03W9G11XVYi03SG11XmYi032G11WdYi0BKG11WrYi0BRG1YNFXa04I11Z9FXa04H

2nd half:

1VdXLFXB04E1VXXbFXB04E1VdX5ZHXV04F1VXWpZHXV04F1VdW3ZHXE04J11VnZHXE04J1VdWJFWm04C1VXWZFWm04C1Vd1ZHWm04R11dXZHWm04R1Vd

P.S. As Dutch resident, I was also not able to miss the red-white-blue strap, so it is on its way from China :).

P.P.S. I just got told that this strap looks like the Honduran Flag as well, so Hondurans, please enjoy it too! :-)

Bitti over 4 years ago

Would it be possible to get current activity status (active, paused, stopped) as a visibility option? It seems to be possible since some watchfaces (like "Clear and Powerful") display activity status icons.(Just tried it on my Fenix 5+, and it correctly showed whether an activity was in progress.)

markdotai over 4 years ago in reply to PeterN

PeterN - customizing for different straps is so cool

markdotai over 4 years ago in reply to Bitti

Bitti - that's a nice idea and should be quick to do I'm going to update to the latest SDK today (and see if that works ok) - so I'll try to add this in at the same time.

PeterN over 4 years ago in reply to markdotai

Wow! Does this include the weather option? Please let me know if help with testing is needed/possible!

markdotai over 4 years ago in reply to PeterN

PeterN - well it will allow me to start investigating weather at least

But there's a lot of steps involved in the process so will take a while:

Need to work out which weather information to show (most important to users, yet small enough to fit in available memory)
Make required icons etc
Setup method to display weather options in the Designer
Even then it may not be possible to fit in remaining available memory ... the new SDK apparently uses up a few hundred more bytes than the old one which eats into what was previously spare. So have to see!

[Something like visibility options is many times easier, as it's just one line of code really.]

markdotai over 4 years ago in reply to Bitti

Bitti - just finished the CIQ SDK update to 3.2.2 (all works) and did upload new versions of M2 & M2 Designer with 4 x visibility options for the current activity:

Off - no current activity
On - activity is active (and not paused / stopped)
Paused - activity is paused
Stopped - activity is stopped

But I haven't tested these activity options yet If you try them and they work or don't then please let me know!

PeterN over 4 years ago in reply to markdotai

markdotai,

I definitely understand that adding a weather option is not easy, especially due to the Garmin memory constraint and not always polished SDK functionalities.

Please let me know I may help with testing or providing feedback regarding icons, methods etc.

Thank you for your great M2!

markdotai over 4 years ago in reply to PeterN

PeterN - one bit of useful information would be what's the minimal data that you would want to display? Things like:

Current weather or 1 hour forecast or forecast for the day?
Temperature? (feels like or actual?)
Precipitation chance?
Wind?
Icons for anything?
Summary of condition? (Dry / rain / snow - Garmin list 53 of these ...)

Something like current temperature and precipitation chance only would be an easy case.

The new SDK weather information is here: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/Weather.html so you can see what is possible.

But I think the next stage for me is to try and work out how to free up some more memory for a weather feature (or wait for newer watches with more memory). Which might involve making a "M3" if a lot of changes are needed. Or maybe make a customisable weather widget instead ...

PeterN over 4 years ago in reply to markdotai

markdotai,

I'd put the weather information to display into the prio order (and IMHO):

Bare minimum: 1 hour forecast (current conditions are also OK):
- actual temperature as number,
- precipitation chance + cloudiness level as single icon (e.g. sun or clouds+rain etc.)
Reasonable: 1 hour forecast as above + today's forecast with high/low temperature and cloudiness level, precipitation chance as "summary of condition" text or icon, perhaps wind too:
- E.g. as in the watchface I made for my former Samsung smartwatch with the Watchmaker editor - https://youtu.be/aryOqiy6pQo
Nice to have: adding 3-days forecast with high/low temperatures and icons for precipitation chance and sky condition per day.
Optional: time and place for the weather data update.

You may find a few more examples of weather theme watchfaces from the same source :) here:

https://youtu.be/V9t_Cv8P3MI , https://youtu.be/ZEmQnPqhjW8 , https://youtu.be/UZuWu_NUWgQ

Another example - very old watchfaces I made for my first Pebble smartwatch with the Canvas editor:

What do you and fellow forum members say? :)

P.S. Regarding M3: what do you think if the watch face development could be moved from the watch itself to a smartphone app like implemented in the WatchMaker editor? Would this make the Garmin watch memory limitation less critical?