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Watchface: Glance

MobileDriveway
over 3 years ago

NEWS UPDATE:

BIG EASY IQ:

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1c8d4883-b4b2-49f3-b30c-954698cef794

EASY+: 

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/7c993e2b-70b3-459a-bbe0-db48a89af5a8?tid=0

With introduction of Garmin Pay, I am starting to add a new payment option for some of my apps. The system is not flexible enough to just add Garmin Pay to existing apps, so I'll publish a copy of an app, with the same functionality but Garmin Pay as the payment provider.

The first one out is Glance Ultra (a copy of Glance Dual Screen):

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/1bed8f69-2e34-46e4-9786-3166fa3c6ab2?tid=0

EASY Round - 2023 #1 watch face of the year (by Garmin):

apps.garmin.com/.../9a619d99-3e5b-4eec-81e7-006655d797cc

EASY Round

GLANCE WATCH FACE app won THE BEST NEW WATCH FACE APP OF 2022 ! At the Developers conference Garmin announced nominees and winners for the best apps in different categories. Glance Watch Face was nominated and won in the best new watch face category Slight smile! Garmin didn't post the video from the conference yet, but it was already reported by other websites: https://the5krunner.com/2022/10/12/garmin-app-watchface-of-the-year-2022-ciq-winners-and-nominees-announced/

The idea for this app is simple:
- Use only large fonts, so that all data are visible at a glance (hence the name of the app: Glance   )
- Put as much data on the screen as possible, without sacrificing font size above
- Make all data fields customizeable to your needs
- Make colors customizeable as much as possible, so users can create their own design

The "Glance Watch Face" app is 100% FREE - no hidden restrictions, nagging, or expiration:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/07ae ... 07e8035fae

There is also a mostly free app - BIG EASY: apps.garmin.com/.../86ec352b-da01-4806-8972-770c6d32a5e8

There are also two paid versions of this app - "Glance Pro":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ac4be3ce-f0f3-4c49-be01-5fa52614ab2b

and "Glance Dual Screen":

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/5c0fe72b-f045-4366-a878-d3e67c600868

Paid versions are identical to the free version (so no worries, FREE doesn't mean bad!), but have a lot of extra features features:

  • Open Weather Map support
  • Setting for TIME font weight
  • New way to use shared color themes
  • Support for many new metrics (like Body Battery, Stress Level, and lots more)
  • Extra progress bars and Graphs (in Dual Screen only)
  • Two separate data screens (in Dual Screen only) 
  • A lot more - see apps description for the full list
  • You have an opportunity (and a small incentive) to support the development Slight smile

Unique feature of the Glance apps - you can save your own Color Themes and quicly switch between them righ on the watch.

NEW: Now you can SHARE your Color Theme! You can also quickly apply Color Themes shared with you. Here is a full description of how it all works: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance.html#color

Here is the current Color Themes Gallery: https://www.mobiledriveway.com/glance_gallery.html

Color themes are compatible between "Glance" and "Glance Pro" (except for "inactive status icons color", which became obsolete in "Pro").

I'd love to see all color combinations you came up with. Please post your themes in the Reviews and I'll add them to the gallery!

Questions and suggestions are welcome!

  • 5 days ago in reply to nel50n
    nel50n said:
    Is there an option to disable the new bar icons on the Glance Ultra version ?

    Not at the moment, but it is on TODO the list. Surprisingly, it is not as trivial as it might look.

  • 5 days ago in reply to nel50n
    nel50n said:
    Is there an option to disable the new bar icons on the Glance Ultra version ?

    Not at the moment, but it is on TODO the list. Surprisingly, it is not as trivial as it might look.

  • 5 days ago in reply to kalintri
    kalintri said:
    a split second almost every time I looked at the watch face to remember which bar was for what, especially the middle top and bottom bars and especially when you add the changing second screen

    Exactly why I implemented the bars icons, thanks.

    kalintri said:
    That said, I agree that it would be good to have a setting to disable the bar icons for people who do not like them. 
    I also think that it would be a good idea to be able to set the bar icon colours independently from the bar colours, if possible and also independently for each bar icon, although I am not sure how difficult that would be to code or if it is even possible.

    I don't want to over do it, especially considering your next point. The most I see is an option to disable them.

    kalintri said:
    One more thing that I think is something to consider as an improvement for the future is redesigning the settings screen, as with all the options there, it is becoming quite cluttered and difficult to find specific settings. Maybe a good idea would be, if possible, to group the settings into various tabs. For example, one tab for configuring the metrics shown in each field, one tab for configuring the colours of each of the elements, one tab for the fonts and font options and so on...
    I am not even sure if that is something that Garmin allows to code in that way, but if possible, it will be a good improvement. :) 

    I agree, but it is impossible at the moment. Settings are a Garmin functionality, impossible to change. The closest thing to it was when Garmin introduce groups in settings, but it had a bug right from the beginning - everything in the group had it's settings reset on every save. Every developer (including myself) who used them got burned. Garmin never fixed it, even though the bug was reported for years. So, we just gave up, but who knows, maybe one day...