Widget: Battery Gauge

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Battery Gauge

Battery Gauge Widget v2.1




Widget showing battery history for a selected period. Currently it is a bit limited, since it isn't possible to have a process running in the background storing the battery state continuosly. The way the widget currently works is that every time the widget is started, the battery charge value is read and saved. The value is compared to the previous one, and the graph is updated. Each bar in the graph represents an hour (in week view), so if the widget for instance is started at 12 o'clock and later at 4 o'clock, the values at 12 and 4 are real values. The values at 1, 2 and 3 o'clock are calculated based on the difference between 12 and 4. If one starts the widget at regular intervals, the graph should give a quite good representation of the battery state.

Widget menu (press Start/Enter button)
  • Statistics screen, showing battery drain the last hour, the last day, since a user defined time and since last log reset.
  • Switch the graph scale between 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, 4 days and 1 day (Log data is no longer deleted when changing scale).
  • Switch between no graph markers, high/low markers or markers for each step on the x-axis.
  • Switch between black or white background.
  • Reset the log.

Please note:
  • Since each bar represents one hour, there will be no data visible for the first hour after the widget is run the first time. If after several hours no graph is visible, try clearing the log from the widget menu.
  • It is recommended to clear the log after installing a new version.
  • If after clearing the log problems still persist, it may be necessary to manually delete the log file. Instructions in this post: Deleting log file manually


Updates:

Version 2.1 - September 18, 2016
  • Support for Vivoactive HR
  • Fixed layout issues on new Forerunner and Fenix series watches
  • Improved the ability to scroll past the widget in the widget list


Version 1.9b - November 23, 2015
  • Added experimental support for FR230, FR235 and FR630. Please regard this as beta software for the time being.

Version 1.8 - June 24, 2015
  • Updated to Connect IQ v1.1.2.
  • Added support for D2 Bravo.

Version 1.7 - May 27, 2015
  • Improved precision on statistics calculations.
  • Added version number to statistics screen.

Version 1.6.5 - May 17, 2015
  • Fixed a bug regarding 'last hour' and 'last day' statistics.

Version 1.6.2 - May 10, 2015
  • Increased size of graph marker font.

Version 1.6 - May 9, 2015
  • Thanks to Gigios (Vivoactive) andMourk.D (Fenix 3) for beta testing!
  • Added 'Statistics' screen, showing battery drain over various periods.
  • Added experimental Vivoactive support. Please regard this as beta software for the time being.
  • Added ForeAthlete 920XTJ support.
  • Renamed 'Clear Log' to 'Reset Log'
  • Bug fixes.

Version 1.2 - April 28, 2015
  • Added option to select between graph markers.
  • Added 1 month scale option.

Version 1.1 - April 17, 2015
  • Data is no longer cleared when changing scale.
  • When selecting a new scale in the menu, view is immediately returned to graph.
  • Added 2 week scale option.

Version 1.0 - April 13, 2015
  • Added possibility to change graph scale.
  • Added possibility to change background color.
  • Added marker showing highest value of graph.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.8 beta - April 08, 2015
  • Forerunner 920XT support - NOTE: Only tested in simulator.
  • Added possibility to delete log file via widget menu.
  • Small tweaks to graph.

Version 0.7 beta - April 07, 2015
  • Bug fixes.
  • Added version number to screen.

Version 0.6 beta - April 07, 2015
  • Initial version.
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago
    Sorry, didn't make it this time, but Vivoactive HR support is planned for the next update in a week or so.
  • Sorry, didn't make it this time, but Vivoactive HR support is planned for the next update in a week or so.


    Not to worry at all, I am glad to hear that it is still planned to be released, thank you! Really appreciate the effort!
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
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    1.9B Update 4 no change log anymore?

    Recently I have received false alarm on new update of Battery Gauge.

    May I know how to identify version installed on Fenix 3 HR?
    I believe version displayed on Connect Mobile is the one available on store.
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    The last version I uploaded was '1.9b'. The upd1 to upd4 updates are all created automatically by Garmin to support new watches. You can see the version installed by going to the 'Statistics' screen. These automatic updates may or may not function as intended...

    However, I've just finished a proper new version with some startup improvements along with Vivoactive HR support. I'm going to finish testing it this weekend, and will release it early next week.

    -Torstein
  • The last version I uploaded was '1.9b'. The upd1 to upd4 updates are all created automatically by Garmin to support new watches. You can see the version installed by going to the 'Statistics' screen. These automatic updates may or may not function as intended...

    However, I've just finished a proper new version with some startup improvements along with Vivoactive HR support. I'm going to finish testing it this weekend, and will release it early next week.

    -Torstein



    Thank you!!
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    New version uploaded to the app store :)

    Improvements:
    • Support for Vivoactive HR
    • Fixed layout issues on new Forerunner and Fenix series watches
    • Improved the ability to scroll past the widget in the widget list


    The somewhat slow startup time of the widget is due to the fact that widgets may only access watch data such as battery status when the widget is running. So some necessary calculations has top be done at startup. I'm looking into ways to improve this further.

    -Torstein
  • Upgraded and it wiped out the battery history... not important enough for me to care about, but is that expected behaviour?
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    Battery history sometimes survives an upgrade, but usually Garmin assigns a new ID to the widget when it is upgraded. In that case it starts over with a new history file.

    In any case I recommend resetting the history when upgrading.
  • Not a problem (unless you as developer expected the history to carry forward)
  • Update requires CIQ 1.3?

    Does the latest Version of Battery Gauge require CIQ 1.3? I have a Fenix3 with FW 7.20 (CIQ 1.26) and the widget does not work since the upgrade. Any way to get back the previous version as for some reasons i do not want to upgrade to FW 7.60.