Clockskin Universal Launcher & Standalone App

I have just noticed something now.
When the sim card is not active, the signal bars are blue and when it’s active the bars are grey in 3G mode.
And when we switch to 2G, it works correctly…

Jan 15, 2017 11:57:03 GMT 1 mokkorisensei said:
Jan 14, 2017 23:30:39 GMT 1 buddyrm said:
  Oh well, unless some else can confirm that they have it working, then it seems it is just me unfortunately. Can not possibly think what it could be. But you say you have it working on a simulator, how does that work if you really do not have a physical SIM card to measure network signal strength? I thought it can only be tested with an actual watch and a SIM card installed. You actually see the blue bars indicating signal strength? Can you send me an image?

I also have the same problem with the bars indicating the signal strength(always in grey color), it works with the stock launcher but not with the Universal one (v1.1.6). Same smartwatch KW88 with the latest firmware 20161215.

  Hi Eric, so it is confirmed that a few people also have this issue. So it seems that maybe the logic is reversed. Some report blue bars with no SIM card. I think there is an issue there with this signal strength function.
Jan 15, 2017 12:13:18 GMT 1 mokkorisensei said:
I have just noticed something now. When the sim card is not active, the signal bars are blue and when it's active the bars are grey in 3G mode. And when we switch to 2G, it works correctly...

Well that’s a starting point, i will remove some checks and let you know. Thanks

OK, version updated with removed checks, hope you can try and let us know.

Jan 14, 2017 19:55:42 GMT 1 ricktop said:
Another thing i use is the lua live site : www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo

where you can test your script like this playing with the two variables (with var_bl between 0 and 100) :

var_bl=50

var_bc=“Charging”

print ((var_bl >= 0 and var_bl < 8.3) and ((“var_bc”==“Charging”) and 100 or 50) or 0 )


Sorry, i have get to forum just now. Thx for this, its usefull, i found the problem ... removed quotations around variable and it works now ... who knows why in that example i was using it was like this
Jan 15, 2017 14:06:47 GMT 1 ricktop said:
OK, version updated with removed checks, hope you can try and let us know.

  I downloaded 1.1.6 again and installed. SIM card still shows gray bars only. 

Hi all, I have Ricktop launcher 1.1.3 installed right now, seems to work great. How can I easily install watch faces to watch? What file format should they be. I’ve downloaded a bunch already ranging from apk files to zip. Which works. Thanks

Jan 15, 2017 22:16:07 GMT 1 cleanburn said:
Hi all, I have Ricktop launcher 1.1.3 installed right now, seems to work great. How can I easily install watch faces to watch? What file format should they be. I've downloaded a bunch already ranging from apk files to zip. Which works. Thanks

  Connect you watch via the usb cable to your PC. Then go to the USB drive of your watch and in the root directory create a new folder called "clockskin". Then copy the zip file directly  into that folder. No APK is required for the Universal launcher. or you can copy the contents of the zip file into the clockskin folder with the folder name of the watch. Make sure that the folder you put in the clockskin folder is one level deep only. example below.

watch storage/clockskin/
                     
                          - files
                          - files
                          - files
                          - files
                               etc…

                            or

                           watch clockskin.zip 

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Excellent thanks. What the easiest place to find zip faces

Jan 16, 2017 0:03:12 GMT 1 cleanburn said:
Excellent thanks. What the easiest place to find zip faces

plus.google.com/communities/109827242607524552712/stream/19c30560-6623-434f-9e61-14edf6033b92

Plenty here to download.

Just a little tip for those of you who use the clock as a tethering device. If you want to transfer clockskins easily, just download them to your smartphone then transfer via Bluetooth and open using Es Explorer (for unzipping purposes).

Jan 16, 2017 0:03:12 GMT 1 cleanburn said:
Excellent thanks. What the easiest place to find zip faces

If folks start posting their faces on our face hosting partner site WatchAWear (hint, hint), you will have a super easy way to get faces and not even need a PC or phone to do it.

Hello Eric, I have just installed version 1.1.6 of the installer. What I have noticed is that when I get a notification, my smartwatch vibrates and the watch face is shown, but not the notification. In version 1.1.3 this was not the case. In that version, the screen lights up immediately and the notification was shown. Can you please look into this ?

Hi colleagues!
Dear ricktop!
There is a question. On my KW88

is established Launcher (V 1.1.6) only. In total ClockSkin zip. and Watch file watch face work correctly without Standalone App (V 2.0.6). Why it is necessary to establish Standalone App (V 2.0.6) if all and so works well? Thanks.

Jan 16, 2017 22:13:13 GMT 1 gf1973 said:
Hello Eric, I have just installed version 1.1.6 of the installer. What I have noticed is that when I get a notification, my smartwatch vibrates and the watch face is shown, but not the notification. In version 1.1.3 this was not the case. In that version, the screen lights up immediately and the notification was shown. Can you please look into this ?

  I have already mentioned this but no one seems to believe there is an issue with 1.1.6. I get around it by setting the default launcher at bootup and then switch to the Universal and then it works. You need to startup first in the default launcher. There is a bug there. But waiting for Eric to have a look at this.
Dec 21, 2016 18:53:22 GMT 1 RASC Moderators said:
Dec 21, 2016 17:59:06 GMT 1 calom said:
Eric, I just did not understand how the watch format works ... do you also place the .watch file in the ClockSkin folder? Thanks again

Method 1 For WatchMaker .watch it's Storage > ClockSkin > .watch

Method 2
For the new ClockSkin zips it’s (face name).zip > files. You copy the zip to the ClockSkin folder.

Method 3 (original stock method)
ClockSkin faces made using the old method require that you extract the zip and copy the face folder to the ClockSkin folder on the watch.

Note
Faces made using method 1 and 2 will not work on the stock launcher

Hope this helps.


Dec 21, 2016 17:27:03 GMT 1 ricktop said:
Chrismas Time !!

Little demo :
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71bmh2enAtalpnU0E

I’ve worked hard on a new version of the clockskin engine.
This time i’ve taken a white piece of paper and tried to emulate the WatchMaker .watch format support. This is not easy, i have to guess how the engine should behave… Only way was to import a bunch of skins and make them look as on the preview… This means that not all is perfect and probably not everything will (ever) work as in the original app, but it’s anyway an improvment that opens some doors.

If you find .watch files that looks good, don’t hesitate to share their links !
If you find .watch that don’t work, i know there’s plenty, so i will not fix everything.

So what’s new :

  • .watch file support (only not protected format)
    - date/time/stopwatch tags (reference here watchmaker.haz.wiki/).
  • battery tags (except temp)
  • sensor tags only steps/HR/accelerometer
  • No counter/timezone/phone/device/weather/calendar/tasker tags
  • simple script / chronometer
  • simple shape / shader
  • markers / text (carriage return is not seen)
  • Bright / Dim mode, multi screen support
  • lua support but NOT wmschedule, tweens, wmtransition…

not supported :

  • no weather support
  • no time/offset support
  • no arrow animation…

BE CAREFUL : this implementation is in Java, so performance can quickly become an issue. You can find watch skins with more than 80 layers, and it will become really slow !
Also, don’t use the watch skins that have a zoom factor script, it is very costly and the zoom is already integrated in the double tap…

RECOMMENDATION : You can use the WatchMaker app on your phone/tablet to create or modify your skins, then test them with the standalone App before putting them on your watch.

Improvments :

  • Double tap now opens a dialog box where you can : choose between Night and Day mode and adjust the zoom factor.
  • clockskin Skins can be read in ZIP format : no need to decompress a skin in the ClockSkin directory, just put the zip file.
    Note the the ZIP file should not contain the skin in a sub directory.

launcher bug fixes :

  • wifi / BT state

How to install the Launcher :

  • install the APK
  • activate the correct authorisations : SMS / PHONE / Settings
  • activate “Allow Peek” Notification, the app will show you the setting tab.

Tutorial on uploading skins on your watch/phone :

Read more: /thread/267/standalone-clockskin-engine-apk-version

Tested on my D5 with original FW (4.4) and Honor 7 (6.0).

Watch files to start with :
WatchMarker Indigo
www.watchawear.com/watches/watch-faces/download/2-watch-faces/6927-watchmarker-tweaked.html

Tribute - Ernst Benz Chronolunar Automatic
www.watchawear.com/watches/watch-faces/download/2-watch-faces/248-tribute-ernst-benz-chronolunar-automatic.html

Colorful Minimalism
www.watchawear.com/watches/watch-faces/download/2-watch-faces/8167-colorful-minimalism.html

Harley Davidson - Bulova Custom Dim
www.watchawear.com/watches/watch-faces/download/2-watch-faces/4384-harley-davidson-bulova.html

Snowman
www.watchawear.com/watches/watch-faces/download/2-watch-faces/2840-snowman.html

Rolex files
forum.xda-developers.com/moto-360/themes-apps/facer-black-rolex-submariner-illuminated-t2930107

New versions available 1.1.6 (and standalone 2.0.6):

New versions available 1.1.5 (experimental):

  • digital time with leading 0

  • bad text opacity

  • shape rotation

  • text size

  • optimization…

drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71cGtHdDhQRGZhbWc

New versions available 1.1.4 (experimental):
- correction of delete widget issues : when the widget is dead the normal long click (> 300ms) does not work, so a quick double click is implemented (< 300ms)
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71YkNKNlVJSXcxcXc

New versions available 1.1.3:
- text dim color support

  • bug in color display corrected
  • bug that could crash the launcher

New versions available 1.1.2:
- week number

  • added square mode toggle in settings (thanks to Julien) : will only work if your watch already support this in the system launcher.
  • reworked settings icon position and better icon resolution in app launcher part (thanks to Julien)

New versions available 1.1.1:

  • accelerometer is disabled for battery issues
  • korean bug fix
  • shape support is enhanced (still no heart support)
  • text ring (full ?) support
  • other bugs fixes

Launcher (V 1.1.3):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71QTAwTDJ0RmNoWTg

Launcher (V 1.1.2):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71WklWVXR2Zzd0Zlk

Launcher (V 1.1.1):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71SG1zLU1GSGk4dUE

Standalone App (V 2.0.3):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71UmNUSVZuUUVDQWc

Standalone App (V 2.0.2):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71cVM3bDN0ZGczRkU

Standalone App (V 2.0.1):
drive.google.com/open?id=0B6GWpu3oqY71a3JMYVR6dTlQLVE


Hi Eric,
I have tried to install all of these HYT faces facerepo.com/app/search/results?sortOrder=relevance&query=hyt&page=1 on my KW88 running your launcher 1.1.6. None of them are working properly. Are they too complicated to tun under your universal launcher? Could they run under your next version of the launcher? What would you recommend do get somothing similar running on my KW88?
Thank you.

Can confirm signal indicator bug. All bars are gray and not really shows signal level.

Jan 15, 2017 14:06:47 GMT 1 ricktop said:
OK, version updated with removed checks, hope you can try and let us know.

Unfortunately, it's worse than before. Signal bars are still in grey even if we switch to 2G mode... It's weird that (in the previous version) the bars were working in 2G mode and not in 3G mode.