I will be making custom watch faces with the gear watch face designer. Please post your feedbacks and requests here. If I take your request you will be given a free copy of the watch face.
These designs are live right NOW, you can search for them by their names:
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Nice. I like the first one. I'm only a fan of relatively simple dark faces like that. Keep them coming.
I think selling watch faces is fine as long as you are adding features beyond ambient mode. With the watch face apps now it is easy to create the background with the watch hands. Adding the widgets on them, now there is where you will start to differentiate yourself as a dev and make money on the app store. Me personally I am not a fan of watch faces that mimic real life watch faces. I can see have a couple of them because they are cool but being original is more important. So far it seems that samsung has not given us the full sdk on the watch faces. I say this because no one has been able to figure out the smooth second hand instead of ticking 60 times. Or the ability to actually "stylize" watches instead of having to double or triple tap the screen(which is a little annoying).
Very nice watch faces. What do you use to make the backgrounds, dials, hands? Gsk3rd I was messing around with designer and there is an option for the sweeping (smooth) second hand. Once you choose a hand for seconds there is a drop down menu that you can choose from the default normal, to sweeping, and I think there's another option but I forgot what it was. Now being able to make stylize options for a face or custom shortcuts would be cool. I haven't found options for that yet.
Here is a basic question, is it possible to put in a weather widget like the stylise option with gear watch designer?
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I think selling watch faces is fine as long as you are adding features beyond ambient mode. With the watch face apps now it is easy to create the background with the watch hands. Adding the widgets on them, now there is where you will start to differentiate yourself as a dev and make money on the app store. Me personally I am not a fan of watch faces that mimic real life watch faces. I can see have a couple of them because they are cool but being original is more important. So far it seems that samsung has not given us the full sdk on the watch faces. I say this because no one has been able to figure out the smooth second hand instead of ticking 60 times. Or the ability to actually "stylize" watches instead of having to double or triple tap the screen(which is a little annoying).
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I totally understand that and that is something I want to do, if not for this giant learning cliff that's almost impossible to climb. I surveyed almost all the watch faces available in the store and I can say that almost all the free ones are ****, made by people with no design sensibilities. The good paied ones run from $1 to $3, with the $3 ones being really good with fancy features. So I figured that if I can make these with reasonable artistic value, I would be somewhat justified to sell them for $1.
As for making those fully custom watch faces, Tizen only runs web apps, which are basically just web pages, which may sound like ABCD for programmers but I'm not a programmer. I messed around with the Tizen SDK, which seems to be just a custom version of Eclipse, which is basically a glorified Notepad, It's just so not intuitive.
There are no tutorials other than the ones that just assume that you already know how to develop, so they just tell you what's different for Tizen.
There is no graphical interface, I mean it's WEB! It's HTML! Why do I have to write codes just to place an image! Like couldn't there be at least a live preview!? But no, you gotta build the whole thing and run it in a VM just to preview it.
I really tried and I'm tired of it, the SDK doesn't even support high DPI, so all the icons are tiny on my 4k screen It all just feel like a big middle finger from Samsung. Even the Gear Watch Face Designer doesn't have high DPI support, I have to run the whole thing in VM. Thankfully the program is so badly designed it lags even when running normally, so the performance penalty really isn't that noticeable.
jcip17 said:
Very nice watch faces. What do you use to make the backgrounds, dials, hands? Gsk3rd I was messing around with designer and there is an option for the sweeping (smooth) second hand. Once you choose a hand for seconds there is a drop down menu that you can choose from the default normal, to sweeping, and I think there's another option but I forgot what it was. Now being able to make stylize options for a face or custom shortcuts would be cool. I haven't found options for that yet.
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Photoshop The other one is tension, which mimics the tick of a real second hand, it doesn't do a good job at it so I don't use it. The hand only overshoots, it doesn't bounce back beyond the correct position so it still looks fake.
Sabelbas said:
Here is a basic question, is it possible to put in a weather widget like the stylise option with gear watch designer?
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I don't think so.
This is mine for free on gear market (Wait 2 days ... actualy in cetification status)
Geek Mode with all realtime samsung content and button in neon mode....
(sorry for my english)
Beautiful. Look forward to it!
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This is mine for free on gear market (Wait 2 days ... actualy in cetification status)
Geek Mode with all realtime samsung content and button in neon mode....
(sorry for my english)
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Love this face. This is what I want from my watch face. To have real time data from multiple complications on weather, heart rate, date, steps and more and each of these complications should act like a short cut to the relevant app. For example date takes me to my calendar. Hope to see that feature included too. Keep up the good work!
envieme said:
Love this face. This is what I want from my watch face. To have real time data from multiple complications on weather, heart rate, date, steps and more and each of these complications should act like a short cut to the relevant app. For example date takes me to my calendar. Hope to see that feature included too. Keep up the good work!
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Exactly, you are right .... this watchface has 8 buttons that opening app like date to calendar etc.... just try it ! I put the link of the gear market in this day i think or tomorrow at last ....
I think there is always a place to sell value adding apps and watch faces that are clear, easy to read and provide functionality fall into category for me. As we all have different tastes, built in user customisation should only increase the potential buyer base but also sets the programmer apart for those who just tinker.
does anybody know where to get the app id for apps like "timer" or weather? or where to get a complete list of all this app ids ?
jacobgong said:
I will be making custom watch faces with the gear watch face designer. Please post your feedbacks and requests here. If I take your request you will be given a free copy of the watch face.
This is my first time doing any kind of development for mobile, so I'm still struggling to find my way and my applications for are still being approved by Samsung. Here are two designs I made in the mean time, please tell me if you think it is fair for me to sell them for $1 each.
They don't have any additional features, other than ambient mode. The second one looks exactly the same in ambient mode while the first reduces to simple tick marks and hands which follow naturally from the active mode.
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Did you ever upload the first watch face? If so how do I find it?
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Did you ever upload the first watch face? If so how do I find it?
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I'm trying to but the samsung process is taking ages.
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Exactly, you are right .... this watchface has 8 buttons that opening app like date to calendar etc.... just try it ! I put the link of the gear market in this day i think or tomorrow at last ....
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Looks good whats the app called?
And you have more developing in future?
jacobgong said:
I will be making custom watch faces with the gear watch face designer. Please post your feedbacks and requests here. If I take your request you will be given a free copy of the watch face.
This is my first time doing any kind of development for mobile, so I'm still struggling to find my way and my applications for are still being approved by Samsung. Here are two designs I made in the mean time, please tell me if you think it is fair for me to sell them for $1 each.
They don't have any additional features, other than ambient mode. The second one looks exactly the same in ambient mode while the first reduces to simple tick marks and hands which follow naturally from the active mode.
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Very creative and unusual watch face. Well done.
Do you think you could do something like this....?
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jcodde said:
Do you think you could do something like this....?
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The second counter around the edge can't be done because time based animation seems to be broken. Weather and dphone battery can't be done, and there's to way to add custom TrueType fonts so the month counter might look wired, on top of a possible bug that will prevent any month indicator from showing up at all.
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The second counter around the edge can't be done because time based animation seems to be broken. Weather and dphone battery can't be done, and there's to way to add custom TrueType fonts so the month counter might look wired, on top of a possible bug that will prevent any month indicator from showing up at all.
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Hello,
Time based animation is generated sometimes buggy by GWD but you can fix manually the watchface.xml file before building and uploading to the watch in order to make it working (if you post your buggy file, I can send it back corrected).
For the weather indicator, I usually put a "fixed" picture as a button linked to the weather app.
For the custom TTF addition, I put a solution here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/orig-development/ttf-fonts-gear-watch-designer-t3291947
Regards,
K.
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In addition, as I have no graphic design talent, if someone post the background and the watch hands pictures, I can try to make the watch (with the above restrictions) and post the .gwd file.
K.
krotof1a said:
Hello,
Time based animation is generated sometimes buggy by GWD but you can fix manually the watchface.xml file before building and uploading to the watch in order to make it working (if you post your buggy file, I can send it back corrected).
For the weather indicator, I usually put a "fixed" picture as a button linked to the weather app.
For the custom TTF addition, I put a solution here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/orig-development/ttf-fonts-gear-watch-designer-t3291947
Regards,
K.
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In addition, as I have no graphic design talent, if someone post the background and the watch hands pictures, I can try to make the watch (with the above restrictions) and post the .gwd file.
K.
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Hum, I have suspected, but too lazy to try it, so you can just edit that manually and it will still work.
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Hi...
I love Android...however, one thing I do hate, is that a LOT of Devs seem to lack any sense of style and design in the market...(also if u look at the Post ur Screens thread you see this horrible sense of design permeates throughout the user-base as well)
Anyways, I figured I'd ask you guys...what apps on the Market, that you thoroughly use do you feel have hideous and/or tacky, UIs or Icons?
Me I'll list 5:
OI File Manager....SERIOUSLY? Still using 1.1 Folder Icons? I don't think it'd take too much to sexify the app...it's useful, and is called by a lot of other apps on the market, it'd be nice if it looked good...which it does not, I know people will defend it, but no, just like Android pre 2.0, OI File Manager is absolutely hideously designed..sad for such a useful and widely called app.
DroCap2....WOW...super useful, and the in app UI is great and simple and will work with any theme...however that ugly ass icon...and the notification icon...I emailed the Dev asking to design him a new Icon with no answer...but seriously, I can't imagine someone making that and being like "Yes, THIS Icon is the business...upload it" Hopefully he eventually gets back to my email but being that it's been a month, I'mma call that unlikely...
NYC Subway Map....this one is just an icon (and I wish they'd implement the pinch to zoom API in the map simply for WOW factor) but yea...the Icon looks like a 2 second rush job to create an Android 2.0+ icon and failing miserably...it's horribly rendered, tragically mis-sized, and that sucks as that is one of my most used apps especially when I am in NYC...
APP UPDATED IN MARKET, LOOKS GREAT. Look for NYCMate brought to you by DenseBrain in collaboration with Episode 6
Root Explorer...Come ON man...From the old purple Android pre 2.0+ Folder Icon with the root on it to the hideous file cabinet with the root on it to every single icon inside the app, this is one of the UGLIEST Android Apps out there...and like the others I've listed, it is absolutely useful and simple...I bought Su File Explorer and I don't even use it because Root Explorer does everything I need, without the bloat. (I'm sure this "bloat" is needed by others but in my opinion for my needs it is bloat) But seriously, the entire design is hideous. I actually went and replaced EVERY Icon in this apk as I just couldn't bring myself to use it as it was, especially the way it clashes with both stock android 2.0, and ANY theme.
Bettercut - THIS ICON AND UI WERE HIDEOUS FROM THE GET GO...update people...seriously.
honorable mentions (Decent UIs/Icons, but eh)
Astro File Manager...I just don't like the iconset...I figured at least the most widely used file manager on Android (citation needed) would follow the Android tenets of design in a post 2.0 world...It does not...the 3/4 view Icons with the faux gloss, too much "eye candy" not enough design...love the app however (my first download before Android started auto restoring apps) but I feel the design needs to mature along with Android itself.
A LOT OF GAMES...seriously...a lot of games have the worst icons...and not even by far...simply a slight resize and maybe a border with a faux bevel and matte finish...wouldn't take a lot but I figured at least game icons can be consistent with the design tenets of the UI....they are not. usually 100% square too...sucks cause a lot of great games on Android.
Engadget for Android - HORRIBLE Icon...nuff said.
Speedtest - just change the angle on the icon...front facing would work fine. that slight 3/4 angle is just slightly pet peevish to me...
K-9 Mail...horrible Icon as well, especially for such an amazing app and great UI (well since I last used it)
Please add to this list, and don't let your love of Android stop you from being subjective.
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Android is a great UI, and is maturing nicely, and hopefully with the UI/UX refresh planned for 3.0 it becomes attractive beyond attractive...however I noticed a lot of the best devs don't seem to have any sense of design, and having been to a developers lab in NYC I can assure you that design is the last thing on their minds (or was) judging from the business cards I saw. Post I/O 2010 I saw a fireside chat (or whatever) where they were discussing UI standards and Icon standards...and it was a good lab subtly suggesting (and REAL subtly begging) that developers start unifying the experience across apps which unfortunately is an Apple tenet (not just iPhone) and one that works...I only hope Android gets such a consistency amongst itself...with the freedom to change and theme and etc that we've come to know and love.
Sadly the iPhone is the defacto standard, and despite their systems shortcomings to me (I hate the general UI for one, sea of icons? no bueno) however I love their developers commitments to staying consistent (probably because apple has a proverbial gun to their heads) and providing a cleaner UX for the general consumer...if Android devs got this consistency...imagine our UX...It matters guys...and as much as any of you want to dislike apple overall (and I'm with you) there is still a LOT they do right...so we should do better...period
Please add to the list and feel free to share your thoughts...I already know at least one popular themer and a few others members here feel the same way...so I know it can't be just me.
OH and any "WELL JUST DON'T DOWNLOAD THE APP, ANDROID HAS OPTIONS DOWNLOAD A DIFFERENT APP" will not be responded to. At all...
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Youtube discussion of this via Google Developers:
http://www.youtube.com/user/googledevelopers?blend=1&ob=4#p/c/316B437F0CB82A68/3/M1ZBjlCRfz0
the Icon discussion begins at 30:24
but the rest of it is pretty interesting...so if you have the time (and skimming through it is easy to do, each relevant section is highlighted.
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DESIGNERS WILLING TO HELP
1: absolutedesignz - PM or [email protected] (add to gtalk or email)
2: commodoor - PM or [email protected]
3: JCopernicus - PM or Twitter @JCopernicus
4: OrganizedFellow - PM or [email protected]
5: x986123 - PM or [email protected] / [email protected]
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Devs, if you are creating an app, and come across this thread, and feel you need a designer, do not hesitate to hit up any of the people listed
I like the engadget icon. =-D
I agree to some extent - programmers tend to be not great at ICON & UI design (me included). Perhaps you should post alternatives here (Before & After icons) to show them/us how it should be done. Also, include tips, a quick reference to googles recommendations & maybe even some templates (GIMP / PSP / Photoshop / Paint.NET) to encourage devs!
I look forward to some samples.
Steve.
here's the Android UI Design portion of the Google I/O 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/user/googledevelopers?blend=1&ob=4#p/c/316B437F0CB82A68/3/M1ZBjlCRfz0
It gives you insight into the desired unified UX patterns of Android OS
It's an hour long, I'm going to find the important sections and time stamp them here.
And I'm going to do both DroCap and NYC Subway Map app Icons for examples.
I'm going to append the OP as well,
the Icon discussion begins at 30:24
but the rest of it is pretty interesting...so if you have the time (and skimming through it is easy to do, each relevant section is highlighted.
My first App used to look like this:
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Thanks to Richard Szabo (http://rks.oblivioncreations.se/) who offered to do a graphical redesign for me.
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My first App used to look like this:
Now it looks like this:
Thanks to Richard Szabo (http://rks.oblivioncreations.se/) who offered to do a graphical redesign for me.
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good job sir
Dialer One's icon is terrible, it looks like the WebOS dialer and is completely out of place with the rest of my stock icons (thanks FolderOrganizer!)
AbsoluteDesignz said:
Hi...
I love Android...however, one thing I do hate, is that a LOT of Devs seem to lack any sense of style and design in the market...
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Thanx for the hread !!**
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Beautiful Widgets:
Beautiful (Smaller) Home is great.
All the others don´t fit to eclair & froyo style, too big & oldfashioned.
-> Beautiful Vibrate, Silent,.....
NOTE: This app has been updated in Market and this problem does not exist anymore, I am keeping this post up though to see what a little thought can do for an app Icon.
here are 4 quick NYC Subway Map Icons I just made (basically one icon, I just added the MAP text to the other and some alterations in shadowing) Borrowing the theme of the subway icons (FRACKING DUH!!!) and using a similar font to the subway signs on the icon (Helvetica 65 Medium - Bold)
They can use some work obviously, but this is what 5 minutes with a moderate sense of design gives you.
I'm reaching out to all devs with ugly icons...if your app is for free, I will do my best to make you an icon...FOR FREE.
However UI design is not my forte, but do not be afraid to ask people...we are a community more than willing to help and we have some VERY talented designers here.
Dialer One:
I don't know why they didn't just mimic the new icon for Android considering it is meant to be a replacement for the Android Dialer...so taht's exactly what I did...except a color change. Negating extract, PS load, save and upload time, about 20 seconds of work..
Fits perfectly with the stock theme, is distinctive, and simple...
you don't really have to be too fancy, just go with the flow of Android...it almost seems like Devs are fighting with the OS...work with it...seriously.
(same goes for some of the icons in say, ChompSMS and Dialer One and other apps that use contact icons...why use a new custom icon for the contacts with no pictures when you can simply use the one Android uses...it'll create a great degree of continuity and flow.)
ALSO, there are a LOT of royalty free icons out there that fit, or can be slightly modified to fit the Android UI...don't be afraid to use them.
NOTE: App updated in Market so these issues no longer apply, I am keeping it up though to show what a little UI management can do for the UX of an app.
Modified App Design: NYC Subway Map (Sorry if it seems I'm picking on the app, but it just came to me watching that Android video) I haven't made a home page yet, but judging from their one now, it won't be hard to make one like Twitter and Facebook have.
Before:
After:
Links to Home (which may be redundant as the graphic/icon to the left is supposed to default to home as it does on Market, Facebook and Twitter) The Bus Map and a Greyed out Subway Map since we are there already....Simple, Sleek, and just that addition alone would make the UX much better.
Tunewiki is just awful as well.
androidVNC, Gmote
I had a friend replace androidVNC's icon and I renamed it "VNC". It was just too useful an app to let it go on like that. I'll upload the edited app if anyone's interested.
I think that there are enough designers out here that love to help dev's to make android apps more UI friendly. They can always ask here on forum (didn't see that much people asking).
maybe if some volunteers can step forward and put their names here so developers can contact these people, just a idea.
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I think that there are enough designers out here that love to help dev's to make android apps more UI friendly. They can always ask here on forum (didn't see that much people asking).
maybe if some volunteers can step forward and put their names here so developers can contact these people, just a idea.
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Great idea. I'm volunteering. We need this thread to gain more exposure and anyone who feels a certain way about a certain app should email the dev and direct them here. This is important for the future of android overall.
The problems is not developers. it is Google.
The whole android scene is so much similar to Win Mo 6.x. The operating system is solid, but it lacks cohesive UI. Also, the OS does not provide with attractive default shell and thus developers, who are very good at programming, decide to do their own UI, only to fail miserably. look back at Win Mo 6.x apps and compare them to apps in market. They both just look out of place on the phone.
iPhone OS gives a beautiful cohesive UI shell to programmers and that makes a huge difference. Not all programmers have style of sense..so OS has to lead with an example.
Also, the launcher icons look ugly because android does not do anything to make them look cohesive in the launcher. If each icon is using it's style, it looks chaotic. Samsung Touchviz does a good job of putting a square background behind each app icon. Things just look more organized. little touch can go a long way.
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The problems is not developers. it is Google.
The whole android scene is so much similar to Win Mo 6.x. The operating system is solid, but it lacks cohesive UI. Also, the OS does not provide with attractive default shell and thus developers, who are very good at programming, decide to do their own UI, only to fail miserably. look back at Win Mo 6.x apps and compare them to apps in market. They both just look out of place on the phone.
iPhone OS gives a beautiful cohesive UI shell to programmers and that makes a huge difference. Not all programmers have style of sense..so OS has to lead with an example.
Also, the launcher icons look ugly because android does not do anything to make them look cohesive in the launcher. If each icon is using it's style, it looks chaotic. Samsung Touchviz does a good job of putting a square background behind each app icon. Things just look more organized. little touch can go a long way.
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That's true too. Though google did provide a design aesthetic with the latest I/O which I linked in the OP. I like the current icons though pre Android 2.0 was pathetic. I really hope this palm dude works wonders with 3.0.
Also. Whoever approved of the orange highlight color should be fired.
AbsoluteDesignz said:
Great idea. I'm volunteering. We need this thread to gain more exposure and anyone who feels a certain way about a certain app should email the dev and direct them here. This is important for the future of android overall.
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I also volunteer, i'm not a designer but know my way around photoshop maybe you can put the names on the first post. I'm sure there are more, look at "themes and apps" forum lots of themes. I only want credit it's enough for me
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The problems is not developers. it is Google.
The whole android scene is so much similar to Win Mo 6.x. The operating system is solid, but it lacks cohesive UI. Also, the OS does not provide with attractive default shell and thus developers, who are very good at programming, decide to do their own UI, only to fail miserably. look back at Win Mo 6.x apps and compare them to apps in market. They both just look out of place on the phone.
iPhone OS gives a beautiful cohesive UI shell to programmers and that makes a huge difference. Not all programmers have style of sense..so OS has to lead with an example.
Also, the launcher icons look ugly because android does not do anything to make them look cohesive in the launcher. If each icon is using it's style, it looks chaotic. Samsung Touchviz does a good job of putting a square background behind each app icon. Things just look more organized. little touch can go a long way.
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A shell to work on would be great maybe we will see something great with gingerbread.
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That's true too. Though google did provide a design aesthetic with the latest I/O which I linked in the OP. I like the current icons though pre Android 2.0 was pathetic. I really hope this palm dude works wonders with 3.0.
Also. Whoever approved of the orange highlight color should be fired.
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I fully agree with the orange, android is green so why orange? look at HTC the green looks solid
My number one is Astrid to do planner. Great app, very good features but childish icon.
There is so much truth in this thread it is all overwhelming!
ok...i saw several discrepancies with the stock v20 of LG ("b" and "n"). i will try and enumerate them here:
1. ANALOG CLOCK WIDGET: though 5 clocks are available, there are 4 more styles available....AND CAN BE MADE TO WORK. CHECK THE SCREENSHOT
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2. THE RICHNOTES WIDGET: many of you might be using the ported richnotes by me from LG PRADA 3.0.
however, it is to be noted that there are richnotes files in the system of p970.
check the screenshot (find [email protected])
3. DIGITAL CLOCK WIDGET: there are more than 5 types of digital clock to choose from, yet we don't get that many options. check the screenshot:
4. SCENE [email protected] LAUNCHER: again many of you using my PRADA 3.0 port should have seen the nifty scene selection which allows you to select predefined scenes like social, work, personal,etc.
apparently, it is also present in the LGHOME of the P970 also. check the screenshot:
5. LOCATION OF THE WIDGET FILES:ok, this is a bit tricky. the widgets of Email and messaging has two types. a BIG one and a small "scrollable" one.
u can find the image(the png's) files of the big widget if you decompile the widget itself BUTTT for scrollable widget's associated image file, u have to go ALL the way back to decompiling the res-cappuccino @framework folder. weird, eh??
6. also, i don't know if it can be called a "glitch", but u cannot find the highest settings for camcorder (720p) at the media.xml files.
there might be some more, but i forgot
7. two camera apps???WHY???sersly, have you seen any other cell having two camera apps??
u can very well delete the "Camera.apk" from /system/app and the actual camera application of the black (i.e., ArcCamera.apk") will work just fine.
what do you think??apparently the "misses" are a bit too many for being a "mistake". instead am sure it's "DELIBERATE" on part of LG.
Yes,i think you right
imho,there are some unfinished work from LG
Just back when i used the stock 20n, there're so many dummy data (ex. Dummy bluetooth,dummy etc )
Maybe it's because we always force them to release the GB back then?
And about the camera,i didn't even notice before and you are right, there're 2 cam apps
Can you use the front cam when you del the camera.apk?
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I frozen Camera 1 with titanium and the phone works very good
There are more than 5 Animated wallpapers (I think), Tree in snow, Magnetic globe, Firework, Galaxy, RainyDay etc.. that cannot be selected.. any thoughts on that?
YES....apparently, even after such a long wait, i feel the update was not ready
and yes, there were so many "wallpaper.apk's". god knows why??
also i forgot to mention there were several other options for the notification toggle. like 3G and so...were they planning scrollable toggles??
Why we dont find our black developers?They name writing on versin info section(3845*#970#).Ex. my version is 20o and developer name is "lakshmi bhasker".Indian person probably.Maybe we find them e-mails and can communicate with them.
George Jetson said:
Why we dont find our black developers?They name writing on versin info section(3845*#970#).Ex. my version is 20o and developer name is "lakshmi bhasker".Indian person probably.Maybe we find them e-mails and can communicate with them.
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yes....apparently i have used version 20b and 20n, both had devs who were Indians. i remember one. sashi bhusan. cannot recall the other
moderated material removed - and even if you're frustrated, do not use foul language!
u need some serious calibration. only if i could meet you personally, i would have taught you some.
i feel u r after me from the very first post itself and paradoxically using my own created SAPPHIRE rom.
the admin had to close a healthy thread because of your trolling before.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WORK TO DO, STOP BOTHERING ME. I CAN DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE for the black instead of replying to people like you. PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ON MY THREADS
P.S. I HOPE THIS THREAD IS NOT CLOSED BECAUSE OF THIS. the discussion is healthy except for a slouch. it can turn up something good for the black.
achyut said:
ok...i saw several discrepancies with the stock v20 of LG ("b" and "n"). i will try and enumerate them here:
1. ANALOG CLOCK WIDGET: though 5 clocks are available, there are 4 more styles available....AND CAN BE MADE TO WORK. CHECK THE SCREENSHOT
3. DIGITAL CLOCK WIDGET: there are more than 5 types of digital clock to choose from, yet we don't get that many options. check the screenshot:
7. two camera apps???WHY???sersly, have you seen any other cell having two camera apps??
u can very well delete the "Camera.apk" from /system/app and the actual camera application of the black (i.e., ArcCamera.apk") will work just fine.
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1.- how you did to add those clocks??
3.- if they're there, why can't we use them??
7.- maybe one is for the back cam and one for front cam?? but if I'm not wrong I think this appear at "removable apps" list
agent205 said:
Yes,i think you right
imho,there are some unfinished work from LG
Just back when i used the stock 20n, there're so many dummy data (ex. Dummy bluetooth,dummy etc )
Maybe it's because we always force them to release the GB back then?
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you know for what are those "dummy" files?? I mean, if look at it, theres a "dummy" file for almost every thing... bluetooth, wifi, gps, etc etc etc
mihaiolimpiu said:
I frozen Camera 1 with titanium and the phone works very good
There are more than 5 Animated wallpapers (I think), Tree in snow, Magnetic globe, Firework, Galaxy, RainyDay etc.. that cannot be selected.. any thoughts on that?
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both, back and front, cam works good??
and for the livepapers, they're there at system>apps right? but when adding "live wallpaper" they aren't there
hey achyut first of all congratulations for your kind response because it is really kind and he obviously doesn't deserve it.
@gumm.patrick
how old are you?because you seem like a spoiled 6 year old..but to be honest 6 year olds are way more mature than you.everyone can use the power of the keyboard to attack others with words that mean nothing.and you use this weapon a lot.achyut declares to be noob comparing to others in this forum that may have more developing skills and knowledge than him..this doen't mean that he is on the same level as you.he is just modest.maybe he should teach you a thing or two.if you are indeed a young fellow you should start to learn some respect for others and i am telling you this as a teacher which is my profession.if on the other hand you are older that you seem then you can't do anything i guess.
ok on topic now i totally agree with you achyut.and i think that is why LG keeps on releasing new versions..strange that they did not include these things though.
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They didnt have time so they dropped it. Maybe they finish them in next realise.
dflt said:
They didnt have time so they dropped it. Maybe they finish them in next realise.
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Mwahahahaha
I knew that the ROM was unfinished/to early relesed the moment i saw the Energy Widget and compared it with the Stock version. LG has done a Good Job in cutting useful Funtionality and Customization away.
Why cant they just compile clean Android AOSP? Would be so much better. But no, better "guess" what the Customer wants
I think the reason might be the lateness of GB for LG devices. Developers might be compelled to release the ROMs as soon as they got a "stable" one. Remitting the completing part after. Like any other software out there to catch the deadline. This is first comes to mind (at least mine). But then some of these issues should have been completed with the release of V20o. So may be this was the idea but they forgot.. doesn't sound solid.. Who knows. LG has a softbelly on software. Anything could have happened.
Nice catch mate, air that LG's dirty laundry in public.
I am not a DEV may be i shouldn't post anything but i wanted to give my opinion. Mainly because i wanna show my support to achyut. NOT THAT HE NEEDS IT. He is a cool person with a lot of knowlegde concerning these (much more than most of us). This is more than enough reason for respect. But no reason is needed. Be respectful to everybody. And i don't see any reason for thread to be closed. Can be productive.
Right now LG is working on ICS for Optimus Black + they may add that stuff in ICS build.
Felsar said:
you know for what are those "dummy" files?? I mean, if look at it, theres a "dummy" file for almost every thing... bluetooth, wifi, gps, etc etc etc
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I don't know,never mess with them
But i think they're test files or some kind like that which haven't been cleaned by LG
omr911 said:
Right now LG is working on ICS for Optimus Black + they may add that stuff in ICS build.
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Absolutely, no doubt on that
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I dug the LG PRADA 3.0 system dump. it's also 2.3.4 and has all of the props mentioned - FULLY WORKING.(except for the scrollable notification toggles of course.)
am sure if we dug the froyo too, we might have found such files
with the black, LG has got an awkward situation. they have numbered the cell too high (yes, "numbered"). p"970". higher than many of their newer alternatives. they actually want to concentrate on the better power house cells, but they cannot leave a p"970" and give updates to p"990",p"930",p"920" and so. they should have numbered it p"910" or something like that
wild guess, but might be so...and of the clock widget, i'll post it here.
Write now i'm using v20e and i can say its the most stable awesomely fast and properly tweaked by LG this time. I even saw they increased low memory killer parameters set for large values to improve performance. So yes i think its not unfinished but completely worked.
As per my knowledge the dummy files are important for testing perpose and that must be there because we have remotecall app that lg has given us means if problem occur u can call lg and they will remotely access ur phone same as teamviewer so there they need dummy apks and i think also its related to hidden menu tests.
About clock Widgets i will decompile and read the code and will check if we can use the extra ones by some mod.
Conclusion i can say the new update v20e(I rooted it) is more than good rom than any other rom available for our OB.
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Write now i'm using v20e and i can say its the most stable awesomely fast and properly tweaked by LG this time. I even saw they increased low memory killer parameters set for large values to improve performance. So yes i think its not unfinished but completely worked.
As per my knowledge the dummy files are important for testing perpose and that must be there because we have remotecall app that lg has given us means if problem occur u can call lg and they will remotely access ur phone same as teamviewer so there they need dummy apks and i think also its related to hidden menu tests.
About clock Widgets i will decompile and read the code and will check if we can use the extra ones by some mod.
Conclusion i can say the new update v20e(I rooted it) is more than good rom than any other rom available for our OB.
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I can say the same for V20o, I guess, e and o are very similar, for different markets. The original V20 (a, b, n) was a very bad attempt, which was released because they were sooooo late. This new versions are totally usable, vith wery good battery time and smooth user experience.
Just found out that other camera app is there because in hidden menu we have camera test so it is used for that. You can check it by freezing it and then going to hidden menu and perform camera test will be FC lg guys know what they do
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You can rename images I believe. Example is Digital clock. The numbers can be renamed to the one being used (blue?), sample ORANGE numbers. Also the background. And whatever extra it has (widgets, clocks) rename images what you prefer. In so doing when you select the widget, your desired design will be used.
The idea is to interchange image names.. And you have a new widget.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The Steam mobile app is definitely due an update, the last update was released in March 2012, but I don't see that changing for a long time.
The current interface for the Steam app is terrible, low quality images all over the show, it's a direct port from the iOS app, and that most certainly
does not follow the Android design guidelines. If Valve won't fix and update the app, who will?
I will.
This App is a modification to the official app from Valve on the Play Store. This mod completely changes the user interface from the ugly interface
that is currently in use, to a more pleasing interface known as "Holo". The visuals of this app follow the Android design guidelines as closely as it
possibly can without having to recode the entire app.
As well as this app being a visual update, the app also comes with speed increases, stability and general smoothness all the way throughout the app.
The standard app uses images for the text input box, send button and many more features of the app; using images for assets such as this contribute
to slowing down the speed of the app due to there being more files to read from. I have removed the need for many images in this app by moving the assets
from using images to using official Android code (Assets such as chat text input and the send button).
Every single visual asset of this app has been changed and rebuilt using the Android guidelines. The action bar is no longer an ugly bar with diagonal pin stripes
with a gradient overlay, it's now a single colour Android action bar. The chat bubbles are no longer obnoxious low quality bubbles, they're now high quality boxes
similar to that of the boxes used for Hangouts. All these visual changes and more in the app.
On the official app, scrolling through web pages (such as people's profiles) was painful, scrolling would take forever with a huge noticeable lag on every scroll,
making tasks such as viewing your games list unbearable.
To install this app, you must first of all uninstall the official app from the Play Store if you currently have that on your device.
Once the app is uninstalled, you can then install this version.
Mentions:
http://www.vgu.tv/2014/01/16/modder-creates-holo-steam-app-android/
http://www.steamfirst.com/steam-android-holo-style-app-looks-beautiful-download-it-now/
This app is completely free, you are free to use it for as long as you like without payment towards me, however if you wish to donate to me to help me
further my work in learning how to develop applications from scratch, this is how.
Donations are through PayPal, send how much you want to, every bit helps, the email to send the donation to is [email protected]
You do not have to donate, it is simply an option if you want to support me, please do not feel pressured into giving your hard earned cash to me for a small app like this.
Current Donor list:
This is a shout out to those who have donated. It helps me a lot, it brings a smile to my face, to know that people appreciate the work which I do, that they enjoy or like using
the app. It makes me feel good. Thanks to those who have donated or will donate, thank you.
Donors:
Cole (Member iCole from Facepunch)
dsidewd (In the form of a £2.50 album on bandcamp)(Member dsidewd from Facepunch)
In the attachment is the download for this app.
31-12-13
First release, pretty much everything changed from the default application
01-01-14
Gradient added in navigation area (Similar to that in settings app)
Official Android design used for button used for "Send" and "Clear Chat History" (Includes disabled, enabled and pressed animation)
Official Android design used for text input used for "Tap to chat" (Includes disabled and enabled animations)
Holo icons added to navigation area (Bug: icons are huge)
02-01-14
Holo icons in navigation area have been redone, their size is also correct this time
03-01-14
Menu button on navigation bar removed
Back end changed to the latest Android API
Increased speed and stability (Refresh times have been decreased by a huge amount, navigation is faster, boot time is faster and the app doesn't have to reconnect as much)
Send button changed to official android button code
Text input in chat changed to official android text input code
All pop up windows changed to KitKat design
Application can have added backwards compatibility to OS versions before 2.2(Froyo) if requested
Unread messages text on friends list is now white
Navigation gradient is no longer a gradient. Now is #191919 to mimic the future slide out navigation which will be implemented
"Tap to chat" changed to "Send a message" (Like Hangouts)
04-01-14
Padding beneath text input on chat removed
Text next to friend names are now the same as the colour of the profile picture containers
Text in chat boxes is now centred
30-01-14
Speed increases and stability
Here's a video demo.
Amazing work! Scrolling is now also waaay smoother than on vanilla.
Really impressive
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Looks great! Really needed this, I couldn't take much more of the default app's appearance.
If only Valve would do something about it sooner
Would it be possible to drag the side panel menu in from the side, and hide it away with another swipe? Similar to the new Play Store style?
Other than that amazing job!
jaimbo said:
Would it be possible to drag the side panel menu in from the side, and hide it away with another swipe? Similar to the new Play Store style?
Other than that amazing job!
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In the current state the app is in, I cannot. However, I am working on a separate app which will replace this, that app will be full holo and be on the Play Store.
How exactly do you modify an app like this? Is there a general overview/tutorial somewhere?
God I would love this done to the Rdio app.
mitchsamuels said:
How exactly do you modify an app like this? Is there a general overview/tutorial somewhere?
God I would love this done to the Rdio app.
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There are various programmes which will decompile an app, once you've decompiled the app, you will be left with the apps source code.
Once you've got the source code, you can start modifying images, XML files and Java files. Once you've done, you can recompile it, usually using the same programme as the one you used to decompile, although the signature will be different
conRAWR said:
In the current state the app is in, I cannot. However, I am working on a separate app which will replace this, that app will be full holo and be on the Play Store.
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Please, please, pleeeease make it look like this!
And nice work!
great looking mod! conRAWR, can you share the wallpaper used in the last screenshot please? it looks awesome.
cannot install, it says package with same name, but signature in conflict is already installed.. :/
kentobi said:
cannot install, it says package with same name, but signature in conflict is already installed.. :/
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Uninstall the old one first
1/4 Life said:
Uninstall the old one first
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thanks that did it, thought it was supposed to be an update
Kaemo said:
Please, please, pleeeease make it look like this!
And nice work!
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That looks so awesome. Honestly if it looked like that I would pay for it.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god THANK YOU! I have been waiting for such an update for aaaages. I've posted the link for a few of my Steam friends and they're testing it out - here's what we discovered.
I found a first bug and a thing or two which can be reverted:
- If you have pending messages, touching the number near the name doesn't open the chat. I need to touch the name, then touch chat.
- The message boxes used to be gray and blue, now everything is white. If you can add alternating colors, it'd be great!
Suggestions for expanding features (which may be impossible since decompiling doesn't give the original source, but asking can't hurt!)
- Do you think you can fix the notification system? Steam somehow doesn't push them like WhatsApp does.
- Steam group chats is something the app has lacked for forever!
- Ability to clear history of certain chats while leaving others untouched?
RainbowSwag said:
Oh my god oh my god oh my god THANK YOU! I have been waiting for such an update for aaaages. I've posted the link for a few of my Steam friends and they're testing it out - here's what we discovered.
I found a first bug and a thing or two which can be reverted:
- If you have pending messages, touching the number near the name doesn't open the chat. I need to touch the name, then touch chat.
- The message boxes used to be gray and blue, now everything is white. If you can add alternating colors, it'd be great!
Suggestions for expanding features (which may be impossible since decompiling doesn't give the original source, but asking can't hurt!)
- Do you think you can fix the notification system? Steam somehow doesn't push them like WhatsApp does.
- Steam group chats is something the app has lacked for forever!
- Ability to clear history of certain chats while leaving others untouched?
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The bug with tapping the chat button not working is a long standing bug in the normal Steam app and is completely random whether it happens or not, I will continue to look into a fix for this.
Alternating colours were a thought while developing, however in the end it was decided to use completely white. The white is much more appealing than alternating colours, it also attempts to mimic the Hangouts chat boxes.
I assume you mean to have the notifications to include what the message is?
It would be incredibly hard to add this, but I may attempt this in the future.
This you already can, just enter a chat with a certain button, press on the overflow menu and press the button that drops down.
Is it possible for you to release the source code or is Steam's license prohibiting that? Just asking since my Steam account is too valuable to be put at risk. Now, I am not saying that OP is out here to steal peoples login info, but there's always a risk involved when you are logging in through a 3rd party app.
If only Valve would man up and update the damn app. It's been what, over 1½ years since they updated it, yes, it looks horrible, it's slow and barely usable.
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The bug with tapping the chat button not working is a long standing bug in the normal Steam app and is completely random whether it happens or not, I will continue to look into a fix for this.
Alternating colours were a thought while developing, however in the end it was decided to use completely white. The white is much more appealing than alternating colours, it also attempts to mimic the Hangouts chat boxes.
I assume you mean to have the notifications to include what the message is?
It would be incredibly hard to add this, but I may attempt this in the future.
This you already can, just enter a chat with a certain button, press on the overflow menu and press the button that drops down.
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The chat button not working problem just appeared for me for two people I usually speak with, didn't happen before, but I think that's a coincidence then.
If you could include the option for alternating colors, it'd be great. Google design choices aren't always perfect either and I like to see who's who at a glance.
With the notification, I mean that the notifications often don't get pushed but feel like they get fetched, since they often don't notify while the screen is off and when the screen is on it suddenly notifies again, having like a 20 minute delay. Though I think it's just Steam not using the Google Push Notifications, and this might be impossible for you to fix.
Attempting sounds great! Sadly I think you'd need cooperation from Steam somehow, I don't suppose there's a clear API and messing around in decompiled code isn't exactly very structured .
The clear history option was requested by a friend, they wanted to batch-remove some histories, though I can't really see the point of it. Might be that they have a lot of messages from lots of people.
This thread is for designers to share their watchfaces created with the Gear Watchface Designer. Below are images of my first attempt with GWD called GlowingSportWatch.
First Attempt
I would post the very simple combination analogue/digital watch face that I'm currently using but I'm new here and can't post image links. Oh well.
I'm now working on a black watch face with spotlights that act as the hour and minute hands revealing the watch face as it goes. Probably works better in my head than in reality but it'll be different if nothing else.
If I can find the right images somewhere I might also try a background with a picture of the earth that rotates in sync with the time, or maybe one where you see the sun rise and set followed by the moon doing the same. So many possibilities...
Are these available for download?
My First Attempt with GearWatchDesigner
Here is a screen shot of my first attempt with using Gear Watch Designer. Just trying multiple features at the same time. Also fun to finally have control over the sequence of layers and the ability to stack graphic layers in-between other layers.
The design incorporates
6 Digital clock items:
Hour, Minute, Second stacked on left side. Day, Month, Date stacked on right side
5 Analog clock items
the three outside comets are analog hands for hour, minute, second as they move around the face.
And there are two other graphics of twinkling stars that move, one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise as "Second Hands" (counter-clockwise movement is really cool)
Plus two complications: Steps count at the top, and a Battery level graphic at the bottom.
As a newbie, I cannot post a link to the picture, but you should be able to decipher this.
h t t p ://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16qBeIUgBJA/Vo87i3UbkXI/AAAAAAAAJ20/Rh8SjIdp5W4/s1600/Entire_Universe_01_160107112238.jpg
I posted a 33 second video clip of the watch on YouTube (put the https together)
h t t p s ://youtu.be/nlDlNSJfoWs
cnguinn said:
Here is a screen shot of my first attempt with using Gear Watch Designer. Just trying multiple features at the same time. Also fun to finally have control over the sequence of layers and the ability to stack graphic layers in-between other layers.
The design incorporates
6 Digital clock items:
Hour, Minute, Second stacked on left side. Day, Month, Date stacked on right side
5 Analog clock items
the three outside comets are analog hands for hour, minute, second as they move around the face.
And there are two other graphics of twinkling stars that move, one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise as "Second Hands" (counter-clockwise movement is really cool)
Plus two complications: Steps count at the top, and a Battery level graphic at the bottom.
As a newbie, I cannot post a link to the picture, but you should be able to decipher this.
h t t p ://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16qBeIUgBJA/Vo87i3UbkXI/AAAAAAAAJ20/Rh8SjIdp5W4/s1600/Entire_Universe_01_160107112238.jpg
I posted a 33 second video clip of the watch on YouTube (put the https together)
h t t p s ://youtu.be/nlDlNSJfoWs
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I really don't see the theme here, you got an image of the visible universe in the background in a realistic style, but then you have those abstract streaks on the edges as clock hands, what are they supposed to be? why are they hanging around at the moment of the big bang? And then you have the minimalist numbers in the center, which again, thematically clash with the background. Plus you have the step count up there, which doesn't make sense for a space themed watch face, I mean who counts steps in space? The same can be said of the battery meter, it's usually only there for like utility themed watch faces because usually there's no reason to be worrying about the battery, unless you want a utility look to it.
ColMustard said:
This thread is for designers to share their watchfaces created with the Gear Watchface Designer. Below are images of my first attempt with GWD called GlowingSportWatch.
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None whatsoever because of Error 78!
cnguinn said:
Here is a screen shot of my first attempt with using Gear Watch Designer. Just trying multiple features at the same time. Also fun to finally have control over the sequence of layers and the ability to stack graphic layers in-between other layers.
The design incorporates
6 Digital clock items:
Hour, Minute, Second stacked on left side. Day, Month, Date stacked on right side
5 Analog clock items
the three outside comets are analog hands for hour, minute, second as they move around the face.
And there are two other graphics of twinkling stars that move, one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise as "Second Hands" (counter-clockwise movement is really cool)
Plus two complications: Steps count at the top, and a Battery level graphic at the bottom.
As a newbie, I cannot post a link to the picture, but you should be able to decipher this.
h t t p ://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16qBeIUgBJA/Vo87i3UbkXI/AAAAAAAAJ20/Rh8SjIdp5W4/s1600/Entire_Universe_01_160107112238.jpg
I posted a 33 second video clip of the watch on YouTube (put the https together)
h t t p s ://youtu.be/nlDlNSJfoWs
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Looks pretty cool! Not bad for a first attempt.
droidnew said:
Are these available for download?
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Not yet, will submit for approval after a few more tweaks.
jacobgong said:
I really don't see the theme here, you got an image of the visible universe in the background in a realistic style, but then you have those abstract streaks on the edges as clock hands, what are they supposed to be? why are they hanging around at the moment of the big bang? And then you have the minimalist numbers in the center, which again, thematically clash with the background. Plus you have the step count up there, which doesn't make sense for a space themed watch face, I mean who counts steps in space? The same can be said of the battery meter, it's usually only there for like utility themed watch faces because usually there's no reason to be worrying about the battery, unless you want a utility look to it.
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Oops, sorry I failed to explain the reason for this. Not intended for anyone to actually use. Just a demo of the multiple capabilities of this as watch face design software. I am participating on a Google Community board about all things associated with Gear S and Gear S2, including watch faces. A lot of discussion about different development tools including Mr. Time Maker and Photo Watch Pro. Discussion about what these have, and what they don't offer.
Gear Watch Designer has most of the features people have asked for. So I put together this watch face to demo the ability to use digital, analog, animation, and complications.
Reminds me of the days when I put together plastic model cars from kits and the package included a sheet of decals which had flames, stripes, numbers, and other things. I once thought I was supposed to use all the decals, and I covered that car. LOL, what a mess!
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None whatsoever because of Error 78!
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I have avoided Error 78 by not using the command line "sbd install..." command. Instead I use the Run On Device command to install on my watch from the GWD software.
This is the one I made, It's both digital and analog, I intended it to be just for private use but if you guys like it I can try and upload it to the appstore.
Two so far. Just started last night
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I spent some hours today creating a smart-replica of me beloved tradiciinal watch. I am not going to publish in it the store because of problably copyright infringements...
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Hi all,
I'm a player of Ingress and I've made a watchFace themed on resistance color.
For those how knows Ingress, the resonators disappears with battery drain.
The portal is a shortcut to batterie status and the day send you ton the calendar.
What do you think about?
Here's a few I've done with both live and ambient modes. As you can see, I've managed a fairly dynamic ambient mode with several. I won't be uploading these to the store as they do not contain enough original content (the first one is a direct copy of Clay: Epoch which is just not available in the Gear store for me otherwise I would buy it). The second is taken from watchawear (called Opulence) and reconfigured for the Gear S2. A couple are more original, but even the logo I'm using wasn't mine (from Partickss at freekpik).
One thing I am struggling with is creating action buttons. I can create them and edit them by adding a battery complication and deleting images and using the action button to do something different (for example on most of mine, tapping the date triggers my schedule), but can't figure out how to do it by just converting an image to an action button. Any idea?
My new Watchface for Gear S2, i'm waiting to post on SamsungGearApps Store:
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rodalfa said:
I spent some hours today creating a smart-replica of me beloved tradiciinal watch. I am not going to publish in it the store because of problably copyright infringements...
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I LOVE this!! Can you send it to me via PM or email?
My Latest Watch Face and Problem
My latest project is running into a bit of a problem. As you can see from my testing screen shot, the text is all rotated. It appears that there is a bug with rotated text that is tied to data synchronization (heart rate, battery level, steps taken). I can rotate this text, build the project and test the project. However when I load to my watch, these three fields are no longer rotated. Also, if I quit GWD and later return to this project, these fields show no rotation.
Yes, I am saving my project. Yes, I am testing my project. Yes, the build is using the updated and saved project with the fields rotated. Just does not stick. However, the rotation of digital clock fields works just fine.
I have reported this problem on the Samsung designer forum.
What it should look like:
What appears on my watch:
faze Rotator
My first watch face (you can get it in the Samsung Gear Store for free)
Please let me know if I'm in the wrong section.
] I'm looking for someone who wants to develop a custom watch face for me. I have a moto 360 v2, but I am disappointed by the options available on google play. I have certain features that I want in a watch face, and while I can find all of them individually in different faces, I have yet to find all of them together. I don't actually care what the watch looks like, so long as I can get all the features I want in one face. I am obviously willing to pay a reasonable price for this service.
Features I am looking for :
Semi - circles around the watch face showing calendar events. I'd like to see multiple, overlapping calendars using Google calendar colours. I currently have bought several faces with semi circles displaying calendar events, but none of them show more than one event at a time and none of them show more than one colour, I frequently have overlapping events,and I want to see them at a glance and I want to see them in their proper colours.
4 dials around a digital time in the centre.
I'd like very very slender clock hands showing analog time, but I need to be able to see precise digital time at a glance. I'd like the digital time to be tap-able, so that tapping it brings up my agenda app.
The top dial should display the day and date, and when tapped, bring up any random app of choice (I want shazzam)
The left dial should show the current temperature and when tapped, bring up the next week's forecast.
The right dial should show steps taken, and when tapped open up google fit.
The bottom dial should show both the watch and phone battery status, and when tapped open up settings.
If this sounds like a viable watch face to you and you have the skills to create it, please contact me.
Thank you very much
Kyla
Watch Faces
KyLady said:
Please let me know if I'm in the wrong section.
] I'm looking for someone who wants to develop a custom watch face for me. I have a moto 360 v2, but I am disappointed by the options available on google play. I have certain features that I want in a watch face, and while I can find all of them individually in different faces, I have yet to find all of them together. I don't actually care what the watch looks like, so long as I can get all the features I want in one face. I am obviously willing to pay a reasonable price for this service.
Features I am looking for :
Semi - circles around the watch face showing calendar events. I'd like to see multiple, overlapping calendars using Google calendar colours. I currently have bought several faces with semi circles displaying calendar events, but none of them show more than one event at a time and none of them show more than one colour, I frequently have overlapping events,and I want to see them at a glance and I want to see them in their proper colours.
4 dials around a digital time in the centre.
I'd like very very slender clock hands showing analog time, but I need to be able to see precise digital time at a glance. I'd like the digital time to be tap-able, so that tapping it brings up my agenda app.
The top dial should display the day and date, and when tapped, bring up any random app of choice (I want shazzam)
The left dial should show the current temperature and when tapped, bring up the next week's forecast.
The right dial should show steps taken, and when tapped open up google fit.
The bottom dial should show both the watch and phone battery status, and when tapped open up settings.
If this sounds like a viable watch face to you and you have the skills to create it, please contact me.
Thank you very much
Kyla
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Watchmaker Premium is a fine program that I have been using to create my own watch faces.
It is easy to use and does the job properly, and most definitely worth the $3.99
I am not in any way affiliated with it's creators, just a happy user
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.watchFrenzy.premium
I used watchmaker free, and was too limited, is the premium one capable of giving me what I described?