Hi,
I am trying to make a Gear 2 watchface with a Disney character on it. I use a drawing of the character on the watchface.
Unfortunately, my app is rejected by Samsung Apps, because of "Copyrighted material".
Is there a workaround for this type of situation ? Shall we never have the chance of seeing such apps on our "Gear 2" ?
In fact, this should not be specific to Gear 2 Apps, I believe, same rule applies to Android apps, at least the apps on Samsung Apps.
What can I do ? Would it matter if I draw it myself and make a serious mistake to say that this is not the correct character ?
mrmrmrmr said:
Hi,
I am trying to make a Gear 2 watchface with a Disney character on it. I use a drawing of the character on the watchface.
Unfortunately, my app is rejected by Samsung Apps, because of "Copyrighted material".
Is there a workaround for this type of situation ? Shall we never have the chance of seeing such apps on our "Gear 2" ?
In fact, this should not be specific to Gear 2 Apps, I believe, same rule applies to Android apps, at least the apps on Samsung Apps.
What can I do ? Would it matter if I draw it myself and make a serious mistake to say that this is not the correct character ?
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Why dont' you make a Disney watch face with Watch Styler and publish it on Gearfaces.com
Gear users can use that watch face with the Watch Styler and/or Multi-Watch Gear app.
there are already a few others:
Mickey watch faces
But my watchface is a standalone app with other features (digital clock and date with weekdays, battery & bluetooth status)
I am also planning to develop it with additional features like weather & location information etc.
so it's not just a design for Watch Styler.
mrmrmrmr said:
But my watchface is a standalone app with other features (digital clock and date with weekdays, battery & bluetooth status)
I am also planning to develop it with additional features like weather & location information etc.
so it's not just a design for Watch Styler.
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Ok, then I don't know a way to get around the Samsung Copyright police...
Maybe just try again, another tester might not notice it.
My experience is that they don't really have a structured way of testing.
They might find a problem one day, but miss ten others.
But be carefull, if you violate the copyright laws too often they might block/remove your account completly.
Why don't you make you own nice unique design for the watch face, then you'll have your own copyright?
I have been using Gear Watch Face designer for sometime now and have the following questions:
How to display weather info on the watch face you are creating?
S-Health > Steps Speed as action button screen does nothing, just shows some info on how to use steps speed. Does it work only when you have an ongoing exercise program like running or walking chosen?
Hey there! Have a bunch of faces on the market now (Infinity Watchfaces)... Weather support isn't available yet, but Samsung said they would add it.
Steps Speed should calculate how fast you are walking or running I believe. Haven't used that one yet, mainly step count.
XP, anyone?
Is anyone using this program on Win XP? I realize that's ancient, but that's where my copy of Photoshop resides, and it's the machine that's really the best place for me to do any design work.
Issues getting watch face certified since the last update
Since the most recent update all of my watch faces are being rejected for "Unable to find the app due to the minimum supported OS version of Gear application."
I believe they are saying that it should be set for Gear S2 only but I cannot find a setting for that in Gear Watch Designer. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Hello worldxda!
I've finally received my Frontier and I've been playing around with it for a few days. I'm useless with analogue watch faces, and I need two different time zones displayed at the same time due to work. The Gear Dashboard is almost perfect with world time, battery, and heartrate around the main clock. However, I'm sorely lacking a Date option in place of my current Steps counter! Is this something I could somehow achieve myself through GWD (is there a .gwd file for it?), or is there a way I could get in touch with the watch face creator to request such an added feature? Has anyone come across a similar watch face that offers these things?
This was my favorite as well and i also missed the date, so i created my own watch face (picture attached)
Called G-Dashboard in Galaxy Apps store (hope its available in your country)
Recently upgraded to S3 and am loving it. I've never been into designing watch faces as I usually just want functional but with the altimeter / barometer options, I thought I'd had a go. The face is simple (bit like me really) / minimal as battery life is important but I'd like the option to display altitude on the watch face. I have added a picture and configured it as a button to open the Barometer / Altimeter app but I'd love to have the data on the face itself. In reality, I'd prefer a link to the widget rather than individual setting but that doesn't look possible.
There is reference on various forums to various APIs that allow you to access the data but I can't figure out how they would function, nor can I figure out how to incorporate an API call with the image interaction in the designer.
Any help / guidance appreciated.
Did you ever get the Alt/Baro to work on the face?
Each user is different, and has a different requirement.
Yet, what are the specific things you look for when purchasing or installing a watch face?
At the moment, here is what i look for:
1. AOD face: I keep AOD on at all times, so this is critical for me to avoid screen burn-in problems. The watch face i use must have extremely minimal and simple AOD face, preferably configurable.
2. Phone battery: I don't know why, but this is something I look for specifically.
3. World Clock: I prefer a watch face that allows me to quickly see the time in another time zone (my brother lives in another time zone).
4. Day, Date and Weather: These 3 are a must.
5. Chance of rain: Another good addition.
6. Watch battery: Usually present in all watch faces.
7. Multiple app shortcuts.
I look for one that accomodates all of the above.
I personally don't prefer a watch or an app telling me about my health or reminding me to drink water, etc. I find those quite absurd. More importantly, these are unreliable. So steps, heart rate, BP, etc. are not important for me.
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djdarkknight96 said:
I just make My own using the galaxy watch face program
Watch Face Studio downloads | Samsung Developers
The world runs on you.
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Create a Watch Face Using Tag Expressions | Samsung Developers
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lol same, I don't know if it's just me but it just gives a certain satisfaction using a watch face made by my own hands and logic, I started making by searching random watch face on Google images(most simpler ones) on my OG GW46 then by the time I got GW4 I was lucky to have WFS all ready for me to use and with the prior experience with GWS this was just a different UI but with less number of customisations, I guess their defence is that Google has not shared the API details with them to add other functionalities, but yeah it is fun to make our own and use it, I have created a lot of them by looking up images on Google but I hardly use any, I just like creating them.
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Each user is different, and has a different requirement.
Yet, what are the specific things you look for when purchasing or installing a watch face?
At the moment, here is what i look for:
1. AOD face: I keep AOD on at all times, so this is critical for me to avoid screen burn-in problems. The watch face i use must have extremely minimal and simple AOD face, preferably configurable.
2. Phone battery: I don't know why, but this is something I look for specifically.
3. World Clock: I prefer a watch face that allows me to quickly see the time in another time zone (my brother lives in another time zone).
4. Day, Date and Weather: These 3 are a must.
5. Chance of rain: Another good addition.
6. Watch battery: Usually present in all watch faces.
7. Multiple app shortcuts.
I look for one that accomodates all of the above.
I personally don't prefer a watch or an app telling me about my health or reminding me to drink water, etc. I find those quite absurd. More importantly, these are unreliable. So steps, heart rate, BP, etc. are not important for me.
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I use I-DIGIT. Covers everything you listed.
dalepl said:
I use I-DIGIT. Covers everything you listed.
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Check this out:
HMKWatch Digital 146 - Apps on Google Play
Comfortable and clear digital watch face.
play.google.com
This is even better and more informative:
01. Day & Date
02. Weather, with location
03. Moon Phase
04. Phone Battery
05. Watch Battery
06. Calendar
07. World Clock
08. Feels like Temperature
09. Chance of Rain
10. Sunrise and Sunset
11. One custom app shortcut
And all of these are extremely well laid out too, which makes everything easy to read with just a glance.
Haven't seen anything more informative and neat yet!
I prefer the I-DIGIT. It has just as much information:
1. Top three are user defined widgets (I have heart rate, weather and world time)
2. watch battery
3. phone battery
4. time
5. UTC time
6. date
7. four user defined short cuts (I have watch settings, agenda, stopwatch and remote camera control)
So, both have 11 items showing, I can user define 7 of mine. Also like the analog watch hands. Many other settings for the watch face. The one you show is nice, it is just this one gives me more of what I wanted. I am a Test Engineer and require UTC time for testing. Hard to find nice watch faces with that. The rest is just items I like. I show Manila time because my wife is from the Philippines, but if you select it, it will bring up the world clock. Watch faces are personal preference as for functionality and what they show. I do agree I do not use the health apps, so I did not want that showing. I can if I want but chose not to. I cannot use most because I have a bad heart and an ICD implant. Enjoy.
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I prefer the I-DIGIT. It has just as much information:
1. Top three are user defined widgets (I have heart rate, weather and world time)
2. watch battery
3. phone battery
4. time
5. UTC time
6. date
7. four user defined short cuts (I have watch settings, agenda, stopwatch and remote camera control)
So, both have 11 items showing, I can user define 7 of mine. Also like the analog watch hands. Many other settings for the watch face. The one you show is nice, it is just this one gives me more of what I wanted. I am a Test Engineer and require UTC time for testing. Hard to find nice watch faces with that. The rest is just items I like. I show Manila time because my wife is from the Philippines, but if you select it, it will bring up the world clock. Watch faces are personal preference as for functionality and what they show. I do agree I do not use the health apps, so I did not want that showing. I can if I want but chose not to. I cannot use most because I have a bad heart and an ICD implant. Enjoy.
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I didn't include time in the list, because that is present on all watch faces. So with time included, there are a total of 12 items displayed on the watch face. Out of that, 8 are customisable.
What I like specifically about this watch face (HMK Digi 146) are some specific features which I find missing in most other watch faces:
1. Weather, WITH LOCATION
2. Chance of rain
3. Moon Phase
UTC time is available too, but it requires the companion app here:
Complications Suite - Wear OS - Apps on Google Play
Add some missing Custom Complications to your Wear OS Watch Face.
play.google.com
If you have the above app installed, you'll be able to add UTC time to all watch faces.
Most of the info displayed will open the corresponding app when tapped. For example, tapping on Date will open calendar, tapping on weather will open weather, etc.
This watch face can show health related info too, but I haven't added them.
As you said, it is a matter of personal choice. I have tried over 50 watch faces so far, and this is the most comprehensive one i found, because of the reasons mentioned above.
Wish you good health and recovery.
One that actually fills the full screen, nearly every watchface i try on specials/coupons etc isnt made to take up the entire screen of a 44mm Watch 4...wasted space, so the text and details are smaller than they should be., and a stupid 4-5mm gap around the outside before the bezel
Apparently people only design for Watch 4 classic and the bezel, which is cutting off about 70% of your market, in case me telling you youre doing it wrong in literally every feedback request for your watchface hasnt already sunken in yet
Short version: just install Pixel Minimal watchface, pay for premium, and get on with life. Its the best there is...
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73sydney said:
One that actually fills the full screen, nearly every watchface i try on specials/coupons etc isnt made to take up the entire screen of a 44mm Watch 4...wasted space, so the text and details are smaller than they should be., and a stupid 4-5mm gap around the outside before the bezel
Apparently people only design for Watch 4 classic and the bezel, which is cutting off about 70% of your market, in case me telling you youre doing it wrong in literally every feedback request for your watchface hasnt already sunken in yet
Short version: just install Pixel Minimal watchface, pay for premium, and get on with life. Its the best there is...
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Most of the ones I have tried look good. I'm not sure if there is so much of wasted space as you claim, although I will admit I haven't paid attention into so much minute details. I also think that many of the designs are limited by the software used, and the complications chosen. So the app developers may not be entirely to blame.
Pixel Minimal is good, and so are the ones I have linked in OP.