OS Simulator without CLI

[Guy_]

What possibilities are there to load modules in to the OS Simulator in order to get the console log and test functionality and display without using the CLI interface, as it does not work?

How does one make screen shots also?

[Gondwana]

CLI is, by far, the easiest option. For balance, I should point out that CLI works fine for me and for many others.

It's possible to get some things going by using the developer bridge directly. However, it wouldn't surprise me if that still needs keytar. and I suspect that keytar is the cause of most problems.

[Guy_]

Thanks @Gondwana - having installed every possible option [keytar, yarn, tools, gyp] most of which are not necessary, many reconfigurations and used up > 7 GB of hard disk just on installing the mammoth packages without actually achieving anything productive after 10 days working on it...

The conclusion is the same; impossible to use the OS simulator or do debugging anymore. Which means support and development ends.

I can't believe that such a temperamental and unreliable solution is now the only option which may work if you have the right OS and environment and at a guess it has to be 64 bit.

@JonFitbit- do you have any other simple options that work? Is there a modern replacement for Fitbit Studio coming?

[Guy_]

@JonFitbit- now that the Fitbit Studio sideload function has also been removed, the OS Simulator needs some extra functionality to be able to load a clock face or app and to make screenshots and have it's own console window [which it may have in background [main.log] but with no means to display it].

It would greatly simplify the development and the Node environment and installation if the OS Simulator was enhanced to be independently fully functional with these features.

If a direct OS Simulator load app feature already exists in a not shown menu option please let us know.

[JonFitbit]

You can install an FBA file using the CLI. It needs to be from within a working project folder, but then just

npx fitbit
fitbit$ install path-to/your.fba

[Guy_]

@JonFitbit- unfortunately you can't unless CLI is working, and as it isn't the OS simulator can't be used.