how to recover my fba file

[Pedramn]

For some reason, I lost access to the final fba file of the clock face app I uploaded to the Fitbit gallery. The app's already published, and I wonder how to recover this file. I have contacted the gallery support team a few times by email at the address below, but I haven't heard anything so far.
appgallerysupport@fitbit.com

I'd appreciate it if you could give me some advice regarding this. Thanks!

[Guy_]

Hi @Pedramn  - if you made no changes just rebuild a new FBA and export it so you have a matching source if need be.

[Pedramn]

Thanks for your reply @Guy_!
For some reason, my source code's also gone, and I can't recover it either. That's why I am going to get the fba file so that I may be able to convert that to my source.

[Guy_]

@Pedramn - they are probably a bit busy with the launch of the new watches, try contacting them again, there must surely be some backup as the source is kept on their servers, mark it urgent.

[Gondwana]

I don't think the .fba will help you much. Even though its just a renamed .zip file and contains JS, the JS is minified and is quite different to your source code. Imports are merged, variable names are different, layout is compressed, and so on. I don't think you could take code from the .fba and use it as source code without a LOT of work.

Can you side-load the .fba into the sim? If so, you can get access to the code within the .fba.

[Pedramn]

thanks! How can I reach them for this purpose? Is the above email address the best way?

[Gondwana]

To show what's in a .fba, here's index.js from one of my .fba files:

"use strict"
var e=require("clock"),t=require("device"),i=require("display"),a=require("document"),n=require("file-transfer"),c=require("fs"),d=require("heart-rate"),o=require("jpeg"),r=require("user-activity"),l=require("user-settings")
function s(e){return e&&e.__esModule?e:{default:e}}var u,y,f,v,g,p,x,b,k=s(a),h=t.me.screen.width,m=k.default.getElementById("image"),B=k.default.getElementById("hour"),w=k.default.getElementById("colon"),S=k.default.getElementById("min"),E=k.default.getElementById("dateSec"),I=k.default.getElementById("icon"),q=k.default.getElementById("act"),A=k.default.getElementById("touch"),j="us"===l.units.distance?621371e-9:.001,D=[60,50,73,107,102],F={sec:!0,activity:0,col:"#40e0e0",background:void 0}
function z(){E.style.fill=w.style.fill=q.style.fill=F.col}function L(e){F.sec&&!e&&(E.textAnchor="start",E.x=h/2-35),F.sec||(E.textAnchor="middle",E.x=h/2)}function M(){I.href=F.activity+".png",I.x=D[F.activity],q.x=I.x+60,4===F.activity?(q.text="—",y.start()):T()}function T(){y.stop(),void 0!==b&&(clearTimeout(b),b=void 0)}function H(){R(new Date)}function R(e){var t,a,n=e.getHours(),c=e.getMinutes()
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case 1:q.text=r.today.adjusted.steps.toLocaleString()
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[Pedramn]

Thanks for your reply! Yes, it is not that easy I thought.

but I thought since I have older versions by comparing them I can figure out the differences. 

BTW, @Gondwana I am not familiar with this terminology: "side-load"! What do you mean by that?

[Gondwana]

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[Gondwana]

Do you have the clockface installed in the Fitbit simulator?

[Pedramn]

yes it was installed once on another laptop but the source code + .fba file + simulator version, all have gone because the laptop has been stolen. 

[Gondwana]

Oh, sorry to hear that. ☹️  The contents of the .fba can be found within the sim, but if you don't have that either, it doesn't help you much.

[Guy_]

@Pedramn  -  sorry about the laptop, yes the email address is the right one, mark it urgent.

The source is on the servers, just how to open a new project without deleting it is an important process to respect.

They should be able to guide you but as it is unusual it may take time to work out how.

[Pedramn]

@Guy_ and @Gondwana, thanks for your help 🙂

[Guy_]

@Pedramn  - just checking were you able to get this resolved?

[Pedramn]

@Guy_ No, I haven't received any response to my request yet 😕