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Resolved! Request to delete clockface from fitbit gallery

@JonFitbit May i ask, if it's possible to delete one of my clockface from the fitbit gallery.The clockface UUID is:d860d90c - a888 - 4201- 9e85 - c24f3802db34Please let me know, if you need more information. Best Regards,Markus

mrk-sbk by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Custom faces on Versa 4

Huhu @All,can I build a custom watch face for the Versa 4?  I only found this ( https://dev.fitbit.com/getting-started/ ) discription for the old "fitbit"s.Kind regards,Eric

3ric.de by Jogger
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Mask on hour hand and minute hand is not working

Hello! I used 2 masks to independently change the color of the clock hands, but it doesn't show me both, but I only see the hour hand. Using 2 rectangles of 100%-100% as masks worked for me in the same way as using 2 small rectangles that rotated lik...

Sebafit by Base Runner
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Countdown watch face?

Would it be possible to create a countdown watch face? ”100 years” minus ”the users current age” ticking down. And if so can someone clever help me with the code? 

hygglobert by Recovery Runner
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Clockface rejected for unspecified reason

Hello all,I recently made a clockface and attempted to publish it, yet was greeted with unclear results. My clockface was rejected since it “does not comply with our trademark policy,” yet they do not list below what causes this under the following l...

Porting a Fitbit clockface to other platform

My Fitibit Versa 3 (with my own clockface) started showing a screen crack, and so I am thinking of buying a new smartwatch. In order to keep using my clockface, I either have to buy an old Fitbit model (new ones do not support 3rd party clockfaces ye...

r.b by Base Runner
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How to create a clockface for versa 2

So i want to create a clock face for my versa 2 with the sdk, but studio is read only, and i tried using cli, but it doesnt show versa 2, can yall help me make a clockface or help me create a project and build it? Thanks.

mtyler1 by Jogger
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Clockface battery indicators

I'm working on my first two clockfaces, and for the most part I got things working, but I'm having trouble with the battery indicators. In the first clockface, I have the battery percentage numbers shown as images (to use a custom font), but I can't ...

vsarela by Jogger
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Resolved! Official Icons?

Hi everyone,I am in my very first steps of creating a new watch face. I know I can use any images for myself, but I was wandering, if there are any official icon images that we are allowed to use? I mean, I would like to use the same icons that fitbi...

Resolved! Clock Face

I am a programmer and I saw that you had the Fitbit OS Simulator. I wanted to program my clock face for the Inspire. I downloaded the app and did research. I found several videos on how to pair the device and how to program it but when I went in, It ...

Clock face logic disappearing when using Apps

I'm developing a clock face that has items appear on screen daily (i.e. text, button, event listeners), disappear at night, and reappear the next morning & so on. I'm running into an issue where if an App is opened/run (Exercise), accidentally or oth...

dbe5007 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Multi-view clockface mounting duplicates of other view

I'm developing an watch face with 2 views - a main clockface view and alternate view that sometimes appears. After some testing I've noticed when I move back and forth between the alternate view that its double or triple mounting the alternate, resul...

dbe5007 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Button Debounce?

I'm looking for a way, if possible, to debounce a button once it has been pressed. I'm developing a watchface (Versa 3) with a central button that, when pressed, fades away for 5 seconds and then reappears. However during that fade away a user could ...

dbe5007 by Recovery Runner
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Seeking new maintainer for 2 watchfaces

Hi! I'm the creator of Rainbow Ripple  and Pride Flags  watchfaces. They're rated by thousands of people and featured by Fitbit. I switched to an Apple Watch Ultra, but don't want to pull the watchfaces from the people who appreciate them. The proper...

how to recover my fba file

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 add...

Pedramn by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Clockface Review Process

Hello there, I'm having a bit hard time understanding the review process. So, I've submitted a free clockface to the GAM and after 10-ish days resubmitted it again because it was not really reviewed by anybody. This time, after a couple of days it wa...

Resolved! Battery Level Bar - Not working on watch, only Simulator

I am having an issue with coding working while in the simulator, but once I load the watchface to my Versa 3, the part of the watchface that I have coded to change images based on battery level, not only doesn't work, none of the images even show up....

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Chamcham by Recovery Runner
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Clockface + API Fetch

Hi Guys! I'm starting to develop for FitBit now, so it might be a silly question... if so, sorry in advance  I started a Clockface project in Studio, and I would like it to display information that I would capture via API... updating this data would ...

Eddu by Jogger
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Tutorial for Direct Link Private Clock Face Installation

I am a newbie to Fitbit development. I have completed my first simple clock face. I have sideloaded it to my Versa2 and it works fine. I have also loaded it to the Gallary App Manager and generated a direct link. From there I can't figure out how to ...

arwin1 by Jogger
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Cannot find phone or device using CLI

When I was trying to install apps using CLI, my device and phone cannot be found. As a result, I keep getting the error below:  fitbit$ bi > msa-js@0.1.0 build > fitbit-build [22:03:12][info][app] Building app for Fitbit Versa 3 [22:03:12][info][ap...

barbossa by Recovery Runner
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Date won't update on clockface

Programming my own paid clockfaces and everything works great except the date won't update.  Pretty much all of them get complaints from downloaders who say the date won't update unless they complete a watch reset.  I have the day/date/year separated...

Un-publish an app in Gallery App Manager

Hello,Is it possible to unpublish (= make it private again) an app in GAM, because i dont want to wait 4 hours or longer for a new version of an app i published.Can i speed up  the review process  in some way ??ThanksAaron

Resolved! New journey into dev Fitbit Charge 5

Hello, I want to start my journey into dev Fitbit, and I have two important questions: 1. I can dev on Fitbit change 5?2. All the things that I will build will be my intellectual properties or Fitbit's property? Does Fitbit take a cut of my work or m...

Flashring Source Code

I used to use a watch face on my Ionic called Flashring. The code was open source and had even been updated and released as Flashring2 (which was even better). Now that the Ionic recall has forced me to upgrade to a Versa 3 I've been looking for the ...

golddave by Recovery Runner
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Does HeartRateSensor frequency do anything?

It looks like using the frequency option for HeartRateSensor doesn't do anything. No matter if I set the frequency 5 or 0.5, the onreading callback called once in every second using my Versa 3 (with SDK 6.1). In the simulator it's called on every cha...

HeyJ0e by Jogger
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Resolved! Memory issue

I have reached the memory limit in my watchface and am investigating the causes.I noticed that the call document.getElementById, without other invocation on the returned svg element, produce memory load that will not be recovered by garbage collector...

peersocket onmessage suddenly doesn't work

Hello I have programmed my own watchface with a weather display. Until today everything has worked. I just wanted to add more icons and so I changed the icon codes. Suddenly I don't get into the message-event in the app.js of the companion after send...

Resolved! Ability to create own Clockface is really cool!

I don't know much Javascript but the instructions on the website are really pretty spot-on. I was able to figure it out and get everything working. My only problem is I am stuck with a red screen because my fitbit battery level is low and it won't le...

Mircalla by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! World Clock suggestion, Pau Tomas?

 My apologies if this is inappropriate, but I was interested in getting in touch with Pau Tomas, developer of the World Clock app, I have a couple of suggestions, but the app listing does not have any contact info for him. Does anybody  have contact ...

Where can I find the support email for developers?

 Hello, I am trying to get in touch with the developer of this clockface but I can't seem to find their support email anywhere.  Clicking on the "contact developer" button literally does nothing in the mobile app and clicking their name in the websit...

cbaldasa2 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Switching between my custom clock faces?

Is there a way to switch between my custom-created clock faces without having to use Fibit studio? I have two clockfaces which I decided to turn into apps so I can use them whenever I want too. However when I select one of the clock apps, the clockfa...

Multiple vibrations

This may be simple, but after numerous attempts I am stumped.  Is there a way to program multiple vibrations, e.g. four "bump"s in a row?

dzawiskie by Recovery Runner
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