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Curving the ends of an "arc" element

I made this nice circle outline here: <arc x="20" y="10" width="260" height="260" fill="yellow" arc-width="20" start-angle="90" sweep-angle="360" id="circle1" /> I would like to round out the ends of the line. Is this possible?

Resolved! Unique fonts in the Clock face?

I was searching around and I found that it's only possible to choose from 6 different font faces, there is no option to import a custom one. But! As I was browsing around, I saw that there are clock faces with unique fonts! How is that possible? Eg. ...

Device Status has seen as Unavailable from companion

When I was testing my clockface for some long period (a week or so) I noticed that eventually, companion stops recognizing the clockface. From the Developer Menu -> My clockface I see that:Status: UnavailableSettings: UnavailableAnd after this happen...

my8bit by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Animation length for clockface

Hi I am trying to put a GIF I split into 31 .jpg's but it skips through almost all of the images is it to long or am i missing something,  for refrence I used the Sprite animation guide from fitbit.  If anybody who has also worked with animated image...

lukeb2 by Recovery Runner
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Access arrays without importing them

Is there a way that the index.js can access arrays from another .js without having to import them?  I am working on a clock face with flash cards on it and the arrays are quite large, they crash the watch face because they take up all the memory when...

cbaldasa2 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Watch face cannot be installed on my device

I published my watch face on Saturday, and it still says its waiting for review by Fitbit. Apparently I can use the private link to download it onto my versa but when I use the link it says "This clock cannot be installed on your device.". How long d...

yeliabh by Recovery Runner
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Clock hand outline not moving with clock hand

In order to draw an outline around the hands of my clock, I draw a semi-translucent copy of each clock hand underneath and have it move with the original hand. The copy is slightly larger so it should theoretically extend one pixel out on each side (...

SVG Rendering Bug?

Hi there, I'm attempting to make the hands on my analog clockface taper to a point using the rounded corners of rectangles.  My code looks something like this (basically an almond-sort of shape with a second square rectangle overlapping half of it): ...

Versa Lite | How do I make a watch face?

I've looked on the forums but I couldn't find anything. I have no idea where to start, and I have some coding experience but not very much. If someone could provide some sort of template or instructions, that'd be great.

Enoki by Jogger
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App Gallery Winter Collection

If you have an existing clock which needs adding to the Winter collection, please use this form, otherwise just tick the Winter tag when publishing a new clock.   [Link removed]

JonFitbit by Fitbit Developer
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Custom always on display in FitbitOs 4.1?

According to https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2302 4.1 comes with the possibility of custom always on clock faces. Where can I find documentation on how to use that?

choumarin by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Works as App but not Clockface

I'm very confused as to why this runs as an app, but not as a clockface. Any ideas?index.jsimport { me } from "appbit"; import clock from "clock"; import document from "document"; import * as fs from "fs"; import * as util from "./utils"; import { to...

RyWalk11 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! New clockface app review question

Hello, I posted a new clockface for review and it got rejected by the app review team with the following reason. ”Issue # Glitch when navigating from clock to app-switcher and return” For the life of me I can’t see any glitches and not sure what kind...

JasminS by Recovery Runner
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Geolocation

Newbie here, I'm trying to get the location of a device and use the coords to make other API calls.I've been unable to use the coords outside of the locationSuccess function. Is there a way to get around this, has anyone succeeded with this?

Mockup your clockfaces with FitFace.xyz

We have released a web based graphical tool for clockfaces creation.It permits to generate fully functional clockfaces for Ionic and Versa, without writing a line of code. It can be also very useful for developer to quickly test their designs. You ca...

FitFace by Base Runner
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Resolved! Trailing Thin Line on <rect/>'s

I'm new to this. I started with trying to make an analog watch face, however, when running on a physical device I see trailing lines at the ends of my <rect/>'s. I'm not doing anything different compare to the guides. Any idea's? - photo

How to provide a fitbit test account?

Hey, how do I provide a test account for the fitbit team, so that they can test the premium features of my watchface if they are reviewing it? Because I do not want to have a trial on my watchface.Thanks for your help.

SoufJxn by Jogger
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Old clock interferes with my own.

Hey dev community!This is my first post, and I couldnt find it discussed in the myriad of posts around here, please link me if I missed it. I am testing my own clock, and looking through the logs I sometimes see another app, logging info that is not ...

The problem with fixing some elements to your own shield

Hello. At the beginning I will say that I am a fresh Fitbit Ionic user and a studio application.I started to create "clock face" for myself and I have small problems because I could not understand some of the entries from the API documentation.My per...

flaga_m by Recovery Runner
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Conical gradients not rendering on properly on versa

I've been trying to work on a watch face which renders a conical gradient as a background image. I am using a grayscale image of a conical gradient to achieve this. The problem is that although everything looks good on the simulator, when I install t...

nahushf by Jogger
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Resolved! Watch Face picture not displaying

 I am having an issue when I made a digital clock face it only wants to display the face as a black background. I am wanting to use a 300x300 jpg file for the background. I have the files and can up load them to FitBitOS if a developer would like to ...

mnakoff by Jogger
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No "Developer Bridge" Option on Versa Lite

Today I purchases a Versa Lite and have been trying to get a new clock face developed for it. The Getting Started guide says "On the watch, go to Settings and tap Developer Bridge" When I got to Settings there is no option for Developer Bridge. I did...

Resolved! Images not displaying

Just started on my watch face for my Versa.  I can't get images to display. For instance:from the index.gui file<image id="hrimg" href="hr.png" height="16" width="16" x="240" y="30" /><text id="myHR" x="270" y="30" /> from the styles.css file#myHR{fo...

ChicoH by Recovery Runner
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Multiple Device Formatting Only Works in Simulator

Using this doc, I decided to separate my styles.css file into a styles.css and styles~300x300.css. For some reason, it only properly works on the sim and whenever I install on a physical device the styles for Versa do not apply. Any ideas for the rea...

Resolved! Error 0 Critical glue error

Hi, I keep getting this error, "Error 0 Critical glue error," when I install my analog clockface on my Fitbit Versa. I can see the clock hands working, although they are -90 degrees off, but there is no background; I get a black background. I don't g...

Resolved! Clock and background not working together

Okay so I don't really know how to code but I'm trying to create a clock face for my fitbit versa and I'm having some trouble. The code I have either lets me have an image or a clock, somehow both don't work at the same time. I have no idea what to p...

yeliabh by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! App and Clockface download statistic

Hi All, I am just wondering if there is any app/clockface statistic page for devs ? I guess it could be better if developers can see the download statistics and also a Like button(or rating stars) so that we can get feedbacks from users. Thanks  

Resolved! Overlaying multiple PNGs with transparent background

Hi all,I'm writing a watch app, trying to use a cartoon character's arms for the clock hands (e.g. something similar to a Mickey Mouse watch.) I haven't found any examples of this technique on the web, so I'm making some assumptions here: I thought i...

rbrodt by Recovery Runner
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why a clockface can avoid today app to update???

hello,  i need some information from fitbit. i 'm a french ionic user, and i creat my own clock, but since the 3.0, i have some trouble why some clock face can give trouble to have some good information in the today application on the Watch. i explai...

Resolved! Fitbit Simple Clock animation

SpoilerWARNING NEWBIE QUESTION !WARNING NEWBIE QUESTION !Hi, i'm trying to find how the simple clock from Fitbit animate clock and stats. And can't find out how it's done. At first i tought it was an animation (translate, ...) but i can't reproduce t...

tog0710 by Recovery Runner
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fitbit charge 3 clock face

i had a fitbit charge 2 and the display showed time,date,steps and heart rate. i recently upgraded to the charge 3 and the new device doesn’t have the same option. seeing that this is a brand new device, i would imagine that it would at least have th...

daz23 by Jogger
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Resolved! Miles displaying inaccurate on Versa once over specific milage

Hi there, I am experiencing a reoccurring issue where the milage displays low (between 1-4 miles) when the user is over 10 miles. Milage works perfectly on ionic, (always displaying as miles how I would like it). Also, the battery life on this clock ...

diana1d1 by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Source Code: Flat Jarvis

Hello Community, I did find a clock face that nearly meets my expectations --> Flat Jarvis. Nevertheless I want to modify the clock face. Is there a place where I can find the source code of that clock face? Thanks,Eric

the_way by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! Watch Face Rejected - Copyright??!

I received an email that my Mario World watch face was rejected due to copyright.  However prior to my creating the watch face I looked into Nintendo's policy and as long as you are NOT making any type of profit (aka free of charge and not paid) off ...

geolocation returning zero values (not errors)

I am building my first clockface for my new fitbit versa. I receive readings from the geolocation API, but all fields contain zero as the value. It appears that the device believes it is receiving a reading from my phone, but there it is not valid. E...

buzuli by Recovery Runner
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