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Resolved! Programatically read Alarm

Hi,I there a way to programatically find out if any Alarm is set? I would like to show the next active Alarm on my custom clockface.BRGeekBit

GeekBit by • Base Runner
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How to capture sleep time on clock face?

We are developing a clock face that will show steps count, heart rate, and sleeping hours. We are able to get steps to count and heart rate from device API but are not able to get sleeping hours. Is there any way to get sleeping hours from device API...

mjain by • Base Runner
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SDK feature request:: SVG path support

I want to make some curvy lines animate, but I can't do that without SVG `path` and animatable `d` attribute support (MDN reference). Please add support for these! <path d="M 169,0 T 169,250" stroke="#742FAA" stroke-width="10"></path>

Resolved! How-to: Small text attached to right side of large text?

I'm trying to set up a view so that there is a set of large numbers followed by a set of small numbers. Think something like:123.45 The problem is, if I use two <text> elements (one with a large size, one with a small size) and use absolute positioni...

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Resolved! Who optimizes the Javascript source code?

I wrote below codes:// app/mymodule.ts const a = 0; let unuseVariable = 1; const unuseConst = 2; export const c = a; export class UnuseClass { someMethod() { return unuseConst } }// app/index.ts import {c} from "./mymodule" conso...

tatesuke by • Recovery Runner
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App Scheduling

Is there any mechanism in the Fitbit OS that will allow scheduling Clocks or Apps to run at a specific time?

Guy__ by • Base Runner
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Fitbit Pay official mark

Hi. I'm developing a portal for a bank that has a credit card supporting Fitbit pay. In that respect I need the official Fitbit pay mark, but haven't been successfull in locating that. Is there a page with the image files and guidelines somewhere?   

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...

Resolved! launching a watch app by android phone app

I want to create an APP for the android phone and it can use for launching the watch app(Fitbit versa 3). Is it possible done by WebSockets, any SDK, or others? If it can, how to do it? 

AlexTong by • Recovery Runner
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PPG signal

 We need, for research purposes, to access to the PPG waveforms. Is it possible via SDK?Thanks in advance,José A. BeaUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain) 

jabea by • Jogger
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Clock face long press

Is it possible to disable this annoying new Clock face long press feature in a clock face which sometimes takes you to the Clocks app when you don't want to go there and won't allow such actions to be detected by the clock face itself?   

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Resolved! SDK 5.0 and 4.3 build error with Firefox

Trying to build with SDK 5.0 returns"Internal error during build. Guru Meditation: [Object ErrorEvent]". What has gone wrong? Same problem with 4.3.  

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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CLI SDK 4.2 same import fs error as 4.3.0

In order to build compact SDK 4.3 code was advised to use CLI with SDK 4.2 but this seems to have the same import fs error as 4.3.0 did which was fixed in 4.3.1. How the error got into SDK 4.2 is a mystery, unless its overriding 4.2 with 4.3 in CLI. ...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Resolved! Are custom fonts not currently possible?

Is it currently still not possible to use custom fonts with Fitbit? As I'm lead to believe that this is the case, I'm also wondering what fonts are available for me to use.

Aura636 by • Jogger
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Resolved! Vibration normalisation

Using Nudge, Nudge-max or Bump. Is there an established or anyone using an algorithm to generate a normalised vibration sensation across all watches from the same program? Ie. Simulate the same level of intensity/duration to compensate for hardware/f...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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SDK 4.3 incomaptible with 4.2 [and 5.0 and 6.0]

The change to add SDK 6.0 support brought with it a forced change from 4.2 to 4.3. [4.2 no longer available] Unfortunately 4.3 is no longer compatible with 4.2 code. Can we please have instructions as to what has changed in 4.3? Note: Code that worke...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Resolved! Companion Launch

Is it possible to Launch a separate App as a companion and end it from the Watch App rather than it being part of the App ? Also is there a way leave a companion portion running even if the main portion of the App has ended ? Does a companion use up ...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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File Transfer

I want to create an app that runs 24/7 to collect sensor data and sends it to the companion. A file does not get deleted until the companion indicates that it has received the file. I am not sure whether I need to implement that handshaking. I want n...

JasonWoha by • Recovery Runner
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Clock in Fitbit studio is off by one hour

I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why the time on my clockface in Fitbit Studio is one hour behind what the actual time should be. The time is wrong regardless of whether I run the app in the simulator or build it to my ...

CLI install syntax not working

npx fitbit-build works fine, butnpx fitbit-install or npx fitbit-install@latest doesn't What was missed in the setup and why does it give anpm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fitbit-install - Not found Trying to test version SDK 4...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Resolved! Checkboxes on SDK 5

I know that there was a checkbox element for sdk 4, but is there one on sdk 5? 

Tnoff by • Base Runner
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Weather: Unable to fetch current location

I'm using Fitbit SDK 4.3.0 with the addition of weatherHowever using the example code in this page Weather API (fitbit.com) gives me an errorCompanion: Error: Cannot fetch current locationI know the geolocation API is working as it's giving me the pr...

Versa 3 gyroscope not found in studio

Hi, When I'm trying the sensor example on fitbit studio on my fitbit Versa 3, it does not show the gyroscope, nor the orientation sensor. As far as I'm aware they are somewhat similar to one another and if the gyroscope is not found, neither will the...

Notorious coding techniques for improved memory use

Are there any notorious code pitfalls that make the built object for an Ionic or Versa more than 10% bigger than for the Sense? As the Versas are 64 Mb limited surely code would be better optimised for them rather than the Sense which has more memory...

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Errors when uploading files to a project in Studio

Hello. To be able to display text in a non-system font, I use FitFont for Fitbit (github.com/gregoiresage/fitfont) For each font size and style, there are many png files in the generated folder ( https://www.screencast.com/t/YT9EuS7O8ae ) When all ar...

alden8 by • Base Runner
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Intermittent launchApp error

Occasionally the launchApp returns "unable to launch app with UUID:" as an error. As it works normally, what can cause it to not work from time to time?

Guy_ by • Space Racer
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Import external module

For a app I need to do a get request and I need to use ‘https’ module, the same that I use in node.js Is there any way to install this module on Fitbit ?I’m working with sdk cli and using ‘npm i https’ to install the module it appear in dependences b...

MarcS7 by • Recovery Runner
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