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Resolved! Steps not counting

Hello, I copied a basic watch face to start on and the step counter worked. Now it just stays on 0.It is counting them because it shows on the app but the watch face counter doesn't change from 0. Thanks in advance!

What alternative to CLI?

After spending several days battling with installing Node,js unsuccessfully, on a dedicated Windows 10 PC, which loaded so many modules and dependencies and always fails to run completely, is there any alternative to simply compile an app's js code? ...

Guy_ by Space Racer
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Resolved! FitBit OS Simulator: Simulator failed to start

I've installed the Simulator. When I launch it, it starts loading, but eventually gives me the message "Dang. Simulator failed to start". I've looked in the log in `(...)\AppData\Roaming\Fitbit OS Simulator\logs\main.log`, which gives me the followin...

VTW by Jogger
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Fitbit Studio never loads

As the title says, it is basically impossible to access Fitbit studio. I have probably less than a 20% success rate getting the page to load. It hangs on:Here we goChecking login...For hours at a time. In the rare instance that it actually times out,...

Resolved! Fitbit Studio Down?

I have had many issues accessing Fitbit Studio today and even when I have gotten a project to load I get near-constant "Ugh - failed to save" errors. Is there an issue with the servers today?

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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Resolved! Multi-View feature in SDK 5

I'm trying to create a watch app that integrates the multi-view feature. I've been through the documentation and the multi-view sample app on github, but I can't seem to find information for the current SDK version. Could anyone please share any SDK ...

dbe5007 by Recovery Runner
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steps

I'm not sure how to add a step counter to my custom watch, I've tried everything I could with my nonexistent programming skills when I try to download a watch face off Github to use as an example it just doesn't work on my versa 3.  TLDR; how do I ad...

droids by Jogger
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Having trouble connecting Fitbit studio to app

Hi! I'm a beginner at making apps and am still trying to figure stuff out. whenever I try to connect my Fitbit app to the Fitbit Studio it just says waiting for Fitbit studio. I'm using a Fitbit Versa 3. I have looked all over the internet and can't ...

'Bad SVGML' in boilerplate defs (web studio)

Suddenly started getting these errors shortly before midnight (Eastern US): [12:15:42 AM]Error 22 Bad SVGML '<link rel="import" href="/mnt/sysassets/system_widget.defs" /'[12:15:42 AM]Error 22 Invalid value '#animate-in' in swipe-back-observer[12:15:...

How upload files to Fitbit Studio with a mobile device?

Hey Community, i recently stared to create a clock face. Sometimes I do this on my mobile phone. Most the time this works well, but sometimes there happens strange things. Yeah, I know this is a desktop application.  Here is my problem:I would like t...

Reamon by Recovery Runner
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How to do this with fetch()??

Hello,I want to do a http request to a website which says i should do it like following:POST /automate/cloud/message HTTP/1.1 Host: llamalab.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded secret=&to=&device=&priority=normal&payload=Hello%20Worl...

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...

Resolved! How do I copy console log perfectly from Fitbit Studio?

Hi! I just want to use Fitbit Versa to collect some sensors' data for data analyzing on PC. I knew that I can just use console.log() to print it on the console. But Fitbit Studio is in Browser and it is quite hard to copy them. For example, I can onl...

Include console.log in Fitbit Studio "Publish"

Is there a way to include console.log instructions in the FBA file when publishing an App? If the clock or App is having problems when loaded by a private Gallery link it would enable seeing what the problem is. This is for the case where a sideloade...

Guy_ by Space Racer
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Studio Down 4 March 2022

This morning I'm unable to access the studio. I've tried multiple devices, multiple browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox). I've cleared caches, etc, but nothing helps. Console reports "Unrecognized feature: 'attribution-reporting', followed by other error...

Resolved! Ionic not showing up as device in Fitbit Studio

I want to use the Fitbit Studio to make a clockface for my Ionic. I am able to connect my phone, but my Ionic device is not showing up. I am using the same Fitbit account for studio and mobile app. My Ionic is charged above 25% and the developer brid...

Resolved! Fitbit OS Simulator hangs on startup

I'm trying to use the FitBit OS Simulator on MacOS 11.6 and following the "Getting Started" tutorial for app development: https://dev.fitbit.com/getting-started/#get-ready- When I open the Fitbit OS Simulator, it says "No applications are installed" ...

Constant connection issues

Fitbit studio can barely keep connected for 10 minutes. As soon as a file is edited an obnoxious popup stops you doing any more work. Connection is perfect, never had any issues on any other site, just Fitbit can't program properly and relies on peop...

Resolved! Programming Topography

I am making a watch face that displays the current total water log, total calories consumed from the food log, and the total macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbs) also from the food log.  This seemed like a simple enough concept that I could just pu...

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iPh33r by Base Runner
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Sprite Image begin on click

I have this and it works fine but I want the animation only start when a user touches the screen. I try changing the begin="enable" to begin="click" or "mousedown" but it does not seemed to work. Is there something else I need to change to make it st...

fibby by Base Runner
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Resolved! Fitbit Studio unusable

Since some days Fitbit Studio is stuck in "Here we go, checking login". Clearing the Firefox browser cache and restarting the browser and even the PC does nothing, it seems permanently locked, even on a phone. It may be related to the new requesting ...

Guy_ by Space Racer
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Resolved! Simulator

So I am a developer trying to use the Fitbit os simulator, I downloaded the new one, and it won’t work. Please help.

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...

Is Studio at the latest level?

How does one know if Studio is at the latest level? In package.json the options for SDK version show 4.3, 5.0,6.0. As 4.3.1 was announced should it be shown, or will it only show 4.3?

Guy_ by Space Racer
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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...

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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