Fixed: Low power display honors visibility expression
Added: low power mode will update the second data fields (tm9, tm9.1, etc.)
Added: grid lines
If you set the visibility of the second object, during the low power mode when screen is updating, app will also check the expression of visibility and decide if the second should be visible or not.
The following data fields ((tm9), (tm9.0), (tm9.1), (tm9.2), (tm9.3), (tm9.4)) will be updated during the low power mode.
A new object (grid line) was added to builder. This will be useful for drawing the grid lines under a chart data field.
You can specify the color of grid lines and spacing between lines, and also you will rotate the object to show horizontal or vertical grid lines. All those fields can use expression to make it further dynamic.
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Added data fields: total days in current month, total days in current year, is leap year.
Fix bugs: curved text clicking area, hidden object clicking area, custom image position of arc segment, and more.
Improvements: loading time of design in builder is improved (and more is coming).
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Each object has the visibility control now. Each object’s visibility can be based on an expression (make sure the expression will return true or false). You can also choose an expression from the preset expressions (like high power, low power, during day, reach step goal, etc.)
For static objects (like basic shape or image), only high/low power mode works. If you want to control the visibility of those objects based on the expression other than low/high power mode, you will need to set the object to layer object.
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