To add your own group field, you can first create a series of images in your favorite image editor, then add a custom group field (under datafield->icons->custom group field), set the data field, click “Edit”, and add the serials of images for each possible values of that data field.
When your device enters into AOD mode, the watch face will be dimmed. You will still need to follow the rule #1, but instead, the percentage increases to 20%.
Your design is starting from picking device’s screen size now.
Your design should work for all devices with the same screen size.
On the left side widgets section, the first row is the power mode selector, click one of them will toggle the visibility of widgets in canvas:
The name of widget can be changed by clicking the text on the widget’s header section:
Each widget has three visibility controls:
If you want to hide the widget in certain power mode, check the checkbox.
When a widget is selected, the name of the widget, as well as the size will be displayed in the status bar
If you uncheck “snapping” on the status bar, when moving a widget, it will not auto-align with other widgets. The string in front of “snapping” is the screen size for your design.
There are more changes. If you have any issue, please post it on the reddit forum.
For pointer goal field, you can drag the rotating control pointer to set the starting angle.
For all above three goal fields, you can specify three data fields: one for the “from” value, one for the “to” value, and one for the “current” value.
For example, you can select:
Then you basically have the step goal field.
To build a pointer goal field, on top of selecting three datafields, you can also select a pointer (like an analog hand). Then the pointer will rotate based on the “current” value between “from” and “to” values.
System 5 has all new access to device metrics including:
| API | Description |
ActivityMonitor.Info.respirationRate | Get the current respiration value |
ActivityMonitor.Info.timeToRecovery | Get the current time to recovery |
SensorHistory.getBodyBatteryHistory() | Get device Body Battery history |
SensorHistory.getStressHistory() | Get device stress history |
System.Stats.batteryInDays | Get the amount of battery remaining in days |
UserProfile.Profile.vo2MaxRunning | Get the user’s running VO2 Max |
UserProfile.Profile.vo2MaxCycling | Get the user’s cycling VO2 Max |
UserProfile.getUserActivityHistory()* | Get an iterator of the user’s past activities |
Weather.getSunrise() | Get the sunrise time for a location |
Weather.getSunset() | Get the sunset time for a location |
Connect IQ System 5 has rolled out on a number of devices with more coming:
| Now Available | Public Beta Available | Coming Soon |
| Forerunner® 245 Series Forerunner® 745 Forerunner® 945 Forerunner® 945 LTE Venu® Series Venu® 2 Series Venu® 2 Plus Series Vivoactive 4 Series | epixTM (gen 2) fēnix® 5 Plus Series fēnix® 6 Series fēnix® 7 Series Instinct® 2 Series MARQ® Series quatix® 6 tactix® 6 Venu® Sq Series |
check this demo for both additions (rotating pointer and custom datafield): Garmin Watchface Online Builder – Creating your own watchface app for garmin device without coding (watchfacebuilder.com)
To add a new custom datafield,
All weather condition has both day and night icons now.
Please replace your “weather condition – icon” field with the new “OWM weather condition – icon”.
After you select a widget, you can use the arrow keys to move it. Hold the shift key and press arrow key will move the widget one pixel at a time. Also you can use mouse to move widget. By default, (when snapping is on), the widget will try to align with other widgets. but if you turn snapping off, you can move the widget freely without aligning to any other objects.
For any goal widget, the length will be consistence no matter of the line’s height. (for line shape goal widget only)
check out this demo design: Garmin Watchface Online Builder – Creating your own watchface app for garmin device without coding (watchfacebuilder.com)
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