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6 years of development!

More than 3000 improvements over the years in over 700 app-updates (beta + production) since 2014…

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+ new feature [1084]

* bug fix [1471]

~ change [450]

– removed function [44]

= affects widget-only app too

Click version number 📝 to see detailed post on changes

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📝9.84

=*Samsung launcher cleared widget measurements when split screen multitasking was activated

=*optimized widget resize routine for Samsung phones

*updated libraries (Gradle, AppCompat, Wearable, Play Services Fitness, Material, ConstraintLayout, BuildTools)



📝9.83

~watch-wifi-bubble cannot programmatically turn off wifi on WearOS (it is auto-enabled by the OS) instead it will take you to wifi-settings when turning off

+BIG: top/bottom customizable info line options on watch face!!

+control digital clock vertical shift (up/down)

📝beta2

*fix default values for text fields (new text fields were on by default)

📝beta3

~adjusted layer order: touch priority now works as expected even in custom layouts with bubbles over full screen digital or analog clock

+digital clock vertical adjustment now available in the phone app (clock bubble config screen)

*fixed FAB issues in Wear Cloud Editor on old Androids

+text field settings on the phone

+text field shortcut settings on the phone

+digital clock vertical adjustment on the phone

+fine adjustments (+/-) for most seekbars in the settings on the watch: margin, spacing, vertical shift, font size

📝beta4

*restoring old custom themes text fields and digital clock-shifting will be disabled

*seekbar +/- accidental adjustments when scrolling

+long press title to reset / undo seekbars

+backup restore hint counters

📝production(5)

+add video demo for new Text Fields: What’s new on phone/watch, Shortcuts, Text Field dialogs

+translations for new strings

*reset bug for size seekbars

📝production(6)

*forgot to update the What’s new video in the phone app…



📝9.82

*one line of greek text in the global widgets settings (embarrassing oversight)

📝9.81

+=BIG: add shortcut bubbles to clouds on phone and watch

*shortcut icon initially not sent to watch

*cannot delete shortcut bubble on watch

*if hidden cannot delete shortcut bubble on phone

📝9.80

=~don’t change petal colors in dark mode

=~show icon name in Mask Clock options dialog

+watch alarm workaround now optional “Bring alarm to foreground” (for non-system alarm apps it’s off by default)

📝beta1

=*fix a problem deleting phantom home screen clouds on handheld devices

+BIG: time limit option for toggles in Tasker plugin: watch BT/Wifi off until a given time, Theater mode/Mute until a given time

📝beta2

*filter out alarms created by Bubble Cloud and plugins

📝beta3 – Wear OS production release

*fix crash caused by certain icons in peek card

📝beta4

=+home screen widgets are now screen reader ready for blind users (when option “Always show bubble labels” is enabled. If screen reader is active at first time use, option is auto-enabled) [big thank you to Willis “Chris” Moore]

=+Added Greek translation (60%) by ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ

📝beta5

=*store widget sizes for different resolutions (no need to measure again when earlier resolution is restored: h/w,centerx/y)

*scheduled toggle bubble Toast formatting (leading zero for minutes)

=+improved screen reader support in widget/folder related parts of the app (content descriptions for FABS, image buttons and action bars)

=*improved shared preferences stability (TSSharedPrefEdit)

📝beta6

=*delete resolution data when widget is removed

📝beta7

*some live info bubble options were showing in the bubble edit screen when they should not be assigned (e.g. for notification icons etc)

=*no more “Redraw widget” message when tapping on bubble move in different type of cloud

=*autocolor is enabled by default for contact clouds as well

📝beta8

~”New card vibration” setting (under “More options” in the phone app) now affects Bubble Cloud peek cards as well: when card is updated watch will vibrate unless watch is in Do-not-disturb mode

+Long press peek card for option “Open notification via plugin” to choose whether the Notification icons plugin or the standard Wear OS notification is shown when you tap on the peek card

📝beta9

*fixed setting “new card vibration” not sticking

+no new card vibration when watch is on charger

📝9.79

*stupid oversight: what’s new page played old video

📝beta1:

*include “show live info” option in backup

~”Show live info” will not affect clock bubble

*refresh favorites tile if custom theme bubble is set or erased (in the clock bubble dialog or long pressing the uniform bubble color box in the phone app)

+remind user after applying icon pack the file transfer to the watch can take a long (long!) time

*the need for phone permission was not explained in the phone app (to be able to hide app drawer when call comes in and to make calls using contact bubbles)

*eliminate crash when folder tile of a deleted folder is clicked

📝beta2:

=+automatically update also the clock/date bubbles in a widget when changing widget’s icon pack (only if they have been masked originally)

=*cloud configuration screen’s floating action button labels visibility problem in dark mode

=~check option “Use clock background color” if there are no mask/background alternatives when theming clock bubble

📝beta3:

=+add hour12, hour24, am, month, day, fullmonth, fullday to middle row

=+change bubble text color based on center color intensity (only if white or black) (if center is transparent use intensity of solidified widget background color)

=*icon pack border/background settings will also affect themeable clock bubbles (background color will come from clock bubble border color)

=*much improved clock widget performance

=~show clock bubbles also when cloud is being edited

📝beta4:

=*fixed crashing folders with clock

=*fixed clock edit clicks in clock

📝beta5:

=*fixed clock edit click in widget

📝beta6:

=*fixed disappearing main clock in widgets with few bubbles

📝9.78

=*Crash in the Widget-only app after 9.77.9 update

=~Improved the layout of the “First widget placed” dialog

=~Improved table layout on Premium Upgrades screen

📝beta1:

=+optional “PUT” method for HTTP (Smart Home control) bubbles [requested by Almar Örn Arnþórsson]

=*the widgets app was missing the HTTP Command templates

📝beta2:

=*couldn’t add duplicate clock bubble to cloud

=*crash when adjusting digital clock widget content vertical position

📝beta3:

~Watch will attempt to send private/local IP address HTTP commands always via phone first but send them directly from watch if phone cannot be reached (5s timeout)

📝beta4:

=*crash when adjusting vertical digital clock widget text position

+BIG: add “favorites cloud” also as a tile on the watch!

*second attempt at handling local IP HTTP commands from the watch

📝beta5:

+BIG:notification-icon bubbles in tile (favorites or folder tile)

*crash when trying to hide theme pack icons from main app

*if auto-locked, the app drawer was automatically opened for favorites tile too

*clock bubble did not always appear in the center in favorites tile

~clock layout on tile will stretch bubbles to edges of the screen

*refresh favorites cloud when themes/layouts change

📝beta6:

*disable favorite tile in watch face mode

*update tile settings change on phone: layout, background color / image, bubble type, uniform color, live info hint, notification bubble colors, notification bubble options (show icon, show badges), and when a theme is applied.

*matched tile-bubble text colors in the favorite cloud (Tasker, LiveInfo, Phone battery)

+custom layout in favorite tile

+lock bubble will work in the tile too → it opens the app drawer and locks it

~button will no longer exit locked app drawer

+show “Loading bubbles…” message at start

*vertical app drawer will also show the favorite cloud when opened (used to remember your scroll position)

📝beta7:

*revised tap-detection in tiles

📝beta8:

*further improved tap-detection in tiles (no need to wait 1 sec for update)

*uniform color hollow bubbles in favorites tile

*app drawer was not loaded correctly after a small change in v9.78.6

~exit app drawer using the clock bubble if it was opened from the app drawer tile also

*tile will not flash when clicking outside of bubbles

📝beta9:

*hide lock and show hint if folder tile is assigned to empty folder

*refresh folder tile when folder options are changed

*package name for folders (used for applying icon packs to folder icons) was mistakenly corrupted when adjusting tile options on the watch

*will not show reminder toast during intro on watch if tile has already been added

+translations for new text

~when applying themes on the watch the favorite layout setting is only applied in watch face mode or when it’s explicitly check-marked

=*handle crash more gracefully when trying to edit a missing bubble

+new tile video

📝9.77

+=*BIG: improved compatibility with most launchers (long press checkmark for new “measure mode”) (updated Launcher Tweaks section ~ updated First widget placed screen ~ updated Cloud Config screen)

=+BIG: clock bubble in widget → theme selector (with on/off switch) in cloud configuration → delete (share? modify?) theme

=+clock bubble FAB

=+icon pack masked version (also: refresh all)

=+BIG: ads in free version – banner ad in main app (unless landscape, widget or wear pro) – banner ad in cloud configuration screen (unless landscape, wear [contacts!] or widget pro) -banner ad on Wear Cloud Editor (unless landscape, help or layout designer is shown)

=+add benefit “don’t show ads” – updated list of benefits in translations

=*updated settings action button visibility in dark mode (the blue commands at the bottom of setting cards on the phone)

*fixed a crash in the watch face on the watch

=*widgets were not automatically updated after globally hiding/unhiding the pencil

=*reduced APK size by 3.3MB by improved image compression

📝beta1:

=+improved icon pack support now with icon shader (icon packs which change color of masked icons)

=*could not save custom clock theme after customizing images or the time/date format

=*when main app not started via launcher icon the Wear OS menu item would appear even if Wear OS was not present

📝beta2:

=~changed minimum widget size to 1×1

=*clock bubble will not be much bigger than the biggest bubble in the cloud

=+short pressing the trash can in the Bubble Edit screen will offer to uninstall app or remove bubble (in case of app bubbles only)

=+add any number of (non-main) time/date bubbles to widget

=*hide ad on any dialog

📝beta3:

=+you can now set the folder shortcut icon before placing it (both from the widget drawer and the Widgets+Folders screen)

=+pop up clouds (bubble folders) show clock bubbles too

=*Widgets+Folders screen now indicates number folders and clocks too under “other” (used to only count Tasker and Smart Home control bubbles)

=+app will now warn if no default launcher is set and widget autofit calibration cannot be associated with the launcher

=+app will lead you to the Play Store if a custom theme uses components from a theme pack that was uninstalled

=*you will be taken back to the correct screen after installing theme packs from the Play Store (it was returning to the main setting app)

📝beta4:

=*Emergency fix for clock widget crash introduced in beta3

=~single tapping the clock will no longer take you to cloud configuration

=+haptic feedback during launcher calibration

(fun fact: Google removed this emergency update because of a bogus hashtag “violated” something in the app description, that’s been there for 5 years. Because of this beta testers did not get the fix for over 24 hours, that I created 5 minutes after it was reported by users. Yes, Google is evil)

📝beta5:

=~you will have to double tap widget with single clock to edit (hint displayed at first tap)

=+backup clock bubbles and clock bubble themes

+translations for new strings

=+date bubble added to the stock options

=*crash when adjusting vertical adjustment of digital components

📝beta6:

=*layout issues in the clock widget selective apply screen

=*crash after adding a folder shortcut (using the Widgets+Folders screen)

=*import image did not work when changing folder shortcut icon

=*ads will no longer show in Pre-launch tests

+expert option on watch: do not recolor watch face complication icons (only affects classic bubble cloud layout, standard Wear OS layout complications will stay recolored)

=+link clock settings to online help

=*slight layout glitch in clock widget settings (misaligned square/round switch)

=+video clock, folder, launcher calibration: https://youtu.be/rgIbgnL1VGo

=+bubble sizes are automatically locked (and move to center is disabled) after using the swap tool

=+main clock bubble in grid layouts now appears above or to the right of the cloud

📝beta7:

=+enable new system for new users only

=+add help button to launcher calibration screen

=~ads only for those who install v9.77.7 first

change icon packs to check for Wear OS

📝release 1 build 8:

=+autolock bubble sizes when any bubble size gets edited

=+hide yellow bubble for a week by watching an ad

=+”coffee” option to watch an ad

=+could not hide Theme Packs since they were never opened. Now app will prompt you to open them…

📝release 2 build 9:

=*some cloud parameters were not stored correctly [thank you Simon Bernard for reporting!]

=*app was crashing on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and older devices

=+new spinner on the “Hide yellow bubble” dialog while the ad is loading

📝9.76

+consistent automatic peek card colors for apps with all white icons [tip: Primo De Leon]

📝beta1:

*problem restoring themes with components from the theme pack where the sample theme (Pack #0) is from, but they are not the sample theme

=*fixed crash when making backup on older (Android 4.x) devices

*clock font size was not stored correctly in custom themes

~updated custom theme related warning “Missing/corrupted data” to suggest to check for app update in Play Store

📝beta2:

=+new Tasker plugin option “Text only (hide icon)” when adding text to Tasker bubble (note: when setting text via %variable, icon will be hidden if resolved string starts with ‘_’ underscore char)

📝beta3:

-removed admob (Google never fails to disappoint)

=+link to license troubleshooter from Premium page

*fixed crash while updating theme selector in phone app

📝9.75

=*folder edit bar seekbar mistouch still moved seek position slightly

=+new smart home (HTTP command) bubble option “Open in browser” → use HTTP bubbles for smarter bookmark / webapp starter (with toggle fields and petal options) e.g. open Google Docs

=*further improved symmetry for alternating grid layout

=*uninstall command did not work in bubble edit dialog overflow menu because of a permission change in Android Oreo

📝beta 1:

=*option did not show initially when HTTP control bubble is added

=+added translations

📝beta 2:

+Theme shortcut bubbles

*icons did not show correctly in the Shortcuts settings group on the phone (when folders, smart-lights, phone app bubbles or complications were assigned to shortcuts)

*notification icon bubbles did not appear correctly in the Wear Cloud Editor (random icon)

📝beta 3:

~custom theme screen on watch will prompt to select all if nothing was selected

*clean up back stack when exiting folder after bubble edit screen

*crash in contact cloud when opened via button and no contacts

+extended Tasker plugin can now activate and move all bubbles on the watch (not just Tasker bubbles, as before)

=*improved symmetry for grid widget layouts

📝beta 4:

*toggle bubbles in Tasker plugin did not work correctly

*Tasker plugin was not able to move any bubble into folders

*import theme by sharecode resulted in corrupted themes on phone

*improved visibility of Bubble Cloud settings icon over dark backgrounds on the watch

*clouds were not refreshed after creating / deleting theme bubbles

*when importing themes, prompt to install necessary theme packs

*failed to prompt to install theme packs if pack 0 had the theme from the same pack

+new sharecode format: https://theme.dynalogix.eu/xxxxxx → take user to website if bubble cloud is not installed (bubblecloud://theme/ is also kept)

*themes were not deleted correctly

📝beta 5:

+won’t delete theme if there are linked theme bubbles “Cannot delete until 1 or more linked theme-bubbles are removed”

+new theme option: “update” (overwrite with new settings) – keeps theme bubbles and Tasker plugin operational

*improved theme and theme-bubble synchronization between phone and watch

*improved appearance of folders and complications in the Tasker plugin config screen

*theme bubble image broke on the watch when using “default icon” button in Wear Cloud Editor

*deleting a theme on the watch used to reset the default theme bubble location to favorites

📝beta 6:

*crash when trying to insert Tasker %variable to plugin

+translation for new strings

+new video

+linked new video to Tasker Plugin config screen + What’s new screens on phone and watch

📝beta 7: (production release)

*crash when clearing BubbleID in Tasker plugin config screen

📝9.74

=+made sharedpreferences more resilient

beta 1:

=+self correcting sharedprefs

beta 2:

=*improved symmetry for alternating grid layout

=*if both Premium Key and Summary are installed, use Summary to watch for newly installed apps (disable battery optimization for Summary!)

beta 3:

*show expert crown option in app drawer mode too, hint at its effect on the use of the crown in folders

=*expert widget parameters restore button did not reset checkboxes, only their preferences

📝9.73

=+new folder bubble animation (and quicker threaded operation) is now optional (off by default – enable it in main app → “Expert” → “Widget Preferences”) [merci Matthieu Kieffer]

=*rare crash in main Bubble Cloud app / layout options dialog

=*rare crash in petal options on phone

+use buttons/crown in contact cloud on watch (if opened via button press) [thank you gandalf_123]

=*cloud option “Keep frozen bubbles after uninstall” was not saved / backed up or restored

1:

=+prompt to enable Overlay on Huawei/Xiaomi phones more aggressively

*crash while importing custom 1-click themes

📝9.72

=+cloud layout options (circle and off-center)

1:

=+added galaxy, and rotatable grid and checkered grid layouts

=*fixed a crash when tapping the youtube button when selecting default layout

=+long press rotation arrows to rotate cloud by 45°

=*cloud layout settings are now saved in backup and deleted correctly with the widget

2:

*Smart Auto Layouts dialogs crash in “Wear OS” settings on phone (broke in v9.72.1)

=~alternating grid change order of shorter/longer rows depending on number of bubbles for more even looking clouds

3:

=+finalized new layouts in bubble folders (i.e. pop-up clouds) – no more missing or extra bubbles

=*fixed layout rotation issues

4:

=*made backup / restore more robust [thank you Miquel Ferrarons]

=~improved layouts:

=~round=multiple inner bubbles if total number of bubbles>14

=~grids=center last row (if possible) for more symmetrical look

=~galaxy=magnified and rotation enabled

~improved button/crown selection in folders and petal options: [based on feedback by Matej, thank you!]

+improved crown detection (register if crown was used anywhere in the app, not just in folder)

+different hint shown if crown is enabled

~hint is shown longer only the first time

~shorter button long press for activation if no crown used/enabled

~no crown detection if “Wrist/crown gestures” is disabled in expert settings

=*video link in default widget layout dialog

5:

=+bubble weights are now shown in edit mode (only if sizes locked)

=~improved visibility of bubble labels in edit mode

=*45° rotation final fix

=*missing ccw folder layout rotation long press

=+long press swap arrows also for ccw 45° (widget + folder)

=+accidental touch protection for bubble spacing seekbar in widget/folder toolbar (NoSkipSeekBar)

=*further improved grid layout symmetry

=+animate folder bubbles too, when animation is turned on for the cloud

=*reduced bubble size in folder when using grid layout

=~square shaped folder for round/galaxy/off-center layouts

=~resize folder after layout change

=+video (what’s new + widget smart auto layout sections)

=+translations for new strings

*”More theme packs in play store” button did not work in the 1-click themes section

📝9.71

*fix rotary crown operation in settings screens on newer watches (Google broke crown control in Android H) [thank you Elias Cabrera for reporting]

1:

~fix reverse scrolling direction via crown

2:

+select petal options and bubbles from folders with the rotary crown (long press other buttons to activate)

*fixed auto sticky issue in tile folder [thank you Alex Perez for reporting]

3:

+short press button to activate petal option or bubble in folder if crown was used for selection

4:

~changed crown sensitivity and bubble order when selecting bubbles from folders using the crown

5:

+progressive selection using the crown in folders and petal options (when opened via hardware button) i.e. selection moves gradually from item to item, snaps to focus when crown is released

6:

~multi line text in peek card title if no text body (upcoming agenda events used to be cut off) [thank you Pavlos Vasileiadis for reporting]

*exiting a folder should take you to the app drawer only if the folder was opened from the app drawer

*whenever we are not coming from the app drawer the 3 dots (more) bubble should open the app drawer

*when selecting folder bubbles using the crown, the selection will settle more quickly (600 to 300ms)

~more natural bubble selection order when using the crown [suggested by Elias Cabrera]

7:

*avoided selection glitch if crown was moved before the folder bubbles appeared

*selection via button/crown stays active for inner folders

+the 3 dot (“more”) bubble in inner folders will now take you to the parent folder (works only 1 level deep)

+new video

1 MILLION INSTALLS!

📝9.70

*fix for tile disappearance after reboot

*fix for bubbles growing into different folder issue

1:

*fixed hotspot toggle option of wifi bubble (on/off/hotspot)

+new dedicated wifi hotspot toggle (on/off)

2:

*rare crash in custom theme list on watch

*wake phone when turning on wifi hotspot

📝9.69

*Optimized resources for Media control shortcut

~Added “(via BC)” to Media Controls to show connection

*Bubble distortion in Bubble Cloud tile on “flat tire” watches [reported by Jen Yates – thank you]

*”No bubble” option did not work in folders and tile (always followed favorite cloud setting) [reported by Jen Yates – thank you]

1:

*Bring up Wear Contacts settings on the phone by tapping the empty contacts screen on the watch (was still crashing after 9.67 fix)

2:

+New Wear Stand Up Alert v3.03 beep sound option (note: never beeps if watch is in DND, even if obey DND is disabled)

+Stand Up notifications will beep even on older watches which don’t receive Stand Up Alert v3 (toggle option in Bubble CLoud phone app)

📝9.68

+Restore Media Controls shortcut removed by Google in recent Wear OS update (you can assign it to hardware button!)

*App drawer appeared sometimes when connecting charger even if “Rotate on charger” and “Full screen clock on charger” were both disabled [Dr_Tron]

*Gracefully handle when tile folder background image is corrupted

📝9.67

📝beta 0:

+offer to move bubbles without live-info if they are not allowed in folders (battery, date, steps)

*fixed rare crash when saving custom theme

*fixed rare crash when opening app drawer

*fixed rare crash when redrawing app drawer

*edit bubble did not work in smart home bubble petal options

*handle unregister receiver crash more gracefully (when sending sms)

=~bubble label text size in the home screen widgets and folders is now proportional to the size of the bubble [tip: Fabien – merci!]

=~move bubbles to center without growing even if bubble sizes are locked (“Bubbles grow + move to center” → “Last used bubble moves to middle”) [tip: Patrick Lam → thanks!]

📝beta 1:

*fixed rare crash when importing corrupted/missing theme share code

=*decoupled center bubble option from bubble size lock

+updated for Wear Stand Up Alert 3.00

📝beta 2:

*bad release: wrong Google Play Services linked

📝beta 3:

*Google Fit step count midnight reset issue fixed

📝beta 4:

=+Support development

*midnight step count reset

+translations for new UI elements

📝beta 5:

~works together with Wear Stand Up Alert v3.00beta2

~Wear Stand Up Alert will work independent from Bubble Cloud unless Bubble Cloud is set as your watch face

+Stand Up Alert now prompts to replace the watch face complication if used independently from Bubble Cloud

*Stand Up Alert updates watch face complication quicker (no “–“)

*Stand Up Alert different icon for battery saver complication, different label for complication to be used in Bubble Cloud

📝beta 6:

*Wear Contacts was crashing since v9.65. Does anybody use Wear Contacts??

=*fix bubble rare animation bug on tablets

*crash on corrupt watch folder background image

*crash when trying to open app drawer

📝beta 7:

*changing Stand-up related settings in the phone app will update the watch directly

*improved communication between Bubble Cloud and Stand Up Alert

~3 cases: A) Use Bubble Cloud step monitoring routines 1. if Bubble Cloud is set as the active watch face (Stand Up Alert complication not necessary, but available) 2. if app drawer is active and no Stand Up Alert watch face complication placed B) Use Stand Up Alert’s own step monitoring 3. if Stand Up Alert watch face complication is placed on 3rd party watch face (For reliable Stand up alerts place complication or use Bubble Cloud watch face)

📝beta 8:

*crash in phone app



📝9.66

📝beta 0:

+delay the necessary tile updates to avoid lag when accessing the Bubble Cloud tile (adjust delay under Watch:”Expert settings” or Phone:”More options”)

📝beta 1:

*removed unnecessary tile updates (track if anything related to the tile has changed since last update)

📝beta 2:

*added error message instead of crash on Mobvio watches with missing voice recognition

*update toggle and tasker bubbles in the tile folder

*bubbles were not growing in folders even if “lock bubble size/location” was off

+animate (“blink”) bubbles in folder when tapped

📝9.66.3 (production release)

*fixed crash when tapping dummy peek card

*fixed rare crash while applying theme on slower watches

+translations for new strings

📝9.65

📝beta 0:

*crash when trying to apply favorite background for 24 hour analog theme in the phone app

*sideloaded plugins and theme packs prompt you to install from Play Store now on Android 10 too (get around background activity limitation)

~API 28: update libraries, switch to AndroidX, new permission “Foreground Service”

+complication FAB in wear cloud editor → help page (shows in place of Tasker bubble if Tasker is not installed)

~Weather bubble dialogs in Wear Cloud Editor gained “Troubleshoot problems” buttons which link to troubleshooting webpage

+expand theme selectors on phone

📝beta 1:

+keep track of selected theme components and color adjustments on phone and watch (preparation for user created 1-click themes)

*1-click theme selections are now shared watch→phone too (it was only phone→watch)

+improved speed and reliability of applying themes on the phone

+backup now includes theme selections

+toggle groups/columns of checkboxes when icons are tapped in Theme Apply screen on watch

+create / apply / remove custom themes on the watch

+sync themes and custom pieces between phone and watch

+user saved themes appear in the 1-click theme selector: apply, delete user themes from phone

*fixed repeated rating request issue [reported by Cheri Murphy – thank you!]

*improved toast appearance when layouts turned off

+create / delete / apply themes in the phone app

+create partial themes (favorites only, clock bubble only, archive only etc.)

+partial apply user themes (e.g. only apply the favorite cloud colors)

-removed old undo method (restore custom pieces)

+undo button in phone app and watch (under “1-click themes” and also “my themes”): go back to previous theme

+progress spinner during theme operations

+share theme share-code

+prompt to update watch app before theme operations

+import themes via share-code (paste, share, or use link “bubblecloud://theme/”)

~hide “recommended 1-5 bubbles” hint if user ever took action

+share themes via Bubble Cloud Rich-Images

+include themes in cloud backup and watch restore

*clock layout bubbles were mis-alligned on flat tire screens

~hidden feature: long press version number to “reset all” will now show proper prompt on watch

📝beta 2:

+include share-code link even if theme does not have custom components when shared as RichImage

+include warning not to resize/recompress RichImage to stay importable

+import message (“Check your watch”) now reminds to check archive cloud if imported theme only defines archive style

*created themes did not make it back to phone if “create theme” was initiated from the phone

*show progress singal throughout the complete theme operations (progress spinner disappeared before finish)

*block 1-click theme operations until watch is connected

*when applying a custom theme using the phone app, rewind the picker before newly applied theme is moved to the front

📝beta 3:

*selective apply for pack themes was broken on the phone (always applied all components)

*if any clock piece was selectively applied, set clock type to analog (just like on the watch)

*extra piece (corner, center etc) will turn off during selective apply if the theme doesn’t have it and dial is selected

*themes auto-enabling full-clock-only mode switched to the wrong settings group to show the setting

📝beta 4:

+added new custom theme video to phone and watch app

*themes containing only date bubble could not be restored correctly

*fixed gauge issues when applying / undoing themes

*fixed how extra watch component (corner / min dial / center) is restored for custom themes

+new options to control secondary dial (“extra”) component visibility in clock bubble settings (on watch and phone)

+new overflow menu in Clock Bubble dialog for setting custom components: seconds hand, themed uniform bubble,

active and inactive secondary dials, active and inactive gauge pointers)

+translations for new strings

*clock bubble config screen layout corrections on the phone

📝beta 5:

*theme background graphics was restored overwriting custom background image settings for favorites and archive cloud

📝beta 6: (rolling out to production)

*improved the look of the little label included in Rich-images

*don’t prompt to install pack 0 if watch is missing theme pack 0 but it has the theme where the original theme was from

*now correctly restore themes containing default components

*theme 0 components were not correctly added in the phone app (they did not refer to the original pack)

+tapping the top of the settings screens on the watch will go back to previous screens (now added: Expert, Shortcuts, Clock settings too)

7:

*crash when clicking on theme teasers

8:

*crash when importing damaged PNG files

*free version custom theme limit was not enforced (limit increased to 5)

*crash on watch when damaged watch face component assigned

+added more Wear Pro features to the version comparison table in the Premium page of the phone app

📝9.64

*watch face will no longer cover alarm cancel screen (switch to alarm clock when watch face touched!)

📝beta 1:

+new 12-hour option for every 24-hour theme (select when you apply the theme)

*theme names can now contain the letter combination “cb”

📝beta 2:

+Phone app dark mode

~Reorganized the watch related settings in the phone app (“Wear OS” screen)

+select vertical app drawer orientation also in the phone app

~reduced watch app size by 7%

~title icons in the watch settings on the phone

+dynamically hide unavailable options in the phone app

~”More info online” link changed to → Wear feature highlights

~”Become a beta tester” link now points to beta info on app’s website

~”How to use and customize” link now points to “Watch face introduction” on app’s website

~1-click theme symbol is now the “paint palette”

*improved phrasing of many outdated option names and messages

*date bubble dialog initialization issues

*floating action buttons sometimes did not fit in landscape

📝beta 3:

*hide “Background by minute of the hour” in app-drawer mode

+show textual hint when selecting “Background by minute of the hour”

+tapping on the “Background by minute of the hour” clock icon again will toggle the color mode (just like on the watch)

*corrected the black icons in Wear Cloud Editor’s Cloud Selector dialog

*corrected layout issues in Wear Cloud Editor’s Folder Edit dialog

+new option: folders to use their custom bubble image as folder background image (option added both on phone and watch)

*corrected dark mode issue in “different watch version” dialog

📝beta 4:

*increased watch folder bubble image resolution to cover the screen if used as background

~the option “merge smaller clouds” is now also available for “Corner” and “Galaxy” archive layouts

*archive cloud cloud distribution showed bubbles in folders incorrectly

*bulk commands (at the bottom of expert screen on watch) did not handle bubbles in folders correctly

📝beta 5:

*light font related setting no longer getting stuck

*icon pack drop down list visibilty in dark mode (Cloud config screen and Wear Cloud Editor apply icon pack)

📝beta 6:

*Emergency update: crash when applying 1-click themes

~a little more aggressive about recommending theme pack #13 when 24-hour analog option is selected

*backup/restore did not include some expert settings on the watch

=+Widget-only app dark mode

=~improved appearance of the widget-related settings in dark mode

📝beta 7:

*crash when using reset “Font and backgrounds” at the bottom of the “More options” group, and haven’t opened 1-click themes section first

*reset “Font and backgrounds” is now aware of the option “background by minute of the hour”

*changed wording for option “Triple-tap screen to unlock” (was “to exit theater mode”)

📝beta 8:

*crash when trying to apply favorite background for 24 hour analog theme in the phone app

📝9.63

+24 hour analog option (preparation for new theme pack, theme names ending with “c24/c00”)

+option for midnight on top or bottom [tip: Olivier LL]

*outlined ambient checkbox was visible for Analog clock in clock bubble settings on the phone

📝beta 1:

~”More apps by Dyna Logix” now links to https://dynalogix.eu

~”More theme packs in Play Store” now links to https://bubble.dynalogix.eu/bubble-cloud-themes

*auto app drawer opening lock in App-drawer tile did not work if empty folder is assigned to tile

*clear tile folder id if the folder assigned to the tile is cleared

📝beta 2:

*preview did not work when applying 1-click themes if overlay was turned off

~c24=24 hour (24 on top) / c00=24 hour (24 at the bottom)

+themes can now have font references (reduces theme pack size)

+added pack#13 to theme showcase on phone and watch

📝beta 3:

+recommend installing Pack#13 when 24-hour toggle is enabled (and Pack #13 is not installed)

📝9.62

*drawer timeout inconsistencies sorted out

~moved drawer timeout to WearOS settings group on phone

📝beta 1:

*toggling overlay option on phone did not have an immediate effect on the watch

*disable swipe to exit for watchface in non-overlay mode

+added cancel button to (light blue) permission request screen on watch

+workaround for Wear OS bug: prompt user to toggle Settings permission OFF and ON

*couldn’t prompt for phone permission if it was denied permanently

*kept asking for unneeded permissions

📝beta 2:

*rare crash when toggling overlay (rootview already null)

*digital clock update race condition (unregister receiver while shutting down)

-disable Gen 1 Moto 360 auto-brightness bug workaround on newer watches

*brightness control on watches with no light sensor (broken in v9.61) [thank you Anthony Wang for investigating the issue!]

📝9.61

+separate settings tile (appdrawer / folder tile only available in app drawer mode)

~disable appdrawer/folder tile in watch face mode

*crash while waiting to notify watch battery full state

*free up resources when adjusting clock bubble

*app drawer tile tap more reliable

+extended screen timeout when interacting with the Bubble Cloud watchface + expert option to adjust screen timeout between 5sec and 30sec

*crash fix during startup on phone

*navigation drawer reminder was shown in phone app even after you already pulled out the drawer

~updated permission requirements on watch:

+app drawer without overlay permission! (using standard activities which have slower startup time: 1070ms vs 340ms on Huawei Watch 2)

+option to use overlays (for “improved performance” = 3 times quicker app drawer) → prompt for permission / instructions to remove “draw over other apps” message

~larger font, better spacing in the permission request screen

-phone permission is no longer needed for regular operation (app will prompt for it only when phone-call is made from the contact cloud OR gesture detection off)

~prompt for permission “to change system-settings” when brightness adjusted or auto brightness turned on

+updated intro slider on watch:

~increased font size and improved spacing on many slides

+more details about long-press to edit bubbles

+more details about the website (auto open them on phone)

-removed instructions on hiding “draw over other apps” message (not using overlays by default)

*debut buffer maintenance

+Brightness control and automatic day/night brightness both request permission to control brightness

~improved app drawer selector in settings

*graceful handling of removed permission “draw over other apps”

+switch to non-overlay mode if permission removed with active overlay

+Theater mode, Screen lock, Sticky open, Forced-Exit, Bubble animation check for and request “Draw Over Other Apps” permission if needed

+long press app-restore assistant (at the top of settings on watch) to clear the app-restore list (=remove the menu item)

+overlay toggle on the phone (with instructions on removing permanent notification and help to enable permission if needed)

+drawer timeout control in the Watch face settings group in the phone app when expert mode is enabled

*small-image type complications are never WearOS-style by default since WearOS style doesn’t show in ambient mode! (users can still choose WearOS-style if they want blank circle on ambient)

~increased the default bubble spacing in the favorites cloud (live info hints look nicer)

📝beta 1:

+improved the watch overlay permission request dialog on the phone

+check overlay before enabling sticky open and bubble animations in the settings on the phone

+translations for all new strings

📝beta 2:

~intro on watch will not auto open app’s website on phone, user needs to click on the page highlighting the website

+a few corrections in translations

📝beta 3:

*fixed layout of website-page in intro slider on watch

+new info (i) button at the bottom of Expert settings on watch: tap to see when watch was last rebooted and when app was last updated

*single taps were detected as double taps after adjusting the clock time of the watch

📝beta 4:

*fixed a rare crash while updating analog watch face

*fixed a possible lock up situation in watch face mode when overlays are disabled

*fixed app drawer closing issues when not using overlay (you can now turn off auto close and the timeout will reset each time you touch the drawer)

*disable drawer timeout by dragging the drawer timeout all the way to the left

📝beta 5: → production debut

~offer overlay in main settings screen even if app doesn’t have permission (Google Play doesn’t seem to give it by default any more)

*improved reliability of app drawer opening tile

+visual feedback when tapping tile and folder bubbles

*permission request screen was not visible after enabling sunset/sunrise live info

📝beta 6: → critical production update

*Critical: fixed tile auto open lock crash introduced in Beta 5

📝beta 7: → critical production update

*fixed rare Bluetooth toggle crash

*fixed rare crash in app drawer

*Critical: preview in watch face mode without overlays

*watch face now returns to watch face after dimming

*no need to disable drawer for settings anymore

📝beta 8:

=~gradle 3.5

*checks for shutdown (restart) in background process

~changed default drawer timeout for new users to 9700ms (it’s still 5000 = disabled for existing)

+overlay status added to developer email info block

*crash when tapping a certain bubble while bubble animation is enabled

*drawer off setting did not stick [thank you Elias Cabrera for reporting it!]

📝beta 9: → critical production update

*Critical: tile crash on Traditional Chinese

*cannot access active watch face after brightness permission request was denied

*Critical: app drawer edge detection in watch face mode (using overlays)

📝9.60

+the Bubble Cloud Tile can now show one of your bubble folders

+bubble edit screen: in the cloud selector (on the top) the tile-folder has a tile icon

+folder edit screen has a new option “Assign to tile” (this, other, app drawer)

+folder edit screen has a new switch “Include drawer opener bubble” (app drawer) or “Include folder config bubble” (watch face)

*newly created folders did not have a background color

+show hint on tile: “Long press bubbles to move to this tile” and “Long press folder to assign to tile”

📝beta 1:

*fixed bubble tap detection issues in the tile

📝beta 2:

+phone app:

+newly created folder → tileFolder + opener

+options in folder edit screen:

+assign to tile

+show opener/config

+when assigning bubbles show tile icon (in app drawer mode)

+show “tile” in the name of the folder in the list

*improved the tile symbol throughout the app

*fixed bubble visibility issues

📝beta 3:

*in some cases tile bubbles started the wrong apps

+translations for new strings (I refer to them as “Tiles”)

📝beta 4:

*fixed exiting folders opened from the tile

*”open app drawer” bubble became “more…”

*circular smart auto layout for folders was not symmetrical

*grid layout icons order + move to the top of the screen

+added new video 8MPuh8kLeRA

📝beta 5:

+new option: show hint icons for LiveInfo bubbles (app icon in the corner) – control separately for favorites, archive and folders [off by default for existing users]

~changed the name of Tile to “App drawer / folder”

~tile-folder appears with the tile symbol everywhere in app-drawer mode (unless a custom icon is set) (in the watch and in the Wear Cloud Editor on the phone)

*first time opening the app drawer, now it opens on first attempt

*improved layout of folder-bubble edit screen on watch

📝beta 6:

*do not theme or hollow the LiveInfo hint bubble

*themed toggle/smartlight/tasker bubbles did not “blink” when touched

*smartlight bubbles without toggle fields still opened the petal options screen

📝production release (9.60.7):

*updated translations [Italian: thank you Libero Balsamo!]

*fixed a tile system related crash

*fixed 2 rare crashes

📝production update (9.60.8):

*fixed a crash when trying to add SmartLight bubble in Wear Cloud Editor

📝production update (9.60.9):

+prompt to install standalone version if Tile is selected in the intro slider on the watch

+new command to install standalone version in the settings on the watch if WearOS watch detected using the embedded version

*always have intro slider complete before prompting for permissions

+convenience buttons in Bubble Edit screen on watch to adjust liveinfo hints (if liveinfo enabled for bubble)

+stepcount live info can now be assigned using the Bubble Edit screen on the watch

~default stepcount live info hint icon was incorrect if Wear Stand-up Alert is not installed

📝9.59beta

*crash while redrawing ambient watch face

+if Notification Icons plugin is active the peek card of phone notifications will open the plugin’s more capable notification viewer instead of the WearOS card

📝9.58

*fixed a rare crash watch app (deregistering step count monitor)

*some shortcut settings made on using the phone app did not transfer to the watch [reported: James Victor Ashe, thanks!]

*if flashlight was assigned to hardware button, it sometimes opened the last used Bubble Cloud screen instead

*when assigning flashlight or analog ↔ digital switch to a button, the wrong description appeared in the assign shortcut control (in the Bubble Edit Screen)

📝beta 1:

*What’s new video added for Notification icons quick reply feature

*Rare crash fixed in Wear Cloud Editor

*Rare crash fixed when switching watch faces

📝9.57

+Wifi hotspot toggle from WearOS watch (enable in Wear Cloud Editor)

*Fixed a bug causing notification bubbles to disappear when Tasker plugin was used to update bubbles on the watch

📝9.56

+preliminary tile support (open app drawer using the tile)

*fixed issue which prevented you to set solid background for merged app drawer

📝beta 1:

+vertical app drawer option: no handle (open via Tile, Complication or button press) + swipe to close in both directions

+new option in side selection “Vertical (no handle)”

+extended intro wizard: 1) Watch face or app drawer? 2) How to open drawer?

+new settings tile in watch face mode

+tile buttons haptic feedback

*improved switching between watchface and app drawer modes

📝beta 2:

~pressing another button after sunlight mode will not cancel sunlight mode (including double press function on the same button. If no double press function assigned, pressing the sunlight button again will still cancel it)

+added translations for new options

📝beta 3:

+added new extended video on tile support

📝beta 4:

=*no more unnecessary widget remeasures after screen rotation

📝beta 5:

*fixed archive cloud margin issues

*fixed issue with vertical app drawer not opening after closing it with a left swipe [thank you Steven for reporting!]

*fixed archive cloud icon label layout issues

*fixed a rare crash when wifi state changes while exiting Bubble Clouds

📝beta 6:

*ticwatch apps are handled similarly to system clock activities

📝beta 7:

*Wear Cloud Editor infinite loop when removing all bubbles from favorite cloud [thank you Steven for reporting!]

*vertical app drawer issues when favorite cloud background is set to full-transparent

📝beta 8:

*ambient bubble circles did not follow setting when updating Tasker bubbles

*crash when trying to save Bookmark Bubble while system is busy updating Webview component

*rare crash while refreshing watch face

📝9.55

*workaround for digital clock background crash on a very few devices

*rare crash after giving location permission on watch

+added font updates for theme pack #7

*updated teaser icons for Theme Pack #7 (watch + phone app)

📝beta 1:

~switching to dynalogix.eu web domain

beta 2:

=+long press bubbles in folders (i.e. popup-clouds on the phone) to edit them

*last beta update broke digital clock on older, Android Wear 1.x watches [thank you Rose Languste for testing and reporting the problem!]

📝9.54 beta

+new clock bubble type: text clock (in 11 languages)

+new theme pack 12 with 7 beautiful, full character set fonts and the language routines

📝9.53 bugfix/prep release

+added theme pack 12 teaser icons (coming soon)

*background color behind brightness bar is now also get recolored when recoloring theme’s background image (on the watch)

*digital themes could not be applied from the phone app

*new option to clear theme font only (under 1-click themes → Clear Theme)

*tapping the clock bubble sometimes did not switch to interactive mode

*priority for active cloud=OFF → exit folder did not return to the archive cloud

*fixed issues moving between folders and smart home control screens in app drawer mode

beta 1:

+warning shown in clock bubble settings on watch: custom analog components cannot be colored

~complication and LiveInfo bubble layout improvements

*fixed crash when pressing “restore defaults” in Clock bubble settings on watch

📝9.52 release

*clock bubble cannot be hidden from ambient mode in Wear Cloud Editor

+workaround for right app drawer glitch on TicWatch Wear OS H (API28, app-drawer mode, app drawer on the right, handle size>0)

📝beta 1:

+opening app drawer after Flashlight, Timer in app drawer mode now became optional (switch “Open drawer” in the bubble edit screen on the watch)

*much smoother ambient→active transition: eliminated clock flicker (time used to disappear for a fraction of a second)

~moved ambient mode related settings to Favorite Cloud settings screen on watch (mode, uniform color, circle)

+new expert option “Ambient background always black” – workaround for black screen issue when returning from ambient if ambient is same as active

(default=true, but not for existing users)

beta 2:

+translations

*uniform ambient color palette appeared erratically

beta 3:

*ambient mode settings were not always applied

beta 4:

*crash on MIUI while fetching app list

*crash in the phone app on One Plus One (Android 9)

*crash on watch when app drawer is on the right (volume bar instead of brightness bar)

*changes to Quick Swipe Panel on the watch were not always applied

~build tools / gradle updated to 3.4 (new R8 optimizer)

release 5:

~updated theme packs #4 #8 #9 #10 teaser icons with gauge icon (phone + watch)

*fixed crash in app drawer mode

beta 6:

*fixed ambient→active transition on Android Wear 1.5 watches

*fixed voice search error on Android Wear 1.5 watches

*fixed timer complication (3s delay)

release 7:

*fixed hollow bubbles not showing in ambient mode if “ambient black” was enabled

📝9.51

+=long press contact petal numbers to set/clear defaults

~updated theme pack #4 #8 #9 teaser icons (phone + watch)

~=filter repeating phone numbers even if punctuation is different

*=contact petals did not show multiple email addresses

*=relinked contact bubbles were corrupted

+=relink contact bubbles also when widget action is not set to petal options

+also get default number/email from contact database

1:

+=store default number/email selection into contact (need new permission: WRITE_CONTACTS)

*=Petal option toast message style

+=translations for new strings

+=new icons for more phone number types (fax, pager, other, telex, callback)

2:

+=show number when bubble with phone number is selected before action (call/text/etc)

*=newly added contact bubble images are now editable: border size/color (bubbles added before v9.51 need to be re-added)

3:

*Missing “Authorise Gmail” option from Wear Contact’s screen (in Portrait mode)

📝9.50

*first_step_today default changed to the actual step count not 0 to avoid large numbers when error

-removed the “contacts killed” card (temporarily)

*crash while searching help from the watch

*fixed a crash in theme pack list

*sunlight mode did not work when assigned to shortcut button or clock [Bas Ammerlaan]

+add an additional option for the button presses that does a vibrate along with the assigned action [Adam Legge]

+you can now mute “different version” notifications in the phone app [Ezriderz]

📝1:

*Images in bubble with standard WearOS complication layout did not get drawn in folders

2:

→resubmitted because Google rejected 9.50.1 because of SMS permission

📝3:

+shortcut icon (gear) at the bottom of clock bubble settings screen on watch to open clock bubble edit screen [Gábor Sándor]

+expert option: show debug messages (server response / error) for Smart Home control bubbles on the watch

+expert option: always route smart home control commands through the phone (do not use network connection of the watch)

-removed SMS permission in accordance with Google’s updated Play Store policy

+moved SMS functionality to “off Play Store” plugin (see https://bubble.dynalogix.eu/2019/01/02/call_log_gone/ )

4:

→resubmitted because Google rejected 9.50.3 because of SMS permission (although app has no SMS permission now!?!?!)

5:

*crash on phone during communication with watch

*dummy peek card related crash

*rare crash in settings on the watch (using a selector control)

*rare crash in settings on watch

+translations for new SMS option

*improved plugin/permission control related to sending SMS

6:

~improved wording for some options [thank you Bas Ammerlaan!]

📝9.49

*added labels to the complication settings in Wear Cloud Editor

~color coded progress indicator name “Color” → “Colors”

*fixed missing icon issue with WearOS complication layout

*theme colors were not tinted correctly using the selective-apply screen on the watch (uniform + digit colors, when background selected)

~expanded the tips displayed on the complication edit screen in Wear Cloud Editor (on the phone)

*use burn-in protection icon in ambient mode for WearOS complication layout too

*fixed complication update, improved power use

*fixed emoji character related crash on pre Marshmallow devices

~changed the gauge options in selective theme apply screens on phone and watch

*fixed issue with complication settings being cleared when connecting to Wear Cloud Editor

*hide complication layout options for peek card

+added new video: https://youtu.be/ysD0FiMeQ2o

~ what’s new screen

~ what’s new screen in watch

+ complication edit screen in Wear Cloud Editor

~complication bubble icon in Wear Cloud Editor now reflects complication type / layout

*color type range complication bubbles did not use range colors when uniform ambient color mode was set to “not uniform”

1:

*crashfix when gauge selected to show in ambient mode

2: (production)

*crash when updating complications using standard WearOS layout (no label!)

*icons for complications using standard WearOS layout were not redrawn after rebuilding bubble cloud

📝9.48

beta0:

+option ring progress indicators in range-type watch face complications

+optional standard Wear OS complication layout

*crash when pressing secondary buttons in folder/smart home bubbles screen on watch if no secondary button press was configured

*did not enable bookmarks/contacts if first widget was restored from folder or orphan

*crash on Android 7 Wear OS watches when double tapping to reset color hue/saturation/brightness bars while applying 1-click themes

beta1:

+show warning if custom layout is used with notification icons plugin (and the notification icons are set to be on the watch face)

*hide notification icons plugin warnings when settings card is folded

*update layout icon when custom layout is selected

*”fix” button did not work when notification bubbles were hidden on watch

+translations for new text

📝beta2:

+reverse color progress indicator options (green→red)

~use color emojis instead of words to describe color change

beta3:

+manage complication layout preference: remember and use last complication layout choice when new watch face complication is added

📝beta4:

*crash while pressing the button on the watch

~changed Google+ icon to “web” (globe)

+highlight new (complication layout) option in Bubble Edit screen

~=clearing the color code in the color picker dialog is now equivalent to entering a “0” (=transparent black) [tip: Josh Steiner]

*complications colors when outside of the range

*1-click theme preview always showed the background image even if background color was selected

*1-click theme related parameters are now both backed up and restored

*phone/watch battery bubble at 100% text layout was broken in some languages (e.g. Portuguese)

+gauge-type watch face complication

+gauge pointer and scale options in Apply Theme screen on watch and selective 1-click theme apply screen on phone

+theme pack 8’s analog themes updated with 8 unique gauge styles

beta5:

*Bubble Edit screen was not showing “progress indicator” control after adding a range-type complication

*When placing a non-range type complication after setting one to gauge-type, non-range complication appeared as gauge

+translations for new texts

📝beta6:

*crash when executing shortcut assigned to long press of the button

*Smart Home control bubbles “Always” Petal Options caused the command not to work properly when the Test button was pressed (it worked in the watch though)

*Layout issues in complication Bubble Edit screen on watch immediately after adding a complication

+Select complication bubble progress indicator / layout in Wear Cloud Editor on phone

beta7:

~changed color/reverse symbols to mali/ghana flags – looks better than the red-yellow-green hearts 😉

+different color gradient for color range and reverse color range complications in the Wear Cloud Editor list

*Corrected more layout problems for complication Bubble Edit screen on the watch (selective ambient)

beta8:

*improved missing icon issue with WearOS complication layout

*use burn-in protection icon in ambient mode for WearOS complication layout too

📝9.47

*=rare crash while editing home screen widget/folder

*rare crash after giving complication permission to Bubble Cloud on the watch

*=workaround for removal of call_log permission (autopopulate contact clouds)

+=made petal options clearer to use (prompt to select number after contact action etc)

+=show hourglass after petal command has been issued (some of the actions may take some time to process)

+translations for new strings

*=added OK button for language dialog (same effect as BACK key)

📝9.46

+new expert option (on watch) hide status icons from ambient/inactive watch face (the active wf never has it)

📝1:

*crash with second long press when Method “H” was enabled for Long press button

*crash when timer/app drawer is assigned to first press of the secondary button and no long press is enabled (I know…)

📝2:

*sharedpref corruption related crash in shortcut settings in phone

*bubbleimageprovider made more robust (missing_image.png)

*clock tap/double tap shortcut could not be assigned if long press was not set

+new shortcut action for hardware buttons: “do nothing” (to disable them if they tend to get pressed accidentally)

3:

~option name updated to “status indicators on watch face” (was “status icons on watch face” can be mistaken for unrelated Notification icons plugin)

+updated christmas theme pack teaser added

📝9.45

*empty folders opened vie button crashed when long press selected. No more crash.

*hungarian price reference update

*double long press invokes double secondary press function

*hide (disable📝) minutes color box when outline is enabled on the phone

*rare crash when pressing the secondary button on watch

*Wear Cloud Editor will switch to “filled bubbles” only in the cloud where the app bubble with the custom image is

~change every Google+ link to the new Bubble Clouds website (https://bubble.dynalogix.eu)

+new website teaser in what’s new dialog for widgets

📝1:

*remove center/corner item when clear clock defaults on phone

📝2:

*=rare bubble animation crash on phone

*crash when clicking on notification icons video link

*crash when assigning certain complications to the peek card

*crash during startup on watch

📝9.44

📝0:

*crash in WearOS page in phone app

+use equal sign to specify petal toggle display labels <0=off|1=on> you can even use emoji <1=🕯️|2=🏠|3=💡> tip: <+Rod Cowan>

📝1:

*during auto-installation of notification icons plugin, the app should not show the notice “Move x bubbles away from the watch face” (it only has 4 by default)

~updated the years in the sentence “I have worked 4 years on the app” (was still saying 3)

*if phone is Lollipop or older treat notification icons as color icons (do not apply uniform color filter) – you can still override the color filter

*in Notification Bubble Color settings you have to override the “uniform color” for “override theme bubble” to take effect (app will no prevent to check them independently)

*Bubble Edit screen had wrong controls for toggle, lock, and clock bubbles

+unified “Assign shortcut” option in Bubble Edit screen to assign long press button, quick swipe panel (and 6 new custom shortcuts)

*show long button press assignment of Theater, Sunlight, Timer, Assistant correctly in the Bubble Edit screen too

-removed long press and 2nd long press control from settings on the watch

-removed quick swipe panel config from the settings screen on the watch

-removed tap, long tap, and 2xtap clock bubble options from expert settings on watch

-removed “assign to button” option from the expert settings on watch

+added “Shortcuts” button and new screen with all the shortcut customization

+added warning “OK Google” will not work when gesture detection is enabled on watch face

~clarified menu command “show hidden bubbles” (instead of show hidden apps)

~clarified message “triple tap screen to exit theater mode” (it used to say “Hold screen”) It’s actually triple tap, then a message instructs to hold.

+added long press clock bubble in app drawer mode. It will start voice search by default

+both long press and double/single tap clock bubble now configurable

+assign single and double press actions to extra hardware buttons

+designed new bubbles for button actions (button 2 and 3)

+new Shortcuts section on the phone

-“long press” options removed from Wear OS settings group on phone

-“quick swipe panel” and “double tap for voice search” options removed from Watchface settings group on phone

-“tap/longtap” option removed from App launcher settings group on phone

+new shortcut settings and 2nd long press configuration backed up and restored

*the first option used to say “default (voice search)” even for the 2nd long press of the hardware key in the settings on the phone

*trying to assign a 2nd button press on the phone gave the wrong Premium upgrade insentive

2:

*trigger reload button assignments on watch

*prevent changing the 2nd button press unless the first press is set

*button settings were not correctly stored on the phone (only sent to watch)

3:

+new switch (in Shortcuts section on watch): alternative long press remap for Wear OS “H” (API 28)

*layout corrections in Shortcut settings screens (both watch and phone) for Android Wear 1.x watches

📝4:

*renamed new option to <Method “H”>

*”Assign to shortcut” command was not visible on Android Wear 1.x watches

📝5:

+added translations for new options

*circumvented a crash in the timer

+added call to star SMS policy issue tracker

📝6:

+clickable settings icon to open secondary button assignment on watch

*show button press toasts shorter

📝7:

+select folder items using the secondary buttons, long press to activate (only if folder was opened via secondary button)

+select petals in smart home petal view using the secondary buttons, long press to activate

+settings, switch analog/digital, and flash light are added to the quick options for button press/clock bubble click (you don’t need to long press corresponding bubbles to assign)

+custom action icons refer to the custom icon (tasker/complication/folder/smart home/phone app/regular app)

*smart home control bubbles assigned to button did not work

8

+Added video https://youtu.be/ydzG1zPXLts to the secondary button settings section in the phone app

*fixed a crash in permission request screen on watch

*wrong flashlight icon in the Shortcut section in the phone

9

*fix for crash when button functions Settings, switch clock, flashlight

📝9.43

📝0:

~date day also gets seconds color if defined in theme

+analog theme packs can set “nonclockmargin” for their digital variants

*improved phone / watch connection

+Wear Cloud Editor now indicates ongoing communication with the watch (sync icon shrinks and stays in the action bar for the duration of the data transfer)

+ready for Phone Notification Bubble plugin

*much improved app drawer refresh speed (less layout inflation) reduced power consumption

*eliminated the flashing when bubbles are tapped on the inactive watch face with the gesture detection enabled

*fixed long press inactive watch face to switch watch faces

*sometimes failed to bring up watch face picker when turning off Bubble Cloud

*sometimes the inactive watch face would be blank (did not draw when !visible)

*improved layout for Bubble Edit screen on watch

+notification bubble configuration dialog

*sometimes refreshed before sync completed

+extended notification-bubble edit screen on the watch

+teaser icons for the new theme (watch + phone)

+new warning icons for colors defined by uniform color settings elsewhere in the app (text warning is also shown including a “Fix” action)

+new options “override uniform colors” and “override theme bubbles” in the Status Bubble color config screen

+get description when the active/ambient symbols tapped

~number of recommended bubbles for analog themes 4→6

📝1:

+”Notification bubbles” section in the Wear Settings app on the phone

+auto-configure notification watch face if “Notification Bubbles” theme/plugin/app is installed before Bubble Cloud on the watch

*status icons did not show in app-drawer mode, if count badges were enabled

2:

~when applying themes, use seconds color as optional icon/overflow text color in notification bubbles (when overridden)

*ambient bubbles were also drawn after switching from watch-face mode to app-drawer mode (caused notification bubbles to fail)

*ongoing notification is removed when app is killed and restarted in the background

📝3:

*notification bubbles caused bubble colors to get mixed up

*notification bubbles did not work well with custom layouts (make sure to have as many notification bubbles displayed as you want before starting to work on custom layout)

*notification icons did not update if their number did not change

+warning in Bubble Cloud phone app (and “fix” button) for missing notification access

+warning in Bubble Cloud phone app (and “unhide” button) if notification bubble is hidden

~updated video: https://youtu.be/S-A976Dcjpc

~added video to phone / wear What’s New sections

4:

*What’s new video thumbnail error

5:

+translations

6:

*layout glitches

-removed the “Apply” button from the Notification Bubble dialog, sending settings in real time instead

7:

*improved notification bubble color dialog layout

*crash in some languages

8:

*clicking on the “Notification Bubbles” teaser images will also start the video

*ask users with OOM to email me (app keeps crashing for 2 people – multiple times a day! – I don’t know why, and they don’t contact me)

*crash in main app showing/hiding youtube button in notification card

9:

*OOM crash update

📝9.42

📝0:

*fix a rare crash when exiting the WearOS screen before the first 1-click themes are loaded

*fix a rare corrupted bubble image resource related crash in popup folders on the phone

*removed a few startforegroundservice commands, where caller is in the foreground already

*=prompt to update main app if Premium Key is too new (both on the phone and on the watch)

*=do not mix execute and executeOnExecutor(THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)

*clock bubble dial is not shown behind digital clock bubbles, unless it is set to a custom icon or image on the phone

-removed the reminder to clear theme when switching between analog and digital

~outline ambient font for “shlop”,”pumpkin12″,”skinny12″ and “lycanthrope” too

+moved helper routines into Premium Key 9.41 (beta) and Summary 1.10 to detect charger, wifi and ringmode changes (no longer possible in Oreo)

+at boot and when entering the main app: activate wifi/ringmode/power detection preOreo helper

+if no Helper and no Premium Key show hint at the bottom of the watch face settings card in expert mode

~=dim screen behind dialog boxes (edit bubble, warnings, upgrade reminders etc)

📝1:

+show warning in Wear Cloud Editor when toggling selective ambient visibility while ambient mode is not set to selective ambient

*crash in 1-click theme selector / selective apply on the phone (if no background has been set before)

+more specific labels for “extra” pieces in theme apply screens (“center”, “corners”)

*rare crash in Wear Cloud Editor while editing Tasker bubbles

+”retry” button in phone app’s watch connection dialog

+it will also retry as soon as you open the dialog and auto-dismiss the dialog when connected

📝2:

*app drawer opening complication did not always work on Android Oreo

+new analog/digital clock switcher bubble (Analog → Off-center digital → Full screen digital)

3:

+keep track of separate margin settings for full screen analog clock layout and other layouts

📝4:

*fixed a bug when restoring default font using the phone app

~select the last item (=”default font on black”) in “1-click theme” section on phone

→ clears theme (if Apply All set)

→ restores default font (if Apply All is not set)

*crash when selecting backgrounds which have their extra parameter renamed (in v9.42.1)

~clicking “Default” in the color picker for transparent background themes will set the theme’s default background color (had to press cancel for it earlier)

*adding more theme components after recoloring them on the watch did not include them unless you adjusted the colors again before pressing “OK”

*NoSuchMethodError in Intro on Android 1.x watches

5:

*distorted contact bubbles on watches with chin (flat tire)

*shorten the “this theme works best with x bubbles or less” if user ever long pressed a bubble to edit

~you can now always sticky open apps without double-tap to sticky open being enabled

*new analog↔digital toggle bubble icon was broken on older phones (bad vector drawable)

📝6:

+Clock Toggle Bubble now changes settings externally, when you return to a settings screen on the watch it will now reflect the updated values

+Also detect when settings are changed remotely from the phone

📝7:

+instruct user how to enable “Phone” permission if “deny, don’t ask” was selected earlier

*=crash in contact selector screen while attempting to fetch contact icons

*ANR related to deadlock while Weather updating

*bug preventing background color pick in phone app

📝8:

*keep hidden peek card hidden even if WearOS insists on refreshing it (new in Wear OS 2.17)

*=Widget bubble animation fixed

📝9.41

📝0:

+Wear app phone component API26 update

*Improved phone/watch battery bubble update frequency/reliability

*fixed sending email from watch (it used to always lose authentication)

~email authentication request notification on phone

+new notification channel: “Troubleshoot problems” (errors: email authentication, weather/sunset location)

+new notification channel: “Wear contacts call” (hangup call from watch)

*fixed serious issue introduced in v9.38 relink mixing up contacts during resync

*improved weather bubble update reliability

*improved watch-phone connection reliability when opening settings app on the phone

*phone app was still updating weather/battery and other info when live info was disabled for app drawer mode

*reduced sunset/sunrise time update to 6 times a day (instead of every time the battery info was updated)

*=SmartHome HTTP command editor crashed if selection was made backwards (using a keyboard)

📝1:

+visual feedback when email/text is submitted for sending

+icons in response toasts check mark / X when sending messages, making calls

*Oreo JobIntentService was way too slow for contact and smart home bubble actions (it could take 5 minutes for the phone to react, ridiculus):

*Restored regular background services even though short notification icons need to show if processing takes longer than 5 seconds, Android Oreo is just shit

*fixed an issue with gesture detection on the watch

📝2:

*=force users to upgrade Premium key to v9.41

*bug: rotary crown brought up the dummy peek card in app drawer mode

~even if “Low brightness also dims ambient face” is enabled it no longer dims ambient brightness in the morning when brightness is set to auto

*enable Do-not-disturb permission watcher service on Oreo+

~improved bubble cloud background service notification icon

*enable package install detection on Oreo+ after user is referred to install / update Premium Key / Plugin / Theme pack from Google Play

*updated Play Store links: list DYNA Logix apps instead of searching for hashtag, specify package “com.android.vending” to avoid chooser

+themepack teasers always link to their Play Store pages (previously they linked to Play Store search)

📝3:

*battery updater crashed on older phones

+unlock Premium via Key app on watch

~the version number at the bottom of the settings screen on the watch will have “+PRO” for unlocked premium features (was just “+”)

+plea for 5-star reviews in more languages (German, French, Dutch, Chinese)

*=wear/widget add contact screen showed “Scanning installed apps” over progress bar

*wear contacts cloud auto population scan only started after phone rebooted if you did not have any contact home screen widgets on the phone

*switched to “Carte coup d’œil” instead of “Carte Peek” in French

*tapping dummy peek card took user into settings not into the add/remove peek card dialog in Wear 1.x version

*Android Wear 1.x watches don’t get dummy peek card

📝4:

*still wear contacts cloud auto population scan only started after phone rebooted if you did not have any contact home screen widgets on the phone

*removed debug logging entries 5:

*=contact list sometimes took a long time to load even though filtering was off

~=random automatic contact bubble colors for contacts with numbers in name which have no image

*new expert option: Clocks not synced (enable if you like your watch and phone be set to different times. Delayed commands will not timeout after 3 min)

*calls to appsender and stand-up refresh → foregroundservice

+do not show peek card for my own background task notification

~1-click themes are shown much quicker after opening the application

+smoothscroll to selected 1-click theme

📝6:

+auto-apply 1-click theme if a single pack is installed when Bubble Cloud first started

*message to install companion app on phone did not show

+show theme notes the first time the favorites cloud is shown with the new theme

+new expert option “Unread dot on watch face” (off by default)

~Play Store link to Dyna Logix app-list, not “Page”

7:

+added missing translations

*changed back the play store links (the Google recommended ones caused intent disambiguation picker to show up)

📝8:

*fixed multiple Oreo related background crashes on watch and phone

*updated theme pack 0 icon could not be hidden on the phone

9:

*fixed a relatively rare crash in WearDialService (while updating Wear Contact Cloud in the background on Oreo devices)

📝9.40

+new long press option: make sound + vibrate (to prevent rebooting watch when hardware button gets pressed)

*handle more graciously a toggle bubble related crash in Wear Cloud Editor

1:

*don’t use uniform color on alarm/timer icons

*watch face was not updated after duplicating a color if preview was enabled

*no shadow applied when some digits need different shadow color in single row digital time (e.g. hours light, minutes dark)

*crash when trying to edit a complication bubble on an Android Wear 1.x watch (possible from restored data of a WearOS watch backup)

=*fixed folder icon creation on Android O and later

=*old folder icon was not correctly removed / disabled after you import the cloud into a different folder

=~updated contact scan to use JobScheduler on Android Oreo and later

=+Andoid Oreo: show mandatory notification while editing/measuring widgets (it can be hidden)

=~widget app now targets Android Oreo (Wear + Widget phone app update coming soon)

*crash after requesting permission to access complication data

*fallback for Toasts if overlays are disabled on watch (folders are still usable as watch face complications!)

📝2:

*first release of v9.40 broke the icon/name of the complication/peek card edit screen, now fixed

~Peek card edit screen “Remove card” instead of “Delete”

=+Android Oreo: show mandatory notification when App-Cloud “Auto-populate” is enabled to capture app installs.

=+Explanation alert box and optional instructional video on how to minimize / hide mandatory notification

=+Use Premium Key app as pre-Oreo helper app to detect PACKAGE_ADDED (=app installs)

=+Offer to install free “Summary” pre-Oreo helper app to detect PACKAGE_ADDED (=app installs) – for those who updated via in-app-purchases

=+Translations for new messages

📝3:

=~Show different explanation for persistent notification that is displayed when overlays are active

📝9.39

📝0:

+outline font option in ambient mode

*themed tasker bubble graphical glitch

*workaround for rare Toast crash in Android API 25 (BadTokenException)

*rare crash in Wear Cloud Editor after deleting a bubble

*rare crash after editing bubble on watch

update 2:

*clock bubble settings layout glitch corrected

3:

*outline adjustment wasn’t applied immediately

+auto apply outline font for these 8 themes: bangers, aristocratic12, mama, alien12, flubber, sancreek, teko, mouc12 (off by default for others)

📝4:

*hide all ambient mode clock-controls in app-drawer mode (in settings on the watch)

+translation for “Outline font in ambient”

+digital time outline font option in clock bubble settings on the phone

+auto apply outline font from 1-click theme settings on the phone too

5

*overscroll to quick swipe panel glitch when non-paginated app drawer is on the right

~app drawer mode hints for the difference between top and bottom swipes

+new watch face options: override left swipe (Google Assistant), override right swipe (Google Fit) → they are off by default

=~API26 TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY

=+Foreground service notification for FloatMeasureService, FloatWidgetEdit, AnimationService

=+ACTION_PACKAGE_FULLY_REMOVED

📝6:

*long press hw button to lock also dimmed the screen in app drawer mode (only theater mode should)

+extended “Open drawer” option in expert settings on the watch, added option to open app drawer via long press of the HW button or wf complication → these options

will set the handle to “0”

~when handle size set to “0” the app drawer side selector doesn’t hint at Google Fit/Assistant

7

+square option for bubble image crop (clock dial / wear bubble images)

*rare crash while frequently updating complication/peek card

*crash in smart home bubbles petal options on the watch

📝9.38b

*crash when an app is assigned to the single long press of the HW button (not 2nd function) and the user long presses twice

*remove peek card option in Settings/Complications did not work

+new dummy peek card for new users: makes it easier to set up peek card

+in Wear Contacts “resync with watch” now also relinks moved contacts by name

+click contact picture to get back to contact cloud

+stop overscroll to quick swipe panel

~changed the wording “remove card” instead of just “delete”

~complication access permission request moved to just before selecting the complications

+handle removed complication access permission more gracefully (tap bubble/card to re-request permission)

+improved complication updates

📝9.38

*quick swipe panel icon renamed to “.png”

*close database before waiting in startBubble (widget/folder)

+optionally increased the size of the force-exit tab also (the larger sticky tab affects this too)

*show notification if data transfer from watch takes longer than 3 seconds

9.37f

*icon “x” too large in some toasts (full_cancel vs. pref_off)

*show notification if data transfer to watch takes longer than 2.5 seconds (i.e. initial connection or icon pack applied)

9.37e

*attempt to fix “RemoteServiceException” in Android code (not in my app): said to be an issue in Nougat/Oreo Broadcast system

*app drawer close direct call to hide overlay (instead of relying on Android Broadcasts)

*removed unnecessary bluetooth / wifi change listeners (also handled via BroadcastListeners)

*unregister battery listener on exit

+give more specific message when trying to move unallowed bubbles/LiveInfo into folders

*fixed appdrawer immediately closing issue

*animated bubble sometimes disappeared from the app drawer

*external background image provider trigger (worldcupflags) interference with gesturedetector

*embedded version maxSDK 24

9.37d

*swipeLeft showed up on AW1.x devices if you toggled the “Priority for Active Cloud” option

*hidden apps did not show on Wear 1.x (they should be semitransparent)

+sub-version number displayed on watch

+=contact clouds will attempt to relink missing contacts (when opened in bubble)

*fix a reported data corruption (wP.clock)

+same long press trick for the settings on the phone (long press image icon to set color behind background image)

*phone color picker will not store same color in color history

9.37c

*much improved watch face performance (reduced background service overhead)

*watch screen was not kept on while working in Wear Cloud Editor on the phone

*flashlight and contact screens did not stay on long enough

*when swiping away card in Wear Cloud Editor the card did not exit smoothly

*clock hands did not appear or seconds hand got stuck on watch after entering / returning to Wear Cloud Editor

*bug fixed: Wear Cloud Editor youtube/live info icon was sometimes white in list

*Wear Cloud Editor app icon spacing fixed in header (adaptive icon side effect)

+While working in Wear Cloud Editor watch will now show the folder when editing a bubble which is in that folder

(earlier the folder was only shown when editing the folder bubble)

+=copy settings on clipboard also before sending email and show instructions to email manually and pasting the settings

*=warning for Mini Desktop Launcher – it does not allow widgets

*=Edit folder bubble dialog header icon

9.37b

~reduced reuse color tips (by much)

~reduced the size of Toasts boxes

*used to crashed when using volume control while do-not-disturb mode is turned on → give warning instead of crash

*toggle bubbles switched back to inactive mode when wrist-gestures were enabled

*theater mode entry toasts were shown behind “veil”

*some Oreo toast layouts were messed up

*new toggle bubbles should not be animated even if animation is enabled

*some Toast messages lost their icons on pre-Oreo devices

*could not edit bubbles in folders if the app drawer was disabled

*eliminated some of the “double folders” (when you exit a folder to get into the same folder)

*when swiping away card in preview watchface the card did not exit smoothly

9.37

+new: long press palette icons to reuse last set color (this lets you set multiple items to the exact same color on the watch!)

+show a tip-toast about long pressing the palette icon, when you set an item to almost the same color as the last item

+added vibration when long press center icon to move to bottom of Bubble Edit screen on watch (Play store + App Info links)

*Toasts are back on Oreo devices, and they look even nicer (new images in most)

*Fixed bug that caused ambient circles to appear/disappear after opening folders

*Fixed bug which caused color dialogs to exit Bubble Edit screen if Gesture detection was enabled

*Fixed interference between swipe override and gesture detection

*Reduced flickering when opening various dialogs

*Hide expert setting “Override swipe to change face” on the watch when “Priority for Active cloud” is disabled

*Scroll to watch face after initialization

9.36

+=option to create bookmark bubbles in other widgets (ability to select target in the “Add bookmark” screen)

*=corrected alert layout problems on smaller screen phones (some dialog buttons were not visible)

+long press the palette or image icons under favorite/archive settings on the watch to change the background color without turning off the image background

(great for setting background color behind partially transparent background textures)

9.35b

*improved reliability for complications (background, peek card disappeared after app update until one switched to a different watch face and back)

*invert rotary crown scroll direction if app drawer is set to be on the right

*opening Wear Cloud Editor on the phone will turn on app drawer even if it was turned off earlier (used to be blank screen)

*start services in the foreground on Oreo

9.35

*9335 java.lang.NullPointerException dyna.logix.bookmarkbubbles.WearAppListActivity.getListPosition (2168→2222)

+rotary crown scrolls app-drawer horizontally (in watch face mode: expert option “Wrist/crown gestures” needs to be enabled)

9.34b

~Gesture detection is now enabled by default (if bubble animation is off)

+Added gesture detection option to the (expert / watch face) settings on the phone

*Active mode priority option (in settings on the phone) was not updated from the watch correctly

*hide disconnected icon in phone app if watch was never connected

*hide disconnected toast in emulator

+translations for Wrist Gesture strings

9.34

+new option: wrist gestures to show/hide peek card

*workaround for WearOS bug where watch face is not notified to hide on wrist gesture notification access

*improved transition between bubble cloud screens (avoid occasional watch face flicker)

*do not tint Google Voice Search bubble

*charging sound inhibition issues fixed

*WearOS app component updated to API 26

*No more white circle at the bottom of the ambient watchface (notification indicator)

*App drawer was not started on Oreo after reboot

9.33

*crash while invoking Wear Cloud Editor

*=crash in the Widgets + Folders screen

*=show alternative icons from icon packs

*=exclude single letters from auto-generated icon pack search filter (wear)

*improved bulk apply icon pack command in Wear Cloud Editor to retain alternative icons

~=in the Hungarian translation 2 video links changed to their Hungarian versions

*workaround for missing wear cloud editor and wear contact menu items (in main app)

~updated clock layout of 13 bubbles and more: bubbles appear in 2 concentric circles *date bubble will now show the name of the day in the language of the watch

+=adaptive launcher icon on Android P devices

*crash when opening expert settings in app drawer mode

*crash while selecting themes in 1-click theme section on phone

*improved app drawer heading layout

9.32

*bug: wear cloud editor kept resetting non-hollow bubbles

*=crash in folderdialog

*clock smart auto layout: bigger bubbles when 5 on watch face

+new option to increase sticky clock size

~=discourages users from turning on the launcher compatibility mode unless they already placed a widget or have thoroughly read the intro screens

9.31

+=WhatsApp petal option + default contact action

+=password authentication for SmartHome (HTTP command) bubbles in the format http://user:pass@domain:port/folder/doc

*=hide password if no name specified for SmartHome bubble and beginning of url is shown in petal screen

~Round Digital layout updated for square displays (less curved bubble arrangement for better screen use)

*fixed a crash in Wear Cloud Editor drag’n’drop layout designer

*fixed a crash involving malformed smart home bubble HTTP command

*sticky open complications

*don’t allow Tasker plugin to hide the Tasker bubble (caused problems), create a “trash” folder instead and move unneeded Tasker bubbles there

*fixed a crash while unregistering bluetooth/wifi listeners

*intro crashed on old devices

9.30

+new smart auto layout “Digital Round” – better bubble arrangement for digital watch face on round watches

(0-12 bubbles, adjust “size variance”/”info location” to choose how are bubbles split above/below time)

+show reminder on watch to adjust “Size variance” to adjust Smart Auto Layout variants for some layouts (such as the new Digital Round)

+=on|off will now be green|red even if there are other options (i.e. <on|off|dim>) but only if there is just a single toggle field in SmartHome bubble

+default theme clock font size slightly larger for “Digital Round” layout

9.29

+new Watch-Wifi-Bubble: toggle wifi on watch on/off

+new Watch-Bluetooth-Bubble: toggle bluetooth on watch on/off

+new Phone-Bluetooth-Bubble: toggle bluetooth on phone on/off

+new Silence-Watch-Bubble: toggles all sound on watch mute / unmute (media+alarm+ring)

+long press volume icon (in quick swipe panel) to mute/unmute all sounds (ic_mute)

+add vibration to volume/brightness icon touches

*theme pack bubbles are now removed from widgets on uninstall

*theme pack bubbles are now added to autopopulated widgets on install

*peek card text filter case sensitivity bug fixed and leading/trailing spaces disregarded

~updated wifi, ringmode, flashlight, timer bubble images

~changed default wifi bubble color to purple, new bluetooth bubbles are blue

9.28

*crash at startup when vibration is not available on watch (Fossil Q random issue)

+option “priority for active cloud” is brought to the watch (under Expert settings)

9.27

~bubble animation is off by default both in watchface mode and app drawer mode

~change default bubble color for Play Store on watch

*always turn off ambient dimming at sunrise

9.26

*=simplified build variant selection

*=fixed bubble animation / petal options on Samsung devices with non-standard home screen grid settings

*=improved re-measurement initial marker positions

*=added safety measures for measure tool to keep markers inside visible screen

9.25

~=updated bookmark bubble save button (updated images, NEW: animated arrow!)

~=include bubble cloud symbol in the add bookmark bubble share icon (different for 2-in-1 and widgets-only)

*=workaround if app cannot get contact groups

+=translations for new text

*=bookmark bubble video was not added correctly in v9.24 🙂

*=handle bookmark bubble border size and transparency separate from other bubbles (reduced default bookmark bubble border size)

~=clicking an empty bookmark bubble cloud the first time will play the bookmark tutorial video first

+=new youtube icon added to “Add bookmark bubble” screen to show bookmark bubble tutorial video

-=deleted some unused resources

*=updated images and colors in the “how to” section of the widget settings

9.24

*=keep javascript enabled when creating Bookmark Bubble thumbnail

+=show Bookmark Bubble Cloud (popup-folder) after adding/updating bookmark bubble (unless add/refresh button is long pressed)

+=improved robustness of bookmark bubble thumbnail generator

+=added new bookmark bubble video to the widget intro screen

9.23

*job scheduling bug for auto-brightness control (caused a high number of jobs scheduled 3 times a day, otherwise did not have any battery impact)

+=much improved “add bookmark bubble” functionality:

standard bubble image crop,

adjustable/default border,

high quality images

9.22

*crash when setting external background provider using the favorite cloud settings screen on the watch

*app is now much less aggressive to obtain “draw over other apps” permission

*app will now show watch face picker if you exit permission prompt without giving “draw over other apps”

*contact bubbles stopped working

9.21

+haptic feedback for petal options on the watch

+=click sound for petal options on the phone

+=click sound in folders on the phone

*peek card related crash

*avoid redrawing the folder when returning form a smarthome bubble petal screen

9.20

+Smart Home toggle options now also show on the watch

+=option in SmartHome bubble edit screen on the watch: show options always/never/follow global setting

+expert option on the watch: show toggle options for SmartHome bubbles

+=”Pro” feature: SmartHome bubble edit screen: long press checkbox to insert | between [ ] and more [ | ] fields

~=if there is selected text, insert toggle field will add selection as the first toggle option (and place cursor where the second option goes) → [selected|]

~=updated the default Smart Home bubble image

*=some special Smart Home toggle options could crash the phone app

*=fixed some crashes in folders on phone missing bubble images

*fixed navigation between App Drawer → Folder → SmartHome bubble → Bubble Edit screen (“back” behaviour: should keep you in the folder / drawer page)

*=a bug caused HomeControl bubbles to lock up (solved using intentservice instead of asynctask)

+=translations for new features

+add what’s new video on folder options and SmartHome bubbles

~petal screen on watch background default (dkgray) → black

9.19

+added video to contact cloud action controls (main settings app→contact card, contact cloud config→Bubble Action card)

*app crashed for contacts without any email address

*contact bubbles prevented from growing too big to show petals

*widget measure help screen styling fixed

*click anywhere on the widget measure help screen to dismiss it

+added help button to widget measure screen

~updated the voice search icon with new Google Assistant icon

9.18

*theme bubble image was not sent to watch after watch reset (only when restoring a backup)

+button immediately takes you to search&replace if you have a selection in the SmartHome bubble edit screen

*theme pack launcher icon hiding bug fixed

*clarified “data corruption” message in Wear Cloud Editor

*wrong cloud dimensions were used for animation in portrait orientation when launcher rotation was enabled

+option to show toggle fields when activating smart home bubble → choose which alternative(s) to send:

+phone default option in widget settings

+cloud default option under Expert settings in Cloud configuration

+option for each bubble to always or never show options, regardless of the cloud / global defaults

+new animated widget measurement help screen (with option never to show again)

+user is prompted to measure the widget when bubble is clicked and widget does not have valid measurements

+option to show actions around contact bubbles: call/text/email → select number/address

9.17

+=search and replace in all SmartHome HTTP commands

+added a few more default icon mapping to wear cloud editor’s apply icon pack command

+=translations for the new options

*more accurate battery update in watch face mode

+=help button in Reuse HTTP command screen → video on search and replace

-=Polish translation (removed app from Poland because of app’s extremely negative reception) 🙁

9.16

*hide flashlight and contact bubbles from standard app list on watch

*Edit Bubble screen on the watch shows themed toggle bubbles correctly

+Theater mode and sunlight mode bubbles (can be assigned to Quick Swipe Panels, hidden by default, alternative theater mode exit enabled if bubble is used)

*restored the ability to assign live info to system bubbles (alarm / timer)

*improved multi-line digital time and date bubble layouts

9.15

+=folders no longer close when you tap to open a bubble in them. Mark option “Close folder on bubble tap” to restore previous behaviour

(Tasker/Smarthome bubbles never close folder)

+option to hide peek card when notification gets read

+=translations for new widget options

9.14

*=some expert cloud parameters were not cleared by the “Restore Defaults” button in the Cloud Configuration screen

+=adjust margin for home screen widgets (default=0) and folders (default=bubble spacing)

+=rounded corners for folders

+=long press ⊕ in folder’s caption to adjust margin and corners in place

~=imageview instead of imagebutton for bubbles in widget (slightly less overhead)

~=reordered expert widget settings in a slightly more logical order

9.13

*do-not-disturb permission request on pre Marshmallow devices caused crash

*crash attempting to open do-not-disturb settings on some LG and old Samsung phones

9.12

~quick swipe panel is disabled by default (except for Wear 2.0 users who had 9.11 installed)

*=option to dim home screen behind pop-up folders (enabled for transparent and light folders by default)

*crash in 1-click themes

*intro slider had an empty slot on pre-oreo watches

9.111

*crash in the settings on the watch (related to new feature marker)

9.11

*changing the quick swipe panel on the phone did not have an immediate effect on the watch

~improved the way quick swipe to open app is configured (will not forget selected app when you temporarily switch to swipe to search)

*quick swipe action should not fire in cloud edit mode

+rating button in What’s new (on watch) gets a “New” marker until used

*few settings were not sent to the watch after being restored from backup

9.10

~improved layout of intro slider (on watch)

+intro slider on Oreo+ watches → start video on how to remove permanent “Displaying over other apps” notification

~permission screen also updated on watch to show Oreo Overlay information on top and also link to the new youtube video

+usability: prompt if no theme elements are marked for selective apply on the phone (you could think it did not work, if you blindly just press apply)

+add quick swipe panel controls in phone app (under Watch face)

*unknown quick swipe panel setting state

+quick swipe panel setting included in backup

9.09

+added new video about quick swipe panel to phone / video

+new features are now marked {!} in the settings (until the first use)

+you can now remove the peek card using the same menu command as you add it (based on user feedback)

~you can add a peek card if you already have a complication bubble added in free version (but not the other way around)

9.08

+new option for watch face: Quick swipe panel (swipe in opposite direction to the app drawer to set volume and start Google Assistant or any other app)

+assign any bubble (App/Folder/Tasker task/SmartHome bubble/Phone app) to the Quick Swipe Panel (long press bubble and find “Assign to Quick Swipe” below)

*bottom of Bubble Edit Screen on watch got cut off on some watches

*overriding long press also disabled other ways to open voice search

~moved “Haptic feedback / vibration” toggle to Expert settings on the watch

*crash related to sunrise / sunset (peference type mismatch)

*fixed date bubble animation layout

9.07

+expert “vibrate on new card option” (available in watch face mode, can be set in the phone app) now honors do-not-disturb mode (on the watch)

*crash in Wear Cloud Editor when clicking the autolock icon

*crash in Wear Cloud Editor after tapping assign Live Info (+i)

*crash while applying a theme on the watch

*crash on watch if sending custom icons times out

9.06

+translations for “Request all permissions upfront now”

*unnecessary sending of custom bubble icons when using Wear Cloud Editor on the phone

*more graceful handling of missing icons on the watch

+added World Cup background provider video to both phone and watch apps

9.05

+new initial option: grant every permission all at once (so you are not going to be bothered by permission requests later in the Wear app)

+ringmode bubble shown/hidden automatically when permission is given or denied

*background image provider does not count toward free complication limit

*keep background image provider id

+link to Play Store on watch to get World Cup backgrounds

*show icon place holder instead of crashing (crash reported by Jörg Irran – thank you!)

9.04

*crash in Wear Cloud Editor

~updated every “Android Wear” reference to “Wear OS”

9.03

*fixed crash if the user exited the app before the watch connected (and you haven’t given location permission to the app)

+starting with Android Marshmallow, apps need to get permission to control Do-not-disturb mo