[APP][4.1+] Bubble Cloud Widgets + Wear Mini Launcher alternative for smartwatches

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Recent additions to Bubble Clouds:

Tasker plugin (both phone and watch):

SmartHome HTTP control bubbles (both phone and watch):

Folders on the phone:

They can also be dragged around:

Folders on the watch:

 

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Peek cards are back in Android Wear 2.x

Android Wear 2.0 brought a number of improvements, but a few useful features also got removed, which many of us missed. The Bubble Cloud watch face restores the following:

• The ability to swipe horizontally for our apps, instead of pressing the button
• To long press the hardware button for theater mode
• Newly added: Peek cards which can make notifications actually noticeable!

(click on the listed items to see a video on how to setup)
Peek cards
The top, most recent notification appears at the bottom of the screen. You can swipe it away, and it will not show up until another notification comes in.
You can also swipe up on the watch face to reveal the peek card.
And you can tap on it to view the expanded notification.

The Bubble Cloud watch face displays long-text type complications in the peek card:
You can add it to your watch face using the "add complication" button, but you will need to select "Peek card" to show long text complication providers.
The most obvious choice is the "Notification Preview" under General.

I think peek cards are much more practical for long text than dedicating a constant big area of the screen:

• it is more noticeable, but can be hidden to clear your watch face
• you can choose whether you also want it in ambient mode: I even made the icon oled burn in safe
• with the +/- you can set its transparency: the watch face can show through behind it
• we are not limited to the white color
• but there is something even better: if you make the card color change based on the color of the notification icon, you will be able to tell notifications apart with just a glance.

Just like the bubbles, press and hold the notification card to manage it: this is where you can disable the peek cards by deleting this long text watch face complication.

NOTES ON PEEK CARDS
► Vertical swipes still toggle between active/inactive, but you first have to show/hide the peek card: so getting to your actual notifications might require 3 up swipes. Not ideal, but I haven't found a better way yet.
► Tapping the outside of the analog watch face will still send the watch hands behind the bubbles, but if there is a peek card, it will be behind all
► The peek card can also contain frequently updated information (stopwatch, countdown timer etc.) It works as other complications
► Long pressing the peek card lets you edit it, similar to bubbles. The icon is square and the controls are slightly modified. See all settings above.
► The peek card follows screen rotation if you have it set in Expert settings, but with the following limitations: A) they don't show on rotated ambient screen B) you will have to swipe perpendicular to the card (original vertical) to show/hide
► "Clock only" ambient mode will still show the peek card but no other bubbles
► Ambient dimming also dims the card (we couldn't dim the peek card in Android Wear 1.5)
► The card transparency setting affects both active and ambient peek cards
► The ambient peek card is always black with white text, and a mesh is applied to the icon (see screenshot!) to prevent screen burn in for prolonged showing the same notification
► Black/White text color choice follows the same logic, the recently added text color control also affects the peek card
► Title line on peek card is intentionally not bold to prevent burn-in
► Peek card settings are only available on the watch (I don't plan to include them in the phone app), but they are backed up and restored together with all other watch settings (Wear Cloud Editor → Backup)
► The peek card counts as a watch face complication (it is). Since you can only have one watch face complication in the FREE version, free users will have to chose between complication bubble and peek card
► When editing settings on the watch the preview also shows the peek card, touches are inhibited similar to the other bubbles, but you can still swipe up/down to show/hide the card from the preview.
► Of course you can add any other LONG TEXT type of watch complication, Agenda/next event, Google/Weather, General/Now playing sound to be other good choices. However you can only have one long-text complication at a time, a new selection replaces the previous.

 

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Version history 8.65-8.99

More recent versions:
►v9.40-
►v9.00-9.39

8.99*
+added new video on recoloring watch face themes (what's new: phone + watch, and selective apply screens)
+added Sampler Theme recommendation to intro screens
~updated look for the 1-click theme show case
*bubble remove hint was showing up when watch face had fewer bubbles (hidden / folder bubbles were also counted)
*date/complication bubble layout issue if no digital clock bubble
*improved archive preview in color tinting dialog on the phone: doubled the width and transparent areas now show the favorite background color (not the archive color!)
*crash during bubble animation on watch
*crash in settings on the watch while requesting permission to handle watch face complications
*rare folder crash on watch
~rename theme component "center" → "extra" (since it may also control corner images)

8.98*
+added free weekly sampler theme "pack" #0 (each week get a different paid theme for free)
+new option: use theme font in peek card (only available for newer theme packs)
~use peek card text as title if text is short and notification has no title
~peek card text centered if no icon [known issue: not centered in ambient mode]
*bug fixed: background color was not previewed/applied if it was picked after adjusting theme background image color [introduced in v8.97beta]
~"Coming in May 2018" notice when user clicks on theme pack #10
*crash on the watch while opening folders in app drawer mode
*crash on phone when both Widget-Only and 2-in-1 apps are installed
*crash in Wear Cloud Editor while trying to change bubble weight (size)
*crash in phone app when watch model is a number
*double taps misbehaved if you adjusted the time

8.97
+recolor theme elements on the watch
+recoloring the background will also affect the digital time colors (on the watch: text-color luminance is only adjusted if "font" is also marked)
*rare crash after double tapping a bubble on the watch
*fixed a bug causing automatic ambient dimming activate itself during the day
+added theme pack 10 links to the main app
~improved archive background image tiling on different watch screen resolutions
~rearranged expert menu on watch
~improved expert menu layout (more text shown)

8.96
+new expert option: charger connection / disconnection sounds (below 100%)
*battery live info bubble will show "Full" (instead of "100") for themes with complete font character sets (Packs 8 and newer)
*Find my phone screen rotation remove
*rare crash on Android Wear 1.5 after long pressing bubbles weighting over 19

8.95
*=Updated Play Store category fetch routine (for the redesigned Play Store website)
WIDGETS:
*=Contact widget "call" option did not work in widget only app (resulted in SMS) - IMPORTANT: new "CALL" permission is necessary
*=bookmark bubble cloud crash if there is no default browser installed on phone
*=expert/basic switch in phone app [Daniel Lockhart]

8.94*
*fixed serious layout issue with date live info bubble (when using the default font)
*date live info always used theme font, regardless of the "Use font in all bubbles" setting

8.93
+you can now change the color tint of the favorite+archive background images too (the same way the clock hands and dials are tinted)
+wear cloud editor now shows legends when you tap on a bubble-type marker (on the right)

8.92
+added Theme Pack #9 to theme selectors on phone and watch
+close drawer for Tasker/PhoneApp/HTTP bubbles in folders [+Matej Drobnič]
*custom folder bubbles were not displayed correctly in Wear Cloud Editor
*progress type complication bubbles did not follow uniform bubble color
*improved date live info bubble layout when using custom fonts + use custom font in day's name if possible
*fixed rare crash when using undo in layout designer
*fixed overdraw problem on Android Wear 1.5 in custom layout / digital time
*fixed a crash in the Tasker plugin configuration screen affecting 1 user

8.91*
*fixed a rare crash in Wear Cloud Editor (when closing bubble edit dialog) [affected 1 user]

8.90
*attempt to fix blank peek card issue (explicitely update complication in updateCardComplication using data directly from call)
*crash at startup on Moto 360 Sport

8.89
+new option to crop archive background image (you could only crop the favorites image earlier) You can choose to skip cropping and set a smaller tile to repeat
*fixed a crash when trying to set live info in Wear Cloud Editor [affected: 1 user]
*fixed a peek card / long text type complication update related crash on the watch [affected: 1 user]
*1-click theme previews shown as squares for square watches
*Wear Cloud Editor crashed on Android 4.3
*improved speed / reliability of connection between phone and watch
*peek card related crash on the watch

8.88*
*removed label "No card if text contains" I accidentally left it in the Bubble Edit screen
~peek card appears 20% quicker
*fixed an issue when sometimes the peek card appeared blank (it fixed itself if you swiped down and up again)
+added translations for new options
+show instructions on how to edit bubbles the first times a bubble with Live Info is tapped (in response to critical reviews by new users not understanding Live Info)
~made card text slightly bigger but thinner in ambient mode (better for oled burn in prevention)

8.87
+added "peek card video" to "What's new" screens on phone and watch
*veil mode also for watches with light sensor [Jörg Irran]
*expert/basic switch in phone app [Daniel Lockhart]
+show message to long press auto brightness
+show message to use ";" to separate
*full screen clock setting on watch needs exit settings to apply
*changed stand up icon
*solved initial scroll state problem with multiple choice controls on watch

8.86
+peek card for long text watch face complications: See this post for details
*fixed a rare crash in the Wear Cloud Editor while selecting custom bubble images (Edit bubble / import image)
+Expanded (+) menu item on watch to add complication-bubbles, a peek card, background image provider, or folder (remove card, remove background)
+delayed the Wear Cloud Editor vibration on the watch by 1 second (to prevent Ticwatch vibration issue)
*fixed a crash in Wear Cloud Editor / Layout Designer
*floating action buttons appeared while using Layout Designer in Wear Cloud Editor

8.85
*crash in Wear Cloud Editor when the layout designer is open
*=Contact widget "call" option did not work in widget only app (resulted in SMS)
+runtime permissions (read contacts, make calls, send sms, read call log)
*folder related crash on the watch
*when bubble moved into newly created folder, the folder will appear where the bubble used to be

8.84*
*very rare crash when a notification appears during watch face init
~updated old youtube videos for "App launcher" group and watch face complication bubbles
~updated greeting text for first time installers

8.83
*workaround for a rare wifi bubble related bug
*=bookmark bubble cloud crash if there is no default browser installed on phone
+show "full clock only" in the cloud list if this mode is enabled in the Watchface settings card [+Elaine Burks]
+range type complication outline stroke color
+new "Delete" button in Bubble Edit screen on watch to make deleting complications and folders easier
+new option "Text color" to adjust text color bias (lowest bubble color luminance for black instead of white) in live info and complication bubbles
+show hint on how to delete folders in the Bubble Edit screen on the watch

8.82
*fix 2 separate, but rare crashes in Wear Cloud Editor
*control "Circle:Ambient" in selective ambient mode regardless of the active mode bubble settings [+Bruce Wagner]
*more logical control of the availability of the circle:ambient setting (it's only shown when it has effect)
*tweaked the text color in info bubbles (it will turn black even in less light bubbles)

8.81
*prevent double tapping bubbles in Wear Cloud Editor (caused crash for folders)
*fixed a premature complication update related crash on the watch
*fixed layout of 2nd page of intro slider on watch (folder clouds)
*rare crash on watch after editing a bubble
*improved handling of range type complications in Wear Cloud Editor
*spacing/margin was not updated in folder preview when adjusted using the controls on the watch
*aesthetic: label limited to 3 lines in Wear Cloud Editor

8.80*
Bugfix:
*crash in wear cloud editor / layout designer
*crash on watch when opening apps
*complication bubble edit screen always said "missing"
*range type complications change their colors with content: user cannot set color for them
Widget update:
+=add option not to delete bubbles from frozen clouds for uninstalled apps
*=fix crash when changing the size (i.e. shape) of empty home screen widget folders
*=app now handles Android Oreo adaptive icons correctly
+=home screen folder name can now be changed in folder bubble edit dialog
~=pressing the (+) button in folder bubble edit dialog takes you to the folder cloud's config screen (not the cloud which contains the folder)

8.79*
*clock bubble weight over 9
*toggle bubbles not updated in folders
*bubble moved from fodler to archive, archive not refreshed
*crash in WearAppListActivity 1544 (postitionToUpdate out of range)
*bubble weight adjustment issues in Wear Cloud Editor
*unthemed world clock bubbles way too dark

8.78*
+the menu setting "haptic feedback" in Wear Cloud Editor now also controls the new vibration on the watch when entering "Cloud Edit mode"
~return from folder and bubble edit screen to the same place in the app drawer / folder (it does not slide back to favorites)
+added translations for new strings
~slightly reduced step count sampling rate

8.77
*Layout Designer icons: complications, HTTP bubbles, folders, phone apps
~restored Wear Cloud Edit idle time from 10 to 3 minutes: auto exit cloud edit mode after 3 minutes, but restarted after every update!
~"Freeze bubble sizes" → "Lock bubble weights/positions"
+added new "What's new video" (to both phone and watch apps)
+added new youtube icon to Wear Folder edit dialog on phone: https://youtu.be/5dFHhCs5dXI

8.76
+Types of bubbles (regular apps/folders/http/phone apps/complications/tasker) are grouped together in Wear Cloud Editor when sorted alphabetically
*bug: wear folder bubble edit controls in Bubble Editor instead of widget folder controls
*bug: folder bubble weight was reset to 1 every time you edited its bubble
+watch will vibrate when entering wear cloud editor / folder to remind you the preview is shown there
*wear cloud editor triggered the preview on the watch only for the first edited folder (still not perfect but better, needs more work)
+exit Cloud Edit mode as soon as the Bubble Cloud app is opened on phone
+updated message on watch to suggest ways to exit Cloud Edit modes (worse case if Android Wear connectivity problem locks user out)
*much improved "Apply icon pack" in Wear Cloud Editor to circumvent faulty "iconupon" bug in certain icon packs
+when applying wear icon pack, the lightest back will show up as default (it used to be random). The lightest is usually the best for theming.
*improved appearance of themed weather live info bubbles
*improved text visibility on icon pack themed live bubbles

8.75
~if "bubble animation" option is turned off there is no slide animation when entering showing folder from main clouds
*removed title bar from Wear Contact cloud and flashlight screen
*=fix crash when changing the size (i.e. shape) of empty home screen widget folders
*bubble with date live info is not allowed to be moved into folders
*bubble with step count live info is not allowed to be moved into folders
*Android Wear 1.x cannot edit folder name
*folder bubble size overflow issue when "freeze bubble sizes" is off
*improved archive column layout with full screen clock (when favorite bubbles are added to the archive)

8.74
+BIG: new folder bubbles on watch (they open in new screen)
~bubble weights are no longer negative for archive (I separated bubble weights from cloud location)
+folder complications for other watch faces
Wear Cloud Editor on phone:
*you can select the menu item before connection is established: it will open as soon as the connection is established to watch
+create new folders using the new FAB
+select cloud from pop up (long press cloud marker to assign multiple bubbles to same cloud without popup)
+create new folders from cloud selector popup
Bubble Edit Screen on watch:
*comes up quicker on watch
~improved layout and more logical way to select cloud (favorites/archive/hidden/folder)
+create folders and move bubbles into them
Improvements:
*=app now handles Android Oreo adaptive icons correctly
~changed icon for Bubble Cloud Settings on the watch (hopefully making it less confusing to first time users)
*Timer did not show if assigned to hardware button in watch face mode [+Mr.Lordi96]
~Full screen clock → "Full clock only" (it wasn't clear that this option only shows the clock and no other bubbles) [+Adam Varney]
*quicker app drawer opening
*special bubbles (tasker/phone-app/smart home control/complication/folder) stay in one group even if app drawer is sorted alphabetically
*color bubbles around icons were not shown in wear cloud editor (since forever!)
*stringset modification issue, which affected many parts of the app (+ static blank)
*fixed some strange bubble image edit behaviours
+watch face complications are now marked with a (+) icon in the wear cloud editor
+back button in Wear Cloud Editor turns off layoud editor and filters if they were on (otherwise exits as normal)
*changing size for multiple selected bubbles crashed
*grid bubble layout alphabetical sorting issue fixed
*watch face complication font issues
*improved the look of themed complication bubbles in Wear Cloud Editor on phone
*fixed glitches when restoring wear backup
~ Tasker plugin cloud/weight setting updated
+ Tasker bubble smarter cloud update on watch
+added a page to the intro slider on the watch "Let's talk"
Home screen widgets:
+=home screen folder name can now be changed in folder bubble edit dialog
~=pressing the (+) button in folder bubble edit dialog takes you to the folder cloud's config screen (not the cloud which contains the folder)
Hidden tricks:
+long press folder bubble in bubble edit screen on watch to quickly get to folder layouts, colors
+long press cloud marker in wear cloud editor to move bubble into the same cloud as the previously moved bubble (or newly created folder)
+tap top icon in cloud layout configuration screen on watch to go back to previous screen (folder bubble editor or main settings)
+enable auto-sticky mode for folder to keep it on screen (bring it to the foreground when the screen wakes)
+if you assign an icon from icon pack to watch folder, applying a new icon pack will assign the same icon from the new pack

8.73
*crash when deleting non-existent bubble from widget (timing issue?)
*show which toggle alternative was sent in HTTP command

8.72
*=Workaround for Android permission bug when calling Tasker if it was installed after Bubble Clouds (Tasker permission is created prematurely) [Geoff Mackintosh]
*Crash in Forced-timeout on Oreo devices
*Rare crash while fetching location for sunset/sunrise
*Rare crash when opening Favorite/Archive configuration screen on watch
*Rare crash when opening Settings on watch
*HTTP Link bubbles did not work in embedded version of Android Wear component

8.71
*=remove duplicates in HTTP command history
~=list HTTP command history items showing a segment around the toggle field
~=singleChoice dialogs lose the radio button everywhere
+=HTTP command history gets an IFTTT maker event template
+="Move" button for HTTP Bubble Edit dialogs
*sync button in Wear Cloud Editor did nothing after cancelling bubble edit screen
*cannot add phone apps and HTTP bubbles to wear cloud sometimes after cancelling bubble edit screen
*=dragging folder near the bottom edge caused it snap to the bottom
+=new Youtube button in HTTP Bubble Edit dialogs
+=New What's new video: Smart Home control using IFTTT and Bubble Clouds Widgets and Android Wear launcher
+What's new menu item on watch (incl. Search Google+ from watch!)

8.70
+=Bubble folders can now be dragged around the screen by the caption bar (double tap background to toggle caption bar)
+=Tap corner of the folder to select from 3 size variations
~=FAB should fly the other way if add card is too far off the screen
~=Lightbulb default icon for SmartHome control bubbles

8.69
+=http command bubbles on phone
+="toggle section" in HTTP command e.g. [on|off] → http command will render cycling through the listed alternatives
~=new HTTP bubbles get random background color (like Tasker bubbles)
~=default HTTP bubble image changed to "eye" (just to make them different from Tasker bubbles)
*=http command address field acted strange when you typed into it
*=improved HTTP command history listing

8.68
*unread / total notification count LiveInfo bubbles were interchanged on the watch [+An Vuong]
*switched to using jobscheduler on the watch (less precise but recommended / required by new Android) → increased sampling frequency
*battery charged alarm did not go off if there was not watch-battery bubble on the watch [+Hilary Adams]
~moved Tasker FAB to top in Wear Cloud Editor (this way it can be hidden if Tasker is not installed)
~new HTTP bubble symbol → light bulb
~seconds hand is automatically turned on the first time you select an analog theme which includes a seconds hand [+Anthony Padgett]
*reduced complication text size to fit bubbles better [+Anthony Padgett]
*custom icons got mixed up when editing bubble in Wear Cloud Editor (bug presented itself after Icon pack was applied)
*contact picker had duplicate items if multiple groups were selected
+NEW: add/remove/edit contacts from Wear Contact Cloud using the phone (long press bubbles to edit!)
*wear contact cloud did not always sync to watch → now pressing the update/sync button will sync + show the contact cloud on the watch
~keep contact screen on for twice as long (was 20 seconds, now 40)
+=FABs in cloud configuration screens: new way to add folders, tasker bubbles and later HTTP command bubbles
~=Default group in icon picker shows all apps on phone. The ones already in the cloud are marked
~=Tap icons in icon picker to toggle them (add + remove!)
-=removed option "Edit after add" (you can now double tap on icons to edit their bubbles)
+=double tap icons in icon picker to edit their bubbles
~=add all button moved next to the category dropdown, and it is hidden until low enough number of bubbles are shown to be added together
*2 crashes corrected in Wear Cloud Editor
*crash when app needs to be updated but Play Store is not available on phone
*crash in Wear Cloud Editor related to World Clock bubbles in custom layouts

8.67*
+=reset button on widget-measure tool
*=widget-measure tool acts up when started in landscape and home screen is in portrait
*=buttons hidden in measure dialog in cloud config screen
~=new, better looking default folder icons in widgets
Wear Stand Up Alert 2.26:
*changed default complication symbol color: from black to white

8.66
*crash when trying to open a saved blank http command bubble
*crashes when tapping list items in Wear Cloud Editor while they are being loaded
~turns out the Android 8.0 message "displaying over other apps" is not translated to languages, the removal instructions should show it in English too
~reduce battery update frequency in app drawer mode (new Android is picky about wakeups, not caring watch wakes up 60 times an hour anyways...)
*lots of under the hood optimization and code cleanup
*crash on Wear24 (non-standard verizon voice assistant configuration)
+note for Wear24 users: button remapping might have been blocked by Verizon
*crash when starting the wear cloud editor from the smart auto layouts dialog
*rare crash when setting color of a component on the watch
*crash in wear cloud editor while updating the settings on the watch

8.65
*show notification for complication bubbles in app-drawer-mode: they only work when Bubble Clouds is your watch face!
+=in Tasker plugin config screen show instructions on how to add Tasker bubbles if there aren't any Tasker bubbles yet
+=search field in "email developer" window to search Google+ posts for keywords
~only show "display over other apps" persistent notification removal instructions after Overlay permission was given by the user
*very rare crash - if you switch away to another app while setting color of some component on the watch
*rare crash after exiting Wear Cloud Editor

Earlier versions:
►v8.00-8.64
►v7.00-7.74
►v6.16-6.96
►v5.00-6.15
►v4.00-4.98
►v3.00-3.18
►v2.00-2.83
►v1.00-1.51

 

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Version history 9.00-9.39

More recent versions:
►v9.40-

9.39*
+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) [Angel Neutro]
*rare crash while frequently updating complication/peek card
*crash in smart home bubbles petal options on the watch

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
*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

9.37* (this is a bigger one!)
+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
~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
*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
*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
*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)
*attempt to fix "RemoteServiceException" in Android code (not in my app): said to be an issue in Nougat/Oreo Broadcast system
+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

9.36
+=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)

9.35
*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)
*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

9.34b
+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
~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

9.33*
*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 [per request of Jadef]
*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 [9.312]
*intro crashed on old devices [9.313]

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
-=APK size reduction: 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 [based on feedback from David Gouffé]
*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) → [seleted|]
~=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 petal options

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 (enable system wrist gestures to flick out to read notification → hide peek card)
+=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 homescreen 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

9.11
*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
*crash in the settings on the watch (related to new feature marker)

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 auto-lock 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 mode on the phone. Prompt for permission in Wear Cloud Editor, or when bubble is first used
+added translations for removed wifi tethering function

9.02*
*=crash when opening homescreen cloud config screen
*crash in layout designer (missing icon)
+added alternative unlock method for dimmed theater mode in case button long press does not work: short tap then hold screen within 3 seconds
+expert option to disable long press screen to unlock theater mode (useful if you are willing to disable or downgrade the Google Assistant)

9.01
*peek card appeared as complication when "Show hidden apps" was enabled
+weather updater now uses JobDispatcher on the phone (old network watcher no longer works)
*eliminated a concurrency sometimes causing background services to fail to communicate with watch
-disabled wifi tethering toggle for Android O and later

9.00
~Theme Pack #0 is the 1st if not installed, and always 2nd (or 1st if selected) if installed in the list of themes on the watch
*resolved long standing connectivity problems between phone and watch
+=show toast if action is blocked by denied permission / open app info to help set permissions
*request location permission for weather / sunset / sunrise
+show notification if location permission is denied or location is disabled and weather / sunset / sunrise bubbles cannot be updated
+request necessary permissions after restoring a backup with location or contact bubbles
~=API update: runtime permissions
*contact widget crash if permission denied
*spelling mistake when requesting permissions after restoring wear backup
*=contact access problem

Earlier versions:

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►v5.00-6.15
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►v3.00-3.18
►v2.00-2.83
►v1.00-1.51

 

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I didn't think about checking XDA for this. I've been emailing the dev from the app about various things when I could have just posted it here lol

Yes, I started here, but eventually moved away to Google+ then, with its demise to a dedicated website with discussion mainly on reddit

 

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Unfortunately I've had to cut reddit out of my life, I spent too much time on it. Anyway I have a question about battery life. I'm trying to optimize bubble cloud. It's draining my battery just a little more than I had hoped. About 4-5% per hour, I was hoping to cut it down to like 2-3. Anyway, I don't use the analog face but here's my backup of my setup. This is the only way I can think of to ask for this advice.

Before bubble cloud I had the watch going for the whole day and charge overnight but still have like 30-40% when I went to bed but now I'm having to put it on charge a couple hours before I'm going to bed. I'm not using the watch more than I used to but at the same time I'm still new to this launcher and want to optimize it.
My main goal of getting bubble cloud was to have more than the limit of 8 complications on my watchface. Not tons more but like 2 or 3 more. And I liked bubble cloud enough to buy the premium and the notification add on, it works great so far.
(So you and only you know who I am, I was the one that emailed about adding support for Google messages when getting a notification and asking about the heart rate bubble not working) btw with the internal testing update it's still not working but it's okay I'm not really worried about that.

Yes, I know who you are

Your best bet is to enable overlay mode. It is much better on battery, and everything works smoother with it.

I know we no longer can hide the system warning, Samsung and Google doesn't allow anymore, but if you are using Bubble Cloud's notification system, the permanent system notification is hopefully a manageable problem. I have just played with the official release of Wear OS 3.2 in the emulator, unfortunately Google is also removing the possibility to hide this system warning in their next version of the OS. I have a possible idea to work around the system warning, I will test it when I get my watch back from warranty repair.

When in overlay mode, you can turn off wrist/crown gestures under "More options", which can save you a bit of extra battery.

I recommend using Bubble Cloud's built in Live Info bubbles instead of external complications, they are better optimized. We have step count, date, even weather. Make sure to remove the faulty samsung heart rate and calendar complications, they will cause unneccessary battery drain until I get to fix them. Are you on 10.09.5 and the heart rate still not working? I will really need my watch to be able to sort these out

Without overlays there is a big overhead starting the active watch face. I am also looking into it to see if anything can be optimized regarding the non-overlay mode. For better battery in non-overlay mode you should set Touch Control Priority to Standard Wear OS, to reduce activations of the active watch face.

 

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I'm on 10.09.5 and already had overlay enabled, and heart rate still not working. I don't have an issue with the bubble permanent notification.

Please check wrist/crown gestures too. That might help push down the battery use. And make sure to use OLED friendly colors, especially in always on mode (AOD). Do you use AOD? Could you email me (or post here) screenshot or photo of your current watch face both in active and AOD?

I just want to be able to tap a button from inside bubble cloud when viewing a message and go to Google messages app on my watch and see more of the Convo

That's on my todo list

 

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No aod ever. It's night for me and in a dark room and the brightness is low but doesn't look it.

That looks as OLED friendly as it gets. But many of your complications could be replaced with LiveInfo variants: battery, date, steps. They'd save you a ton of battery, plus you can attach any app to them, tapping the date could open your favorite calendar app, or the step count could take you to samsung health... Besides these if you already disabled wrist/crown gestures there is not much else I can recommend.

 

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I thought I had them as liveinfo, how would I make sure they are liveinfo variants?
And they already go to my apps when I tap them

Please see LiveInfo

 

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Alright I changed some of them but once they're set as liveinfo I can't customize the icon and use gauges, rings, colors and stuff, can I change that somehow? I like the battery having the ring

That's true. Please see how much more battery you get this way and decide which is worth more Adding gauge options for LiveInfo is on my todo list, though not on the short term.

 

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If I get better battery life, I'm content. I honestly really only use my watch to keep track of my steps, walking workout whenever I go walking, heart rate for logs to see later, time, and seeing notifications and replying to text messages without getting my phone out of my pocket, checking battery life on both my watch and phone and checking temps/feels like temps occasionally throughout the day, and now that I have an option for it, I can silence my phone without getting it out of my pocket too. I feel like I'm a simple guy lol


Btw can we change how often complications or liveinfo bubbles update? If I could set the temps to only update every hour that could save battery, right?

The weather bubble does update only once every hour. The step count every 5-10 minutes (as opposed to the regular step count complication which might update after every step). The battery is not polled regularly, instead along a smart prediction sampling, which can mean 1/20th of the updates necessary. I take battery life very seriously and with my Live Info bubbles I made the watch face very battery friendly.

Then came Google with their wasteful complication system, some complications update every minute (or every second in some extreme cases!) for no benefit to the user. I do some analyzation and optimization in the way I update the watch face, but using standard complications is wasteful.

To tell the truth I have both the TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra and the Galaxy Watch 4, but even when my GW4 is not in in repair I tend to use the TicWatch because of its superior battery life. No matter what I do with my watch (including full LTE autonomy, this watch will last at least 24 hours, but in every day use well over 2 days. The only way to kill its battery in a day is to GPS track a hike while constantly on LTE. That way the TicWatch gets killed in 12-14 hours. The Galaxy Watch is pretty, and its sensors are more diverse and accurate, but if you want worry free battery, get the GW5 Pro or the TWP3 for less than half the GW5P's price.

 

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Now that I switched most of my bubbles to liveinfo, only ones I left as complications are my sound toggle which syncs with my phone, and the phone battery bubble with find my phone attached to it. I'm finding a lot less battery drain, it's about the same as it was before, maybe a touch more drain than before but barely noticeable. Ended the day yesterday at 20%, quite content with that. And that was with extra tinkering on the watch too. So that leaves me enough for a really long day at most and I'm good with that. Thanks dev! You rock!

Amazing news! Enjoy your watch! (I am still waiting for mine to come back from repair). There is a new app release vastly improving home screen widget functionality on the phone. Hopefully Samsung's heart rate complication will start to work as well (another user reported it working again -- though it's possible he did not update S Health yet.