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Wear OS Google Play Store issues

Re-initialize Play Store on your watch if you cannot install a recently purchased app Play Store Error retrieving information from server. [DF-CPH-6]

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App drawer opening methods

How to open the app drawer using watch face complication, Wear OS tile, hardware button press or swipe from the edge of the screen

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Bubble sizes and their order

The bubble “weight” value controls the size. To modify it, long press a bubble, and use the + – on the left and right of the app icon

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Missing app icon on the watch

Are you missing an app in Bubble Cloud launcher which is otherwise available in the system app-list? You might have accidentally hidden its icon. Here is how to get it back

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Blank app drawer page issue

Symptoms: when you open the Bubble Cloud app drawer, there is an empty page, you have to swipe to get to your bubbles in the archive cloud). Click to see the cause and fix

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Removing the app from the watch

The way to remove Wear OS (Android Wear) apps depends on which generation of watch you are using

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How to remove the peek card

There are multiple ways to remove the peek card

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How to apply and adjust 1-click themes

This post includes 3 short tutorials:
Quick apply 1-click themes
Customize 1-click theme component colors
Quickly change background color

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Watch face ambient mode: bubble visibility and color

“Selective ambient mode” and “Ambient uniform color”.

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SMS / Auto-populate by recently contacted

Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission to send SMS or to access call logs. Here is a workaround.

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Showing week number on watch face

You can add the week number as watch face complication (the default “Clock” complication group does not have the week number but I found a free app)

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Ambient mode icon from icon pack

Normally the ambient (hollow bubble) icon is not themed, it is just the regular app icon put in a circle.  If this is not what you’d like, there is a workaround.

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Step by step instructions for composite theme

Follow the 6 steps below to get exactly this watch face style

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Troubleshoot Notification icons plugin issues

Refer to this checklist if the status icons don’t appear on your watch face.

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Call log gone

Google is actively removing functionality from Android. Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission: to access call logs and to send SMS messages (more…

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Notification bubbles – not for custom layouts

Status Bubbles are generally not compatible with manual layouts generated with the layout designer, since the manual layout doesn’t allow for easy addition and removal of bubbles from the watch face

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SMS / Auto-populate by recently contacted

Starting January 9, 2019 user apps are no longer allowed to request permission to send SMS or to access call logs. Here is a workaround.

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Phone battery level, notification icons and weather updating issues

Steps to disable Android’s battery optimization for Bubble Cloud