Full changelog
For detailed description and video demo see Wrist gestures (even on Galaxy Watch 4!)
Notification icons app
- v3.000
+gesture support on Wear OS 2 and 3 enabled by default
+long press cogs for settings (e.g. to disable gestures)
+long press 3 emojis for color options (on first use a short tutorial will prompt you to try)
~targeting Android 10
*problem showing “open on phone” animation - v3.001
+translations for new strings - v3.002
*long press items fired if you exited the app via swiping right touching that part of the screen
+raise hand to exit app (if notification detail is shown it first goes back to list)
+gestures hint shown in settingsű - v3.003
*workaround for deprecated WearableActivity crash - v3.004
+option for right wrist wear (default: left)
+options: raise to exit, down to exit (default: raise only)
- v3.005
~gestures are off by default (bubble cloud peek card gesture temporarily enables gestures)
~bubble cloud peek card gesture will open top notification detail view (exit to list via hand up/down or flick up) - v3.006
*improved top/bottom long press detection
+added scroll via rotating crown/bezel - v3.007
*only show hand up/down options on Galaxy Watch 4 - v3.008
*still trying to fix com.google.android.wearable.ambient.activity.IAmbientActivityService$Stub$Proxy.detach issue
*improve gesture detection (same method as Bubble Cloud peek card a bit higher sensitivity) - v3.009
*crash if AOD is not enabled or cannot be enabled
*crash while showing list of notifications
Bubble Cloud watch face
- v9.94.6
+GW4 gesture to show / hide peek card (needed to be implemented since OS no longer supports it)
*App did not allow changing the clock bubble background color in custom layout [reported by Cjacoballen] - v9.95.0
+if peek card option “Open notification via plugin” is set we open to Notification icons via up gesture on Wear OS 2.x watches too!
+improved wrist gesture detection:
A) peek card up: turn quickly away, slowly back
B) Peek card down: slowly away, quickly back
C) Up when peek card is already up = Notification Icons app - v9.95.1
*attempt to fix onDestroy crash by moving onDestroy actions to onPause
*=Fixed issue preventing bubble image change (in home screen widgets as well!)
*=Fixed imported bubble image crop issue when input image was too small [Matej Drobnič] - v9.95.2
~no gesture detection for demo card
+note in backup screen about needing Pro license to restore - v9.95.3-4
*attempt to fix Ambient / onDestroy crash (realized it is not a bug in my system but rather a Wear OS / AndroidX system bug) - v9.95.5
~battery saving: no wrist gesture detection if card is empty or favorite cloud is not visible on screen
*bubble weights on watch kept changing even if option “lock bubble size, position” was enabled for the cloud - v9.95.6
+added link from notification icons bubble edit screen to gesture settings (in notification icons app)
+added wrist gesture icon to expert settings notification and what’s new page
*fixed empty card detection (gestures are disabled when there is no card or card is empty or shows “No notifications”) - v9.95.7
+improved rotating crown/bezel behavior (new library + haptic feedback) - v9.95.8
*tweak gesture detection: it was too strict - v9.95.9
*tweaked gesture sensitivity: now it was too lenient (I think I found the perfect balance now!)
+warning about wrist gestures on GW4 only working in AOD!!! [thank you Alan Zeng for pointing this out!]
~AndroidX libraries updated from 1.2.0 to 1.3.1 (1.3.0 caused crashes in June, but since then Google reportedly fixed the issue)
*2×Button assign still did not work correctly on GW4 (now links to this help website as well)
*Multi-toast guides (button assign / hide overlay warning) on GW4 will quit if you exit back to Bubble Cloud from the settings
- v9.96.0 (fix for blank screens in phone app on Android 11 devices)
*workaround for AndroidX 1.3/API 30 FragmentTransaction.replace bug: Google API update broke the phone companion app on phones with Android 11 (nightmare!) - v9.96.1
*still trying to fix com.google.android.wearable.ambient.activity.IAmbientActivityService$Stub$Proxy.detach issue - v9.96.2
*Gesture detect crash when AOD is not enabled
*Crash when new app is installed
*Crash when step count permission is already given
More info
See video demo and detailed description of the new features in the release notes: