9 years of development!
Over 4200 improvements over the years in over 1000 app-updates (680 beta + 360 production releases) since 2014…
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+ new feature [1519]
* bug fix [1929]
~ change [542]
– removed function [53]
= also affects widget-only app
Click version number 📑 to see detailed post on changes
↓📑10.25
*some on-screen buttons were not readable on Wear OS 4
*Adjusted intro text to fit on screen
+new parts of the app are now in Kotlin
*watch face overlay mode issue on Wear OS 4 fixed
+new Expert / Behavior option “Wear OS 4 tiles (beta)”
+new tiles using the official tile api (does not work on old watches)
~tiles are now available even in watch face mode
📑beta 1:
*added scroll-wheel to intro screens
~fit text to intro screens
+prompt for Wear OS 4 tiles on intro screens
📑release 2:
~increased text size in intro (hoping to pass new Wear OS 4 policy approval)
📑beta 3:
*folder tile labels fixed
~Wear OS 4 tiles are enabled by default on Wear OS 4 watches
↓📑10.24
~black background for menus and intro screens (new Wear OS 3 requirement)
+icon splash screen (new Wear OS 3 requirement)
~font size increase and layout adjustments
📑beta 1:
~changed to circular, gray icon
*hopefully fixed splash icon for Play Store adherence
~phone app target API 33, gradle upgrade
*hopefully fixed tiles for Galaxy Watch 6 [Piotr Korszla, Darryl O’Donovan and others]
📑beta 2:
*Play Services 18 for MessageListenerService to work on API 33 (https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/240108940)
*Clock bubble edit screen incorrectly had some live info options on the watch
↓📑10.23
*updated German translations [Angelika]
+new “Recents bubble” on Wear OS 3 watches, which take you to the list of recently opened apps
*it now works on Wear OS 3 as well: if folder is opened via hardware button, you can use crown to select and secondary button to open bubbles
+app will take you to the new Mobvoi Health app if a TicWatch Pro 5 has connection issues
+new house ads in the Free version of the app for TicWatch charging puc
📑beta 1:
*bugfix
📑beta 2:
*spelling fix (ticpuck ad)
📑beta 3:
*folder via button/crown on Wear OS only worked with app bubbles, now button will also activate everything else (Tasker, smarthome etc) [ArtaY]
*instructional toast message will now be removed after first successful use of the crown/button in a folder
↓📑10.22
+customize “Recents” button on Wear OS 3 (TicWatch Pro 5)
📑beta 1:
*Assigning hardware button shortcuts in the Bubble Edit screen did not enable remapping (we had to visit the Shortcuts screen)
📑10.21
*flash light bubble could not be opened from folder bubble via HW button press [Carlos Simões]
📑beta 1:
*time based arc complications not updating in active + full-color inactive modes [Carlos Simões]
📑10.20
+scheduled toggles will now work even if Bubble Cloud is not active (not used as watch face or overlay app drawer) – similar to battery full alert, app now shows a persistent notification so the OS will no longer kill or “optimize out” the alarm [Pawel Kaczmarczyk]
*internal arc widget improvements
📑beta 1:
*improve how time is handled in scheduled toggles (even if hours>23 or min>59)
*show persistent notification for battery watcher and scheduled toggles if not in watch face mode, regardless of overlay mode
📑beta 2:
+persistent notification will show the scheduled time “until ~hh:mm” (notice the ~ because in Wear OS 3 alarms are no longer exact)
📑beta 3:
*arc tap/long-press detection with option “full clock only” / “ambient clock only” [Marko Lazic]
📑release 4:
*disappearing custom themes button in settings on the watch (if no undo)
📑10.19
+=prepared clock widget to handle new Theme Pack #14
~link to the detailed theme pack 14 page (https://bubble.dynalogix.eu/arc-theme-pack-beta-test-start/)
*update ambient mode date bubble as well
+youtube icon in Arc Complication section links to new video https://youtu.be/u5Lk1ZaBGFU
~what’s new page shows new video (phone + watch)
+new option “Online help…” at the bottom of the Arc Complication section links to webpage
~updated analog themes in Arc Pack (improved low-power ambient mode)
~shared arc settings (width, margin etc) are not hidden for disabled arcs in the Arc Settings screen on the watch
📑beta 1:
*range type arc complications will show the text centered in the arc as long as the last word in the text doesn’t fit into the progress bar [No Mo]
*range type arc complications will not show words split in half (it will only show the last word until the whole text would not fit)
📑beta 2:
+translations for new strings
~arc complications out of beta (remove “coming soon”)
📑public release 3:
*fixed AOD sometimes getting stuck in full-color mode
~=updated widget clock pack #14 teaser
+=widget release 10.19.3 (ready for pack #14)
📑release 4:
*fix 10.19.3 AOD fix causing rare crash in watch face
*fix crash “s” on location received on phone
*fix crash on gestureDetectActivity resume
*fix rare crash while drawing arcs
📑10.18
+rim/inner arc complications (via Theme Pack #14) [thank you: Alan Zeng]
+new “half+half split” smart auto layout variant if clock is shifted
+indicate exit/BACK functionality on top of settings screens on the watch
~Text fields and arc complications are now visible in ambient mode even if “full-clock only” is enabled
+long press detection on elements near the edges of the watch face in inactive mode
+in the favorite cloud settings screen you can long press text field circles to toggle text fields and arc/edge complications on/off without visiting their settings screen
+arc complication settings on the phone
*correct indicator arrow positions on rotated screens
~more bubbles fit in non-round split layouts
+extended theme pack parameters (ready for Theme Pack #14)
*custom theme restore archive layout unnecessarily prompted for pro for some layouts
*custom theme restored worded clock even when unselected
*merge_favs caused the wrong margin and text-field shift values to be used (since layout becomes AMORPHOUS)
*pointer wasn’t reset to default if a theme did not have a gauge pointer (it did reset the gauge itself)
*favorite settings on the watch should not hide text-field controls when full-clock-only is enabled
📑internal test 1: (version bump)
📑internal test 2:
*watch face sometimes did not go into low power ambient mode: optimized unnecessary watch face redraws
*arc complication width preview on the phone did not show correctly
*arc complication colors show when plugin is not installed
*better prompt to install wearable component of a missing theme pack on the watch
📑internal test 3:
*non-overlay mode clock bubble disappearing issue after exiting settings screens where we used preview (cause: delayed hidedrawer using updateview)
📑internal test 4:
+flip text in range type lower arcs as well
+internal phone battery widget (phone symbol): tap for instant refresh, double tap for “Find my phone” functionality
+internal watch battery widget (watch symbol): tap for instant refresh
📑beta 5:
+double tap internal watch battery complication to open Essential Mode settings on TicWatch (single tap to refresh)
📑beta 6:
+”clear theme” on watch will now turn off arcs and text fields as well, also reset date / clock bubble colors
*improved non-overlay mode watch face (disappearing clock / black watch face issues)
*improved date bubble layout
~if a 1-click theme contains a second hand it will be enalbed when applying the them
📑10.17
*updated Greek translation [big thank you to Nicolaos Alexandropoulos/ΝιϘολαοσ Αλεξανδροπουλοσ]
📑beta 1:
~don’t advertise overlay mode for Wear OS 3 users (OS warning no longer can be hidden, overlay might glitch on GW5Pro)
~increase phone battery sampling freq when phone is connected to charger [Jindřich Pelhřimovský]
📑10.16
+night vision watch face mode
*updated translation of some Hungarian strings
📑beta 1:
~=re-enabled AutoFit widget option on OneUI 4 [Rudolf Szita]
📑beta 2:
*=improved widget layouts with dimension “1” (1×1,N×1,1×N) [Rudolf Szita]
📑beta 3:
*=improved Polish translations [Adam Sitkiewicz]
+=new expert home screen widget option: “Random rotation after clicks” → rearranges the cloud after bubble clicks, even if all bubbles have same weight [Patrick Lam]
📑beta 4:
*watch silencer bubble did not work in app-drawer mode [Mark Davis]
📑beta 5:
+detect Galaxy Watch 5, Fossil Gen 6 plugins correctly [Mauro]
+we can now delete non-empty folders in Wear Cloud Editor (on the phone). Bubbles will be moved to the parent cloud (or app drawer) [2realist4u]
📑10.15
+prepare for targeting Android 12:
+BLUETOOTH_CONNECT permission for bt toggle and wear bt toggle bubbles (notification, WearAppListActivity, BubbleEditActivity)
+Weather permission request notification (PendingIntent.Service→Activity)
*improve Battery Full Alert
~grouped settings under “More options” on the watch into 4 unfoldable categories: Usage, Behavior, Appearance, Power & control
+emphasized group heddings in Expert settings on the watch
📑internal test 1:
*=reallow launcher calibration under OneUI5 (reversed some of the changes for OneUI4)
*=optimized home screen widget update (eliminated unnecessary database access)
~=”rotating launcher” setting is no longer necessary in OneUI5 launcher (not auto-enabled, other versions and launchers need more testing)
*=improved widget size query in OneUI5 launcher
📑internal test 2:
+=new option “Widget size lock” when enabled, widget dimensions reported by the OS are only used when any widget is in “edit mode” (to avoid distortion by rogue values)
~=filter out errorneus widget dimensions reported by OneUI 5 launcher on orientation change in YouTube (filter off in “edit mode”)
*=adjust widget width reported by OneUI in 5.0 4×6 and 5×6 grid (wrong DPI)
📑internal test 3:
*RichImage export label problem when backgrounds total width was less than dials+hands width [Joseph Rubin]
~=AutoFit widget is enabled by default for Samsung OneUI 5.0 launcher
~=OneUI 5 wrong widget size filter sensitivity increased, with manual resize detection
~updated weather hollow bubble colors to include two shades depending on cloud / rain intensity (lighter colors mean lower intensity) [Joseph Rubin]
📑internal test 4:
*=background color extends to the edges of the widget when AutoFit is enabled
📑beta 5:
*=no widget resize locking on newly created widgets (until first bubbles get added)
+=Show hint for Widget Resize Lock option in Launcher Tweak settings
+=Translation for new strings
📑beta 6:
+Tasker battery calls now added all multiples of 5 → WearBattery5,10,15…95,100
*Show WearBattery task status as soon as you check the option “Tasker on charger”
*remove duplications in text field content history [Joseph Rubin]
📑release 7:
(version incorrectly shows as 10.17 instead of 10.15.7 in the app!)
*wrong Tasker WearBattery tasks were called in last beta [Joseph Rubin]
~=show “Widget resize lock” option (and its description) more prominently on Samsung OneUI5
*=corrected some new strings
*=fixed option visibility
📑release 8:
*correct version v10.15 build 10158 is showing in the app
*=folder bubble animation could not be turned off (using the option in Widget Preferences)
*Battery full alert when it’s turned off [Adam Sitkiewicz]
*=on Samsung One UI 5 devices feature the option “widget size lock” in the “Looks OK?” dialog that comes up on Android version update and when the first widget is placed
📑10.14
+new option: battery full alert (on the watch) → audible alert when battery reaches selected level (60/70/80/90/100%) [Steven Halsell]
+added WearBattery75 to trigger Tasker at 75% (to help control smart switch: i.e. off at 80% on again at 75%)
-media controls bubble on Wear OS 3
📑beta 1:
+battery full alert demo video
📑10.13
(Update Notification Plugin to v4.06!)
+Ready for Wear OS 3.5 (Pixel watch, Fossil Gen 6)
+enable wrist gestures on Wear 3.5 watches
+show AOD shift option on Wear 3.5 watches (disabled by default, except on GW)
-no longer show instructions to hide overlay warning on GW (no longer possible)
📑10.12
(Update Notification Plugin to v4.05!)
+Ready for PixelWatch
+Resync button for Notification Icons section
+Notification Icons option to show “No notifications” instead of blank Notification Preview long text complication [gamefan5]
~Message type notifications now appear reversed in dual peek card to show most recent notification on top [gamefan5]
*new options will take you to Play Store to update to latest version of the plugin
*adjusted the font size of Toast messages on the watch
📑beta 1:
+translations for new options
*[Notification plugin 4.05.1] notification preview complication will show beginning of last line for long message type conversations
📑10.11
*=Move last used bubble to center did not work with updated bubble animation [Patric Lam]
*=updated folder animation was slower than other animations [Patric Lam]
*Samsung HR complication did not show after adding multiple complications
*=new help video linked to Folder section in cloud configuration screen
📑beta 1:
*rare crash in card gesturedetection
*=rare crash while creating folder shortcut on home screen
*rare crash when tapping watch face
~=eliminate overlay requirement for widget app: widget toolbar, tweak, measure, animation
+=new expandable “inner” widget toolbar (appears on bottom by default)
+=enabled bubble animation / launcher compatibility mode, petal options on Android Go devices as well
~=animation symbol changed to the expand icon
+=include widget measure button in widget toolbar
~=slightly darker / more opaque widget edit toolbar
*=improved petal options and bubble animation for rotating screens
+=show contact widgets preview for non-premium users
~=include contact widgets section in easy/basic mode
-=removed TrueContacts recommendation from main app
+=include Privacy policy in the drawer
+=widget measure help screen can now show in landscape
*=improved layout for widget measure fine adjustment box and help screen
📑beta 1:
*only check for botched Samsung complications on Samsung watches (DUH!)
+=New prominent disclosure and consent prompt before backing up bubble clouds (transmitting user data)
~=removed blanket privacy policy agreement when starting the app
*=updated privacy policy to highlight handling of sensitive user data
📑beta 2:
~Updated libraries: Shared androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0 → 1.1.0, removed implementation fileTree(dir: ‘libs’, include: [‘*.jar’]) Phone App billing_version 4.0.0 → 5.0.0, removed implementation ‘androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1, com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0 → 1.6.1, keep androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0 since 1.5.0 requires API 32, androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.2 → 2.1.4 Wear billing_version 4.0.0 → 5.0.0, com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:18.0.0 → 20.0.0, com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:20.0.0 → 21.1.0, keep androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0 since 1.5.0 requires API 32
+add consent prompt (to access contacts in the background) before enabling auto-populate for contact cloud
~updated privacy policy text included in the app
📑beta 3:
*=improved redrawing many widgets at the same time
*race condition invoked crash in Tasker plugin edit screen
*fix rare crash on watch face
📑10.09
+finalized “auto open new notifications” option