PhotoStyle Watch Face

[JenJell]

This pull request introduces a digital watch face designed to display user-uploaded photos.

I am uncertain if this is a watch face we want to add into the base InfiniTime. However, after developing it to test an image conversion function in InfiniLink, I thought it would be worthwhile to share it here to gather everyone’s thoughts on the concept.
Also, if this is something we want to add, I would appreciate any feedback on the design that could be improved or modified

This watch face has been tested on both the simulator and with real hardware.

[joseph58tech]

I quite like this idea, how would we upload photos to the watch though? I know WaspOS has a gallery app but I've never looked into how exactly it works.

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Build size and comparison to main:

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text	384592B	7512B
data	940B	0B
bss	63524B	8B

[JenJell]

@joseph58tech, right now this watch face is looking for a photo at "images/watch_photo.bin" in the file system. So all that has to be done is to upload an image file into the right location using a companion app. Though, the image does need to be converted first before it is uploaded.

[joseph58tech]

@JenJell what companion app are you using?

[JenJell]

@joseph58tech, for me, I am using a custom version of InfiniLink. However, if you want to achieve this without using an iPhone and Mac, you can convert your image file using an lvgl convertor like this online one or the lv_img_conv.py script. Make sure the image is 250x250 in size and use the color format CF_TRUE_COLOR or CF_TRUE_COLOR_ALPHA and output format Binary RGB565 Swap. Then send the image over to images/watch_photo.bin on the watch's file system using a companion app like ITD or Amazfish.

[joseph58tech]

@JenJell Ah, I'm on Android so I don't have the option to view the file system

[FintasticMan]

On android you can use InfiniTimeExplorer in a Chromium-based browser

[everypizza1]

I just tested it out on my watch, uploaded an image, and it crashed on selecting the face.

Update: it works!

[JenJell]

@everypizza1, glad it's working now. As for why it crashed, I believe that is related to this file system bug #2021.

[JumpLink]

It would also be great to be able to upload several images depending on the time of day, e.g. background images with a moving sun could be used. The weather could also be included.

[joseph58tech]

On android you can use InfiniTimeExplorer in a Chromium-based browser

I had no idea this existed lol, now I can finally upload the resources file

[JumpLink]

Works for me, too 🙃

[joseph58tech]

Sorry to bother, but how exactly would I get the files to load them to the watch?

[liamcharger]

You would need to find the image you want to upload to the watch, rescale it to 240 x 240, and convert it to the supported binary format using a tool like LVGL's image converter.

If you're using LVGL's converter, the color format is CF_TRUE_COLOR, and the output format is Binary RGB565 Swap.

[joseph58tech]

You would need to find the image you want to upload to the watch, rescale it to 240 x 240, and convert it to the supported binary format using a tool like LVGL's image converter.

I meant how do I load the watchface to the watch, I guess I worded that weird

[liamcharger]

@JenJell I like this watchface a lot, but there is one issue: if the image is on the lighter side of the scale, the text is not legible. My suggestion would be using a text color selector, like the PineTimeStyle watchface.

[JenJell]

@liamcharger, glad you like it! Although, I’ve actually already thought of that. Just perform a long press on the watch face to access it's settings.

[JenJell]

You would need to find the image you want to upload to the watch, rescale it to 240 x 240, and convert it to the supported binary format using a tool like LVGL's image converter.

I meant how do I load the watchface to the watch, I guess I worded that weird

Currently to add this watch face, you would need to build your own version of InfiniTime with this pull request included.

[liamcharger]

@joseph58tech you can also use the build artifact from the GitHub workflow.

[joseph58tech]

Currently to add this watch face, you would need to build your own version of InfiniTime with this pull request included.

Oh so it's not a separate recourse file I can load then

[liamcharger]

@liamcharger, glad you like it! Although, I’ve actually already thought of that. Just perform a long press on the watch face to access it's settings.

Oops, I missed that! That's embarrassing...😬

[JumpLink]

Switching between the menus is slower than on other watch faces with my image, does the others have the same problem?

photo_face.mp4

[FintasticMan]

Unfortunately that is to be expected, we had the same issue with the analog watch face until we replaced the background image with an implementation in lvgl.

[liamcharger]

@JenJell, one issue I noticed is that when using InfiniLink with the live watch faces, in the watch face setting list, this watch face is where the terminal face used to be, making InfiniLink pull the terminal watch face instead, and everything past the terminal is incorrect as well. So, my proposal would be moving it to the bottom of the watch face list so the live watch faces feature in InfiniLink isn't affected.