Android sync button and progress bar

[kingdomh-ideas]

I'm not sure if I'm obviously missing this somewhere but is there a sync button for Android or some sort of sync progress bar to see if data is being pulled from the whoop

[NoopApp]

Hey @kingdomh-ideas — yes, sort of, though it's automatic rather than a button:

• Sync starts on its own the moment the strap bonds (it pulls roughly the last 14 days of history).
• While it's running, the status pill on the Live screen reads "Bonded · syncing"; when it finishes, the line under it shows "History synced just now / N ago."
• There's no dedicated "Sync" button — but Re-scan (on Live, when connected) forces a fresh connect + sync.

Fair feedback that the in-progress state is easy to miss, though — a clearer progress indicator (and maybe an explicit "sync now") is on the list. 🙏

[NoopApp]

Great question. Sync is fully automatic — there's no manual "Sync now" button today, and deliberately no percentage progress bar. Here's how it actually works.

How sync works: NOOP has no cloud — "sync" means pulling history off the strap itself over Bluetooth. It runs automatically: on connect (~1.5s after bonding), and every 15 minutes while connected. Each chunk is decoded → saved → acked, so it's robust to disconnects (a half-finished sync just resumes).

What you see (since v1.70): the connection pill shows "Bonded · syncing", plus a plain line "Syncing your strap history…", then "History synced N ago" when done. Empty screens show "Syncing strap history… N chunks pulled".

On your two asks:

• A "Sync now" button — we don't have one, but it's a reasonable, easy addition (it'd just call the existing sync entry point, which no-ops if already syncing). Mostly useful as reassurance + forcing a pull without waiting 15 min. Happy to add it or take a PR.
• A progress bar — here's the catch: the strap never tells us the total pending count, so a percentage bar would have to invent a denominator (i.e. lie). That's why we show "N chunks pulled" instead. An indeterminate spinner is a fair upgrade and welcome; a percentage one we'd push back on, on principle.

Short version: button = yes, good idea; indeterminate progress = welcome; percentage bar = the protocol can't support an honest one.

[NoopApp]

Thanks for nudging on this — agreed both are worth doing, and the plumbing's already there, so it's a small change.

Quick recap of where it stands today (Android, latest build):

• Sync runs on its own: ~1.5s after the strap bonds, then every 15 min while connected. There's no cloud — "sync" just means pulling history off the strap over Bluetooth.
• While it's running the pill reads Bonded · syncing and the line under it says Syncing your strap history…; when it's done it shows History synced N ago.

What I'm adding:

• A "Sync now" button on the Live screen (enabled once you're bonded, greyed out while a sync is already in flight). Under the hood it calls the exact same sync entry point the auto-timer uses, and it's a safe no-op if a sync's already running — so worst case a double-tap does nothing.
• An indeterminate spinner next to the "Syncing…" line, plus the honest "N chunks pulled" count.

The one thing I'm not doing is a percentage progress bar — and I want to be straight about why: the strap never tells us how many records are still pending, so any % would be a number I made up. I'd rather show a spinner + real chunk count than a bar that lies. Hope that trade-off makes sense.

I'll post back here when it lands in a build so you can confirm. 🙏

[NoopApp]

Shipped! v1.78 added a manual "Sync now" button on the Live screen (Android) with an honest progress indicator while your strap's history offloads — exactly what you asked for here. Closing as resolved; thanks for the nudge.