Grandfather Clock Widget

[yogsoy]

( Available at: https://yogsoy.github.io/BangleApps/?id=grandfather-clock )

A widget that uses vibrations to count fractions of the hour and the hour of the day, much like an old grandfather clock.

I did try to work on this as a set of options for Chimer, but found that it was easier and more efficient to make a separate widget. Keeps both apps lighter for people that need them - there's quite a bit of logic that went into the counting function.

Goals:

• Recreate(?) the Taptic Time accessibility feature from devices such as the Apple Watch, reminiscent of the chimes of old clocks.

Current considerations:

• Is the name descriptive enough? Happy to hear any other options.
• App setting configuration isn't there yet. It's in the todo for v0.02 (arbitrary). I've fiddled a lot and I think the default configuration will be familiar for most people that would be interested.
• I'd like a proper icon for both the app loader and on-screen widget. The one included in this PR is just an icon from material.io. (I am not very good at images)
• On-screen icon is to be made optional, I just found it useful to double-check the widget was running and to remind me why my wrist was vibrating. I'd like to make a tap on the widget buzz out the whole time.

[thyttan]

• Is the name descriptive enough? Happy to hear any other options

Works for me! I'd prefer though if the app id was just "grandfatherclock" since most app ids only use letters.

• I'd like a proper icon for both the app loader and on-screen widget. The one included in this PR is just an icon from material.io. (I am not very good at images)

Gordon pays icons8.com for a license to use the icons they provide - maybe you can find one you like there? https://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js+First+App#icon-timer-img

• On-screen icon is to be made optional, I just found it useful to double-check the widget was running and to remind me why my wrist was vibrating. I'd like to make a tap on the widget buzz out the whole time.

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[yogsoy]

I'm happy with how this works now.

• App settings menu is done
• Found a new icon that I'm happy with
• Renamed the app

I'd like someone to take a look at the WIDGETS entry in the widget.js file, I'm not sure if my implementation of the show/hide is safe (no errors, but I haven't looked into how those values are handled).

[thyttan]

So what you do is set the widget draw method to undefined if it shouldn't draw.

I guess if you tested it and it works we're good - what do you think @bobrippling ?

What many other widgets seem to do is change the width to zero and then redraw. But that is maybe only needed if it's not statically either shown or not.

[bobrippling]

Yeah looks good to me - I think perhaps we change to a zero width + check in the widget draw method to match the others, so if some future code assumes draw is there, the future code won't bail at that point, wdyt?

[yogsoy]

That makes sense to me. I'll drop that change in now.

[thyttan]

Or just change : undefined to : ()=>{}. That way draw will always be a function as well.

[thyttan]

Just say when you tested it again and I will merge 🙏☺️

[yogsoy]

Updated the app and it all works now. Turns out I was wrong and there were errors when leaving the draw function undefined. I assume the code that handles it always tries to run a draw() if there's an entry in WIDGETS - makes sense.

[thyttan]

Thank you 🎆