Source code for Bangle.js App Manager and How To Use documentation needed - How to Launch Apps?

Sun 2020.01.05

Good Morning and thank you @AkosLukacs for the detailed instructions. I know it takes a considerable amount of time to detail accurately, and that is surely appreciated. My hope is that others will benefit, and/or someone has had the same experience that might be able to provide a solution.

'First things first: did you manage to update to the latest FW?'

We briefly discussed that in post:

http://forum.espruino.com/conversations/342022

ver 2v04.218

Only a cutting edge build, 2v04.84 would be more recent:

https://www.espruino.com/Download#banglejs

I'm holding off on that, as with my last fiasco(s) with OTA updates, leaving me without hardware until a resolution was found, forces me into a position not to flash new firmware without a fully functioning backup device. Need to Code  As I finally have a menu displayed on this Beta unit, and felt having that to provide support was more of a priority than getting a cutting edge build, am holding off until my release Bangle arrives in March.

'and feels like some confusion'

Yes, there is a disconnect. I believe your unit is not one from the KS campaign. I now have a working Beta KS unit that was used with the EU workshop, and I'm going back over that:

https://github.com/gfwilliams/workshop-nodeconfeu2019/blob/master/step1.md

My presumption is that as they had functionality then and as 80 Beta KS units were sent out, that the installed firmware would behave the same way. The confusion is that I don't appear to see the same output, as what the tutroials and the workshop content show. I also realize most, if not all is under constant updating, so some issues might result.

'Shows a graphical list of installed apps, and it's here where you can launch the apps. Including "Settings" and "App manager". '

By 'graphical list, do you mean linear text list as ordered below? 'Graphical' to me means shapes, which I don't believe is the concept attempted to be conveyed. e.g. displayed on a LCD screen, not the WebIDE console

'it's here where you can launch the apps'

Not for me.

As mentioned in the other thread, I have installed the latest bootloader and AppManger.
Pressing BTN2 after boot with the Espruino logo displayed, brings up the following:

My device shows:

• BLE
• Programmable
• LCD Timeout
• Beep
• Vibration
• Select Clock
• Time Zone
• HID
• HID Gestures
• Debug
• Set Time
• Make Connectable
• Reset
• Turn Off
• < Back

 


The only away from menu selection that works is 'Back' which does take me to the installed clock, but then the watch is stuck. Only a BTN1+BTN2 reset works at this point.

While I am able to install a different clock, there isn't an option to launch an app. Therefore in the continuing confusion, the need to start this thread.