Popular Post Zanoni Posted February 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2019 I recently came across some code for communicating with KS devices. I've always wanted an Android Wear app for my KS-16S, and now I've my own app that works for me. I still need to display a few things like distance, temp. and current. The app does not require a phone, as it communicates directly with the wheel. It's KingSong only for now. I'm asking my fellow EUC enthusiasts if any of you have Android Wear, and do you have an interest in such a thing. If there is sufficient interest, I can do the extra work to test this out on a few more watch form factors, add metric units, and publish to the Google Play Store (free of course). Long run, I may try to add more wheels (I have an InMotion, so that would likely be next). If not, I'll move on to another pet project Here's a screen cap (This is from my Ticwatch-E) 5 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that0n3guy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I'm interested in this. We had some talk about a wear os version of the wheellog watch app. Did you look at that? Then you don't have to build support per device (since that would be wheellog job). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanoni Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Good point! If WheelLog has all of the comms. worked out, that may be a good place to integrate. I didn't realize WheelLog was open source. I'll have to look to see how the Pebble version was implemented. Glad to hear you have an interest...thanks for the tip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzlchef Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I'm interested as well, like your display screen. This would be awesome for my daily commute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that0n3guy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Zanoni said: Good point! If WheelLog has all of the comms. worked out, that may be a good place to integrate. I didn't realize WheelLog was open source. I'll have to look to see how the Pebble version was implemented. Glad to hear you have an interest...thanks for the tip! There is also a time (Samsung watch) one implemented, that was most recent and you can see the GitHub diff on how they did it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOnWheels Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Very interested ! I will pay $4 for this kind of app on my watch ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesar Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Zanoni said: I recently came across some code for communicating with KS devices. I've always wanted an Android Wear app for my KS-16S, and now I've my own app that works for me. I still need to display a few things like distance, temp. and current. The app does not require a phone, as it communicates directly with the wheel. It's KingSong only for now. I'm asking my fellow EUC enthusiasts if any of you have Android Wear, and do you have an interest in such a thing. If there is sufficient interest, I can do the extra work to test this out on a few more watch form factors, add metric units, and publish to the Google Play Store (free of course). Long run, I may try to add more wheels (I have an InMotion, so that would likely be next). If not, I'll move on to another pet project Here's a screen cap (This is from my Ticwatch-E) Keep working on this project. Pets have to wait :-) Definitely looking for this type of wearable. I can have iwatch with DarknessBot but still have to carry iPhone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I like the idea of not needing a phone. I would certainly be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanoni Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thanks everyone for the feedback. I think this is enough interest to motivate me. What I'll do is aim to get what I have into Google Play with some small additions in the next few weeks. This will be KingSong only for now. From there, I'll collect feedback and do some research into broadening this out to some more wheels. In the back of my mind, I still hope to keep this unteathered from the phone. In the mean time, if anyone can think of some useful data that isn't on the screenshot I have above, let me know. As I mentioned, I plan on displaying distance, temp, and current one way or another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyzeus Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) I believe I've seen @Marty Backe say he likes the ride time, ride distance, and top speed screen of the wheellog app that is on the secondary screen of the pebble time (though currently doesn't function/update), like being able to push a button and it shows secondary info Also I imagine current wheel temperature might be good to have. Perhaps also an option to show battery voltage along with the overall percent for some I like the look of it, though I only have a gotway and ninebot c+ currently i'm sure i'll have a KS someday and so this would be cool to have as another option to wheellog since it doesn't really support newer android wear smartwatches without a phone link from what I've heard. Edited February 11, 2019 by Heyzeus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOnWheels Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Zanoni said: Thanks everyone for the feedback. I think this is enough interest to motivate me. What I'll do is aim to get what I have into Google Play with some small additions in the next few weeks. This will be KingSong only for now. From there, I'll collect feedback and do some research into broadening this out to some more wheels. In the back of my mind, I still hope to keep this unteathered from the phone. In the mean time, if anyone can think of some useful data that isn't on the screenshot I have above, let me know. As I mentioned, I plan on displaying distance, temp, and current one way or another. Thanks @Zanoni ! I think top speed, top current, and current battery/speed/current/km/temp, total km will be more then enough, With the possibility to choose as main display one of theses. Real plus value for your app is certainly the fact that phone is not mandatory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I have two more people not on the forum that are interested in this project. The key interest is in a watch that can communicate speed without a phone. Battery level it great everything else is extra. Thanks you! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ande Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Almost worth buying a watch for! I’d definitely be interested as it looks fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zanoni Posted February 17, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thanks for all the great feedback! I have submitted a first version of this app to Google Play, however there is a review process for stand-alone Android Wear apps, which may take a few days. During the review period, it seems that I'm allowed to distribute the app to "Internal Testers", of whom I need to invite via email. If you have a supported Android Wear device (see the attached list) and a KingSong wheel, and are willing to help provide some early feedback, send me a Private Message and include the email that is associated with your Google Play account. I will add that email address to the list of testers, and send you a link to the App on the Google Play Store where you can start the Install. Updates to the app since I first posted: * Info views (lower right) - tap to toggle between: a) Distance/Time b) Amps/Volts c) Temperature * Metric units based on your watch's locale Note that in a future release I'll let you override this with a preference. There's just no UI for this now. * Detect top speed based on model * Ambient mode - Increased contrast - Decreased battery consumption (simpler display logic) * Tested with various emulators (sizes and shapes like square and round with chin, as well as very low res) Known Issues: * This only finds bluetooth devices with names starting with "KS". * Connection can sometimes take about 10 sec (not sure why yet) supportedwatches.txt 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesar Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Perfect, I have to decide what smart watch to buy :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zanoni Posted February 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2019 It looks like the app has been approved by Google, and is available now. Head on over to the Google Play Store to install! I've only tested this on the equipment available to me, so if you run into any issues, please let me know! For simplicity, you can send feedback to , or send me a private message. Reminder, this only works with KingSong EUCs for now. See the attachment on my previous post for compatible watches. Another disclaimer. I've done my best to keep battery usage low, but since the weather has been particularly bad here for the last few weeks, I haven't had much chance to test for long periods of time. You may notice that, in ambient mode, the data updates about once every second. Let me know how that works for you, and whether your watch battery is suffering beyond expectation. Thanks everyone, please be safe, and I look forward to your feedback so that I can make this even better! 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) O@Zanoni is it only showing mph or can it be switched to kmh as well? Edited February 19, 2019 by Roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanoni Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 It should be set automatically based on your locale. In the future, when I create a setting screen it will be something you can override. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOnWheels Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Awesome awesome !!!!! I've just ordered a new watch as my previous one died after almost 3 years... Can't wait !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesar Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, TomOnWheels said: Awesome awesome !!!!! I've just ordered a new watch as my previous one died after almost 3 years... Can't wait !!! What watch type? Thinking about ticwatch pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOnWheels Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, jitesar said: What watch type? Thinking about ticwatch pro LG Watch Sport 4G/LTE... my previous was LG Urban 2 and I liked it a lot... I checked ticwatch pro too and it seems to be a good option too. I need 4G/LTE. Edited February 19, 2019 by TomOnWheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesar Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, TomOnWheels said: LG Watch Sport 4G/LTE... my previous was LG Urban 2 and I liked it a lot... I checked ticwatch pro too and it seems to be a good option too. I need 4G/LTE. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimpom Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 This looks fantastic. I just ordered an inmotion v10 and would love if you could add support for inmotion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanoni Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Nimpom said: This looks fantastic. I just ordered an inmotion v10 and would love if you could add support for inmotion. Thanks! Ooh, a new EUC coming in the post. That's exciting! This weekend, if I get some time, I will be looking into my options for adding more devices. By the way, I haven't received any feedback yet. Has anyone had a chance to try the app? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzlchef Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Zanoni said: By the way, I haven't received any feedback yet. Has anyone had a chance to try the app? Thought it would work for me and realized the Samsung S3 wasn't on your list. Bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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