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Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs

37 points by erohead 13y ago

davewhat 13y ago
Biggest wins (in my opinion): - Persistent storage of up to 4K of data on the watch per app. Storage is a key/value dictionary. No single value may exceed 256 bytes. (Keys are 32 bit integers.) - New JavaScript framework. Allows running of custom js in a sandbox on the Official Pebble Iphone app * Supports communicating (bi-directional at all times) between a Watch App and an Android/iPhone javascript companion app. * Supports HTML5 local storage (on the iPhone) * Supports location APIs (via HTML5 navigaor.geolocation) * Supports web requests (JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest()) * Supports sending a simple title/text notification to the watch * Supports opening a webview on the phone inside the Official Pebble App and the ability to pass a string message back to the JavaScript app when the view is subsequently closed.
splendidfailure 13y ago
We'll also start hosting weekly open labs where developers can come hack with us and get help on projects at Pebble HQ starting in early December. Stay tuned to the blog for more details!
- ultrasaurus 13y ago
  Nice! Where is Pebble HQ, SF?
  - splendidfailure 13y ago
    Palo Alto, but we'll also be hosting some of our open labs virtually for our remote friends =)
    - voltagex_ 13y ago
      Is there a mailing list I can sign up to for this?
      - splendidfailure 13y ago
        No mailing list, but we'll be posting to the blog...RSS?
- jitl 13y ago
  That's awesome. I got my Pebble on Kickstarter, but I've been too busy with school and work to work on a project. SDK2 is just the pick-me-up I need, and I'm really interseted in lab hours too. I just created a hello-world project on cloudpebble.net, but my initial build is failing: ../src/main.c:1:23: fatal error: pebble_os.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. Waf: Leaving directory `/tmp/tmpIc8vSE/build' Build failed
  - splendidfailure 13y ago
    In the latest build, you no longer need to #include all of the individual files, #include <pebble.h> is all you need
    - jitl 13y ago
      Awesome, thank you. I think that the cloudpebble.net template for SDK2 needs to be updated. I created this thing like 15 minutes ago: now build errors, from a newly created project, with the pebble_.\.h files replaced with pebble.h are: ../src/main.c:6:1: note: #pragma message: *** PBL_APP_INFO has been replaced with appinfo.json Try updating your project with `pebble convert-project` Visit our developer guides to learn more about appinfo.json: http://developer.getpebble.com/2/guides/creating-pebble-watchapps.html ../src/main.c:10:0: error: ignoring #pragma GCC error [-Werror=unknown-pragmas] ../src/main.c:15:18: error: unknown type name 'AppContextRef' ../src/main.c: In function 'pbl_main': ../src/main.c:24:3: error: unknown type name 'PebbleAppHandlers' ../src/main.c:25:5: error: field name not in record or union initializer ../src/main.c:25:5: error: (near initialization for 'handlers') ../src/main.c:25:22: error: 'handle_init' undeclared (first use in this function) ../src/main.c:25:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in ../src/main.c:27:3: error: too many arguments to function 'app_event_loop'
Honzo 13y ago
Doesn't look like it's actually released yet (RC4) https://developer.getpebble.com/2/ https://developer.getpebble.com/2/ Pebble SDK 2.0 is currently in BETA and intended for developers only. SDK 2.0 will be released later this year as an over-the-air update to all Pebble users.
- splendidfailure 13y ago
  Fixed
rgoodwintx 13y ago
Darn, just as mine started getting garbled graphics every day. Time to RMA :)
- thehigherlife 13y ago
  I was having similar problems as well. I sent them some emails about it, but they kept asking for more pictures and I just got frustrated with the process. It doesn't happen all of the time and I'm not really doing anything crazy with the watch, so I've just been kind of dealing with it.
  - tesseract 13y ago
    sorry to hear that - if you would like to get a replacement, email sarah @ getpebble.com and she'll sort it out.
  - therobot24 13y ago
    my RMA process was similar - a barrage of tests + pictures with a week or two for every response (or lack there of). Luckily, after a month of this i got the replacement, but terribly frustrating nonetheless.
notjustanymike 13y ago
And now I'm going to buy one.
PilateDeGuerre 13y ago
When will the Pebble2 come out?
hidden-markov 13y ago
Can it run MongoDB?

37 points by erohead 13y ago

Biggest wins (in my opinion): - Persistent storage of up to 4K of data on the watch per app. Storage is a key/value dictionary. No single value may exceed 256 bytes. (Keys are 32 bit integers.) - New JavaScript framework. Allows running of custom js in a sandbox on the Official Pebble Iphone app * Supports communicating (bi-directional at all times) between a Watch App and an Android/iPhone javascript companion app. * Supports HTML5 local storage (on the iPhone) * Supports location APIs (via HTML5 navigaor.geolocation) * Supports web requests (JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest()) * Supports sending a simple title/text notification to the watch * Supports opening a webview on the phone inside the Official Pebble App and the ability to pass a string message back to the JavaScript app when the view is subsequently closed.

splendidfailure 13y ago

We'll also start hosting weekly open labs where developers can come hack with us and get help on projects at Pebble HQ starting in early December. Stay tuned to the blog for more details!

ultrasaurus 13y ago
Nice! Where is Pebble HQ, SF?
- splendidfailure 13y ago
  Palo Alto, but we'll also be hosting some of our open labs virtually for our remote friends =)
  - voltagex_ 13y ago
    Is there a mailing list I can sign up to for this?
    - splendidfailure 13y ago
      No mailing list, but we'll be posting to the blog...RSS?
jitl 13y ago
That's awesome. I got my Pebble on Kickstarter, but I've been too busy with school and work to work on a project. SDK2 is just the pick-me-up I need, and I'm really interseted in lab hours too. I just created a hello-world project on cloudpebble.net, but my initial build is failing: ../src/main.c:1:23: fatal error: pebble_os.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. Waf: Leaving directory `/tmp/tmpIc8vSE/build' Build failed
- splendidfailure 13y ago
  In the latest build, you no longer need to #include all of the individual files, #include <pebble.h> is all you need
  - jitl 13y ago
    Awesome, thank you. I think that the cloudpebble.net template for SDK2 needs to be updated. I created this thing like 15 minutes ago: now build errors, from a newly created project, with the pebble_.\.h files replaced with pebble.h are: ../src/main.c:6:1: note: #pragma message: *** PBL_APP_INFO has been replaced with appinfo.json Try updating your project with `pebble convert-project` Visit our developer guides to learn more about appinfo.json: http://developer.getpebble.com/2/guides/creating-pebble-watchapps.html ../src/main.c:10:0: error: ignoring #pragma GCC error [-Werror=unknown-pragmas] ../src/main.c:15:18: error: unknown type name 'AppContextRef' ../src/main.c: In function 'pbl_main': ../src/main.c:24:3: error: unknown type name 'PebbleAppHandlers' ../src/main.c:25:5: error: field name not in record or union initializer ../src/main.c:25:5: error: (near initialization for 'handlers') ../src/main.c:25:22: error: 'handle_init' undeclared (first use in this function) ../src/main.c:25:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in ../src/main.c:27:3: error: too many arguments to function 'app_event_loop'

Honzo 13y ago

Doesn't look like it's actually released yet (RC4) https://developer.getpebble.com/2/ https://developer.getpebble.com/2/ Pebble SDK 2.0 is currently in BETA and intended for developers only. SDK 2.0 will be released later this year as an over-the-air update to all Pebble users.

splendidfailure 13y ago
Fixed

rgoodwintx 13y ago

Darn, just as mine started getting garbled graphics every day. Time to RMA :)

thehigherlife 13y ago
I was having similar problems as well. I sent them some emails about it, but they kept asking for more pictures and I just got frustrated with the process. It doesn't happen all of the time and I'm not really doing anything crazy with the watch, so I've just been kind of dealing with it.
- tesseract 13y ago
  sorry to hear that - if you would like to get a replacement, email sarah @ getpebble.com and she'll sort it out.
- therobot24 13y ago
  my RMA process was similar - a barrage of tests + pictures with a week or two for every response (or lack there of). Luckily, after a month of this i got the replacement, but terribly frustrating nonetheless.

notjustanymike 13y ago

And now I'm going to buy one.

PilateDeGuerre 13y ago

When will the Pebble2 come out?

hidden-markov 13y ago

Can it run MongoDB?