Support for Venu 4

[vfolz]

Thanks for the work on this app. I am curious what the requirements would be to provide support for the Venu 4. Thanks!

[vhartsev]

Thanks for the work on this app. I am curious what the requirements would be to provide support for the Venu 4. Thanks!

For now the main obstacle is that there's no touch screen support in the app and its navigation is built relying on fenix/forunner's series up/down/menu buttons. I was thinking about less destructive way to add a touch-screen support and this might be support for the gestures instead of actual touches. For example, to navigate up/down one might need to swipe up or down, and some long touch (or side swipe) for action that replaces "Menu" now. I'm open to suggestions on how it might be most convenient to use.

[teranex]

I came here to ask if it would be possible to add support for the Venu 2, but the same touch screen problem applies then.
Should you be willing to add support at some point, then I'm happy to help test it on the Venu 2.

[vfolz]

I'm not familiar with Garmin's UI rules, but maybe virtual buttons?

[vhartsev]

I came here to ask if it would be possible to add support for the Venu 2, but the same touch screen problem applies then. Should you be willing to add support at some point, then I'm happy to help test it on the Venu 2.

Great and thank you! I will let you know when there will be something to test.
Any preference on interaction (above)?

[vhartsev]

I'm not familiar with Garmin's UI rules, but maybe virtual buttons?

Didn't think about this. It may take a lot of screen space, but I will keep it in mind as an option.

[vhartsev]

I've added support for touch-screen devices in the latest version, please check it out and let me know what can be improved. I tested in simulator and it's hard to say how convenient is navigation.
Keep in mind that interface has not changed, I've just added touch-screen actions to navigate through it, so tap will generally act as select button on app's custom views, and you have to swipe up.down to navigate custom menus instead of tapping the options. Pull-up context menu should work as expected though.

[teranex]

I just installed the app to give it a try. I can connect to my jellyfin instance and see the playlists. But on the Sync Playlists screen I don't really understand how I should select a playlist to sync.

[vfolz]

Hey! Thanks so much for making this update. I installed and it works great! Ideally in the future you could make this be touch native whilst not breaking the button support for the watches that have them but this is very usable as is.

I just installed the app to give it a try. I can connect to my jellyfin instance and see the playlists. But on the Sync Playlists screen I don't really understand how I should select a playlist to sync.

@teranex Basically up and down swipes will navigate, all of the actions are menu buttons. Once you have navigated to a selection, you should swipe right to left (from the right edge of the screen) and that will bring up the actions.

[vhartsev]

Thanks @vfolz for the instructions.
Regarding touch-first, that will be a heavier lift considering how app is built now. I started the project for my Garmin 6 S Pro and it doesn't have a touch screen.
That's the main problem with Garmin watches - they are so sturdy you can put them into your will. I don't plan on upgrading it any time soon unless there will be a major breakthrough and I really love using physical buttons.
But making it more user-friendly is a great challenge, so I will definitely look into it when I have time.
I'm glad you liked the app and appreciate your feedback!