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▲ 10 r/watchfacebuilder

The simulator page got a big refresh

The simulator page has been cleaned up a lot and should feel much nicer to use now.

If you used the older version before, the new one is less of a raw debug form and more of a proper preview/testing page.

Big changes:

  • A more modern layout that is easier to read and use.
  • A much better app property editor, so changing watchface settings is less painful.
  • Built-in animation preview, plus captured frames if you want to look closer.
  • High power and low power screenshots are shown right on the page.
  • A cleaner report area so you can quickly see what happened on the latest run.
  • Less awkward waiting, since the page now checks for updates instead of making you guess when to refresh.

Overall it should be faster, cleaner, and easier to test watchface changes without digging through a bunch of manual steps.

Mini how-to

  1. Open the Simulator page for your watchface.
  2. Pick a device if you want something other than the base device.
  3. Change any app properties or simulator values you want to test.
  4. Click Generate simulator run.
  5. Wait for the page to update automatically.
  6. Check the results:
    • Animation preview
    • High power screenshot
    • Low power screenshot
    • Captured frames
    • Latest report

If you have not tried the simulator page in a while, it is worth another look.

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u/Economy-Annual1219 — 5 days ago
▲ 3 r/watchfacebuilder

New: cross-platform wfbInstaller and a new Wiki / FAQ page

Hey r/watchfacebuilder — two updates that should help with the most common questions in this sub.

1. wfbInstaller — open-source, cross-platform installer

A self-contained installer for putting WFB watch faces onto your Garmin device. No Python, no pip install, no Garmin Express, no Android File Transfer (Google discontinued that one anyway). Drop in a URL, a .zip, a .prg, or a .set file and it does the rest.

Download (single file, no install):

  • Windows 64-bit — wfbinstaller-windows-x64.exe
  • Linux x86_64 — wfbinstaller-linux-x64
  • macOS Apple Silicon — wfbinstaller-macos-arm64
  • macOS Intel — wfbinstaller-macos-x64

→ https://github.com/joshuahxh/wfbInstaller/releases/latest

Mac users: this is now the recommended way to install watch faces, since modern macOS no longer mounts the watch as a drive and Android File Transfer is gone. The macOS binaries talk to the device directly — just download, run, paste a watch-face URL, done.

Source is on GitHub and CI builds all four binaries from the same commit on every release: https://github.com/joshuahxh/wfbInstaller

2. Community Wiki & FAQ

A consolidated FAQ pulling together the recurring threads here — install methods, the "my .prg file disappeared after disconnecting" question (it didn't, that's normal), API keys vs OWM keys, MIP vs AMOLED battery, OOM debugging, app properties, language tokens, the full Builder UI reference from the official help guide, and more.

→ https://joshuahxh.github.io/wfbInstaller/

It's a plain web page, no GitHub layout. Source is docs/index.md in the same repo, so if you spot something wrong or missing:

I'll review and merge. The page rebuilds automatically within ~1 minute of merging.

What's not included

  • This is not an official Garmin product. It's a community helper.
  • ConnectIQ-store publishing is still done through the WFB website (premium).
  • For anything related to the Builder itself (bugs, feature requests, new tokens, new device support), keep posting here as usual — u/joshuahxh-1 is the dev to ping.

Feedback / corrections / PRs welcome. Hope it helps cut down on some of the duplicate threads.

u/Economy-Annual1219 — 1 month ago