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109 lines
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# Apps
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This page will teach you:
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- what screens and apps are in InfiniTime
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- how to implement your own app
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## Theory
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The user interface of InfiniTime is made up of **screens**.
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Screens that are opened from the app launcher are considered **apps**.
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Every app in InfiniTime is it's own class.
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An instance of the class is created when the app is launched, and destroyed when the user exits the app.
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Apps run inside the "displayapp" task (briefly discussed [here](./Intro.md)).
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Apps are responsible for everything drawn on the screen when they are running.
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By default, apps only do something (as in a function is executed) when they are created or when a touch event is detected.
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## Interface
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Every app class has to be inside the namespace `Pinetime::Applications::Screens` and inherit from `Screen`.
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The constructor should have at least one parameter `DisplayApp* app`, which it needs for the constructor of its parent class Screen.
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Other parameters should be references to controllers that the app needs.
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A destructor is needed to clean up LVGL and restore any changes (for example re-enable sleeping).
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App classes can override `bool OnButtonPushed()`, `bool OnTouchEvent(TouchEvents event)` and `bool OnTouchEvent(uint16_t x, uint16_t y)` to implement their own functionality for those events.
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If an app only needs to display some text and do something upon a touch screen button press,
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it does not need to override any of these functions, as LVGL can also handle touch events for you.
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If you have any doubts, you can always look at how the other apps function for reference.
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### Continuous updating
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If your app needs to be updated continuously, you can do so by overriding the `Refresh()` function in your class
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and calling `lv_task_create` inside the constructor.
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An example call could look like this:
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```cpp
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taskRefresh = lv_task_create(RefreshTaskCallback, LV_DISP_DEF_REFR_PERIOD, LV_TASK_PRIO_MID, this);
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```
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With `taskRefresh` being a member variable of your class and of type `lv_task_t*`.
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Remember to delete the task again using `lv_task_del`.
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The function `RefreshTaskCallback` is inherited from `Screen` and just calls your `Refresh` function.
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## Creating your own app
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A minimal app could look like this:
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MyApp.h:
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```cpp
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#pragma once
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#include "displayapp/screens/Screen.h"
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#include <lvgl/lvgl.h>
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namespace Pinetime {
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namespace Applications {
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namespace Screens {
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class MyApp : public Screen {
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public:
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MyApp(DisplayApp* app);
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~MyApp() override;
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};
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}
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}
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}
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```
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MyApp.cpp:
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```cpp
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#include "displayapp/screens/MyApp.h"
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#include "displayapp/DisplayApp.h"
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using namespace Pinetime::Applications::Screens;
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MyApp::MyApp(DisplayApp* app) : Screen(app) {
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lv_obj_t* title = lv_label_create(lv_scr_act(), nullptr);
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lv_label_set_text_static(title, "My test application");
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lv_label_set_align(title, LV_LABEL_ALIGN_CENTER);
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lv_obj_align(title, lv_scr_act(), LV_ALIGN_CENTER, 0, 0);
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}
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MyApp::~MyApp() {
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lv_obj_clean(lv_scr_act());
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}
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```
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Both of these files should be in [displayapp/screens/](/src/displayapp/screens/)
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or [displayapp/screens/settings/](/src/displayapp/screens/settings/) if it's a setting app.
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Now we have our very own app, but InfiniTime does not know about it yet.
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The first step is to include your MyApp.cpp (or any new cpp files for that matter)
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in the compilation by adding it to [CMakeLists.txt](/CMakeLists.txt).
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The next step to making it launchable is to give your app an id.
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To do this, add an entry in the enum class `Pinetime::Applications::Apps` ([displayapp/Apps.h](/src/displayapp/Apps.h)).
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Name this entry after your app. Add `#include "displayapp/screens/MyApp.h"` to the file [displayapp/DisplayApp.cpp](/src/displayapp/DisplayApp.cpp).
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Now, go to the function `DisplayApp::LoadScreen` and add another case to the switch statement.
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The case will be the id you gave your app earlier.
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If your app needs any additional arguments, this is the place to pass them.
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If you want to add your app in the app launcher, add your app in [displayapp/screens/ApplicationList.h](/src/displayapp/screens/ApplicationList.h) to the array containing the applications and their corresponding symbol. If your app is a setting, do the same procedure in [displayapp/screens/settings/Settings.h](/src/displayapp/screens/settings/Settings.h).
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You should now be able to [build](../buildAndProgram.md) the firmware
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and flash it to your PineTime. Yay!
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Please remember to pay attention to the [UI guidelines](../ui_guidelines.md)
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when designing an app that you want to be included in InfiniTime.
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