Is it possible to launch an app from a widget on a clock?

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Posted at 2024-02-20 by sethleonard

I have a small widget that runs in the top left of a clock, and I'm wondering if it's possible to launch a companion app by touching the widget?

I'm a semi-coder, but am new to Espruino/Bangle work.

Thanks,
Seth

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Posted at 2024-02-20 by @thyttan

Hi!

Yes, you'll probably want to use the load() function.

There's also the Bangle.load() function, eval() and require() - depending on how you want to go about it.

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Posted at 2024-02-20 by @gfwilliams

Yes, it is - it's done for a few widgets. widclose looks like a great, simple example: https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/blob/master/apps/widclose/widget.js

That one is neat because it turns off when running in a clock, so you could reverse the logic so it only runs when in a clock if you wanted.

Also where it says load() just do load("youapp.app.js") instead and you're sorted

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Posted at 2024-02-20 by sethleonard

Perfect. Thank you!

And thanks for all you're doing, @gfwilliams. This is a great watch and is exactly what I wanted it to be.