Nearby Wikipedia articles for the Pebble
The Nearby API from Wikipedia has always fascinated me, so when I received the Pebble Time last month, I knew I had to use it to make an app for my wrist.
In the excitement of the Kickstarter campaign I had already started dabbling with the JavaScript SDK using Cloud Pebble. It took me a while to get started with the SDK on my computer because I couldn’t find a clear way to initialize a JS project. Things went smoothly once I realized that I had to clone the pebblejs repository first, and copy my files there.
The Pebble.js environment is still in beta and it shows. While the documented features work, I kept wishing for more, especially those that let me add color. I could get a few colors using textColor, and highlightTextColor, but couldn’t find any documentation on what was actually supported. I made my peace with the lack of colors and released the app on the Pebble app store.
Analytics tells me that around 400 people are using this app and that makes me happy. The people are nice too — I got two emails reporting an issue on iPhone (I am working on it), both being informative and polite. This might not mean much, but I feel its an important litmus test for the community.
I hope more APIs get exposed to Pebble.js soon, until then feel free to contribute code and bug reports on Github.
Does this work now with an iPhone? I really like the idea, however my pebble just says Loading Wikipedia articles
Unless there was an update in the Pebble app itself this has been fixed. I haven’t received this bug report in a while so I am hopeful.
I’ll get to work on this once I have an iOS device. The code is publicly available at https://github.com/prtksxna/pebble-nearby, in case you want to poke around yourself π
Hi!
I just thought I’d report a reoccurring error in the app in case you hadn’t spotted it!
I’m using your app on a PebbleTime watch linked to an iPhone 6 Plus. Every time I launch the app I get frozen on the loading screen!
Sorry if I’m sending this and you’re already aware of the error!
Tomas
Iβm using your app on a Pebble Time watch linked to an iPhone 6S. Every time I launch the app I get frozen on the loading screen!
I am really sorry that you are facing this, but I don’t have a device to test and debug this on. The code is publicly available at https://github.com/prtksxna/pebble-nearby, in case you want to poke around yourself.