Android Color App

suzzlo · 17 Jan 2018, 09:41

+1
I was writting same bug.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 17 Jan 2018, 10:34

Big story short:
On android, the black theme is preferred. There are also a lot of IOS users that have this preference (they want black like Android).

I will communicate this and come back to you guys

Klunzinger · 17 Jan 2018, 10:35

I think black looks better and the power consumption with AMOLED displays will be better.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 17 Jan 2018, 10:43

@klunzinger This can be the case I ll get and answer about this

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 17 Jan 2018, 10:51

There is a plan for the colors to be aligned. However this will not happen in the next 2 months but hopefully till full launch.

Is that ok with you guys @suzzlo and @Mff73

suzzlo · 17 Jan 2018, 11:32

I prefer white

User setting? it would be nice

Jouko Tyni · 17 Jan 2018, 11:49

@mff73 White is the new black with this app, like Dimitrios menitoned. Not quite there with the styles, Bluetooth and other things are more important, please bear with us with this beta version(s)

Mff73 · 17 Jan 2018, 13:58

I agree with the fact it is not an issue. Sorry for putting the wrong tag.
I will try to édit.
Black is not bad, just différent from iOS screen I used to see since months

Mff73 · 17 Jan 2018, 13:58

Tag removed.

Taeh Ingpanya · 17 Jan 2018, 14:58

I prefer white theme color on android

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 17 Jan 2018, 14:59

Shall we make this a poll perhaps?

What do you think ?

suzzlo · 17 Jan 2018, 15:29

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos I will prefere to have both options (configurable) but my vote will go to white

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 17 Jan 2018, 18:36

Shall we make this a feature request?
Or an issue and wait till it’s aligned.

IMHO adding an exception for Android only to have black and white would then furstrate iOS users no?

TheRunningDaddy · 18 Jan 2018, 01:02

@klunzinger I’m not code guy but the colour is not all. To have black for amoled there has to be coding changed. I’m not saying it’s easy or hard, just worth mentioning. My battery app has black theme but in options I got 2 types: adopted to amoled (where black pixels are off) or standard (where black background illuminates).

Peñalba · 8 Apr 2018, 08:58

Apart from the discussion between black and white, I think the App should reflect the colors that Suunto has implemented so well in the Spartan model. In my opinion, the App is very monotonous and that difficult to differentiate between different sport modes and features within the App (ascents and descents values, heart rate, rhythm acceleration…)

suzzlo · 9 Apr 2018, 09:51

@peñalba said in Android Color App:

I think the App should reflect the colors that Suunto has implemented so well in the Spartan model

Totally agree, and this is one of the most voted feature request: https://forum.suunto.com/topic/287/unified-product-movescount-looks-and-features

Alberto Yoldi · 9 Apr 2018, 12:47

My vote goes for “black/white theme selection on the settings menu”. Its quite frequent on some other Android apps.

Nigel Taylor · 9 Apr 2018, 22:34

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos But is the current SA app UI in any way representative of what the released app will ultimately look like?

I’m sure weeks ago I read it (Android version) just looks very identical to SportsTracker only temporarily as there was a fork from a common code base, and an all new SA UI would follow at some point? (And it seems that’s the case, as some of the ‘over and above’ functionality compared to SportsTracker looks odd…like glued on!)

I’ve refrained from commenting on any thoughts on look and feel for this reason.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos · 10 Apr 2018, 08:43

@nigel-taylor said in Android Color App:

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos But is the current SA app UI in any way representative of what the released app will ultimately look like?

I’m sure weeks ago I read it (Android version) just looks very identical to SportsTracker only temporarily as there was a fork from a common code base, and an all new SA UI would follow at some point? (And it seems that’s the case, as some of the ‘over and above’ functionality compared to SportsTracker looks odd…like glued on!)

I’ve refrained from commenting on any thoughts on look and feel for this reason.

Yes new UI is under works

danielajobova · 8 Sept 2019, 17:29

Hi guys,

any news regarding the possibility to change the background color in the app?
For now it’s white and I liked the black one more and would like to have it back
Would be great, if there will be the possibility in the settings to change it based on the user preferenes.

Thanks a lot!