Pebble SDK 2.6 - Changelog

Release Date: September 30 2014

The symbols for NUM_ANIMATION_CURVE and AnimationTimingFunction have been removed in SDK 2.6. They were exposed in pebble.h in a previous release, but were not documented and are not used for Animation or PropertyAnimation APIs.

Detailed List of Changes:

Changes for Firmware:

• Add support for background apps with AppWorker > NOTE: The Background Worker API is not intended to be used as a wakeup mechanism for timer-based events or activities. SDK 2.7 will include a new Wakeup API that will allow you to set a timer that automatically launches your app in the foreground. Please do not use the Background Worker API to set such wakeups.
• Improve bluetooth connection service by only reporting disconnections of a certain length in time
• Add graphics_capture_frame_buffer, graphics_release_frame_buffer, graphics_frame_buffer_is_captured APIs to expose framebuffer
• Add WatchInfo APIs to expose watch color, watch model, and firmware version
• Fix bug where reading an existing key from persistent storage would fail
• Fixed Sports API bug causing menu item to not always appear in app launcher
• Fix bug with PebbleKit iOS and AppMessage timeouts
• Add quick launch support
• Bring back select-button-to-dismiss-notification on Android & iOS < 8
• Re-enable vibration when done charging
• Improve battery life

Changes for SDK Tools:

• Add a --generate command line option to the coredump command
• Add --worker option to pebble new-project to create file structure for apps with background workers

Changes for Examples:

• Add background worker example

Changes for Documentation:

• Add AppWorker Guide
• Add documentation for Worker, AppWorker, WatchInfo