WF_Builder (watchfaces for Mi Band 4)

[lumenvindex]

Translated my Mi Band 4 watchface editor into English. Maybe someone will find it useful. (Works on Windows 7+)

Download WF_Builder 1.0.4

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Changelog

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1.0.4
Fixed the order of controls for [Tab] switching.
Removed "Pulse norm" parameter.
Added [F9] hotkey for fast switching to/from Selective palette packing.
1.0.3
Numeric values can now be changed with keyboard arrows.
Pulse indicator behaves similar to Mi Band's original behaviour:
- You can choose up to 7 images, 7th image will appear if the Pulse isn't defined (-1);
- First image appears up to 93 bpm. Other images appear on every next 20 bpm.
1.0.2
Fixed raw.cfg generation function. Selective palette mode is now working.
1.0.1
Added feature of choosing where to save preview (F7) in Options dialog.
Added selective palette mode feature (enable in Options to generate raw.cfg during Palette packing).
Program can now be associated with bin and json files (tries to unpack and open a file from command line parameters).
Inputboxes now show previous value.
1.0.0
Added boxes feature for sections with two pairs of coordinates. It's green if X2>X1 and Y2>Y1, otherwise it's red.
Added magnitude feature. Preview can now have double and triple size.
0.9.8
Added a ruler near preview which is replaced to the right upper corner of a window.
Added grid feature - changeable alignment (left/center), color, size. Don't forget to turn it off before saving to PNG.
Fixed some bugs
0.9.7
Added button highlighting: red button means you need to choose files for this section before packing, yellow button means this feature is optional.
Added optional section [PackingOptions] in Lib\WF_Builder.ini (for advanced user who need to change these options).
Switched to Mi Band 4 WF Tool 1.4.1 - added new sections: time separator, steps icon (it's placing depends on alignment), line progress bar of steps (I know, it works really weird for now, but it works the same way on Mi Band).
Images are now drawn by pixels, ignoring DPI (like they do in Mi Band). But Mi Band 4 WF Tool still needs 96 DPI to draw correct gif.
0.9.6
Fixed color saving in Steps indicator (circle).
Optimized redrawing operation during creating/saving/packing watchfaces.
Changed battery icon preview states to match Mi Band 4 behaviour.

WF_builder allows you to change all known parameters of a watchface. It shows how watchface will look like with different data on it. Program uses Mi Band 4 WF Tool for packing\unpacking watchfaces and has it inside Lib subdirectory. Lots of thanks to @lvpokka for this tool.

Previous versions

1.0.3

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1.0.2

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1.0.1

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1.0.0

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0.9.8

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0.9.7

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0.9.6

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0.9.5

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Recommendations

Turned section on? First of all choose all images for it (digits, suffixes, delimiters etc.).
You can choose images from any available directory. The only thing that matters is their order (0, 1, 2, 3, etc.). When saving watchface, images will be written into json-config directory.
When saving json, a backup file is created (file.json turns into file.json_HHMMSS.bak, where HHMMSS is the timestamp).
When packing, binary is renamed with suffix _Palette or _Raw, depending on the chosen mode.
There should be 21 images of weekdays (3 sets of 7 days: 2 chineese sets and 1 international set).
If your weekday sets make watchface too heavy, you may replace first 14 images with one transparent pixel images.

Virus?

There are no viruses in my program, but some antiviruses may see a threat because program is written on Autoit script language.
Program doesn't need admin permissions to work - it only needs write permissions to watchface directory.
But still. Use program at your own risk.

[lumenvindex]

Please create a tool like this for miband5

Unfortunately I don't have a MiBand5. Cannot develop a program without testing.

[Mellifluous]

Thanks really helpful!
Please make a tool for Mi band 5 or NFC version generator.
Thanks.

[Scorpion2185]

Can you make a linux version? It works bad with wine.

[anhtu7596]

Please create a tool like this for miband5

Unfortunately I don't have a MiBand5. Cannot develop a program without testing.

I think you should create a link so people donate you

[Scorpion2185]

How can I at least open the .bin files on linux? I should be able to change the background image, right?

[lumenvindex]

Can you make a linux version? It works bad with wine.

Unfortunately, It's written on AutoIt, Windows-only.

[lumenvindex]

How can I at least open the .bin files on linux? I should be able to change the background image, right?

I think there was a linux version of MiBandWFTool. Try asking here.

[jack.y.biton]

Hi friends how can I make them see the months by name and not by number

[lumenvindex]

Hi friends how can I make them see the months by name and not by number

Download and unpack a watchface with that feature, explore the pictures, pay attention to the options of the Month section. It's easy to understand but it's hard to explain

[GodMutant]

I use the web site virus total this WF_Builder1.0.4.exe is full of virus
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[jack.y.biton]

Did not understand I want to make the months not in number but in letters

[jack.y.biton]

Hi friends how can I make them see the months by name and not by number

Download and unpack a watchface with that feature, explore the pictures, pay attention to the options of the Month section. It's easy to understand but it's hard to explain

Did not understand I want to turn the months into letters not numbers

[lumenvindex]

I use the web site virus total this WF_Builder1.0.4.exe is full of virus
i . p o s t i m g . c c / v m 4 k b T b J / v v v . j p g

READ the original post.

[lumenvindex]

Did not understand I want to turn the months into letters not numbers

Mi Band 4 firmware doesn't have this feature. You can only do this by using special trick with numbers pictures. Unpack, explore, get your brain twisted a little.

[Adore_able]

Can we turn weather or PAI on Mi band 4 dial ? Those this program enables these . And lastly can we translate language , for example English to Chinese , herbrew ,and Czech
Thank you
Regards
Adore_able

[urieleugenio]

Can we turn weather or PAI on Mi band 4 dial ? Those this program enables these . And lastly can we translate language , for example English to Chinese , herbrew ,and Czech
Thank you
Regards
Adore_able

I had read weather doesn't works on the MB4, I never really tried it. As for PAI, MB4 doesn't have PAI function (or at least mine it didn't until I gave it away a couple weeks ago), so you won't get the data input from the band.

As far as I know, translation is done by creating additional images (for day of the week or any other text image component), one set for each language. I'm not sure how to code for language, though. An easy fix would be to just make a different version for each language, swapping language images, so that you don't need to change the code.

[GodMutant]

Can you share the source code to we compile the software ?

[lumenvindex]

Can you share the source code to we compile the software ?

I would like not to share this embarrassing code
Why do you want to compile it yourself?

[GodMutant]

I want to make a online BUILDER using html and css and boorstrap so i want to use your code to learn about mi band 4 it is the best way.

All codes are some form of art I would never criticize your code.

[lumenvindex]

I want to make a online BUILDER using html and css and boorstrap so i want to use your code to learn about mi band 4 it is the best way.

All codes are some form of art I would never criticize your code.

Answered in PM.

[okniwt]

Hey Guys,

i cant download the builder. This Website tells me that the maximum limit of downloads is reached.
Please reup Version 1.0.4

[lumenvindex]

Hey Guys,

i cant download the builder. This Website tells me that the maximum limit of downloads is reached.
Please reup Version 1.0.4

Done. Thanks for noticing.

[Vansh Rathore]

Can we make a mi band 5 watchface for mi band 4 by resizeing it from 16 bit to 8 bit

[lumenvindex]

Can we make a mi band 5 watchface for mi band 4 by resizeing it from 16 bit to 8 bit

No. I think 16 and 8 bit is about colours, not size. Watchfaces for Mi Band 5 have different structure.

[Lienarhba]

Hi lumenvindex , this program is really awesome . I have downloaded it a week ago , I was changing the parameters of my watchface . Suddenly , by my silly mistake , this program file was deleted from my windows 7+ .
My all works were reseted . Now I have left about that watchface . So, now I tried to again download the file , it says " the maximum number of downloads has reached" .
Please help me to download it again
Thanks .