Location of .wfs files (faces) downloaded to watch

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Hi, I have some questions I hope somebody can answer.

  1. Where are WFS watch face files stored on my phone? I have created many WFS watch faces for my GW7 and have successfully downloaded them to my watch via the Run on Device functionality in WFS. I see them in the Wearable app and can use them on my watch, but I cannot find them when searching the file system on my phone.

  2. When making new faces, I usually use a previous face I’ve created as a starting point. The first thing I do is go to the hamburger menu, then Project > Settings > Data and click on the ID Label to edit it with the new face’s name. Next, I click on File > Save As and save the file with the same new face name. However, when I finish the new face and send it to my watch, it often overwrites the previous face (the one I renamed) in the Downloads section of my Wearable app’s Watch Faces > Downloaded section. How do I prevent this from happening?

  3. I know the Wearable app limits “Favorite” watch faces to 100. Is there a limitation on the number of WFS faces that can be saved to the “Downloads” section of the Wearable app?

Thanks for your help!
Galaxy Watch 7 bluetooth 40mm
Galaxy S23 Ultra
Windows 11 PC

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1 - “.wfs” files exists only on you computer, “.aab” files are the ones you upload to playstore and “.apk” are the ones that are actually installed on you watch (no matter how you install, it is always a “.apk”). Simple file manages cannot access the folder where those apks (called base.apk) are saved. You can try using a specific app to get it or use adb command (“adb pull data/app/[packageName]/base.apk”). The easiest way is to generat it inside watchface studio.

2 - You need to change the package name, if the package name is the same it will overwrite it. As you use the same file over and over the package name is the same. I think that it might change if you build on apk/aab once. You just create a new wfs file from zero.

3 - I don’t know.

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  1. I think you can add as many as you want in the Downloads section as long as you have enough storage on your phone.
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