Improvements to loop status and eventual blood glucose

[aidanlane]

Hi team,

I think the loop status and eventual blood glucose could be rendered in a way that's clearer as to their meanings.

The existing loop symbol looks more like a refresh symbol. This confusion is further amplified by the fact that pulling down in the box actually causes a refresh. If we look at both the UI loop symbol and even app icon for Loop and Trio, a circle symbol is used. It seems fitting to use a circle symbol here too.

For the eventual blood glucose, there's no symbol or text to give it context today. The UI in Loop uses the word "Eventually". Trio uses the "⇢" arrow. Given the lack of space, I suggest the latter.

Should you be in support of this, I would be more than happy to raise a PR.

Current:

Proposed:

[bjorkert]

That inspiration for the "refresh" symbo probably comes from here:

It can also show ⏀ and other nigthscout status symbols, but probably very few understand the meaning.

I agree that showing a ring in green - orange - red would align more with the app the user is following.

It would be great to get some input from other users, for example @dsnallfot @flyingpie101

[flyingpie101]

I think a green loop circle would be great to indicate a successfull loop
ANd red to indicate not looping, etc...
I also like the --> for eventual BG

[aidanlane]

Hi team, finally coming back to this.

Are we happy to keep the scope to my proposed screenshot? This will make it much easier to define, build, and test.

Btw, I kept the icon on a separate row to the time delta, as the time relates to the CGM value, which we’re not putting a status on here. It may actually come directly from Dexcom or Libre share. Likewise we wouldn’t want to make users think that the time delta reflects the last loop.