App 2.23.1: Retro style also in the accent colour

"Retro (accent colour)" draws the display in the chosen paint colour
and the labels in its light shade; regeneration stays green, a low
battery turns amber. Listed under Retro. Emulator only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LhzAVaUyqcw5PkGjz4mWW6

AGENTS.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Repository: `ssh://git@git.stinnesbeck.com:2222/nils/mg4.git` (remote `origin`),
 
 | Tab | Contents |
 |---|---|
-| Overview | value tiles (battery, range, range/usage/energy since start, 5-min averages of range, usage, power, speed), vehicle info (odometer, lease allowance and the odometer against it), tyre pressures; read every 0.2 s on a background thread. Five styles (Settings → Overview style): Tiles, Gauges (`GaugeView` needles), Cockpit (`RingView` rings, `TraceView` power trace), Retro (`RetroView`, seven-segment VFD), Futuristic (`FlowView`, animated energy flow) |
+| Overview | value tiles (battery, range, range/usage/energy since start, 5-min averages of range, usage, power, speed), vehicle info (odometer, lease allowance and the odometer against it), tyre pressures; read every 0.2 s on a background thread. Styles (Settings → Overview style): Tiles, Gauges (`GaugeView` needles), Cockpit (`RingView` rings, `TraceView` power trace), Retro (`RetroView`, seven-segment VFD, classic or in the accent colour), Futuristic (`FlowView`, animated energy flow) |
 | Consumption / Charging | period totals, daily log, charging sessions and curve |
 | Live data | on/off, ABRP API key and user token, upload frequency |
 | Server | URL, pairing by QR, ingest token, installation ID (read-only), config import |

README.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ with the server using a token of its own, obtained by pairing with a phone (belo
 
 | Tab | What it shows |
 |---|---|
-| **Overview** | Battery, range, power and speed; range, usage and energy since start; 5-minute averages of range, usage, power and speed; vehicle info (odometer, climate setpoint) and tyre pressures. Read five times a second. Five looks to choose from in Settings → Overview style: Tiles, Gauges, Cockpit, Retro and Futuristic |
+| **Overview** | Battery, range, power and speed; range, usage and energy since start; 5-minute averages of range, usage, power and speed; vehicle info (odometer, climate setpoint) and tyre pressures. Read five times a second. Looks to choose from in Settings → Overview style: Tiles, Gauges, Cockpit, Retro (classic turquoise or in your accent colour) and Futuristic |
 | **Consumption** | Lifetime, last 7 and 30 days, Trip A and B (distance, energy, average consumption and speed, SOC change), and a daily log of the last four months |
 | **Charging** | The current session (SOC, voltage, current, power, energy into the battery and from the grid, time, cost) and its SOC/power curve |
 | **Live data** | Live data on/off, ABRP credentials for sending directly from the car, upload frequency |

SPECS.md

@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ tyre pressures, GPS (lat, lon, elevation, heading) and the is_* flags. It does *
   confirmed car facts, app structure, UI conventions, build/test/ship, documents. It replaces
   upstream's EVABRPUploader text. The test emulator is now in the flake: `nix run .#car-emulator`
   (Android 9 AOSP at 1920×720, 160 dpi; the car build installs as the system user — checked).
+- 2026-10-24 — App 2.23.1 (branch `styles-retro-future`): "Retro (accent colour)", the Retro
+  style in the chosen paint colour — display in `evAccent`, labels in `evAccentLight`;
+  regeneration stays green, a low battery turns amber (not red, so it never looks like Dynamic
+  Red). Same `RetroView`, `setAccentPalette`; listed under Retro, stored as `RETRO_ACCENT`.
+  Checked on the emulator in Dynamic Red with sample values
+  (`screenshots/nilsmg4-2.23.1-retro-accent.png`). Not tried on the car.
 - 2026-10-24 — App 2.23.0 (branch `styles-retro-future`): two more Overview styles, each one
   Canvas view fed a `ClusterValues` per reading. **Retro** (`RetroView`): an 80s digital cluster
   as a vacuum fluorescent display — slanted seven-segment digits (`SevenSegment`, unit-tested)

app/build.gradle

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.stinnesbeck.nilsmg4"
         minSdk 27
         targetSdk 36
-        versionCode 115
+        versionCode 116
-        versionName "2.23.0"
+        versionName "2.23.1"
 
         // Nothing about the server ships in the APK: its URL and ingest token are entered in
         // the app's Server tab (ServerConfig), and the database is only reachable by the server.

app/src/main/java/com/evsuite/abrp/MainActivity.java

@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     private Double dashTripKm;
 
     /** The stored values of the Overview styles, in the order of the drop-down. */
-    private static final String[] OVERVIEW_STYLES = { "TILES", "GAUGES", "COCKPIT", "RETRO", "FUTURISTIC" };
+    private static final String[] OVERVIEW_STYLES = { "TILES", "GAUGES", "COCKPIT", "RETRO", "RETRO_ACCENT", "FUTURISTIC" };
 
     /** The chosen style's index in {@link #OVERVIEW_STYLES}; anything unknown is Tiles. */
     private int overviewStyle() {
@@ -1457,15 +1457,17 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         vehiclePane.setVisibility(style == 0 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
         gaugesPane.setVisibility(style == 1 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
         cockpitPane.setVisibility(style == 2 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
-        retroPane.setVisibility(style == 3 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+        // Retro in either palette: one pane, the view told which.
-        futuristicPane.setVisibility(style == 4 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+        retroPane.setVisibility(style == 3 || style == 4 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
+        ((RetroView) retroPane.findViewById(R.id.retro_view)).setAccentPalette(style == 4);
+        futuristicPane.setVisibility(style == 5 ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
     }
 
-    /** Tiles, Gauges, Cockpit, Retro or Futuristic; all are fed on every reading. */
+    /** Tiles, Gauges, Cockpit, Retro (classic or accent colour) or Futuristic; all are fed on every reading. */
     private void bindOverviewStyle() {
         String[] labels = { getString(R.string.overview_style_tiles), getString(R.string.overview_style_gauges),
                 getString(R.string.overview_style_cockpit), getString(R.string.overview_style_retro),
-                getString(R.string.overview_style_futuristic) };
+                getString(R.string.overview_style_retro_accent), getString(R.string.overview_style_futuristic) };
         bindChoices(settingsPane.findViewById(R.id.overview_style_choices), labels, overviewStyle(),
                 position -> {
                     prefs.edit().putString(PREF_OVERVIEW_STYLE, OVERVIEW_STYLES[position]).apply();

app/src/main/java/com/evsuite/abrp/RetroView.java

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  * Left: charge as a bar, the percentage and range. Right: 5-minute usage, the average since
  * start and the distance. Bottom: climate, clock, odometer. Unread values show dashes and light
  * no bar segments. The whole pane is one Canvas, redrawn only when a reading arrives.
+ *
+ * Two palettes: the classic one (turquoise display, amber labels), or the chosen accent colour
+ * for the display and its light shade for the labels ({@link #setAccentPalette}). Regeneration
+ * stays green in both; a low battery is red in the classic palette and amber in the accent one,
+ * so it never looks like the accent itself.
  */
 public final class RetroView extends View {
 
@@ -33,24 +38,36 @@ public final class RetroView extends View {
     private final Paint bezel = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
     private final Path path = new Path();
     private final RectF rect = new RectF();
-    private final int lit, regen, amber, warn;
+    private final int classicLit, classicLabel, classicWarn, accentLit, accentLabel, regen;
+    private int lit, amber, warn;
     private ClusterValues v = new ClusterValues();
 
     public RetroView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
-        lit = context.getColor(R.color.retro_lit);
+        classicLit = context.getColor(R.color.retro_lit);
+        classicLabel = context.getColor(R.color.retro_label);
+        classicWarn = context.getColor(R.color.retro_warn);
+        accentLit = AccentColor.resolve(context, R.attr.evAccent);
+        accentLabel = AccentColor.resolve(context, R.attr.evAccentLight);
         regen = context.getColor(R.color.retro_regen);
-        amber = context.getColor(R.color.retro_label);
-        warn = context.getColor(R.color.retro_warn);
-        ghost.setColor(AccentColor.withAlpha(lit, 0x14));
         glow.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
         glow.setStrokeJoin(Paint.Join.ROUND);
-        label.setColor(amber);
         label.setTypeface(Typeface.create(Typeface.MONOSPACE, Typeface.BOLD));
         label.setLetterSpacing(0.12f);
         panel.setColor(context.getColor(R.color.retro_panel));
         bezel.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
         bezel.setColor(context.getColor(R.color.retro_bezel));
+        setAccentPalette(false);
+    }
+
+    /** The chosen accent colour instead of the classic turquoise and amber. */
+    void setAccentPalette(boolean accent) {
+        lit = accent ? accentLit : classicLit;
+        amber = accent ? accentLabel : classicLabel;
+        warn = accent ? classicLabel : classicWarn;
+        ghost.setColor(AccentColor.withAlpha(lit, 0x14));
+        label.setColor(amber);
+        invalidate();
     }
 
     void setValues(ClusterValues values) {

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     <string name="overview_style_cockpit">Cockpit</string>
     <string name="overview_style_retro">Retro</string>
     <string name="overview_style_futuristic">Futuristic</string>
+    <string name="overview_style_retro_accent">Retro (accent colour)</string>
     <string name="cockpit_battery">BATTERY</string>
     <string name="cockpit_usage">USAGE · 5 MIN</string>
     <string name="cockpit_usage_unit">kWh/100 km</string>