Smooth rotation animation for menu ring

200ms ease-out animation when scrolling through icons.
Selected icon grows smoothly, previous shrinks. Accent ring
and label appear after animation completes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

source/MenuView.mc

@@ -2,26 +2,38 @@ import Toybox.Application;
 import Toybox.Graphics;
 import Toybox.Lang;
 import Toybox.Math;
+import Toybox.Timer;
 import Toybox.WatchUi;
 
 // Rotating 10-icon ring modelled after the watch Controls menu.
 // Selection point is fixed at the 3 o'clock position (START/STOP
-// button height). UP/DOWN input rotates the ring.
+// button height). UP/DOWN input rotates the ring with a smooth
+// animation.
 class MenuView extends WatchUi.View {
 
     const STORAGE_KEY = "menu_idx";
+    const ANIM_DURATION_MS = 200;
+    const ANIM_TICK_MS = 16;  // ~60fps
 
     private var _items as Array<Dictionary>;
     private var _selectedIndex as Number = 0;
     private var _bitmaps as Dictionary = {};
 
+    // Animation state.
+    private var _animTimer as Timer.Timer;
+    private var _animFrom as Number = 0;   // previous index
+    private var _animProgress as Float = 1.0;  // 0.0 → 1.0, 1.0 = done
+    private var _animStartMs as Number = 0;
+
     function initialize() {
         View.initialize();
         _items = Config.menuItems();
+        _animTimer = new Timer.Timer();
         var stored = Application.Storage.getValue(STORAGE_KEY);
         if (stored instanceof Number && stored >= 0 && stored < _items.size()) {
             _selectedIndex = stored;
         }
+        _animFrom = _selectedIndex;
     }
 
     function onLayout(dc as Dc) as Void {
@@ -32,14 +44,31 @@ class MenuView extends WatchUi.View {
     }
 
     function rotateNext() as Void {
+        _startAnim(_selectedIndex);
         _selectedIndex = (_selectedIndex + 1) % _items.size();
         Application.Storage.setValue(STORAGE_KEY, _selectedIndex);
-        WatchUi.requestUpdate();
     }
 
     function rotatePrev() as Void {
+        _startAnim(_selectedIndex);
         _selectedIndex = (_selectedIndex - 1 + _items.size()) % _items.size();
         Application.Storage.setValue(STORAGE_KEY, _selectedIndex);
+    }
+
+    private function _startAnim(fromIndex as Number) as Void {
+        _animFrom = fromIndex;
+        _animProgress = 0.0;
+        _animStartMs = System.getTimer();
+        _animTimer.start(method(:_animTick), ANIM_TICK_MS, true);
+    }
+
+    function _animTick() as Void {
+        var elapsed = System.getTimer() - _animStartMs;
+        _animProgress = elapsed.toFloat() / ANIM_DURATION_MS.toFloat();
+        if (_animProgress >= 1.0) {
+            _animProgress = 1.0;
+            _animTimer.stop();
+        }
         WatchUi.requestUpdate();
     }
 
@@ -57,15 +86,38 @@ class MenuView extends WatchUi.View {
         var baseSize = LayoutMetrics.iconSize(dc);
         var selSize = LayoutMetrics.selectedIconSize(dc);
         var n = _items.size();
-
         var selectionAngle = Config.SELECTION_ANGLE_DEG * Math.PI / 180.0;
+        var step = 2.0 * Math.PI / n;
+
+        // Ease-out for smooth deceleration.
+        var t = _animProgress;
+        var ease = 1.0 - (1.0 - t) * (1.0 - t);
+
+        // Interpolate the rotation offset between old and new index.
+        var fromOffset = _animFrom.toFloat();
+        var toOffset = _selectedIndex.toFloat();
+        // Handle wrap-around (e.g. 9→0 or 0→9).
+        var diff = toOffset - fromOffset;
+        if (diff > n / 2.0) { diff = diff - n; }
+        if (diff < -n / 2.0) { diff = diff + n; }
+        var currentOffset = fromOffset + diff * ease;
+
         for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-            var offset = i - _selectedIndex;
+            var angle = selectionAngle + (i.toFloat() - currentOffset) * step;
-            var angle = selectionAngle + (2.0 * Math.PI * offset) / n;
             var x = (cx + radius * Math.cos(angle)).toNumber();
             var y = (cy + radius * Math.sin(angle)).toNumber();
+
+            // Smoothly scale selected icon.
             var isSelected = (i == _selectedIndex);
-            var targetSize = isSelected ? selSize : baseSize;
+            var wasSelected = (i == _animFrom);
+            var targetSize = baseSize;
+            if (isSelected && wasSelected) {
+                targetSize = selSize;
+            } else if (isSelected) {
+                targetSize = (baseSize + (selSize - baseSize) * ease).toNumber();
+            } else if (wasSelected) {
+                targetSize = (selSize - (selSize - baseSize) * ease).toNumber();
+            }
 
             // Colored circle behind icon.
             var color = _items[i][:color] as Number;
@@ -78,20 +130,22 @@ class MenuView extends WatchUi.View {
                 _drawScaledIcon(dc, bmp, x, y, targetSize);
             }
 
-            if (isSelected) {
+            // Accent ring on selected item (also animated).
+            if (isSelected && ease > 0.5) {
                 dc.setPenWidth(LayoutMetrics.accentPenWidth(dc));
                 dc.setColor(Config.COLOR_ACCENT, Config.COLOR_BG);
                 dc.drawCircle(x, y, targetSize / 2 + 5);
             }
         }
 
+        // Only show label when animation is done to avoid flicker.
+        if (_animProgress >= 1.0) {
             var lines = _items[_selectedIndex][:lines] as Array<String>;
             dc.setColor(Config.COLOR_FG, Config.COLOR_BG);
             TextUtils.drawCentered(dc, lines, cx, cy, Graphics.FONT_TINY);
         }
+    }
 
-    // Scales a bitmap to the requested pixel size and draws it centered
-    // at (cx, cy). Uses drawBitmap2 so icons stay crisp on any resolution.
     private function _drawScaledIcon(dc as Dc, bmp as BitmapResource,
                                      cx as Number, cy as Number,
                                      targetSize as Number) as Void {