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Displaying steps taken during an activity?

c00a5b70
over 2 years ago

Hi,

I found this post regarding showing steps taken during a walk.  They propose installing an app that tracks the steps and records them somehow.  The description of the app says it counts the steps during the activity and writes the data to the fit file.

The thing is, the fit file on the watch already has this info.  There's a field titled 'total_strides' which is half the step count.  Is there a way for me to get that shown on the Connect web site in the summary of the activity?

Cheers,

Chris

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  • over 2 years ago +1
    c00a5b70 said:
    Is there a way for me to get that shown on the Connect web site in the summary of the activity?

    Unfortunately not directly. As far as I could see, the total_strides values (they are actually…

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  • 0 over 2 years ago
    c00a5b70 said:
    Is there a way for me to get that shown on the Connect web site in the summary of the activity?

    Unfortunately not directly. As far as I could see, the total_strides values (they are actually lap totals) are not included in the JSON data that the scripts use for displaying the activity stats. There is an indirect way to display the number of steps - I used it in the GC Overrides code (however, I do not maintain the code anymore, so it is not functional now) - you can get the step number by dividing the total distance by the average stride length. If you can code a bit in JavaScript, it is not too difficult to write an override or a browser plugin. 

    Using a CIQ Data Field app is much more comfortable though, and the added advantage is that you can also follow the activity steps live, on the watch, during the activity. Additionally, data fields are the most simple CIQ apps, and unlike at watch faces, or at other types of apps, there is no risk the app would slow down your watch, or cause any battery drain. Have a look for example at the app tx Activity STEPS | Garmin Connect IQ