Forgetting to turn on the activity -> Recommendation to continue the activity

I added something like this to one of my apps years ago and it has come in handy.  When you pause the recording, the app vibrates/sounds a tone every 5 minutes (by default and can be changed).  If you forget to resume, you might lose up to 5 minutes of data, but far better than losing everything after that,

My app is for walking/hiking and I have another option, for the case where you are done, hop in the car and start driving home but forget to stop/save the activity.  It alerts if your speed is above a configurable value, so worse case is you might have a bit of extra data recorded when you save your activity, but better than recording your whole car trip.  That too has come in handy for me,

Maybe someone has a CIQ activity for your sport where something like this can be added,

This should be the default feature for almost all types of sports activities. If you turn off the activity late, for example in the car, you can fix it by cutting the activity in Gamin Connect.

boba_cz said:

This should be the default feature for almost all types of sports activities.

For that you have to suggest it to Garmin. Connect IQ apps cannot change the default behavior of activities. I recommend suggesting it to Garmin at Share Ideas | Garmin 

trux said:

Connect IQ apps cannot change the default behavior of activities.

That's true, but it should be possible to create a CIQ data field to be added to activities that could do things similar to what jim_m_58 described.

CIQ data fields have the ability to vibrate and play tones, and even to display alerts.

Here's a data field which will beep and vibrate if you start moving while the timer is paused:

apps.garmin.com/.../0506df9f-7194-4bc3-8d2c-52e705d9a4a4

As you have said in other discussions, if Garmin will not give us what we want, sometimes it helps to look for workarounds. (*)

Since you have already suggested contacting Garmin (which is not a bad idea), I have also suggested a 3rd party CIQ data field app that will do something similar to what OP wants.

Tbh, I think it's highly unlikely that Garmin will add this feature (either as default or option behavior), so I'm guessing that a 3rd party workaround will be the only way to even slightly fulfill OP's request. Even if they will, I doubt it will be any time soon. This 3rd party app could be installed today. It may not do exactly what OP wants, with the same kind of UX that a native feature could provide, but it does *something*.

Indeed, jim_m_58 actually suggested using a a "CIQ activity" (aka device app which completely replaces a native activity), which is a far more drastic option than using a CIQ data field, which only augments an existing native activity. (It's drastic because choosing to use a CIQ device app to record an activity means that you will lose a ton of features provided by the native activity, and the UI/UX will likely be very different.)

(* I think that suggesting a 3rd party workaround for a feature request -- or even for a bug -- is different from denying that something is a bug or suggesting that it's a waste of time to complain about bugs here.)

boba_cz said:

. It would be nice if the watch (I have both Fenix ​​7 and Edge 840) would notify me to turn the activity on again.

The workaround was already proposed by jim_m_58, and the answer was:

boba_cz said:

This should be the default feature for almost all types of sports activities.

Hence my comment that the default behavior cannot be modified by CIQ, yet you have to chime in with your usual nitpicking. 

EDIT: the principal problem is that a big part of posters here think that they speak to Garmin, and do not realize, that CIQ is a platform for 3rd party developers, and/or they have false ideas about what a CIQ app can do. So a lot of people will be in fact thankful for learning about the possibility to pass their message directly to Garmin's developers.

trux said:

The workaround was already proposed by jim_m_58,

No that was a different workaround:

"Maybe someone has a CIQ activity for your sport where something like this can be added,"

Again the clear implication is to use a CIQ device app which replace the native activity (sport) completely.

I'm suggesting a data field (which augments an activity instead of replacing it and is therefore much more palatable to the end user imo), and I actually linked to one that might do what OP wants. Maybe I should've just suggested it without quoting you - sorry about that, I realize that was annoying.

trux said:

usual nitpicking

What you see as nitpicking is (sometimes) my response to the general attitude in these forums about bug reports and feature requests (which is usually to deny that a given bug exists and to refer all feature requests to Garmin). I see this as extremely dismissive and low effort tbh. I wouldn't push back in this manner except that it's been a consistent attitude for years, from multiple people, and I've seen it used to deny/dismiss real problems, over and over again. In this case it's not a bug but just a feature request, and I simply wanted to point out an imperfect solution.

I still remember the thread about the Garmin Connect login bug related to multiple users and the change email / change password form, where pages were spent denying that OP was experiencing a problem. Guess what, it was a real bug and is still a real bug, despite the assumption that OP was just misunderstanding the autofill feature on their browser. I can still recreate it any time I want.

So many times I see commenters (not just you) assuming that OP has absolutely no idea what they are talking about, when a problem is reported, giving OP zero benefit of the doubt. I absolutely recognize this attitude is engrained in anyone who does any kind of tech support (even on an informal basis), as this default assumption is often useful in problem solving. But irony is that often ppl who are responding (not you or anyone in particular) will dismiss OP due to not even understanding what OP is trying to say.

So it's that kind of discourse that's pushed me towards the opposite direction.

In this case, I admit that quoting you in my reply was annoying and for that, I apologize.

I should've just said there is a way to meet OP halfway which isn't as extreme as completely replacing a CIQ activity (unacceptable for the vast majority of users, which imo is why apps of that nature are very rare in the store) or waiting for Garmin to add this feature (probably never).

Again, given that Garmin will likely never implement what OP is asking for (or not any time soon), I think the use of a 3rd-party data field is going to be as good as it gets. Yes, I also realize that sometimes no solution is better than a flawed solution, but it wouldn't hurt to at least try a data field and see if it helps at all.

trux said:

EDIT: the principal problem is that a big part of posters here think that they speak to Garmin, and do not realize, that CIQ is a platform for 3rd party developers, and/or they have false ideas about what a CIQ app can do. So a lot of people will be in fact thankful for learning about the possibility to pass their message directly to Garmin's developers

That's fair.

I still wish Garmin had a community feature request page (like Spotify) where feature requests can be posted for all to see and vote on, and employees can respond.

It's ironic that the CIQ and beta bug reports forums are actually based on this model. (When you post there, the posts are called "ideas" and not "bug reports", in the UI).

I also think that it's valuable for community members to know what features other community members are requesting in general, so that you can have some idea about whether your own feature request is also desired by others or not. Meaning, even though the forums technically aren't the right place for feature requests, I don't mind seeing them here.

trux said:

do not realize, that CIQ is a platform for 3rd party developers

As others have pointed out, it's probably a marketing / branding problem. "Connect" and "Connect IQ" sound very similar, and I wouldn't expect anyone to automatically know that "Connect IQ" is a platform for 3rd party app developers just based on the name.