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Is the web version of Connect IQ gone?

trudelta

https://apps.garmin.com/ now does not display any of the apps in the store.  Just a description of Connect IQ.

I was using it often for multiple purposes, including very importantly being able to copy text out of the app description info.  The Connect IQ app very annoyingly does not allow any of the app description text to be copied.  ( I believe it used to allow that).  Extremely annoying !!  Also they removed the ability to search apps. Why is Garmin continusously making everything harder for developers?

  • 0 in reply to flowstate

    Probably Garmin discovered that Google works better than their own search "engine" and they want to stop Google :) THey don't care if this stops millions of their own users (or potential customers) as well...

  • 0 in reply to bombsimon

    Does this work from a Windows Command window?  I couldn't get it to work.

  • 0 in reply to flowstate

    Very nice.  But now the app pages don't display the Contact Developer link. So far I found no way to contact the developer unliess they happen to include an email or contact info in the app info description. (I dont because it is too painful to change when I need to across my apps for all the languages.) Only if the app is available for your model can you use the App Support button in the Connect IQ app.  Before anyone could use the Contact Developer link regardless of whether or not the app was available for their device model.

  • 0 in reply to trudelta

    Interestingly enough, the Chinese version of the store - apps.garmin.cn - retains all the old features and UI from before the recent changeover of the main store, including the front page with featured apps, search, contact developer and the download button. But I think you need a separate account created for connect.garmin.cn to use features like Contact Developer.

    I guess there's nothing stopping you from creating a 2nd account for this purpose, but ofc the vast majority of users wouldn't do that.

    It would be funny if in the future, Google searches for new CIQ apps only return links to the Chinese store. Just one of those hilarious problems that absolutely nobody could ever predict....

    Like seriously, if I create a brand new CIQ app with a super distinctive name, and it improbably blows up, isn't it pretty much guaranteed that web searches will only return the entry in the Chinese store (unless a ton of people link to the non-Chinese store)? And in that case, if people click on the link, they might not be directed to the Connect IQ app?

    I mean whatever, it's not my problem haha.

  • 0 in reply to trudelta 

    › curl -s \
  "https://apps.garmin.com/api/appsLibraryExternalServices/api/asw/apps/keywords?startPageIndex=0&pageSize=10&sortType=mostPopular&keywords=Sailing" \
  | jq -r '.apps[] | "\(.appLocalizations[0].name) | https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/\(.id)"' \
  | column -t -s $'\|'

    trudelta said:
    Does this work from a Windows Command window?  I couldn't get it to work.

    That command is meant for Linux (or Mac).

    If you're on windows, your best bet would be to use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). And you'd still need to install jq manually.

    Ofc curl and jq are also available for Windows, but you wouldn't be able to use the command as written:

    - I don't think column is available for Windows.

    - \ doesn't have the same meaning in Windows Command Prompt as it does in *nix shells

    - Quoting doesn't work the same way in Windows Command Prompt as it does in *nix shells

    Personally I think it's a lot easier to just craft your own query by editing the search url and pasting it into your browser.