How to use built-in activity applications as a template?

Former Member over 9 years ago

Hi,

I would like to develop squash/badminton activity app. It will be much easier if I could use one of built-in app (f.e. indoor run or cardio) as a start-up template and modify it. Is it possible?

An example from SDK (RecordSample) seems to be VERY simple...

If build-in apps are unavailable - are there any other templates (better than samples from SDK)?

Thanks

HerrRiebmann over 9 years ago

Have you tried the search function?
There are at least more then 4 threads about that...

https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?229756-REQUEST-Squash-App
https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?228815-Add-Activity-type-Squash&p=574432#post574432
https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?227382-Badminton-Score-app
https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?224985-Tennis-and-table-tennis-activities

There are some templates on GitHub. But the stock Apps are not all written in Monkey C. They are low level Apps, like the stock WatchFace.
I wrote a Squash-App, which is 95% ready since about 2-3 month. But I´ve lost my drive to finish it, because of many bad behaviour, differences between the watch and the emulator. Activity Recording doesn´t work flawlessly. Closing the App after confirmation dialog and storing the activity sometimes (often) freezes the watch.
That´s kind of depressing, so I stopped developing currently...

Former Member over 9 years ago

Thanks for your answer.
I've read those threads but none of these apps fits my needs. I'm able to write app for my own but starting from scratch is work/time consuming. That is why I would like to modify existing app.

Squash and badminton is just an example. There isn't any wind/kitesurfing app (only kite/wind datafields).

HerrRiebmann over 9 years ago

Thanks for your answer.
I've read those threads but none of these apps fits my needs. I'm able to write app for my own but starting from scratch is work/time consuming. That is why I would like to modify existing app.

Squash and badminton is just an example. There isn't any wind/kitesurfing app (only kite/wind datafields).

But within these threads the answer was given. There are no available sourcecodes from garmin, yes :cool:
Except the Disc-App on GitHub. You won´t find exactly what you are searching for, neither. But you haven´t start from scratch.
https://github.com/garmin/connectiq-apps
Or by searching:
https://github.com/search?p=2&q=connect+iq&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93

I´d be interested, how you make a windsurf App from a Tennis example :D

Honestly, I´d love to see how some working things are done "right" in the stock apps. But you are only learning by doing. Not by copy or modifying.