Activity distance totals- how to access

I'm a total Connect IQ noob, but have been puzzling how I might create an app (ideally a widget) that needs (among other things) to display a total of accumulated distances from running activities over a period of time (as distinct from the daily 'active' distance provided by ActivityMonitor). I gather that FIT files generated during an activity are themselves unreadable by IQ apps, so I'm wondering how this might be achieved. The native app I have on my Forerunner 235 shows the history totals for week/months etc, so I know the information is available but I can't find where/how I can read this for myself within my own app.

I'd be grateful for any guidance/pointers, etc

Many thanks

David

jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

The info you see for this in the native apps isn't exposed in CIQ. Native apps like that don't use CIQ

9214462 over 6 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Ah, thanks Jim. I was afraid that was the case.

I suppose an alternative might instead be to use a datafield app to totalise distances for my activities by using the app's object storage to persist each session's mileage- does that sound like a viable approach?

jim_m_58 over 6 years ago in reply to 9214462

Yes you should be able to write a DF that does this. Add elapsedDistance to what was saved previously at the end of the activity.

9214462 over 6 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks Jim