On Communications.registerForPhoneAppMessages

For some strange reason, I get "symbol not found" for "registerForPhoneAppMessages" when using a straightforward example for the docs.

Communications.registerForPhoneAppMessages(method(:phoneMessageCallback));

Communications.makeWebRequest works, how come the other one isnt't found? It appears to have been around since 1.4.0? How *is* it supposed to work?

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jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to Nik +2 verified
Ok, the key here is when you mentioned an Edge.

In the 2.2.2 change log (it's in the readme file that comes with an SDK) there is this:
- Remove support for communicating with the mobile Connect IQ…
Nik over 5 years ago +1

Anyone got this to work?

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0 Nik over 5 years ago

Anyone got this to work?

0 Travis.ConnectIQ over 5 years ago

What symbol is not found? Is it registerForPhoneAppMessages, method, or phoneMessageCallback? Since you've not provided any error message or a usable snippet of code, it is difficult to tell what is wrong.

0 Nik over 5 years ago

If I do

function initialize() {
if (Communications has :registerForPhoneAppMessages) {
Communications.registerForPhoneAppMessages(method(:phoneMessageCallback));
System.println("registerForPhoneAppMessages");
}
}

function phoneMessageCallback(msg) {
System.println(msg);
}

it skips the init part so I guess it must be the registerForPhoneAppMessages. If I take out the if I get a

Error: Symbol Not Found Error
Details: Could not find symbol 'registerForPhoneAppMessages'

0 9256409 over 5 years ago in reply to Nik

FYI: These github repos all use registerForPhoneAppMessages:

andan67/wormnav
ankineri/gweatherwatch
Artaud/CIQ-Comm-failure-sample
Cougargriff/SensorTriggerIQ
kite247/Onewheel2Garmin
le-cds/connectiq
MatyasKriz/ios-connect-iq-comms
toskaw/ImageNotify
urbandroid-team/Sleep-as-Android-Garmin-Addon

Can't paste them as links as my post will be flagged as spam

0 Nik over 5 years ago in reply to 9256409

Strange. Although those I looked at didn't explicitly target the Edge 530 I'm using. But the docs says "all devices" and the Edge is heavyweight compare to most watches etc.

+1 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to Nik

Ok, the key here is when you mentioned an Edge.

In the 2.2.2 change log (it's in the readme file that comes with an SDK) there is this:

Remove support for communicating with the mobile Connect IQ SDK in the API for Edge, Oregon, and Rino devices.

So what you're trying to do only works with watches.

The documentation for the calls needs to be updated, as this hasn't been possible with an edge for years.

0 Nik over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

OK, that does explain things. It would be interesting to know the background for the decision to drop the support.

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to Nik

This would have been 2016 if I recall, and I think it actually never worked with non-watches. There's probably old posts here about it, but I'm thinking it was a difference with now BT worked on non-wearables..

That's why when you mentioned trying it with an edge, I remembered it was in the change logs.