CIQ 3.2 - Wow!

sabeard said:

The Edge 530 FW does not yet support CIQ 3.2 despite the new release that just came out last week.  Best advice is try it out, but you may have to wait for one more FW release.

Thanks, yes I know it is not 3.2.0 yet, but I'm preparing the changes for the moment it will be. And I was testing some other stuff on it, not the bug fix.

I intend to test the bug fix first on other device I have, I expect Fenix 6 updated soon, since latest firmware is 3.2.0 already.

If a device has 3.2, you can try it with a side load, even if the current devices for the sdk don't show it's got 3.2.

André Zunido said:

Hi Jim, do you know how does one check if a bug has been reported, I also have this issue: clicking "Start ERA" entry -> nothing happens. macOS Catalina (10.15.6)

We are aware of this one and have a fix coming soon.

The best way to check whether an issue has been reported, as Jim mentioned, is to take a look at the bug reports:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports

I usually sort by date so I can see the latest reports. (The default sort method is by score, and unfortunately, our community platform doesn't have an option to change the default sorting method.) We review the reported issues regularly, and once we've started investigation, you'll see the status updated to 'Ticket Created' and we'll include our internal ticket number in the comments for reference.

Okay, I admit, I'm a bit like a kid at Christmas with CIQ 3.2  .  Things I've been hoping to get for years in some cases!

The next one is being able to specify which GPS Constellations are used in a device app., so GPS only, GPS+GLONASS, or GPS+GALILEO.  The default now is GPS only.

The basics from the API doc:

Position.enableLocationEvents({
        :acquisitionType => Position.LOCATION_CONTINUOUS,
        :constellations => [ Position.CONSTELLATION_GPS, Position.CONSTELLATION_GALILEO ]
    },
    method(:onPosition)
);

It's something where you can easily check if you can do it in the FW (using a "has"), and I think it may help when users ask about  "it takes a gong time to get a GPS fix" in your apps.  I got a few more things in the works, but I should have it in Hike2 2.75 later this week

can you specify 1 sec recording?

no.

jim_m_58 said:

Sounds like a bug in the sim, as menu2 should always use the full screen.  Do a bug report and include the target device, and the layout you are using. (2 field, 3 field, etc).  And maybe the code for your DF or a simple way to reproduce this.

I just tested this on Fenix 6S Pro (which has 3.2.0), and in there I didn't see any issues with settings showing correctly on multi-field layouts. So indeed looks like simulator issue only. I made bug report about it:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/sdk-3-2-settings-view-for-datafields-shown-wrong-on-simulator

While  you may not see it called out in the doc, there is a nice BLE feature in 3.2 - the ability to save a scan result to Application.Store and later reuse it.

The first time you run your app, you save the scan result, and after that you can skip scanning and go right to paring.  This will speed up the process, and also insure you always connect to the same device.

jim_m_58 said:

While  you may not see it called out in the doc, there is a nice BLE feature in 3.2 - the ability to save a scan result to Application.Store and later reuse it.

The first time you run your app, you save the scan result, and after that you can skip scanning and go right to paring.  This will speed up the process, and also insure you always connect to the same device.

Yea, I saw your post about this earlier, I have already implemented storing and using scan result, pretty cool stuff :) 

More about BLE, I tested this "Fix a device crash that can occur when an app using BLE shuts down." on my fenix6 (with 3.2.0). I was not able to cause crashes where normally I'd see it, so definitely looking very promising. However I still need to check it on my Edge to be sure, once it (hopefully) gets 3.2 too.