weather sample app?

It was a sample that was removed from the SDK. The weather service that was used started requiring a developer key which isn't supposed to be shared, so the sample couldn't work straight out of the box.

If you have the Eclipse plugin, you should be able to download old SDK versions (ConnectIQ > Open SDK Manager). If you don't see any versions listed, be sure to set the SDK download directory. The 1.2.0 SDK should have it.

If you get an old version from a prior SDK, remember that you'll need to get an API KEY from Open Weather, and change the makeJsonRequest() in the sample to supply it.

you need to do this to the request:

Comm.makeJsonRequest("api.openweathermap.org/.../weather",
{"lat"=>latLon[0].toFloat(), "lon"=>latLon[1].toFloat(),"appid"=>"your api key here"}, {}, method(:onReceive));


To get the key, see http://openweathermap.org/appid

One other thing, is the sample starts out looking for GPS. To do this in the simulator, Click on "Simulation", then "Fit Data", them "Simulate Data". You'll get GPS locations in Kansas.

If you get an old version from a prior SDK, remember that you'll need to get an API KEY from Open Weather, and change the makeJsonRequest() in the sample to supply it.

you need to do this to the request:

Comm.makeJsonRequest("api.openweathermap.org/.../weather",
{"lat"=>latLon[0].toFloat(), "lon"=>latLon[1].toFloat(),"appid"=>"your api key here"}, {}, method(:onReceive));


To get the key, see http://openweathermap.org/appid

One other thing, is the sample starts out looking for GPS. To do this in the simulator, Click on "Simulation", then "Fit Data", them "Simulate Data". You'll get GPS locations in Kansas.

Worked like a charm. Thank you very much.

One newbie question I have.
How do you 'debug' an app in this environment? Can I configure Eclipse on some way to do that?

For example, if I want to see the answer and the JSON data received, how can I stop de execution at that point to check the response?

There are no breakpoints with Eclipse and monkey c.

If you what to see the data, in onReceive(), add

Sys.println(data);

You'll see a dictionary of the returned data.

There are no breakpoints with Eclipse and monkey c.

If you what to see the data, in onReceive(), add

Sys.println(data);

You'll see a dictionary of the returned data.

Thank you again for your fast answer.

Traces are poor man's debug mode :-(

I figured out that one, but expected to have some more 'elegant' solution...

This Garmin environment is a bit rude, isn't it?

Using Sys.println() isn't ideal, but it works. And with it, you can get info when sideloading to a watch too.

The side load of the .prg goes in \garmin\apps on the watch, and if you create a file called <your progam name>.txt in \garmin\apps\logs, you'll get the Sys.println() data written to that file. (abc.prg would use abc.txt, for example)

error trying to get the forecast

Hello,

I changed the query to get the weather forecast instead of the current weather data, but I'm getting an error.

Changed:

Comm.makeJsonRequest("api.openweathermap.org/.../weather",
{"lat"=>latLon[0].toFloat(), "lon"=>latLon[1].toFloat(),"appid"=>"your api key here"}, {}, method(:onReceive));


for:
Comm.makeJsonRequest("api.openweathermap.org/.../forecast",
{"lat"=>latLon[0].toFloat(), "lon"=>latLon[1].toFloat(),"appid"=>"your api key here"}, {}, method(:onReceive));


But all I get is a responsecode=0 and NULL data.

If I manually access the URL and pass the parameters in the URL, it works fine. How can I see what's going on?

I'm not certain, but I'm willing to bet that the query is returning to many results and the device can't process them all. Try limiting the result set...

Comm.makeJsonRequest("api.openweathermap.org/.../forecast",
{"cnt"=>3, "lat"=>latLon[0].toFloat(), "lon"=>latLon[1].toFloat(),"appid"=>"your api key here"}, {}, method(:onReceive));


Travis