Locking phone with apps... general usage question

Hi,

A user contacted me to ask about an exercise app I have that he says doesn't lock, even when lock is applied.

The simple reason that might be is that the device I had been using (735xt) simply didn't have the sophistication to do that so I've never had reason to suspect that there was a feature I hadn't built for.

Now I am on a newer watch (Fenix 6x Sapphire) I can theoretically test locking behaviour, but I couldn't see anything that matched what the user was talking about. There was an auto-lock during activity, but I'm not quite sure what that does, why or how.

Certainly, it didn't seem to affect my app when I ran it with auto-lock during activity set.

Is this just standard behaviour that I can do nothing about? (EG: Does auto-lock only affect Garmin activities rather than app activities?)

Or is there a level of functionality that I have yet to discover?

Is there a way around this?

Now that I have the new device to test on, simply pointing me in the right direction would be useful.

Thanks,

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago

Long press the upper left button to get to controls. You can manually lock there. (if you have the lock control on the screen).

If I recall, auto-lock only happens after you've done a manual lock (so you can do whatever is needed to get started before the watch locks)

9635560 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Perfect, thanks.

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 9635560

Sounds like you just got an f6. It's different in many ways from a 735, so you may want to spend time in the forum for it to see what's all there:

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series

CIQ wise, the big things may be widget glances and the on device maps. (or music if you want to write that type of app), but there's much more in the firmware.

9635560 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

jim_m_58 said:
It's different in many ways from a 735

That's an understatement if ever there was one!

Coming from a different well-known brand into Garmin, I was utterly gobsmacked by what the 735 could do.

Graduating upwards from the 735 I am utterly gobsmacked by what the Fenix can do.