Newly created watchface issue

Former Member over 5 years ago

Hello all,

I just finished creating my custom watchface. On the simulator it works without issues. However I do have "an issue" once I go live on my garmin watch (Fenix 6X).

During 10 seconds everything works perfect. Then it stops updating the seconds and only updates on the full minute. When I move my watch to simulate to look at it, it starts running again, but only for 10 seconds.

Anyone an idea where this is coming from ?

9635560 over 5 years ago

Garmin watches enter low power mode very quickly. In low power mode, updates are every minute.

Many, like your Fenix, can still update every second in low power mode using onPartialUpdate - look at the sample apps and read up in docs.

There are restrictions on execution time etc during low power mode that you will need to allow for.

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 9635560

You can tell when you enter/leave low power mode with onEnterSleep() and onExitSleep(), and in the sim, trigger it with settings>Low Power Mode.

A watch will drop out of low power based on a gesture for 10 seconds.

Former Member over 5 years ago

Ok, thanks for the info. Will have a look at it this evening.