How to clear the last temporal event run time from simulator storage?

Former Member over 4 years ago

Hi Connecters,

I'm building a watchface which needs to sync with my server the moment it's installed.

I am attempting to build this functionality into my app, but I am running into an issue.

It seems to be impossible to clear the simulator's storage of when the last time the temporal event was fired for my watchface.

I have tried the following:

Delete all apps
Reset all app data
Kill app
Kill device
Reboot the simulator
Many different combinations of the five options listed above

Despite my best efforts, when I run a completely fresh install of my watchface on the simulator by using the following line:

`Background.registerForTemporalEvent(new Time.Moment(Time.now().value() - 5));`

I am hit with this exception:

`Exception: Background time cannot be set less than 5 minutes since the last run`

But, if I wait a full five minutes since my temporal event last fired (despite killing the app, resetting data, etc.) and then run a fresh install of my watchface, the watchface runs perfectly fine and does not throw this exception.

So, how do I clear the storage of the simulator so that I can test a completely fresh install of my app where my temporal event will fire immediately upon launch?

Thank you!

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0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago

The easiest way is to just wait 5 minutes. On a real device it might not run at exactly the time you install, as it depends on what other apps with a background service at set to run at that exact time. (only 1 can run at a time,)

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

BTW, have you looked at onAppInstall() and onAppUpdate()? Might be useful in your app.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

Thanks to Jim's help, here's what worked for me.

First, I had to put onAppInstall() in my AppBase and make the call to my server from within that function.

Then, I followed these steps to get the simulator to behave as if a fresh install had just occurred:

File > Delete All Apps
File > Reset All App Data
Completely quit the simulator (I'm on macOS, so CMD-Q for me)
Re-run the build and onAppInstall() should fire

Hope this helps anyone else running into this issue.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks Jim, that did the trick for me.

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

One thing to keep in mind here is it sounds like you need a comm connection, which might not be available in the case of onAppInstall. Say you installed using Garmin express or as a side load, and just unplugged. Those connections might not be available right away, so you probably need a backup with a temporal event or something.

0 Travis.ConnectIQ over 4 years ago

You should be able to wipe out the last event time in the simulator by blowing away the %TEMP%\Garmin folder. Technically you'd only need to eliminate sys.nfm, but it is probably better to clean it all out.

0 Deiv over 2 years ago

I have similar issue but with cached images and fonts, and using Visual Studio the command monkey c: Clean Project help.

Cheers