The edge devices only support data field app types at this time. There is a notification indicator at the top of the screen (to the right of the bluetooth icon) when in an activity or at the home screen.
I'm fairly certain that when widget/app support is added, this issue will be resolved.
on my fenix3 notificationCount() works in a datafield.
Yes. Your fenix3 has support for widgets and apps as well, right? My point is that the functionality doesn't appear to be flushed out on devices that don't have app/widget support yet. My belief is that Garmin doesn't feel that this bit of functionality is important to data fields. At the very least, this bit of functionality probably hasn't seen much testing since most data fields that I've seen don't care about the bluetooth status or notification count.
on edge520, i dont see notification or bt icon inside an activity anywhere.. perhaps theres an option in the settings ive missed
On the edge_1000, it is visible on the home screen at the top of the view. In an activity it is visible when you tap the screen. I looked through the 520 manual and I don't see any sort of bluetooth indicator documented anywhere, so you're probably not missing anything.
I've raised this issue with the ConnectIQ team, so there isn't much else that can be done at this point. I'm fairly certain that this will be worked out sometime soon.
Noticed the same problem - notificationCount always return 0. And phoneConnected is not working in DataField as well.
The example what I created works very well in simulator showing phone status and notifications, but not on Edge520.
I'm disappointed! I need this feature very much!
