SDK Installation Trouble

Hi all,

I am relatively new to app development and am doing a project for a school capstone project. I am having trouble with a certain step of the installation process, namely the step involving using the command prompt on my windows device. I installed the SDK and was able to open the SDK manager and install the latest SDK.

I was also able to download VS code and the Monkey C extension. I tried building and running some sample apps and watch faces but they have failed every time. I have a feeling like this is an important step but cannot figure out how to execute it properly. I notice there's a file path in the command below but I am not sure which folder path I should use. Can anyone please help a beginner code with the following step and point out what I am doing wrong?

Windows Installation

Install the Connect IQ SDK manager, download the SDK, and set the active SDK.
Point your PATH to the active Connect IQ bin directory in the command prompt:

> for /f usebackq %i in (%APPDATA%\Garmin\ConnectIQ\current-sdk.cfg) do set CIQ_HOME=%~pi
> set PATH=%PATH%;%CIQ_HOME%\bin

Thank you in advance!

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jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to FlowState +1

In my experience with Windows, if you just do a "run>run without debugging" at this point, the app will run in the already opened sim. No need for the copy/symlink

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0 FlowState over 3 years ago

Hey, step 2 in your post is actually optional. First of all it's meant to be typed/pasted verbatim (except for the leading ">" on each line). Second of all it's only necessary if you want to run tools like "monkeyc" (compiler) and "monkeydo" (launch app) from the command line manually. The VS Code Monkey C extension doesn't need that step.

Could you post a screenshot or text of the error message you're going when you try to run an app?

Does it have something to do with devices? If so, you'll want to open manifest.xml and read the instructions in the comments. (As you might have guessed, this happens a lot.).

0 croisssantmagic over 3 years ago in reply to FlowState

Ah I see thank you for clarifying that! Here's a screenshot when I try to run a sample app. I used the CTRL + SHIFT + P and clicked on Monkey C: New Project and selected Simple Watchface. I only changed edited the products and languages part of the manifest file and tried running it and this is what I got. We are actively working with the vivoactive 4S.

I also tried launching a sample app called "DanceDanceGarmin" in the same way (credit to https://github.com/garmin/connectiq-apps) and it gave me the same exact error. Any thoughts on how I can get it up and running so I can start learning how to develop?

0 FlowState over 3 years ago in reply to croisssantmagic

Oh that's a different issue. With this one one workaround is to copy (or symlink) the PRG output file from your project's bin folder to the simulator's temporary folder.

forums.garmin.com/.../1324543

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to FlowState

In my experience with Windows, if you just do a "run>run without debugging" at this point, the app will run in the already opened sim. No need for the copy/symlink

0 FlowState over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks! I'll try this if the problem happens to me again.

0 croisssantmagic over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thank you all for your responses. I still seem to have the same problem when launching the simulator. Do you know where I can find the simulator's temp folder so I can try copying the PRG file?

0 FlowState over 3 years ago in reply to croisssantmagic

croisssantmagic said:
Do you know where I can find the simulator's temp folder so I can try copying the PRG file?

As per the previously linked forum comment:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/276200/vscode-extension-failed-to-launch-the-app-timeout/1324543#1324543

FlowState said:
I found that the PRG in the simulator's APPS folder (%TEMP%\GARMIN\APPS on Windows) wasn't being updated -- the simulator was using a stale version.

FlowState said:
EDIT: On MacOS, the folder is $TMPDIR/Garmin/APPS