Accessing stored workouts from custom app?

I am writing a custom app for my indoor bike which is BLE FTMS based.

So far, I have managed to connect to it and am able to both retrieve all data, control resistance etc.

As a next step, I would like to be able to

define workouts in Garmin Connect and sync to my Fenix6,
choose workout from within the custom app and then execute it step by step
store the resulting workout in a fit file which is accepted as a bike workout. (not tried this yet but seems doable)

From what I can tell in the API, there are methods for listing workouts but I cannot see an API for actually selecting/starting them?

I guess I could hard code some workouts in the app, but I would much rather have the workouts accessable in the same manner as they are from other apps.

Or is there a way of adding the workout selection menu screens (as available in other apps) to my custom app maybe?

Not sure where to look. Any pointers greatly appreciated.

/Ola

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago

You can't use things like a custom workout in a CIQ app. You can get a workout and launch a native app using exitTo() and the intent.

0 2940028 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

So when developing a full app, I am basically on my own and cannot access stuff like workouts.

Is it possible to convert my BLE FTMS connecting app into a data field instead in, say, the normal indoor bike app (which isn't FTMS capable)? Then I guess I would have access to stuff like workouts? But then I suppose my sensor data coming from FTMS will not be recognized by the app since it's not available through normal channels?

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to 2940028

Yes, you can do CIQ BLE from a data field. The nordicthingy52coincollector sample in the SDK does just that.

One thing to keep in mind, be it a device app or data field, you can not override the data coming from the native FW, but only add it as fit user data/fitContrib data as far as garmin connect is concerned

0 2940028 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hmm so you're saying that although I have access to the actual cadence, power etc through my "custom sensors", I still can use neither Power/Cadence oriented workouts nor store an activity using the Power/Cadence attributes from my bike?

Is it possible to define new metrics e.g. FTMS_Power, FMTS_Cadence etc that I can base workouts upon?

Another thought: If I add this to an app that does not inherently support bike data e.g. cadence/power, is it then possible to store it as such, since there is no native data to compete with?

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to 2940028

in Garmin Connect, all your user/fitcontrib data is separate. from native fields. For example, I have a BLE temperature sensor, It's data does not override the native temperature data but is a separate graph all together.