Error: Unhandled Exception Exception: UnexpectedTypeException: Expected String, given Float

help would be much appreciated on this, i’m struggling to figure out how to fix this.

var lat = Application.Properties.getValue("latitude");

var lon = Application.Properties.getValue("longitude");

 

function onUpdate(dc) {
    lat.toString;

    lon.toString;

    var locString = lat, lon;

    // Error: Unhandled Exception Exception: UnexpectedTypeException: Expected String, given Float
    var myLocation = Position.parse(locString, Position.GEO_DEG); 
    var l = myLocation;

    if (l!=null)
    {
        l = l.toDegrees();

        find(l[0], l[1]);

        l = null;

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago

Instead of

var locString = lat, lon;

you probably want to do something like

var locString = lat+" "+ lon;

I'm surprised that having the "," doesn't throw a compiler error.

0 Scarecrow123 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Code works in mysterious ways….

Seriously though, you’ve been really helpful.

0 5693709 over 3 years ago

Also, another comment on your coding style. In one place you have the variables "lat" and "lon" assigned as floats when you do the getValue() call for each of them, then you use the same variable names in the string conversion, so now they're strings. Just create new variables for the strings, so that when you're debugging your code its clear which type each variable is without having to read back through the code to see how many times its changed types during the execution.

Agree with Jim's comment that your syntax for locString isn't correct, you might also consider using:

var locString = lat.toString + " " + lon.toString;

with the caveat that I'm not sure exactly what the Position.parse() method wants for the text string.

0 Scarecrow123 over 3 years ago in reply to 5693709

I’ll be honest my coding style is fiddle around until it works. It’s stopped complaining though, just doesn’t seem to want to change settings from sim though. Might load onto watch and see if it works.

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to Scarecrow123

In order to use app settings on a real device it needs to be in the app store but you can set it as a beta app so only you can download it.

See https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/w/wiki/4/new-developer-faq#app-settings

0 Scarecrow123 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Turns out it works, it’s just it requires me to exit out of the second view and back again, I will try and speed it up with a timer.