Recent connectIQ causes companion app to not send data properly

I just updated my connectIQ on my android phone and for the past 2 weeks or so on this latest version, the companion app is unable to send data via the android SDK. Also the device getStatus() always returns UNKNOWN. Is there something that has changed?

Here is my example code:

mConnectIQ = ConnectIQ.getInstance(this, ConnectIQ.IQConnectType.WIRELESS);
mConnectIQ.initialize(this, false, mConnectIQListener);

...

List<IQDevice> deviceList = mConnectIQ.getConnectedDevices();
// check the device list is not empty then

mTargetDevice = deviceList.get(0);

mTargetDevice.getStatus() // always returns IQDevice.IQDeviceStatus.UNKNOWN


// also sending data fails:

mConnectIQ.sendMessage(mTargetDevice, mTargetApplication, devicePayload, mIQSendMessageListener);

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0 2852661 over 3 years ago

how do you declare mTargetApplication? I've had similar problem - I needed to use iqConnect.getApplicationInfo(BackgroundService.iqAppID, iqDevice, iqAppInfoListener);

 private final ConnectIQ.IQApplicationInfoListener iqAppInfoListener = new ConnectIQ.IQApplicationInfoListener(){
        @Override
        public void onApplicationInfoReceived(IQApp loadedApp) {
            Log.d("KDE/BackgroundService","Connect IQ application info received.");
            try {
                iqApp = loadedApp; // here is your mTargetApplication
                listenIQMessages();
            } catch (InvalidStateException e) {
                Log.e("BackgroundService", "Unable to listen messages");
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onApplicationNotInstalled(String s) {
            Log.d("KDE/BackgroundService","Garmin Connect Mobile is not installed on this device.");
        }
    };

I've still was unable to send messages this way, which I've described in my post: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/294579/watch-does-not-receive-the-messages-from-phone but status of my app was "INSTALLED"

0 Moritz Gloesslein over 3 years ago

I have similar problems. After being prompted to open our companion app I am unable to send and receive messages for some reason. I didn't encounter this issue when using a Venu 2S. When trying to use our companion app with a Venu or any other watch I am experiencing what 6023229 and 2852661 describe.

0 2852661 over 3 years ago in reply to Moritz Gloesslein

I'll try to use disc-golf app, compile it to watch and phone and check how it works

github.com/.../disc-golf

0 2852661 over 3 years ago in reply to Moritz Gloesslein

disc-golf not works properly on Garmin Venu

I've reproduced the problem here in wormnav repo and created a new thread with better description, and 2 examples

forums.garmin.com/.../registerforphoneappmessages-not-works-in-garmin-venu

0 6023229 over 3 years ago

So does anyone have an idea on what to do if sendMessage doesn't call the callback? Do you just ignore it and send the next message? There's no documentation on how to cancel an existing sendMessage operation

0 Antunix over 2 years ago

Hi, I have the same problem. Even if I call IQDevice.getStatus() just after receiving a status notification. As a workaroud you can call ConnectIQ.getDeviceStatus(IQDevice).

Example: This code:

_connectIQ.registerForDeviceEvents(device, new ConnectIQ.IQDeviceEventListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onDeviceStatusChanged(IQDevice iqDevice, IQDevice.IQDeviceStatus newStatus)
    {
        Log.v("", String.format("newStatus: %s", newStatus));
        Log.v("", String.format("iqDevice.getStatus(): %s", iqDevice.getStatus()));
        try
        {
            Log.v("", String.format("ConnectIQ.getDeviceStatus(iqDevice): %s", _connectIQ.getDeviceStatus(iqDevice)));
        }
        catch (InvalidStateException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (ServiceUnavailableException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

produces the following output:

newStatus: CONNECTED
iqDevice.getStatus(): UNKNOWN
ConnectIQ.getDeviceStatus(iqDevice): CONNECTED

0 6023229 over 2 years ago

For those who are curious I finally finished testing and can confirm there is an issue with the recent versions of the connect app. I had to roll back to the version on March 30 and it has worked flawlessly again.