According to https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/b/news-announcements/posts/the-real-devices-of-connect-iq-part-1 fenix 6 DF should have 32KB memory, but in the emulator it only has 28.5kB.
According to https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/b/news-announcements/posts/the-real-devices-of-connect-iq-part-1 fenix 6 DF should have 32KB memory, but in the emulator it only has 28.5kB.
With all CIQ apps starting with CIQ 2.x, the VM takes about 4k of the memory. So 32k is really 28k available to the app. It's the same for all app types and all devices with 2.x or greater.
Hmmm, that's an unfortunate decision from Garmin's side, they could've still provide the "advertised" amount of memory, which besides of having more memory would also be an absolute number, not something…
Which is what I also sent from the official docs, but it is not what you actually have (at least in the simulator):
But jim_m_58 explained it. It would've been much better though if Garmin would clearly state these things...
The 4k has been consistent since CIQ 2.0. What you gain is an app can have far more objects. Look at view memory on a CIQ 1 device then on a ciq 2 device
A CIQ 1 device:
Same widget on a CIQ 2 device:
The 512 max of objects caused issues on CIQ 1 devices