Save FIT Field correctly

Hi all,
I've a time value and I need to view it on my connect IQ activity, but it seems wrong and I don't know why (my knowledge are limited, so I discard save value as time, and save as string instead).

In a side I've FIT Field setted correclty (I think):

mTotalWaveTimeField = mSession.createField("timeOnWave", 5, FitContributor.DATA_TYPE_STRING, { :count => 32, :mesgType => FitContributor.MESG_TYPE_SESSION});
...
timeOnWave = Lang.format("$1$:$2$", [mTotalWaveTime / 60, (mTotalWaveTime % 60).format("%02d")]);
mTotalWaveTimeField.setData( timeOnWave );

In the other side I take this value (same variable timeOnWave) to present on a screen

But when I save the activity looks like:

What's wrong?? Why my value (even as string) doesn't save correctly??

How string "01:49" it converts to "3"??? I couldn't understand... same value, setData correctly... Something I'm doing very wrong...

Any help would be appreciate. Thanks in advance!

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0 _psx_ over 3 years ago in reply to flowstate

Is any samples of code with fitContributions XML? I've made a few test and can see values in fit file (but not in web connect charts) without xml.

What is it needed for?

0 flowstate over 3 years ago in reply to _psx_

It's metadata so the Garmin Connect website and apps can display your data properly. Technically there should be enough information in the FIT file to do so, but you'll notice that the fit contributions XML has references to string resources, which can be localized. I'm guessing the reason they want you to supply the XML is so your strings can be available in multiple languages (which would be impossible with just the data in the FIT file.) (You can also customize chart colors, which is also something that can't be specified in the FIT file.)

https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/activity-recording/

www.programmableweb.com/.../14

0 _psx_ over 3 years ago in reply to flowstate

ok.is for active recording... I've made only data fields with storing data using setData (and can see it ony after downloading FIT).

But some users have asked me of showing data from my DF. Is it possible to expose custom data from DF on web connect charts?

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to _psx_

With a CIQ Data Field with fit contrib, I see which DF, and it's data. Did you install it from the app store? That is required for this. The chart for this DF follows the standard charts for the activity.

0 _psx_ over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

So if I add fitContributions section data will expose in web connect?

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to _psx_

You then need to install it from the app store Garmin Connect pulls the info on how to display it from the app store, not from the fit file.

0 _psx_ over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

ok, so

- type app = DF

- add section fitContributions into xml

- add corresponding createField and using setData

But how does Connect resolve problem with new version? It can save with workouts "current fitContributions" from store because dev can e.g. deletes/adds custom filed in new version of DF. It has to read also version of app (probably internal version) because user can have old version and in store can be newer one (user didn't update yet).

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to _psx_

The way fitcontrib data is shown is associated with the version of your app in the store. Exactly the same way the app settings are. If you open up the .iq file, you'll see the json file for fit contributions.

This is the same for data fields as well as device apps.

0 _psx_ over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

But it means that in store has to be all versions of app but store exposes only newest otherwise the older application would get settings from newest version.

0 flowstate over 3 years ago in reply to _psx_

_psx_ said:
But it means that in store has to be all versions of app but store exposes only newest otherwise the older application would get settings from newest version.

Yeah, it's seems like that's the exact same situation as app settings. If the user still has an old version of your app, in order to display settings, the Connect IQ app needs to grab the settings XML for the older version.

So there's nothing new there afaict.