Can't hear Attention.playTone on fenix6 / simulator

I'm trying to add alerts to my datafield. When it'll be ready it'll alert (play a tone / vibrate) when the HR gets too high. For now I just wanted to test my code, so I call the following function from the constructor of the datafield:

    hidden function alert() as Void {
        if (Attention has :playTone) {
            logAlways("HR alert tone");
            Attention.playTone(Attention.TONE_LOUD_BEEP);
        }
        if (Attention has :vibrate) {
            logAlways("HR alert vibe");
            var vibeData = [
                new Attention.VibeProfile(50, 1000), // On for one second
            ] as Array<VibeProfile>;
            Attention.vibrate(vibeData);
        }
    }

It does vibrate but I can't hear any tone. I tried also Attention.TONE_ALERT_HI. And I also tried commenting out the vibration (maybe it cancels the tone?) but no tone at all :(

Any idea why I can't hear the tone on fenix 6?

BTW I also don't hear any tone in the simulator (which I guess probably also should be audible, because I do "see" the vibration)

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0 FlowState over 2 years ago

I tried this on the sim with the fenix6 target and the 4.1.5 SDK. The tone and vibration work as long as Settings > Tones and Vibrate (respectively) are enabled in the sim.

The same applies to the real device. Tones and vibrations have to be enabled in device settings if you want your app's calls to Attention.playTone() and Attention.vibrate() to have any effect.

(Sorry if all of that was obvious. If that's not the reason it's failing, I'm stumped.)

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

Not all devices have both. VA and Venu devices don't have tones, and edge devices don't have vibrate, so you want to check (I use has)

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

jim_m_58 said:
Not all devices have both. VA and Venu devices don't have tones, and edge devices don't have vibrate, so you want to check (I use has)

1) I realize that, and my own CIQ apps which support tones/vibrate use "has" (but thanks for the helpful tip)

2) The OP is specifically asking about fenix6, so I answered their specific question

3) The OP's code literally contains "has", but again, thanks for the helpful tip

0 flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago

Both tones and vibrate were already enabled in the sim.
However looking at the watch settings I realized that Alert Tones was "During Activity" but my current code plays the tone in the constructor before the activity is started. Setting that to On fixed that problem. So now I know the code works on real device.

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

Interesting, thanks for following up. That implies that when you enable tones in the sim, it's functional equivalent of having Alert Tones set to During Activity on a real device.

0 flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

does it? then why does it work for you and not for me?

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

flocsy🤠 said:
does it? then why does it work for you and not for me?

Hmmm. Well you didn't originally specify that your code was called from the constructor (which constructor btw - app or view?) When I did my test above, I actually called it from the view constructor and it worked.

And I just tried it from the app constructor - that also works.

So I guess I'm still stumped as to what's happening in the sim for you.

Sooo, if you call the code outside of the constructor, does it work for you in the sim?

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

How sounds are played by linux vs win/mac? I don't mean in CIQ, but something in the basic OS.

0 FlowState over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

jim_m_58 said:
How sounds are played by linux vs win/mac? I don't mean in CIQ, but something in the basic OS.

Oh, right I forgot Gavriel is on Linux. I should clarify that I tested on Windows. I'll spin up an Ubuntu VM and give it a shot.

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to FlowState

make sure it's the same linux he's using, as the different flavors, and even different versions of the same flavor can act differently. That's one of the reasons linux is hard to support with the CIQ tools. He's also having an issue with an ANT stick, so could be a linux flavor/version issue. I'm using it win with win11.

There was just a whole thread about apple releasing a new version and if anyone has tried it, and could be an issue with his flavor/version, and hard to test with the variations.