Datafield compute() not called after stopping an activity. Difference between real device an simulator.

I am trying to do something in compute() after the user stops the activity (timer) and the screen to save/discard the activity is shown on the watch. On the simulator, I press the timer stop button and compute() continues to be called and my app works as intended. On a real watch it looks like compute() is not called after pressing the watch STOP button. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Also in the simulator what the the Play/Pause button at the bottom of the activity simulation dialog really correspond to on the watch?

flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago

do it in onStop or call compute from there

trudelta over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

OK but I need the compute() function to run multiple times. Do you think a periodic timer with a call back would work?

flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago in reply to trudelta

No. I don't know what and why you do, but it sounds wrong. You should fix your business logic probably

trudelta over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

I determined that compute() is called periodically even when the activty (timer) is stopped and the save/discard screen is shown. My app wasn't working because of a different problem. I think I exceeded the length limit for saving a string value to the FIT file.