Application.getApp().getProperty Changes are Ignored

This just stopped working. I use this method to grab User Settings in my EDGE device data fields.

I use the latest version of Eclipse and SDK 4.2.3.

In the simulator, I view Persistent Storage. It remembers a prior set of Properties that I defined in my Resources->Properties->Properties.xml file.

But as of the last few days, when I change the Properties associated with User Settings, and recompile and run the data field, then view User Settings using:

File->Edit PErsistent Storage->Edit Application.Properties Data... it ignores the changes and shows the prior definitions.

Did something break?

Dave

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+1 flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago

I didn't 100% understand, but isn't this your problem: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/simulator-displays-wrong-previous-settings ?

0 DaveBrillhart over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

Yes!! Very obscure bug but removing that TEMP directory worked! Thank you.

0 flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveBrillhart

Welcome. Can you up-vote the bug?

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveBrillhart

Did you rename your app but kept the same manifest UUID? The prg can have one name and the .set have another if so. Sounds like that's the case, as deleting the sim's temp directory fixes it The sys.nfm in the root of the temp folder may have been enough.

0 flocsy🤠 over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

no, this happens to me all the time, and I don't change the name. This is a bug in the simuator.

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to flocsy🤠

The only time I have any issue if the resulting prg file name changes.

If the original app is called "A" and Copy it of "Asave" and try to run that for example.(A.prg vs Asave.prg)

If deleting the temp folder clears it up, it's because something there is confusing things

0 DaveBrillhart over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hey Jim! I bet that was it. I copied one of my existing data fields to initiate the development of a new one.

0 jim_m_58 over 2 years ago in reply to DaveBrillhart

If I want to save a version of an app, say "A", I name the copy "ASave" or something but then keep working project "A".

If I want to use "A" as the basis for project "B", I use those names but change the AppId in the manifest for "B".

In both cases, the name of the prg in the sim's Apps folder is tied to a specific AppId. (I don't ever have an ASave.prg along with an A.prg, and A.prg and B.prg have different AppIds)

0 DaveBrillhart over 2 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

My technique, which might not be the most efficient, is to copy data field A. It becomes an identical copy but with a different folder name. I then go into the manifest and change the "entry" name and generate a new App UUID, into strings.xml and change the app name, and change the class name to match the manifest entry name. At this point, it compiles fine as a new data field. Then I can work on developing the new logic...