Switch to the Glances screen from a watchface?

Hi, I have a user that would like to switch to the Glances screen (for lack of a better term) by simply touch&hold the watchface screen. Not having a watch with glance capabilities, I don't know if it's an irritant to switch to the Glances screen, but if it is, with the new WatchFaceDelegate onPress function release in 4.2.0, anyone know if it's possible to that function to switch to the Glances screen? Does the Glances screen have a manifest-id that I can call?

Thanks.

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jim_m_58 2 months ago in reply to Dr House +1

What are you looking for? The breakout sessions often are removed after a year or so. In one of the links you see "gdvc". That's from a "Garmin Developer Virtual Conference".

If…

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jim_m_58 over 1 year ago

That's a System 6 thing with complications.

See https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/Complications.html

You can subscribe to one of the 39 native complications, and set up onPress to launch the glance for that one. onPress is only on touch devices so the 955 and not the 255 for example.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

There was a breatout at the last summit about this too.

"Complications aren't Complicated"

https://developer.garmin.com/gdvc/overview/

I would suggest that you have a device that they are available on if you plan to add them to your app.

SylvainGa over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks. I'll take a look at that breakout summit.

I'm able to get onPress called from a simulated Venu2 watch by holding the mouse button pressed on the watchface but I doubt I would be able to go any further since I don't think the simulator can simulate more than a 'thing' at a time.

Both my published apps are forked of other apps that are available for free (just like mine) and are basically for my own personal use that I share with the public. Crystal isn't maintained anymore and Quick-Tesla original contributor is happy with the feature he implemented for his button operated watch while I wanted something more feature rich for my Venu watch). I don't intend to spent money on a watch unless it would be for my personal use. My Venu is enough for me right now. I guess that could be the end of the road of that feature unless the person that requested it doesn't mind be my guinea pig.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to SylvainGa

You'll see the onPress on the venu2, but in order to go to the glace, you use exitTo() and the complication ID.

SylvainGa over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Thanks, but how to get the complication ID of the Glance screen? I mean this screen here as shown in the documentation.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to SylvainGa

Have you looked at the API doc for complications and watched the video from the summit?

When onPress launches a glance on a real device, it starts in full screen.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to SylvainGa

Are you just talking about getting to the glance loop/widget loop from a watch face in general? up/down from the watch face does that.

SylvainGa over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes, that's what he wants and from you're saying, it's completely unnecessary then?

Dr House 2 months ago in reply to jim_m_58

I wonder why garmin keeps deleting these resources. I have seen many of them here with 404 error.

jim_m_58 2 months ago in reply to Dr House

What are you looking for? The breakout sessions often are removed after a year or so. In one of the links you see "gdvc". That's from a "Garmin Developer Virtual Conference".

If it's for complications, here's threads about them

Using the native complication for heart rate:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/349473/simple-example-wf-that-shows-a-bunch-of-things

a CIQ publisher and a watch face that uses them:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/353286/sample-of-ciq-complication-publisher-and-consumer-of-those-complications

Using complications published by CIQ with FaceIt

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/352175/face-it-and-ciq-complications