Deploy debug version

Alan.raceQs said:

is there a compile option to deploy a debug version of a watch app  to a device, for alpha testing?

[Open Command Palette - CTRL/CMD-SHIFT-P] > Monkey C: Build For Device > [Select Output Folder] > Debug

As far as I can tell, the "Build For Device" command was intended for building sideloads, based on the fact that it asks you to select between Release or Debug versions (and the fact that it asks for you an output folder.) (In contrast, "Build Current Project" seems tailor-made for building the app to run in the sim)

Alan.raceQs said:

I know I can test a release version in the sim with the -r option in the compiler

It seems that the absence of the "-r" (release) option tells the compiler to build the debug version, at least based on the difference between the command lines for "Build For Device > Debug" and "Build For Device > Release".

Alan.raceQs said:

I haven't found the spec for the compiler options

To see all the compiler options, you can either (temporarily) change your VS Code Monkey C extension settings to add the -h option to the compiler options, or run monkeyc directly from the terminal with -h.

On Mac (Terminal):

"$(cat ~"/Library/Application Support/Garmin/ConnectIQ/current-sdk.cfg")"/bin/monkeyc -h

usage: monkeyc [-a <arg>] [-b <arg>] [--build-stats <arg>] [-c <arg>] [-d <arg>]
       [--debug-log-level <arg>] [--debug-log-output <arg>] [-e]
       [--Eno-invalid-symbol] [-f <arg>] [-g] [-h] [-i <arg>] [-k] [-l <arg>]
       [-m <arg>] [--no-gen-styles] [-o <arg>] [-O <arg>] [-p <arg>] [-r] [-s
       <arg>] [-t] [-u <arg>] [-v] [-w] [-x <arg>] [-y <arg>] [-z <arg>]
-a,--apidb <arg>           API import file
-b,--apimir <arg>          API MIR file
   --build-stats <arg>     Print build stats [0=basic]
-c,--api-level <arg>       API Level to target
-d,--device <arg>          Target device
   --debug-log-level <arg> Debug logging verbosity [0=errors, 1=basic,
                           2=intermediate, 3=verbose]
   --debug-log-output <arg>Output log zip file
-e,--package-app           Create an application package.
   --Eno-invalid-symbol    Do not error when a symbol is found to be invalid
-f,--jungles <arg>         Jungle files
-g,--debug                 Print debug output
-h,--help                  Prints help information
-i,--import-dbg <arg>      Import api.debug.xml
-k,--profile               Enable profiling support
-l,--typecheck <arg>       Type check [0=off, 1=gradual, 2=informative,
                           3=strict]
-m,--manifest <arg>        Manifest file (deprecated)
   --no-gen-styles         Do not generate Rez.Styles module
-o,--output <arg>          Output file to create
-O,--optimization <arg>    Optimization level [0=none, 1=basic, 2=fast
                           optimizations, 3=slow optimizations] [p=optimize
                           performance, z=optimize code space]
-p,--project-info <arg>    projectInfo.xml file to use when compiling
-r,--release               Strip debug information
-s,--sdk-version <arg>     SDK version to target (deprecated, use -c
-t,--unit-test             Enables compilation of unit tests
-u,--devices <arg>         devices.xml file to use when compiling (deprecated)
-v,--version               Prints the compiler version
-w,--warn                  Show compiler warnings
-x,--excludes <arg>        Add annotations to the exclude list (deprecated)
-y,--private-key <arg>     Private key to sign builds with

$(cat ~"/Library/Application Support/Garmin/ConnectIQ/current-sdk.cfg")"/bin/monkeyc -v
Connect IQ Compiler version: 6.2.1