Duration of build until simulator shows up

Do you think I should remove and install VS Code anew?

I never have added another than Monkey C Extension. And all my codes are very simple and refer to no 3rd party tool.

Unfortunately I cannot send you a PM. I think about to send you my project for a test. If you agree you‘re welcomed to send me a PM. But as I said - Of yourse I don‘t want to get your nerves…

You can simply check who is the culprit - VS Code or Monkey C JAR itself by executing a corresponding build command from the Terminal tab in VS Code.

1) Run build from VS Code using Ctrl+F5

2) Copy the corresponding build command from the Terminal tab in VS Code

3) Start Windows Command Line and go there to your project root folder

4) Paste the command, execute it, and see how much time it takes to build the PRG.

The command should look similar to this:

D:\jdk-17.0.2\bin\java.exe -Xms1g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapple.awt.UIElement=true -jar c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Garmin\ConnectIQ\Sdks\connectiq-sdk-win-4.1.6-2022-11-04-17f8cfdf3\bin\monkeybrains.jar -o bin\myapp.prg -f d:\apps\myapp\monkey.jungle;d:\apps\myapp\barrels.jungle -y "d:\Program Files\developer_key" -d edge1030_sim -w -l 1

Note that if you have spaces in some of your paths then you additionally need to surround it with double quotes (like "D:\Program Files" in the example above) 

THERE ARE INCREDIBLE NEWS!

I remebered that the problem with increasing build time started when I first added CONTRIBUTE. Edge battery and gear shift index can be written into the activity fit file on demand.

I removed the Contribute permission and the according parts of code from my project for testing purpose. There was not much code to eliminate: a resources XML and some lines in Initialize and onCompute.

And ... drummroll ... the build time now is incredible 15 seconds!

How can that be?
I know that some users like this feature and I will not withdraw it.

Here is the eliminated code:

resources XML

<resources>

    <strings>

        <string id="battery_label">Device Battery</string>
        <string id="batterygraph_label">Device Battery</string>
        <string id="battery_units">%</string>

        <string id="rshift_label">Rear Shift</string>
        <string id="rshiftgraph_label">Rear Shift</string>
        <string id="rshift_units">Idx</string>

        <string id="fshift_label">Front Shift</string>
        <string id="fshiftgraph_label">Front Shift</string>
        <string id="fshift_units">Idx</string>

    </strings>

    <fitContributions>

        <fitField id="1" displayInChart="true" sortOrder = "1" precision="0"
        chartTitle="@Strings.batterygraph_label" dataLabel="@Strings.battery_label"
        unitLabel="@Strings.battery_units" fillColor="#38C8F8" />

        <fitField id="2" displayInChart="true" sortOrder = "2" precision="0"
        chartTitle="@Strings.fshiftgraph_label" dataLabel="@Strings.fshift_label"
        unitLabel="@Strings.fshift_units" fillColor="#FF8080" />
    
        <fitField id="3" displayInChart="true" sortOrder = "3" precision="0"
        chartTitle="@Strings.rshiftgraph_label" dataLabel="@Strings.rshift_label"
        unitLabel="@Strings.rshift_units" fillColor="#FF8080" />


    </fitContributions>

</resources>

Initialize:

        /*
        if ( showBatteryGC == true )    {
            mybatteryField = createField("devicebattery", batteryID,  FitContributor.DATA_TYPE_UINT8, {:mesgType=>FitContributor.MESG_TYPE_RECORD, :units=>"%"} );
            if ( mybatteryField != null ) {
                mybatteryField.setData(0);
            }    
        }

        if ( showShiftGC == true and gearArt > 0 )    {
            if ( gearArt == 3 ) {       // front Gear
                myfshiftField = createField("frontShift", fshiftID,  FitContributor.DATA_TYPE_UINT8, {:mesgType=>FitContributor.MESG_TYPE_RECORD, :units=>"Idx"} );
                if ( myfshiftField != null ) {
                    myfshiftField.setData(0);
                }    
            }    
            myrshiftField = createField("rearShift", rshiftID,  FitContributor.DATA_TYPE_UINT8, {:mesgType=>FitContributor.MESG_TYPE_RECORD, :units=>"Idx"} );
            if ( myrshiftField != null ) {
                myrshiftField.setData(0);
            }    
        }
        */

onCompute:

            /*
            if ( mybatteryField != null ) {
                    mybatteryField.setData(akku);
            }        
            */

            /*
             if ( myfshiftField != null ) {
                myfshiftField.setData(curGearF);
            }    
             if ( myrshiftField != null ) {
                myrshiftField.setData(curGear);
            }    
            */

Wow. I would file a bug report and send Garmin a copy of your project.

What I did now:

I added the Contributions step by step and stopped the build time:

-with no Contribution at all:    15 seconds

-added the first Contribution (Edge battery):  1:15 min

-added the second Contribution (Front shift Index):  2:20 min

-added the third Contribution (Rear shift index):  4:50 minutes

I will now make a small project only with Contributions and will see. If it's the same, I will file a bug report and send that project.

Thanks for all!