Edge 1040 (or SDK 4.2) Font Alignment

For all other EDGE devices, there is generally whitespace above the top of the fonts, so I offset the position to account for that.

The EDGE 1040 appears to have changed that behavior. The simulator hasn't been updated to reflect how the EDGE 1040 positions fonts. In the simulator, for the EDGE 1040, it uses the traditional font positioning. But on the real device, the fonts are actually positioned at the "drawText" X location. So, now I have to specifically look for that device and use a device-dependent offset.

Is this the way SDK 4.2 devices handle font positioning, or just an EDGE 1040 anomaly?

0 mcinner1 over 1 year ago

Seems all newer Edge devices are offset to simulator.
Here an example of Explore 2:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/345457/recognize-the-device/1666727#1666727

0 DaveBrillhart 4 months ago in reply to mcinner1

The 1040 and 1050 changed VCENTER. The older devices centered from the baseline, but the new device center from the bottom of the descenders. The net result is that the text on the new devices are skewed upwards compared to all the prior devices when you use VCENTER. So I need a way to detect if my field is running on a Explore 2, *40 or *50 device and skew the text vertically.