Question on Resources

In the following document: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/resources/ I don't understand how the compiler finds all the resources I'd like to include in my program.

Does it just recursively search all *.xml files in the "resources" subdirectory and include everything it finds?

Do I need to reference my XML files in the manifest.xml and/or the monkey.jungle?

The documentation just says "Its input is an XML file:" but doesn't say how they are referenced and pulled into the Rez.

Thanks!

FlowState over 1 year ago

paulkilroy said:
Does it just recursively search all *.xml files in the "resources" subdirectory and include everything it finds?

Yes, and there are also other top-level directories that will be used, based on resource qualifiers (e.g. resources-round):

[https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/build-configuration/]

You can also override resource locations yourself, via jungle files:

[https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/build-configuration/#buildconfigurationviajungles]

This can be useful when there's a group of devices which needs to share common resources, but it doesn't quite match any of the predefined resource qualifiers.

paulkilroy over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Very helpful , Thanks! -- That first part about recursively searching all directories for xml files might be good to put in the documentations. Its one of those things that is super obvious to an expert, but might be hard for a beginner.

FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to paulkilroy

Yeah, there's a lot of important knowledge in Connect IQ that's either in between the lines of the official docs or folk knowledge in the forums.

A lot of the code examples in the docs have issues, too.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

I recommend looking at the samples in the SDK. Like in this case, the "stings" sample. Different resources based on device, language, device and resources, etc.