Problem to publish WatchFace

Former Member
Former Member
Hi everybody,

I have the new versión of Connect IQ 2.1.2, and I'm designing a WatchFace with others versión I don´t have problems to publish and use in my watch my own WatchFace but I install the new versión for a new order which I need for WatchFace and in the simulator works perfectly, but I try to install in the device and It is imposible because the watchFace which show the device is the digital of garmin and no my own WatchFace, Which could be the problema or wht I'm Doing bad?

Sorry for my english.

Thanks for your help
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    Hello Raul,

    it is not clear what you mean I think, lets figure it out.
    You can build your watch face in Eclipse with older SDK versions, like 1.2.x, it's not a problem.
    If you like to test your watch face on your own device, you can connect the watch via USB and put your *app*.prg to GARMIN/APPS/ folder.
    If you manually test your app by putting it over USB to watch, you can't use Garmin connect to set preferences over there. It does't work.
    You can test app settings via Eclipse: Main menu -> Connect IQ -> App Settings Editor.
    If your app, putted over USB does't show up in your watch, you can long press right button and set it through display designs -> type. (In my case of Garmin vivofit HR).

    I hope this informations help you )
  • Hi everybody,

    I have the new versión of Connect IQ 2.1.2, and I'm designing a WatchFace with others versión I don´t have problems to publish and use in my watch my own WatchFace but I install the new versión for a new order which I need for WatchFace and in the simulator works perfectly, but I try to install in the device and It is imposible because the watchFace which show the device is the digital of garmin and no my own WatchFace, Which could be the problema or wht I'm Doing bad?

    Sorry for my english.

    Thanks for your help


    Me too. After publishing, it failed to install on my Garmin Fenix 3 HR. Anybody faced this issue as well?
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    I have a Fenix 3 HR, with the version of Connect IQ SDK 1.2.11, the WatchFace works perfectly in Device, but with the newer version like 2.1.2, the same WatchFace with the same code and all equal, works in the simulator but not in the device. Memory used 29,5 Kb. Which is the problem? Anyone knows a solution?

    Thanks for all and your help
  • Same problem for me.
    I made a new watch face for the VA HR.
    I used 2.1.2. It worked on the simulator, I could side load it to my watch and it worked perfectly (I used the developer key)
    But as soon as I installed it from the App Store, it didn't work anymore. (it was not approved yet but in the past I could also install and test my pending faces from the AppStore)

    I switched back to 1.2.11 and with that everything worked perfectly...

    Does anybody know what's going wrong?
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    I made a new WatchFace with 2.1.2, and generate the keys with preference of Conncet compiler and works perfectly in simulator and the device after load the WatchFace in the App Store
  • I managed to resolve this by following this: https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?358985-Too-Many-Arguments-Error


    Hi,
    Thanks a lot for this hint!
    I was not aware of this topic.

    Following this instruction did resolve the issue.


    Cheers