personality input hints

I don't understand the naming convention: button_left_middle? Why? Aren't we encouraged to use BehaviorDelegate instead of InputDelegate, the left_middle makes no sense at all for onMenu. Not that it would make much more sense if I used InputDelegate... Am I supposed to manually map each device's each button between the personality position and the behavior? This seems to be not very feasible.

Also: I don't use layouts, I draw on Dc. Any way to use the hints? The best would be if there was a way to get the button positions so I can draw my hints as icons.

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the-ninth 16 days ago in reply to FlowState +1

FlowState said:
It would be funny if the real bug was that the top button VA5 / Venu 3 does not select.

Seems this is the case. The real Venu3S does not select with that 2 o'clock button. So maybe the simulator…

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0 the-ninth 16 days ago in reply to FlowState

FlowState said:
It would be funny if the real bug was that the top button VA5 / Venu 3 does not select.

Good point. My wife has a Venu 3S, I'll check it in the evening.

0 flocsy🤠 16 days ago in reply to the-ninth

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/onselect-behavior-for-enter-key-not-working-for-venu2-and-vivoactive4

0 FlowState 16 days ago in reply to the-ninth

the-ninth said:
How do you indicate to users there that they can tap on the screen on devices that do not have a select button? Like the Vivoactive 3?

You could do what some phone apps do: on first run, display a finger tapping graphic with some text that explains what tapping does.

Might be a bit of a challenge on the smaller screen of a watch tho.

e.g. Here's the first run tutorial of an iOS scoreboard app:

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0 the-ninth 16 days ago in reply to FlowState

FlowState said:
It would be funny if the real bug was that the top button VA5 / Venu 3 does not select.

Seems this is the case. The real Venu3S does not select with that 2 o'clock button. So maybe the simulator for Vivoactive 3/4 and Venu 2 is correct and the simulator for the newer ones faulty.