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In CIQ, what you are talking about for a watch face are "complications".

Here's a simple example, where pressing on heart rate on the screen launches the heart rate widget:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/349473/simple-example-wf-that-shows-a-bunch-of-things

This is exactly what I wanted, thank you very much for your time

Facemaker said:

I understand that in Monkey C, taps on the screen are handled by WatchUi.InputDelegate, more specifically, with the onTap, onHold, onRelease and onSwipe methods.

What I wanted to know is, how can I open a specific app on the watch by tapping a defined coordinate on the watch screen?

For further context, CIQ watchfaces only support WatchfaceDelegate.onPress() (long-press), not any of the other touch input methods.

Here's the dev docs for complications:

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

Facemaker said:

Are there any default apps, pre-installed on the watch and if so, which ones and how I can open them from the watchface?

Using Complications.exitTo(), you can launch the native app (*) associated with any of the native complication types listed here:

(* also usually associated with a glance)

[https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/Complications.html#type-module]

For example, Complications.exitTo(COMPLICATION_TYPE_STEPS) should launch the native app which shows the user their step count (also accessible via the Steps glance.) This should be identical to the action that happens when the user long presses the steps data field on a native watchface.

I assume this will fail if the native complication type isn't supported for your watch (e.g. COMPLICATION_TYPE_SOLAR_INPUT on non-solar watches). (It shouldn't be a problem since your app would normally be expected to display the corresponding data as a data field to be pressed, and that data should also be unavailable in that case.)

Your app can also launch 3rd-party Connect IQ apps in the same way, if they have published a complication.

Note that it doesn't seem possible to launch other types of apps this way (e.g. native activities or CIQ apps which haven't published a complication), as that happens via System.exitTo(), which isn't available to CIQ watchfaces.

Thanks for knowledge @FlowState, now I fully understand how it works