How to get the Activity Speed Unit?

Hi there,

I am currently working on a data field that displays, among other things, the current speed.

I want the data field to be universally usable for different activities, e.g. for activities that display kmh, mph or kn (nautical speed - knots) as the unit of speed.

The speed value itself is taken from Activity.Info.currentSpeed in meters per second.

I have seen that by using getDeviceSettings() you can get information about the distanceUnits as well as the paceUnits. However, these only return km or miles (metric, statute).

Is there a way to get the speed unit that the current application is using? For example, the sailing application normally displays speed in knots and distance in nautical miles.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Nicolas

0 flocsy🤠 2 months ago

Either "guess" the user's preference based on the distance, speed setting (if it makes sense) or add a custom setting to your app where the user can choose their preference

0 mcinner1 2 months ago in reply to flocsy🤠

…or you look at Activity.ProfileInfo.sport and subsport.
For example: if sport returns Sport_Sailing (32) then chose knots…
(but check first - not all devices have sport!)