personal watch-app that I'd like to be a watch-face

Former Member over 8 years ago

I developed a simple watch-app with date, time, BT status, battery level and (this is the part that prevents it from being a watch-face) weather + my company stock price which I fetch from the internet using makeWebRequest().

To use it, I have to load it from the IQ APP menu.
I'd much prefer it were a regular watch-face `cause then, I'd be able to run thru the carousel of steps, weather, calendar, notifications ..
Is there someway to convince my forerunner it's a watch-face.
I don't plan to publish the app; it's for personal use only so, I'm hoping that battery-life constraints don't apply (which garmin may have for watch-faces in the connect store).

Thanks.

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks all.
I've done just that....
- converted the watch-app to a watch-face, removing comms
- created a widget that provides stock info
- align initial update to minute boundary & then, update every 60 secs.

so, not nearly as handy as having stock info on a watchface but, it seems a more natural fit with the garmin flows.