Data Fields with Custom Fonts on Fenix 3 HR

Former Member over 8 years ago

I am trying my hand on the SDK to implement a data field with a custom font for a Fenix 3 HR using the Ecplise Plugin.

The code can be successfully simluated for e.g. fenix 5x but it starts / terminates with an out of memory error when selecting the fenix 3 HR for simulation:

Failed invoking <symbol>
Out Of Memory Error
in MainLayout (Rez:30)
in onLayout (C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\Generell\eclip-mars.ws\MyRunB\source\MyRunBView.mc:45)

Any ideas ? Thank you !

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

What is likely happening, is on the f3-hr, DF's have a limit of 16k (it's a CIQ 1.x device), while on the f5 (it's a CIQ 2.x device), it's 26k. (you can see the current, max, and peak memory on the bottom line of the simulator), and Custom fonts tend to use a bunch of memory. You might be able to reduce the memory for the custom font by removing characters you don't need - like if you only need 0-9, don't include a-z or A-Z.

Also, using layouts may cause the DF to use more memory, so instead of layouts, you may want to just use dc calls, and position things in your code.

Former Member over 8 years ago

mexico overen

:D
as suggested ...
(0) Basis code was from Project FieldTimerEvents
(1) tried Gfx.FONT_NUMBER_THAI_HOT => worked Memory 11.7 / 16 kB peak 13.1 KB
(2) removed Layout specific code
(3) reduced customFont set to digits
(4) it worked
Memory 10.9 / 16 kB peak 14.8 kB with a customFont

Thank you ..