updating watch face settings on smartphone

i have been working on updates for a watch face and a lot of settings changed.
now i loaded the watch face onto the watch by putting the .prg file into the apps folder of the watch.
when i open the watch face settings on the smart phone it still shows the old version of the settings which i assume are pulled from the app store for some reason.

anyone knows if one can load the settings that belong to the watch face version that was installed instead of a old version thats on the store?

HermoT over 8 years ago

i have been working on updates for a watch face and a lot of settings changed.
now i loaded the watch face onto the watch by putting the .prg file into the apps folder of the watch.
when i open the watch face settings on the smart phone it still shows the old version of the settings which i assume are pulled from the app store for some reason.

anyone knows if one can load the settings that belong to the watch face version that was installed instead of a old version thats on the store?

You cannot test settings with side loaded apps.
You have to upload it to the app store before being able to access the new settings.

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

As Hermo said - you'll find it in the new developer FAQ - https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?339891-New-Developer-FAQ too
(check out the new Developer FAQ #2 for some thing you'll want to do for Andriod Devices and app settings)

If you upload something to the app store for testing, include "DO NOT APPROVE" in the title and you can download it, but others cant. When you're happy with it, remove the "DO NOT APPROVE", and it will then be approved in a couple days.

daengr over 8 years ago

As Hermo said - you'll find it in the new developer FAQ - https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?339891-New-Developer-FAQ too
(check out the new Developer FAQ #2 for some thing you'll want to do for Andriod Devices and app settings)

If you upload something to the app store for testing, include "DO NOT APPROVE" in the title and you can download it, but others cant. When you're happy with it, remove the "DO NOT APPROVE", and it will then be approved in a couple days.

aha that is helpful:D i will try that, thanks. any idea if its possible for collaborators to download it for testing?

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

any idea if its possible for collaborators to download it for testing?

Nope. At this time only you can download it until it's approved, and once it's approved, anyone can download it. Giving some kind of "beta state" to an app where you can allow a few others to download it has been requested in the past, but that feature doesn't exist today.

daengr over 8 years ago

Nope. At this time only you can download it until it's approved, and once it's approved, anyone can download it. Giving some kind of "beta state" to an app where you can allow a few others to download it has been requested in the past, but that feature doesn't exist today.

ok thanks again, hope to see some beta state or similar in the future

EDIT: i was just going to test this but is this only for new apps or can i change the title of an existing app when updating the file to make it only available to me? and if so will the old version still be available for everybody to download? oh boy this is confusing^^

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

One it's approved, you can't move it out of approved state, so anyone can get whatever version you upload. (including auto-updates if there was a version installed on the user's device already)

You might be able to do something with having two different apps in the store - one that is never approved.

Other than app settings and FitContrib stuff, you should be able to do most of your testing with sideloads though. (create a .set in the sim and then copy it to the watch, for example)

travis.vitek over 8 years ago

I think I did a fairly good job of explaining what you can do in this post.