Anyone else seeing User Settings being Zapped with Application Update ?
Former Member
Just wondering ..
Has anyone seen that their user settings for their apps are being reset when doing an update in the Garmin store ? I am getting it all the time and it is very annoying having to reset them.
Whenever I upload a new application update to the Garmin store for one of my apps (using GCM iOS version. I am running the latest version).
I am just using the 'update' app item in GCM under Connect IQ applications.
- the user settings are always being zapped back to the defaults so I have to reset them as desired each time.
- the application file name changes (also annoying) but not the subject of this thread. Garmin if you are reading, please stop updating the application name every time there is an update. It serves no purpose.
Edit .. I thought about the name change item, and came to the conclusion that it may be tough for Garmin to do that. However .. having the ability to write to a text file in the logs folder that is the same name as the application may be a possibility. I should note that most of my apps would not work well with the Fit Contributor, so the writing to the text file (mostly application summary data) is a requirement. Yes .. I do know that it is an 'expensive' item to do.
HermoT .. it has not always happened, it is a more recent thing, but I cannot pin point when it started happening.
With GCM/Android, there's no "update available" option. The only way to update an app was to uninstall and reinstall, so everything settings wise is lost.
Just to tack on to what jim_m_58 has said, GCM/Android isn't working as intended. It's been filed as a bug and there are plans to fix this so app updates through GCM/A don't blow away settings.
