Running Dynamics pod data accessible in cycling app?

I want to develop a datafield for viewing and logging RD-pod data for use with the standard cycling app. (Intended use is footbiking). Can you access RD data when a cycling app is running? I'm not able to test it myself for the moment, so I hope someone may have tried something similar (logging data from a sensor that's not supported for a particular sport mode).
Initially I planned to get the data by connecting the RD Pod via native ANT+, which I'm certain would work, but I am tired of waiting for the device profile to be made public.

tmk2 over 6 years ago

Before you invest any significant effort into developing your datafield try the following:
Get on you footbike and start the RUNNING activity, and then watch if you get any meaningful RD data, if any. I seriously doubt if the running dynamics will make any sense for anything else than running, or if it will provide any data at all.

Bit over 6 years ago

Cadence works, but most of the other data - I guess - often falls below the threshold for the running app, or the SW in the pod itself flags it as walking. That's why I wanted to view the RD pod device profile to see what -if anything- is available directly. But cadence alone would be fine for now, and it would have been nice to get it from the RD pod while in cycling mode. I've used 2 foot pods with 2 devices and then merging the files afterwards, but it's cumbersome.

Coming to think of it, I already tried a datafield for a bike speed/cadence sensor in the run app and that didn't work, but on the other hand a custom datafield for bike power (from a HR-based power estimator) did work in the running app. It was just out of curiosity, didn't use the data for anything.

Guess I'll get around to the inevitable; recording developer fields with data from 2 foot pods via native ANT+.