Maybe I'm just missing it somewhere, but I don't see anyway to specify for CIQ apps to use Galileo or Glonass with GPS. In the menu's on the watches (935, F5+), it seems to be per activity, but there is no way to specify it for CIQ apps. Is there any way to know what's being used? Will it just use the last settings from the last built in activity type?
Hmmm, I'm a little confused about that. On my F5, I have changed the GPS to "GPS + GLONASS" in one app (Garmin "Run"), but then when I look at Garmin Bike, it's still reporting GPS (only). Since there's no way of determining the GPS source in a developer's app, I wonder what was the source of your advice?
I think what he's saying is that for CIQ apps, it will use whatever you used last, not that it is a global settings. So having Run with GPS+GLONASS and Bike as GPS only, you can switch your CIQ app by first launching - and then exiting - one or the other. I personally haven't seen much (any) difference between them so not sure how you'd verify. There might be something in the FIT file but I haven't noticed it by looking at the device records.
My main reason for bringing this up is that my F5 almost always has more noise in the track than my 935 and wondered if I could improve the F5 with one of these other settings. I usually use a CIQ app for recording my activities and have always wondered if I'm missing out on any settings that native apps take advantage of.
I you do run with GPS+GLONASS, then run your app, your app will use that. If you do bike with just GPS, then run your app, your app will will use that.
This has been stated by Garmin many times here on the forum, so not urban myth. Your app uses the settings that were last used for a native map
