Forcing a new lap in the fit file by a datafield

I would like to be able to force the start of a new lap in the fit file of an activity that is being recorded. The manual mentions an option for adding a lap by means of "addLap".
But that it is only available in a full blown app, not in a datafield, as setting up the required session for it gets this error message:

Module 'Toybox.ActivityRecording' not available to 'Data Field'
Permission Required

Is there something like addLap available for datafields?

jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

There's no way to add a lap programmatically from a data field.

GHG23 over 7 years ago

Thanks Jim for confirming that!

jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

Imagine if I had a DF that added laps, you had one that did the same, and the native app had auto laps on and accepted manual laps. A whole bunch of laps would be occurring, and the .fit would end up looking quite odd..

GHG23 over 7 years ago

Of course, that would be a mess. But I think users would be able to deal with it, if developers would use that power careful (and would give users an option to put it off)

jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

If your DF had the option to disable adding laps, and mine that also did laps was also running, your data field would be impacted when mine added a lap. FitContrib lap data would be written, onTimerLap() in your DF would be called, etc. So indirectly, my DF could impact yours. That makes it a bit harder for you to sort out things reported for yours.