App: Hiking

IIRC, the Va actually shuts down when the battery level drops below about 10%, and where it comes back up, you get the standard running "save /discard" page, and that actually will save you hike, but as a run. I submitted a suggestion to Garmin that there be a way the FW can notify a CIQ app if a shutdown was coming so the app could do it's own proper shutdown, but that feature isn't yet available.

But, I got a solution for you. With the va, you can actually charge it while Hike is running. In Settings, if you set "USB Mode" to Garmin, you can drop the va into the charging base that's connected to something like a cellphone battery based charger. I'll do that when I stop for a break, etc, as wearing it in the charging base is a bit odd... :)

Doing this (in test, and charging it for maybe 10 mins every couple hours), I ran Hike 20 hrs straight, and the battery was at 75% when I was done.

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/39d3b5e8-67db-4517-93a8-5ec485269635

For the vivoactive, FR230, FR235, and FR630 (I don't plan support for other devices)

Please use this thread for questions, etc!

"Hike" records an activity as a hike or walk in Garmin Connect. It also allows you to mark "waypoints" (they show up as lap marks in Garmin connect, so you can see them on that map).

When hike starts, it waits for GPS, and looks for an available HRM and Tempe. At this point, with the up/down key or a screen swipe, you can switch between "hike" and "walk". Then, press "start" to start recording.

The current time, HR and temp (if the sensors are available) is displayed on all screens. While recording, pressing "back" marks a waypoint. To pause or end, press "start again", and you are given the options of "resume", "save", and "discard".

When you hit the start button and get the resume/save/discard menu, you can hit the back button. The menu goes away, and the recording remains paused (it's indicated next to the clock time on all pages). But you can scroll trough the data pages at the time. That way, if you're taking a break, you can sit and look at the current data.

When "paused" is displayed with the time, pressing start again resumes the recording.

There are 5 data screens that you can see when recording (up/down button, or swipe right/left on touch devices) (some not shown here due to forum limits)

The first screen is basic recording info: The time for the activity, the time that recording was active (when paused, this doesn't increase), the distance, and the number of waypoints marked

The second screen shows pace, avg pace, speed, and avg speed.

The third page shows the waypoints you marked. They are shown 5 at a time, and rotate every 7 seconds. They closest waypoint is shown in green.

The fourth page shows elevation data. This is GPS based, and sometime may be off. Elevation, total Ascent, and total Descent is shown.

The fifth page is location information. Your current lat/lon and heading, as well as your starting location lat/lon and the direction and distance back to start. GPS quality is also show, both in text and colors (green is usable or better)




Changes in version 0.12: see https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?335082-App-Hiking&p=765691#post765691

Sorry, I'm new with the garmin and the hiking app. When you say to use the "back" key to mark waypoints, what key do you mean exactly the little weird arrow key on the bottom left side of the watch?
Thanks

Hopefully, this fully fixes the memory crash some have seen on 23x devices!

There is one new feature. With this version when you are "paused", by default, the watch will vibrate every 5 minutes. This is meant as a reminder, so if you start moving again and forget to "resume", you'll look at your watch to see why it vibrated, and resume.

You can change it to every 10 minutes, or "never" with app settings.