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2 months ago

Cannot get location of GARMIN weather for fenix8 series devices

Hi:

When I tried to get the location of GARMIN weather for fenix843mm, it seems that cc.observationLocationName is null. Both the simulator and real fenix8 devices reported the same issue. The SDK is 7.3.0.

Moreover, Users with other devices reported that they'd encountered the same issue after they upgraded their system of the watch.

Can somebody help on it? Thanks.

for example:

if(Toybox has :Weather) {
var currentConditions=Weather.getCurrentConditions();
if (null != currentConditions) {
// city
var cc = currentConditions as Weather.CurrentConditions;
var city;

if (null != cc.observationLocationName) {
var index = cc.observationLocationName.find(",");
city = (null != index) ?
cc.observationLocationName.substring(0, index) :
cc.observationLocationName;
} else {
city = "unknown";
}
}
}

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  • 2 months ago in reply to myaro

    Understand this wasn't a change in the SDK, and the doc will just note that it's no longer available from the firmware.  You won't see the location name in the native weather widget either.  

    I saw it go from a valid name to null on a device without any changes to my app, including using a different SDK.  This a result of something outside the SDK or CIQ.

    Brandon did pass this on in this thread:

    "Without getting into too much detail, the location names we were receiving were often incorrect, so the product team has dropped support for the location name in firmware."

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  • 2 months ago in reply to myaro

    Understand this wasn't a change in the SDK, and the doc will just note that it's no longer available from the firmware.  You won't see the location name in the native weather widget either.  

    I saw it go from a valid name to null on a device without any changes to my app, including using a different SDK.  This a result of something outside the SDK or CIQ.

    Brandon did pass this on in this thread:

    "Without getting into too much detail, the location names we were receiving were often incorrect, so the product team has dropped support for the location name in firmware."

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  • 2 months ago in reply to jim_m_58

    Bummer. In all my travels, I enjoyed seeing the name of the Weather Station currently reporting. I provided that in the footer of my field, which included wind speed and relative direction (to my heading) and temp. They were always correct (even if sometimes pretty far away).