Fenix 6 with background app watchface doesn't update

A user has reported my watchface doesn't work with his Fenix 6 but does with his Vivoactive 3. So, he's been helping me debug it a bit and it appears that after the background process (which does a webRequest) calls Background.exit(data), the app's onBackgroundData() method isn't called, until something else, like a smart notification, happens on the watch.

He sees the same behavior with both firmware 9.0 and 10.10 on the Fenix 6. I don't see this problem on the simulator and this is the first report I've received about it.

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Former Member over 4 years ago

I'm also experiencing this issue with a Fenix 6. Background processes update the watchface (for weather or other requests) on my wife's Garmin 645 (linked to my phone), but not on the Fenix 6. This makes the watch completely unusable for me as I use a watchface to display my blood sugar from xdrip+.

All xdrip+ compatible watchfaces work perfectly on the Forerunner 645, but not the Fenix 6....using the same mobile phone.
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Former Member over 4 years ago

I'm also experiencing this issue with a Fenix 6. Background processes update the watchface (for weather or other requests) on my wife's Garmin 645 (linked to my phone), but not on the Fenix 6. This makes the watch completely unusable for me as I use a watchface to display my blood sugar from xdrip+.

All xdrip+ compatible watchfaces work perfectly on the Forerunner 645, but not the Fenix 6....using the same mobile phone.
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