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5 months ago

Problem with installing app

One of my user has tried to install widget PSX-7 (https://apps.garmin.com/apps/1944b8b4-409e-482d-b7b3-becd4e8b1b05) but he couldn't due the incapability error but he has installed PSX-6 (https://apps.garmin.com/apps/e4ce9423-c37e-4aa7-b778-f24c2347c923). Both are built the same SDK (7.3.1m PSX-7 few days later), both have the same min API level to 2.4.

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  • 6 months ago

    > No, I had always at least pol (and others if I plan real translation) because thought that for not chosen language default is applied!

    That's because you're only looking at it from the POV of how language resources work, and not from the POV of how Garmin knows what languages your app supports.

    For example, most devs probably put all their English strings in resource (the default) resource folder, so that if they also support other languages, the English strings will be used as a default. But if you don't put "eng" in the manifest, how does Garmin know your app supports English. For all they know, your default strings could be French or German.

    Clearly the only way for Garmin to know what languages your app supports is for you to specify them in the manifest.

    And now we know that Garmin actually does something with this information.

    > There is a default language!

    There's default language resources, but not a "default language" (as in an unspecified / generic language). I think every device always has a language set: e.g.

    https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/System/DeviceSettings.html#systemLanguage-var

    https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/System.html#Language-module

    That's why I mentioned that if you don't specify a language in manifest.xml, the compiler apparently assumes your app supports English. That's the one sense where there"s a "default language" (setting), but I don't think that's what you meant.

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  • 6 months ago

    > No, I had always at least pol (and others if I plan real translation) because thought that for not chosen language default is applied!

    That's because you're only looking at it from the POV of how language resources work, and not from the POV of how Garmin knows what languages your app supports.

    For example, most devs probably put all their English strings in resource (the default) resource folder, so that if they also support other languages, the English strings will be used as a default. But if you don't put "eng" in the manifest, how does Garmin know your app supports English. For all they know, your default strings could be French or German.

    Clearly the only way for Garmin to know what languages your app supports is for you to specify them in the manifest.

    And now we know that Garmin actually does something with this information.

    > There is a default language!

    There's default language resources, but not a "default language" (as in an unspecified / generic language). I think every device always has a language set: e.g.

    https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/System/DeviceSettings.html#systemLanguage-var

    https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/System.html#Language-module

    That's why I mentioned that if you don't specify a language in manifest.xml, the compiler apparently assumes your app supports English. That's the one sense where there"s a "default language" (setting), but I don't think that's what you meant.

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