Simulator in SDK 4.0.6 - removed support for activity simulation for widgets and watch faces

The simulator doesn't allow the simulation of an activity for widgets and watch faces like in all previous SDK versions.

That means starting an activity (stop, resume, etc.) is not available anymore. The 'data fields' menu is always disabled.

In previous SDK simulator versions the following steps enable the 'data fields' menu in the simulator for testing your apps (widgets/watch faces) to work during activities.

- start your app

- enable 'Simulate Data' in the simulation/Fit data menu

- toggle the 'time display' in the settings menu to 12h or 24h

=> the 'data fields' menu is enabled and allows starting an activity

Can you verify this issue, thanks.

  • Here is a work around to get the simulator working again in the 4.0.6 version on a Windows system.

    - install the sdk v4.0.5 and v4.0.6

    - copy the simulator.exe from the sdk v4.0.5 to the v4.0.6

    the file is located in the following folder:

    C:\Users\YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Garmin\ConnectIQ\Sdks\connectiq-sdk-win-4.0.5-xxx\bin