Connect IQ Bug Reports - Connect IQ

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Feature Request: Body composition measurement

Justice
- Acknowledged on Apr 23, 2025
- 5 Comments
Dear Garmin-Developers Certain things are just made for wrist watches! E.g. showing time ;) ... measuring pulse... tracking movement... But one such thing is missing! (and the Samsung galaxy watches have it). Samsung those many things purely but...
- Apr 22, 2025 11:11 AM
Watch face disappeared from Connect IQ after setting monetization = yes

PrzemekB
- Acknowledged on Apr 23, 2025
- 2 Comments
Hi, I've changed monetization = yes For the following app: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/32bd7a0f-355f-42c1-96fc-8afa8dced8e6 App disappeared from searching, both in web & mobile app/ Could you please fix it?
- Apr 22, 2025 9:52 AM
Background docs have error about which type check level enables compiler to tell whether BG code references something not in BG

FlowState
- Acknowledged on Apr 20, 2025
- 0 Comments
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/backgrounding/ If your type check level is at gradual or above, the compiler will detect if your background service or any objects referenced is attempting to reference something not marked as background...
- Apr 19, 2025 8:23 PM
Barrels doc doesn't explain how to manually include barrel annotations

FlowState
- Acknowledged on Apr 19, 2025
- 0 Comments
The barrels doc says: See How to Include Barrels for more information on how to include Barrels and specific annotations. But the "how to include barrels" section says this: In order to use a Barrel, developers will need to add it to the...
- Apr 18, 2025 6:42 PM
"How to Import Barrels" doc incorrectly (?) claims that a barrel's annotations are automatically added to barrel jungle

FlowState
- Acknowledged on Apr 19, 2025
- 0 Comments
https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/core-topics/shareable-libraries/#howtoincludebarrels "The Barrels and their specified annotations will be added to the default Barrel Jungle file automatically. The manifest file will also be updated with those...
- Apr 18, 2025 6:35 PM
Error message has typo: "Device doesn't support given format 'png', reverse to default format."

FlowState
- Acknowledged on Apr 18, 2025
- 0 Comments
^ This error message can be triggered by trying to include a bitmap resource with a packingFormat of "png" in an app that's built for fr165, for example. SDK: 8.1.1 I assume "reverse" is meant to be "revert" or "reverting", as in: "Device doesn...
- Apr 17, 2025 5:33 PM
Issues with SDK 8.1.x and glance on Fenix 6

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Apr 18, 2025
- 2 Comments
I have issues with getting my glance to run with Fenix 6 on SDK 8.1.x. On SDK 7.4.3 everything works as it should, code builds and glance is shown. On SDK 8.1.0 , I get the following error when building: * Executing task: monkeyc: Building For...
- Apr 17, 2025 11:49 AM
Documentation Improvement: getVectorFont() and Scalable Fonts

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Apr 18, 2025
- 0 Comments
On CIQ 5.1.0 devices, using a Graphics.FontDefinition (e.g., Graphics.FONT_MEDIUM ) with the :font option only works if the target device provides a scalable version of that font. For example: On FR165 , getVectorFont( :font => Graphics.FONT_MEDIUM...
- Apr 17, 2025 9:43 AM
Simulator onUpdate Delay Issue with SDK 8.1.0 and 8.1.1

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Apr 16, 2025
- 4 Comments
I'm encountering a timing issue in the simulator when running my app with SDK versions 8.1.0 and 8.1.1. My app uses a combination of two timers and web requests. In the simulator, there is a consistent delay of 5 to 15 seconds after a View.onUpdate...
- Apr 16, 2025 9:31 AM
Method.invoke() does not propagate exceptions

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Apr 15, 2025
- 0 Comments
Exceptions thrown by functions invoked via Method.invoke() are not propagated to the caller. Instead, they result in an "Unhandled Exception" error that crashes the application. This behavior is undocumented and significantly reduces the usefulness...
- Apr 15, 2025 6:48 AM