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API doc and type check info say that SENSOR_PULSE_OXIMETRY's type is OnboardSensorType, but it seems that it should be RemoteSensorType

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Apr 25, 2025
- 1 Comment
Why? - There's already SENSOR_ONBOARD_PULSE_OXIMETRY - Enabling SENSOR_ONBOARD_PULSE_OXIMETRY enables the onboard pulse ox sensor, but enabling SENSOR_PULSE_OXIMETRY does not (I assume that the API doc and SDK type info are generated from the same...
- Apr 24, 2025 9:04 AM
Dc.clear with COLOR_TRANSPARENT does not work as documented

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Apr 24, 2025
- 9 Comments
The documentation states that Dc.clear does the following: Erase the screen using the background color. Note: Starting form version 3.1.0, COLOR_TRANSPARENT will also be honored as background color, which will cause the value of pixels in...
- Apr 24, 2025 2:29 AM
Instinct 3 Solar 1-field layout: device reference seems to indicate that field can't draw on the subscreen, while simulator indicates the opposite

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Apr 24, 2025
- 1 Comment
It would be nice for the simulator and device reference to be aligned, and for the device reference to be *explicit* about whether or not CIQ data fields can draw to the subscreen, in all circumstances (including both Instinct 3 Solar / Instinct E and...
- Apr 23, 2025 3:09 PM
dc.drawScaledBitmap fails on the Vivoactive 6

VAW.BE
- Acknowledged on Apr 24, 2025
- 3 Comments
dc.drawScaledBitmap fails on the Vivoactive 6: It works nicely on the simulator, but on the real device the image becomes ugly and pixelated somehow. See images for reference: https://ibb.co/6cJc50TT https://ibb.co/DDzFy9n2
- Apr 23, 2025 1:42 PM
Type checker fails to prevent nullable value from being assigned to array/dictionary which is typed to have non-nullable values

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Apr 24, 2025
- 2 Comments
But the type checker is able to prevent null from being assigned in the same cases. And it is able to prevent a nullable value from being assigned to a scalar variable (not array/dictionary member) which is typed to be non-nullable. - SDK 8.1.1 -...
- Apr 23, 2025 7:21 AM
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 current...
- 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