Connect IQ Bug Reports - Connect IQ

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Calling ActivityRecording.createSession with invalid SPORT or SUB_SPORT causes exception

trudelta
- Acknowledged on Jun 21, 2025
- 6 Comments
Calling ActivityRecording.createSession on an actual device with SPORT or SUB_SPORT that is invalid for the watch model causes an exception. While this may be by design, there is no documentation with respect to the valid selections for a specific watch...
- Jun 20, 2025 1:03 PM
CIQ SDK 8.2 announcement and online API doc contradict each other about magnetometer support in :synchronous mode of Sensor.registerSensorDataListener()

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Jun 21, 2025
- 1 Comment
CIQ SDK 8.2 announcement: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/b/news-announcements/posts/connect-iq-sdk-8-2-now-available :synchronous If true, samples from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer will be synchronized...
- Jun 20, 2025 9:09 AM
SDKManager 8.2.1 for Windows (connectiq-sdk-manager-windows.zip) is recognized as a Trojan

RoWe
- Acknowledged on Jun 20, 2025
- 2 Comments
sdkmanager.exe is recognized as a Trojan (Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml) by Windows 11 and quarantined/removed
- Jun 20, 2025 6:25 AM
SDK 8.2.0 - No local documentation for Linux

9811827
- Acknowledged on Jun 20, 2025
- 5 Comments
Package "connectiq-sdk-lin-8.2.0-2025-05-27-67ddf1dcb" does not contain local HTML documentation. "README.html" redirects to "./doc/docs/Readme/Getting_Started.html", but there is no directory "./doc/docs".
- Jun 19, 2025 1:59 PM
Pressure unit settings aren't exposed in the API

zmullett
- Acknowledged on Jun 19, 2025
- 1 Comment
Pressure units can be set (at least on the Forerunner 945) to "Inches (Hg)", "mmHg", "Millibars" or "Hectopascals", however this user setting seemingly isn't exposed in the API. Would there be any plan to do this?
- Jun 18, 2025 5:44 PM
makeImageRequest works for AMOLED watchfaces but not MIP

andyj713
- Acknowledged on Jun 18, 2025
- 4 Comments
The error message changes with each new version of the SDK, but the result is always fail when trying to use makeImageRequest in a watchface for a MIP device. This works for AMOLED devices. Can this get fixed? For a MIP device, with SDK 8.1+ the error...
- Jun 18, 2025 2:15 AM
Unable to get my app in connect Iq china store

Thomas
- Acknowledged on Jan 22, 2026
- 1 Comment
Hi! A friend of mine in China is trying to download my app, but it doesn’t seem to be available in the Connect IQ China store. Here’s the link to the app: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ecabb122-329a-40dc-9863-1ef7f7b49fd1 Does anyone know why...
- Jun 14, 2025 12:21 PM
Can't install anything on connect Iq after edge 1040 27.14 update.

Zymantas
- Acknowledged on Jun 14, 2025
- 3 Comments
Hello In CIQ app the data fields section I have a list of not installed data fields, I try to install and it kind of does it, but instant flick reverts back from setup to install. it's with all of them. I did reset the device fully, Garmin app...
- Jun 14, 2025 3:47 AM
Dc.setFill not available on Edge devices

the-ninth
- Acknowledged on Jun 13, 2025
- 3 Comments
I tested this on the Edge 540 and 1040 using the simulator. Both devices support CIQ level 5.1, and according to the documentation, Dc.setFill() has been available since CIQ 4.0. However, calling this function results in the following runtime exception...
- Jun 12, 2025 7:07 AM
LightNetworkListener.onBikeLightUpdate not called when certain data fields are installed

maca88
- Acknowledged on Jun 9, 2025
- 7 Comments
When certain data fields are installed alongside a CIQ application that uses LightNetworkListener , the onBikeLightUpdate method stops being called. For example, the Smart Bike Lights data field (which uses onBikeLightUpdate ) does not receive light updates...
- Jun 8, 2025 1:18 PM