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Bug on Venu3 Picker (number gets submitted when slightly missing down arrow)

4462336
- Acknowledged on Jan 19, 2026
- 2 Comments
Hello, I want to report an issue with the Picker class on the Venu 3. When an app displays a Picker for a number and I repeatedly click the "down" arrow on it, I sometimes miss it by some single digit amount of pixels. This is expected because on...
- Jan 18, 2026 8:35 AM
Usability issue: when editing an activity data field, simply scrolling through the CIQ fields produces intrusive "use open connection?" prompts if any of them use ANT+

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Jan 18, 2026
- 3 Comments
I reported this before, but it still exists and it's still extremely annoying, so I'm reporting it again. Device: Forerunner 955 (WW) Firmware: 27.09 Reproduction: - Install one more data fields to the watch which make an ANT+ connection without...
- Jan 18, 2026 4:54 AM
bug: system pops non-TextPicker view *after* calling TextPickerDelegate methods

juliatuttle
- Acknowledged on Jan 17, 2026
- 0 Comments
I'm working on an app that uses a `TextPicker`, and the system is behaving oddly when calling TextPickerDelegate methods: it leaves TextPicker on the view stack, calls my delegate method, and then pops *whatever* is on top of the view stack (presumably...
- Jan 16, 2026 10:25 PM
[bug] Simulator bug for older systems

beva
- Acknowledged on Jan 17, 2026
- 6 Comments
My layout is messed up when I use drawRadialText on I guess devices with system 7, to make it easy I'll talk about system 7 where it fails. However, if I first choose to run it on a system 8 device and re-use the simulator screen to run it on a system...
- Jan 16, 2026 9:49 AM
drawBitmap2() crash

Bastos65
- Acknowledged on Jan 17, 2026
- 3 Comments
Hi. I encounter some issue about using drawBitmap2() too. It seems crash happens especialy on F8 amoled. I tried both drawable.xml config without succes : <bitmap id="alarm_0" filename="Icons\ALARM_0.png" packingFormat="png" /> <bitmap id="alarm_0...
- Jan 16, 2026 9:00 AM
UserProfile.walkingStepLength is incorrect in sim; sim behaves as if units are cm, but real units are mm (as per docs and real device)

flowstate
- Acknowledged on Jan 16, 2026
- 3 Comments
SDK: 8.4.0 / Windows (this problem also existed in 2023) Real device: Forerunner 955 (latest beta firmware) Simulated device: fr955 Recreation procedure: - Create simple data field which simply returns UserProfile.getProfile.walkingStepLength...
- Jan 16, 2026 5:57 AM
bug: DataFieldAlert.onUpdate is called every second in the simulator but not on real device

flocsy🤠
- Acknowledged on Jan 16, 2026
- 0 Comments
SDK 8.3.0, 8.4.0, fr955, fr965: in the simulator DataFieldAlert.onUpdate is called every second, even though on a real device (fr965, FW: 26.08) it's only called once when the alert is shown. Also related: bug: DataField.compute is not being called...
- Jan 15, 2026 1:31 PM
Touch events delivered to apps even when touchscreen is disabled

Multipassionate
- Acknowledged on Jan 14, 2026
- 10 Comments
Hi Garmin Connect IQ Team, Currently, there is no reliable way for an app to detect whether the device’s touchscreen is disabled (for example when the user has turned touch off in settings or enabled touch lock during an activity). The existing System...
- Jan 14, 2026 10:03 AM
Simulator SIGSEGV on Communications.transmit w/ SDK 8.3.0 and 8.4.0

Diijr
- Acknowledged on Jan 14, 2026
- 0 Comments
Simulator sigsegv on Communications.transmit() w/ Android companion using Connect IQ SDKs 8.4.0, 8.3.0. Works with 8.2.3. No problem with physical devices. Tried several Android SDK versions with no effect. Also fails with samples/Comm System is Linux...
- Jan 13, 2026 6:30 PM
bug: Symbol Not Found Error on (:glance) const FOO = true

flocsy🤠
- Acknowledged on Jan 14, 2026
- 3 Comments
(:glance) const FOO = false; (:glance) function test() as Boolean { return FOO; } produces: Error: Symbol Not Found Error Stack: error in SDK 8.3.0 in fr955, fr245 simulator when run as glance. Note the stack is also missing. The same code works...
- Jan 13, 2026 12:39 PM