Is there a way to back up an IQ app for re installation later? I ask mainly because I have the "Dive" app installed on my F3 and would like to save it for installation on my F5X. This app has been deleted by Garmin (I guess they don't want to encourage the use of the watch as a dive watch). So if I remove it I can't install it again. Thanks for the help!
The .prg is on the watch in \garmin\apps, and you'll have to try and figure out which it is as the app store gives it an 8 character name.
if it uses app settings (from GCM or GE) you won't be able to use that by copying it over. Also the display on the f5x is different than the f3 (240x240 vs 218x218) and the fonts are different, so how it looks on the f5x could be an issue.
In this post I show the same watchface (in the CIQ simulator) for the f3 and f5, can you can see the font differences, for example, and this is one where I changed the code for the change in fonts. The unmodified .prg would have looked bad on the f5.
The .prg is on the watch in \garmin\apps, and you'll have to try and figure out which it is as the app store gives it an 8 character name.
if it uses app settings (from GCM or GE) you won't be able to use that by copying it over. Also the display on the f5x is different than the f3 (240x240 vs 218x218) and the fonts are different, so how it looks on the f5x could be an issue.
In this post I show the same watchface (in the CIQ simulator) for the f3 and f5, can you can see the font differences, for example, and this is one where I changed the code for the change in fonts. The unmodified .prg would have looked bad on the f5.
The .prg is on the watch in \garmin\apps, and you'll have to try and figure out which it is as the app store gives it an 8 character name. .....
In (almost) any file from directories COURSES and APPS (opened with Notepad /Windows/), you will (somewhere at the beginning or at the end of the file) find information which will help you to reconcile filename with an app or course:
"Real" APPS names (.prg files) you should search for string ".mc".
"Real" COURSES names (.fit files) you will find the name in the first 100 bytes of the file.
"Real" APPS names (.prg files) you should search for string ".mc".
Actually not. You'll find the names of the source files involved (an .mc is the source file), which MAY relate to the program name (they don't have to). You could find a strong hint though... (myAppView.mc and myAppApp.mc could be used to build "XYZthing" for example )
Toward the end of the .prg is the String resource that's shown on a watch for the name an app though, but it's mixed in with the other strings used. You could search for that to see if it's the correct .prg
Actually not. You'll find the names of the source files involved (an .mc is the source file), which MAY relate to the program name (they don't have to). You could find a strong hint though... (myAppView.mc and myAppApp.mc could be used to build "XYZthing" for example )
Toward the end of the .prg is the String resource that's shown on a watch for the name an app though, but it's mixed in with the other strings used. You could search for that to see if it's the correct .prg
Agree and that is why I wrote:
In (almost) any file from directori APPS ...
... you will (somewhere at the beginning or at the end of the file) find information which will help you to reconcile filename with an app ...
In any case, this method works for all 14 apps on my F3!
