Hi there, Tonight I concentrated on the app GUI and the target was to get valid data parsed from the JSON (that eventually will come from Fitbit API), and to view the weight and the date of the latest measurement on the view labels. The function below is the callback that…
Weight widget (part 2)
Hello, in this second part of my blog posts about the weight widget for Connect IQ I will present the basic app structure and some fundamental methods with the target to reach the basic functionality for obtaining data from Fitbit and presenting it on the watch ui. In the first post I…
Table hockey madness (part 4)
Hello, I have once again returned to the topic that has bugged me for the past few weeks: the Garmin Connect IQ based watch app for table hockey or football. As I wrote in part 1, part 2 and part 3, the development wasn’t without problems. I have now implemented…
Table hockey madness (part 3)
Hi, it’s time for the third part in my series about Garmin ConnectIQ app development. Previously I have already installed the ConnectIQ SDK and the Eclipse plugin as described in the Readme file. The planned structure of the app is as follows: A Monkey C app is built on top…
Table hockey madness (part 2)
Hi, This post is continuation to the first part of the series about the development of another Garmin ConnectIQ app that can be used for bookkeeping of scores in a table hockey or football game. Let’s start with the actual work now. First I want to sketch a couple of…
Table hockey madness (part 1)
Hi there, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about my first app for the Garmin Connect IQ platform, i.e. “Juice Left” a data field for viewing the current remaining battery level. In the following post I intend to present another app I’m currently implementing, and maybe provide some deeper…
Development of a sample Connect IQ App
Ever since I have had Garmin Vívoactive HR, I have planned to implement something for the relatively fresh ConnectIQ platform. Obviously Garmin still has a long way to go to attract enough developers to its platform, whereas Android and iOS are the clear leaders on the smartphone market. This may be tricky,…
Raate Marathon 2016
Hello, it’s been a while since the latest post due to the summer holiday, tiredness, and the fact that there simply was a lot to do. In this post I tell briefly about my latest marathon experience in Finland, the Raate marathon that is run on an area which was…
Garmin Vívoactive HR
Background Like the readers of my previous posts probably know, I’m a big fan of electronics, gadgets and wearable technologies. I often try to find an excuse to buy a device, even though it weren’t a mandatory buy (an old device broken down etc.). This time I lost my temper…