Garmin Connect IQ seed

This is a seed project for writing Garmin Connect IQ applications. Instead of using the Eclipse plugin (which works rather poorly...), you can use any text editor of your choice and compile, run or package your project using make.

NOTICE: This seed works will all Java versions below Java 12. The reason for this is, Java 12 stopped shipping with a JAR neccessary for the Garmin SDK. This applies to the Eclipse plugin, as well and will need to eventually be addressed by Garmin.

Setup

All you'll need to get started is edit the properties.mk file. Here's a description of the variables:

• DEVICE - device type you want to use for simulation (e.g. fenix3, vivoactive, epix...)
• SDK_HOME - home folder of your SDK (e.g. /Users/me/connectiq-sdk-mac-3.0.4)
• PRIVATE_KEY - path to your generated RSA private key for signing apps (needed since CIQ 1.3) (e.g. /home/.ssh/key/id_rsa_garmin.der)
• DEPLOY - if you want to hot-deploy to your device, that's the mounted path for the APPS folder (e.g. /Volumes/GARMIN/GARMIN/APPS/)

Targets

• build - compiles the app
• buildall - compiles the app separately for every device in the SUPPORTED_DEVICES_LIST, packaging appropriate resources. Make sure to have your resource folders named correctly (e.g. /resources-fenix3_hr)
• run - compiles and starts the simulator
• deploy - if your device is connected via USB, compile and deploy the app to the device
• package - create an .iq file for app store submission

How to use?

To execute the run target, run make run from the home folder of your app