/connectiq-apps
A collection of Connect IQ apps and libraries
Purpose
This repo is officially maintained by the Garmin Connect IQ team, containing a small set of reference examples and monkey barrel code libraries. It is our hope that this repository will extend the resources available to our developers to help them build exciting new content!
What's in the Repo?
Audio Content Provider Apps : Special apps that are used directly by the device media player to acquire and play audio content.
Barrels : Monkey Barrels are a way for developers to create custom Monkey C libraries containing source code and resource information that can be easily shared across Connect IQ Projects. To find out more about Monkey Barrels, please see the Shareable Libraries chapter in the Programmer's Guide.
Data Fields : Apps that run within the native activities that allow developers to compute values based off of the current activity, such as running, biking, etc.
Device Apps : More capable than the other app types, device apps can implement third party activities and provide additional functionality that is not otherwise addressed by the other available app types.
Watch Faces : Low power apps that replace the main watch face and are the home screen on wearable devices.
Widgets : At-a-glance apps that are readily accessible from the watch face or device home screen. Widgets automatically close after a period of inactivity
To find out more about the Connect IQ Application Types type please see the Application Types chapter in the Programmer's Guide.
Other Useful Info
Forums:
The Connect IQ forum provides access to our community of amazing developers, as well as the ear of the Connect IQ team, and includes several spaces for interaction:
- Connect IQ General Forum: This is the main forum, and is the first stop for help and developer discussions.
- Connect IQ News & Announcements: Keep up to date with the latest official SDK news from the Connect IQ team.
- Connect IQ App Ideas: Post app ideas, or if you're a developer, find potential projects to work on.
- Connect IQ Showcase: A place for developers to field questions about their apps and and address issues reported by their user base.
- Connect IQ Bug Reports: This is where we talk about what's broken and how we plan to fix it.
- Connect IQ Wiki: A wiki hosted on the forums that contains FAQs and other useful info.
Please be sure to refer to the forum rules when using the general forums and the bug reports forum rules when posting to the bug reports forum.
Helpful Links:
- Connect IQ Programmer's Guide: This guide covers first time setup and discusses many key Connect IQ concepts.
- Connect IQ User Experience Guide: A supplemental guide that contains suggestions for getting the most out of your apps on wearable products.
- Connect IQ API Documentation: Full technical documentation of Connect IQ APIs.
- Garmin Connect: Garmin Connect provides users with a dashboard and tools for review their fitness activites, including custom data from Connect IQ apps.
- Garmin Product Support: The official Garmin product support online hub for basic device troubleshooting and non-Connect IQ related issues with Garmin products.
- garmin.com: Your one-stop place for all things Garmin.
- Third-Party Tutorials and Open Source Apps: This forum thread provides links to tutorials and open source projects that developers in the our community find helpful.
If you would like to get in touch with the Connect IQ team directly, you may do so by emailing [email protected].
Thank you!
-The Connect IQ Team