Activity title does not contain time on Forerunner 255

dliedke / Meditate

Totally free application developed by vtrifonov and compiled/enhanced for newer Garmin watch models by dliedke. Published in Garmin Connect IQ store at https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/c5fc5ea5-7d12-4fb9-be9c-701663a39db7

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Activity title does not contain time on Forerunner 255 #11

Open robcsi opened 2 weeks ago

robcsi commented 2 weeks ago

Hello,

I reported this on the Connect-Iq page of the application as well, but I cannot further reply there to continue the conversation.

So, the issue is that I set '[time]', 'Meditation [time]', 'M [time]', without quotation marks in the settings and still, the activity names don't contain the time durations. These combinations all result in 'Meditation' only being set as title. Even if the second combination would exceed the characters limit, the others don't.

What could be the problem? Thanks

dliedke commented 2 weeks ago

Hello, are you using Garmin Express with watch connected via USB to update the activity time in Meditate app?

When updating with Connect IQ mobile it does not work properly.

Thanks!

robcsi commented 2 weeks ago

No, I'm not using the Express app, I don't have a Windows machine.

I set it via the Connect IQ mobile app, as that's the only one with which this can be configured for the FR255. On my previous watch, Fenix 6 Pro, it was possible to configure the app via the Connect mobile application also, without opening Connect IQ.

So it means Connect IQ is the problem? I'll try it on a Windows machine then...

robcsi commented 2 weeks ago

It doesn't work with the Express app either. I set to 'M [time]', and I still get Meditation only all the time.

dliedke commented 2 weeks ago

ok, thanks for testing, but I can't reproduce it on my watch. Maybe you can try with VS code and Garmin SDK to troubleshoot with your device. Sorry about that!

git clone https://github.com/dliedke/Meditate.git

dliedke commented 2 weeks ago

https://github.com/dliedke/Meditate/blob/b0973d63de63dfa59ed0d3a7e9f3719df6b3f8f3/Meditate/source/activity/MeditateActivity.mc#L71

dliedke commented 2 weeks ago

You may also try a full clean reinstall of the app in the watch, sometimes Connect IQ mobile damage the config files for the application. I think it worth a try.

1) Remove completely app from watch 2) Use Garmin express with cable to change the activity name 3) Test it again

Sorry about the inconvenience.

robcsi commented 2 weeks ago

No problem at all, and thanks for the help.

Yes, I tried uninstalling too, still the same issue. Maybe the config is cached...? Not sure how these things works.

One question, though: I set a few of the meditations to Meditation activity type. Is that ok, or they should be Yoga?

robcsi commented 2 weeks ago

As I see from the code the default value of meditateYogaActivityName is "Meditating", but I always get "Meditation", even with 'M [time]' set, so something is cached in some way. Even after uninstall/reinstall.

robcsi commented 1 week ago

I tested some more:

the bug happens only if I changed the activity type of any of the presets to Meditation
if the activity type is left as default, Yoga, then the title is applied as in the settings
setting the Global Settings/New Activity Type to Meditating, doesn't fix it either

So, basically the title settings are not applied at all for Meditating types of activities, the default is set, "Meditation". When set to "Yoga" it is applied, so it seems the length of the title is not the problem. "Meditation [time]" should work in both cases.

dliedke commented 1 week ago

Oh, default activity type in version 8.1 is Meditation. Seems you have cached version of app configuration. I would recommend a hard reset, the watch system configuration should be backed up/restored in Garmin Connect.

robcsi commented 1 week ago

I see, my feeling about something being cached was right, then. :)

You mean a hard reset of the watch?

robcsi commented 1 week ago

But after an uninstall/reinstall of the app, its default config seems to be used, because the title value is empty in Garmin Connect IQ...

What happens when an app is uninstalled? Is its config cached, or the application itself is, for possible future reinstallation?

dliedke commented 1 week ago

In my watch, I had the activities configured as Yoga. I removed the app, reinstalled and they changed correctly to Meditation. The app config should be removed when app is really uninstalled from watch.

dliedke commented 1 week ago

I see, my feeling about something being cached was right, then. :)

You mean a hard reset of the watch?

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals-apac/webhelp/forerunner255series/EN-SG/GUID-451837E3-6D89-437B-AFE3-46F88950A730-9996.html

robcsi commented 1 week ago

An update just arrived for the Forerunner 255. I'll do some more testing.

Thanks for the effort so far.