[Question] No stupid questions - ask anything here

Maurice B. Madoff

Hey,

I have a Suunto 5 watch, how many SuuntoPlus apps can I run at the same time? And can the apps connect to internet during an exercise? For example, could there be an online messaging app on the watch? Just wondering…

Thanks!

brechtvb

@SuuntoPartnerTeam Does a BLE device need to be paired before it can be read with suunto plus custom app?

mabe2k

Is it also possible to use the touchscreen? All the examples I’ve seen only use physical buttons. Maybe I just overlooked the right example.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@brechtvb no afaik. So for example its not so hard to read a service and sub to a characteristic etc

Isotop7

On several occasions the docs mention a reference documentation. Did I miss a link? Where can I find this? Would be good to see all subscribable values for example.

brechtvb

@Isotop7 if you create a new application with vscode, you can click here and see the information on the right.

Did not find a vscode entry point in the palette to find the same documentation.

brechtvb

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos i almost feel obligated to buy the garmin sensors and make it work after all.

Isotop7

@brechtvb nvm, i found a shortcut with cmd-key + p and Suunto Plus: Open Documentation

SuuntoPartnerTeam

Hi @mabe2k!
You can but in most cases you probably shouldn’t. The touch functionality is prone to draining the battery faster than usual and might not be available for all watches. <div> elements (and some other elements) have attributes onTap, onDoubleTap and onLongTapStart that can be used to register event listeners for touch actions (clicks, double clicks and longpress-then-move respectively). To use these, you need a compatible watch with up-to-date software and touch functionality enabled (select “Touch” to be “On” under “Exercise options” when you start an exercise or under “Control panel” from the pause menu during an exercise). The root element (<uiView>) has an even wider variety of touch action related event listeners, but you can probably get started with the ones mentioned (please feel free to ask a follow-up question about this if you’re interested in these).

Here is a basic example of the explained functionality using the built-in setStyle function to change the color of a box when it is interacted with:

t.html:

<uiView>
  <div id="suuntoplus">
    <div id="box"
      style="width: 40%; height: 40%; left: calc(50% - 50%e); top: calc(50% - 50%e); border-radius: 25px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"
      onTap="setStyle('#box', 'background-color', '#00AAFF')"
      onDoubleTap="setStyle('#box', 'background-color', '#44CC00')"
      onLongTapStart="setStyle('#box', 'background-color', '#FF7733')"
      ></div>
  </div>
</uiView>

Please note that you will need a manifest.json with the mandatory fields and a main.js with getUserInterface function defined. Minimal versions of these are provided here for your convenience:

main.js:

function getUserInterface() { return {template: 't'}; }

manifest.json:

{
  "name": "Touch",
  "description": "Touch example",
  "author": "Your Name",
  "version": "1.00",
  "modificationTime": 1770000000,
  "type": "feature",
  "usage": "workout",
  "template": [{"name": "t.html"}]
}

Hope this helps. Happy coding!

Tieutieu

My question (before using maybe some third party apps someday ?) : how does battery consumption will be impacted and what is the « bug » risk for the watches ?
I guess it will depend on how apps will be coded and tested ?