[Inspiration] Share your app ideas
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Thanks for allowing to develop own Suunto plus apps. I have idea for suunto plus graph app. In times of Ambit i always used one graph for HR and one for Altitude while hiking because both are intteresting for me. When i will find some free time i will look into it and if possible i will try to create simple suunto plus app that will allow to display graph for multiple values and switch between them. I didn’t study documentation yet so not sure if something like that is even possible.
Suunto Ambit 2 > Suunto 5 > Suunto Race 2
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I am thinking of something a bit different - still knee deep in the documentation, but I would love an app that would sync GPS co-ordinates with my DSLR camera. There are hotshoe/cabled versions, but something residing on the watch and transmitting to the camera over bluetooth to enable geotagging without needing a phone or wired gps receiver would be great.
I think the problem will be the camera side of things though, cursory search seems that protocols are all over the place.
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@Francesco-Pagano just FYI - @omunoz created that S+ indoor climb S+ he was early adopter
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An app where one could load Topo for a climb/via ferrata would be cool. Using the scroll wheel to rotate through either horizontal or vertical image of the climb would be super convenient.
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App which would show the remaining distance/time/ascent to a scrollable list of waypoints on the route would be really useful for navigation.
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@Tomas5 This would be great!
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@cpinky hope i will find time to start with reading documentation next weekend. I wish for this feature for few years so i am motivated
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Tides app, we need a widget to see the satus of tides like in other platforms.
Better definition of stress levels, resources, estimated recovery time. It would de useful showing the metrics in the widget area as percentage of basal value rather than an isolated value (TSB -17, CTL 20, what is the meaning of this?)
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@SuuntoPartnerTeam I think I’ll start by developing a Rest Timer app which should be similar to Garmin’s rest timer in Garmin Ultra Run sport mode.
I haven’t looked enough at the documentation. It would be great if it was possible to switch to the app data screen from another data screen on demand, for example when the app handles a lap button event. I understand that most apps should never grab the “focus” like that, but in may be useful in done cases when the app needs a user attention. Perhaps there is a way to do a notification - I haven’t looked yet.
Ideally, I’d really like to implement a proper Strava Live Segments tracking app instead of the super limited S+ guide that we currently have. But that would probably require pushing the segments data from a companion phone app. This would be a far more complex project.
Overall, with S+apps being limited to HTML templates and not having custom pixel level graphics, this API feels somewhat limited to me.
By the way, how much memory and storage an S+ app can have?
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@sky-runner Great to hear that you’re considering complex ideas!
I haven’t looked enough at the documentation. It would be great if it was possible to switch to the app data screen from another data screen on demand, for example when the app handles a lap button event. I understand that most apps should never grab the “focus” like that, but in may be useful in done cases when the app needs a user attention. Perhaps there is a way to do a notification - I haven’t looked yet.
This is a level of control we do not allow – only a human may switch between different applications
Apps are also constrained to only showing things when they are in focus so there are, for example, no pop-up notifications. You can notify that something needs the user’s attention via (possibly repeated) sounds with playIndication.Overall, with S+apps being limited to HTML templates and not having custom pixel level graphics, this API feels somewhat limited to me.
The canvas element is somewhat restricted but available. You can see some of what it’s capable of with apps such as HexHunter in the store, or the FowlPlay example here.
By the way, how much memory and storage an S+ app can have?
We do not have official guidelines for this. The figures alternate between models and updates.
