How to create a Garmin Watch application - Lesson 1

In this tutorial, you will be guided through everything you need to install and set up before you can create your first Garmin Watch application. Also, you will learn how to use the Garmin Watch Simulator.

In the following parts, we will talk about creating step by step application.

Please check my Contrast Shower app which we will develop in our tutorial:

Source code:

To download VS Code:

Garmin Connect SDK:

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[jookieapc]

Thank you for this video. Very simple and clear to follow. I like how you say SDK es du ka manager :)

[JackPowersAU]

Great video! I'm looking forward to the rest of your series on this.

[乾淨核能]

is it possible to create a custom watch face showing Chinese date and month using this sdk? thank you

[ampmmbe]

Excellent explanation of how it works !!
I look forward to your videos and content.
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[gopviml]

pls help It says "Connect IQ project not found. Be sure your project has a jungle file and the project's Jungle Files setting is correct. " i'm stuck at this process

[stanislawhoisan]

Дякую) Nice and veery useful tutorials! Tons thanks!

[idekhazifix]

Thanks for this! I’m waiting for the next one. =)

[jupie]

if i follow this guide i can start the simulator, but in the simulator i can not use the "menu" button is this only on my installation or are there otheres with the same problem?

[PhreakDarkSoul]

I was confused what a "developer k" is, until I noticed you mean "key". ^^

My verification failed, becaues I had no Java Runtime Environment installed. Stupid me... But I thought I will use C# and no Java... I hope I can uninstall it later, because JREs are often unsecure.

If you select (for the first time) commands, it would be nice to show the command a few seconds, e. g. at 4:32 It was way to fast to follow the vid without pausing and rewind.

[valentinaaguirre]

Excellent video, do you have one to remotely operate an iPhone camera?

[suyunagidenadam]

Thanks for sharing. I followed the same steps but when I run the code I get "terminated with exit code: 101. " error. What do you recommend to solve it?

[hectoryose]

Thanks a lot sir, i want to develop my own watch face without having to give permissions to an unknown developer 😅

[Su_So]

Hey...If I change the settings from breathwork to genetic, I can't save the setting :( Any idea?

[brodyleephotography]

Whenever I try to "edit products" and I try to search/type the device, it doesn't show up? Nothing shows up. I'm trying to look for a Fenix 6X Pro Solar. I also tried searching for a forerunner like you did but again nothing shows up.

[GenesisDandy]

What do you do if it doesn't verify that you downloaded Monkey C correctly? It gave me an error that said "Unable to find java in the path" And has the option button to set Java path, when I press on the button it pops up my saved documents and stuff downloaded on my windows computer, after that I don't know what to do. I would apricate any help. Thanks!

[keorbats]

2:58 you did a keyboard shortcut here - could you explain what you did to run the command?

[frikizone.]

Hello, are you still active? I have the desire to create an application for my Garmin Fenix ​​5X plus but I have never made an application for a watch and I would like to know how to do it . Could you do some sort of complete tutorial?

[marekulanowski]

Hi Great Explainer, however my menu buttons on the Forerunner 935, to show menu don't work. The only button that works in the dubug mode is Back button, so I can see the blue triangle. Do you know what might be reason that my menu button doesn't work? As the result, I can't see Item1, Item2 menu.

[naz_avo]

After installing Monkey C VS Code plugin and running "Verify Monkey C installation" I get asked fro the developer key. Where do I get the key from?

[EmosGambler]

Thanks, official docs do not explain well how to start it ;).