[Inspiration] Share your app ideas

Francesco Pagano

I know an indoor climbing app is already available, but after seeing how this works on a Garmin as a sport mode, I think it can be improved. For instance my friend was able to select the difficulty level before starting each attempt. Nothing interesting then showed on his Garmin Connect activity page, so I think a good app should also record each attempt and related details properly into Suunto App.

Tomas5

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.

sirzacolot

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.

herlas

@Francesco-Pagano just FYI - @omunoz created that S+ indoor climb S+ he was early adopter

DMytro

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.

Prenj

App which would show the remaining distance/time/ascent to a scrollable list of waypoints on the route would be really useful for navigation.

cpinky

@Tomas5 This would be great!

Tomas5

@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

anestesiadorhvs

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?)
ECG app

sky-runner

@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?

SuuntoPartnerTeam

@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.

Tomas5

@SuuntoPartnerTeam said in [Inspiration] Share your app ideas:

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.

If we overuse memory, will it crash just suunto plus app or it will crash whole activity?

Horizontal_2

I would like to have more functionalities for race day

aid stations
cut offs

It feels a bit overwhelming to make an SuuntoPlus App. So maybe someone else can try and make this?

SuuntoPartnerTeam

@Tomas5 A heap allocation failure leads to a black screen for that application, but the activity continues. There is more information under the section “Errors” in the documentation.

surfboomerang

@Horizontal_2 Can the existing app “Race nutrition” help you?

I’m also developing a “Notes” app. Don’t know if that suits your needs?
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/14766/discussion-share-your-projects/2
It doesn’t support scroll, but can hold up to 10 notes with approximately 150-180 characters per note. Depending on the watch.

mickywickyftw

I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, a cycling power estimator.
The math is more or less worked out, and some edge cases. Will start coding in the next few days.

Maurice B. Madoff

@mickywickyftw
This will be cool! Will you be using the barometer data to estimate altitudes?

Horizontal_2

@surfboomerang interesting! Thanks

Pottu

I am thinking of making an app to pass time between sets at gym . I have a vision of a minigame that you can play between sets and it would pause the game automatically when its time to lift again. I have started to think about some games that could work i am just not sure when I have time to make it. I’m think games like Snake, Flappy Bird and Crossy Road could be implemented with the watch. If you have other games in mind that could be played with just two inputs, let me know!

Egika

@cpinky said in [Inspiration] Share your app ideas:

@peringmar HR Broadcast would be amazing, but I feel like its probably a hardware limitation

newer watches don’t have a hardware limitation for this function