Table of Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

1. Big Data and µData. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Garmin “Full Circle Experience” 2
From the Body to the Cloud 6
Garmin Health/Wellness 7

2. The Connect IQ Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Designing for Different Watches 10
Connect IQ Tools and Features 11
Designing for Wearables 12

3. Getting Started with Connect IQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

What You’ll Need 15
Install the SDK 16
Create a New Connect IQ Project 17
Run an App in the Simulator 19
Run an App on a Real Device 20
Exploring the App 21
A Tour of the Source Code 30

4. Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Personal Data Tracking 33
Read Data from a Sensor 42
Working with an Authenticated Web Service 51

5. Our Wearable, Connected Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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