Andy Timer - a Garmin Connect IQ data field.
Garmin Forerunner 945 (and possibly other) Garmin watches have a built-in timer data field which shows the hours numbers in a smaller font. The advantage is that the minutes and seconds have more space and can be shown with a larger font. Nontheless, after months of using my Forerunner 945 it still irritates me when checking the time during a run.
The goal of Andy Timer is to show the time with all numbers of equal size and with a large font.
Note: A sport activity (e.g. running) can at most only use two DataField apps. That said, it generally makes sense to create a full size DataField app which displays multiple metrics in one DataField.
My first attempt was to use the SimpleDataField. A SimpleDataField handles the field layout automatically. However, it turns out that font size, label and value placement are often times not optimal. Thus, I created a DataField with multiple layouts so that the data field can be used in any data field arrangements for the Forerunner 945.
Image of the built-in Garmin Forerunner 945 timer data field:
The screenshots below use the Andy Timer data field in a 3 and 4 field layout on a Garmin Forerunner 945:
The Andy Timer uses the largest fonts possible. However, because not all watch fonts are exposed to Connect IQ it is still possible that the built-in data fields may show a better suited font. For example, the following font sizes are exposed to Connect IQ for the Garmin Forerunner 945: 13, 17, 19, 22, 24, 28, 34, 46, 53. Additional system fonts not exposed to Connect IQ have the following size: 31, 42, 59 (See bin/devices.xml in the SDK).
This app is not in the Garmin Connect IQ store.
You can use App Side Loading to install the app onto the device. Copy the compiled binary to the USB mounted Garmin watch into the directory GARMIN/Apps. On macos you can use Android File Transfer as macos lacks good MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) support.
Latest pre-built binary.