Fitbit App Communication

[motajom]

Considering that the companion app is not always available to users especially during battery optimizations or sometimes just not running in the background or foreground.

Is there a way we can communicate through the fitbit App using it's wiFi capabilities to external APIs.

or via it's notifications channel?

[Pietero]

No, That is not possible. What I use is filetransfers. If the companion app starts again, the files are sent. Make sure your companion doesnt close be adding the following lines.

import { me } from "companion"
me.appTimeoutEnabled = false; // Disable timeout

[Gondwana]

Are you sure appTimeoutEnabled is for the companion? My understanding is that it prevents apps (as opposed to clockfaces) being closed after 2 minutes on the watch.

You can use wake interval to get the companion to run periodically, although it should be woken automatically when it receives a file from the watch.

[Pietero]

I am actualy not sure. That code is my app for 4 years now, havent looked at it. My app performs like it should and files are sent always. Looking at the Docs, I think you are right.