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Compass

In the Ionic Technical Specs , it mentions a digital compass.Cant find any mention of this in the SDK , Does it have a compass and if so how do I read the heading 

NellyT by Recovery Runner
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Steps this Hour on a Watch Face

I created a watch face for my wife (with her grandkid's picture) for her birthday, and she is really happy with it. It's pretty simple, shows the date/time, the heart rate, and the total steps for the day. Thank you for opening that up to everyone. I...

DaninMN by Jogger
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Getting SSL error while calling fitbit api from python code.

Getting error while calling Fitbit API from python code.  raise SSLError(e, request=request) requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:510: EOF occurred in violation of protocol Not getting an error on each API call. But sometimes getting this ...

Nensi by Jogger
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Resolved! JPeg API quick question

No examples are provided and I am doing some error tracing.  Is this line written correctly?  myImage.href is assigned a .jpg file.   jpeg.decodeSync(myImage.href, "/resources/default.txi", delete=true);Thanks 

FlyFrosty by Tempo Runner
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Resolved! fetch() and YQL: mismatched character ' ' expecting '"'

I want to retrieve Google News Headlines and display  them on Ionic and because Fitbit SDK can handle JSON, I'm going to rertrieve RSS feed in JSON format through YQL service. I tested the following URL on Edge, IE11 and Chrome and the result  was wh...

GPS failure back again?

Hi all, in my opinion after the latest update to OS 27.30.5.16 GPS functions crash again. Does anybody observe problems with geolocation.getCurrentPosition(locationSuccess, locationError) again? My Virtual Partner app - which I'm using since the upda...

Capitano by Tempo Runner
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Resolved! custom max heart rate

Will future API releases allow the retrieval of the User Setting - Custom Max Heart Rate that is set in the fitbit mobile app? 

allyann by Runner
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Best way to gather large chunks of sensor data?

I am trying to build an app that, while active, continuously collects the data from the sensors on board. What I want to get is accelerometer and gyro data for extended periods of time (>1 min possible an hour) but when I use the examples for sensor ...

nstrayer by Recovery Runner
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Resolved! How to talk to Phone apps

Hello, am I missing something but the FitBit APIs completely miss options how to talk to 3rd party device apps? I'm developing for Android and to integrate FitBit with my apps I would need to start intents or provide data over content providers etc.....

Resolved! Access to raw PPG

Hi, we have just received the device and we are already in love with it.For our research, we would need to access the raw PPG waveforms, possibly with all their wavelengths. Many thanks, Dario from the the University of Oxford.

FileSystem API questions

For the instances where there's a desire to log some data, but either someone isn't online/connected,  they have unreliable signal, or it simply isn't worth it to have a connection open and constantly be pushing data, it seems like it would be useful...

cynorg by Recovery Runner
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