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Garmin WELL Points data field

I wrote my first data field for garmin. It shows in real time the WELL Points that you're earning. And it totally works!

Full source code is on github: https://github.com/andyreagan/garmin-well-points

The app is here: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/302b47f7-132f-49e4-9299-3f81c305d52e

Installed:

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After a quick run that night:

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Development notes

It was easy once I got the VS Code editor with their plugin running correctly. I don't have many notes on that besides following their guide - I fiddled with Java path a lot and then once I installed the JRE runtime, it worked. Setting the Java path may or may not have helped directly. I did follow some of the advice on the forum to include not the full path, but the path to where the bin folder is that has java in it.

I used a FIT file from a run I did in the simulator and that was the only way that I got the points to show up in the simulations.

Other ideas / next steps

  • We could write it into the FIT file.
  • Find a better way to connect directly to our app (right now - this is just a preview - it's totally independent from actually earning the points).

Not planning either of these right now - but let me know!

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Last modified: May 21, 2025