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Developing Garmin SmartWatch Apps with ConnectIQ Platform-Part 1

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Recently I was involved in developing apps for Gramin Wearables . Being new to the wearables world I found it relatively easier to develop apps for Garmin Wearables then what I had thought earlier. Hence I would like to share my experience via this blog series. I will take you through the step by step process of developing a simple watch widget that synchronizes with an Android phone's Google Calendar to send out meeting alerts and reminders on your Garmin Watch. Apps for Garmin Wearables are developed using the Garmin ConnectIQ SDK   and are programmed using  Monkey C language  . You are already familiar with Monkey C if you are familiar with languages like Java or Objective C. Introduction to  Monkey C language   highlights the basic difference between other languages and Monkey C. Its a short and precise tutorial, I would suggest to give a quick read in case you are planning to develop apps for Garmin. The Problem Statement Lets say you own an Android Phone and you have c