My Steps
· vV1.6B
About
# MySteps - Step Tracking Application
**MySteps** is a Garmin Connect IQ step tracking app that monitors your daily walking activity and presents it through seven intuitive views. The app integrates with your device's activity monitor to track steps in real-time, automatically saves your data, and features customizable color themes and a milestone-based rewards system.
## Views
**Daily Overview**: Your main dashboard showing today's steps, daily goal, and progress percentage. Updates in real-time with data saved every 100 steps. Also displays the past few days for quick pattern reference.
**Weekly Progress**: Shows your 7-day activity aggregate including total steps, distance traveled, average daily steps, average hourly rate, your best day, and active days count. Helps you identify weekly patterns and consistency.
**Monthly Progress**: Displays month-long statistics including total steps, distance, average daily steps, best day of the month, and active days. Perfect for assessing long-term fitness trends.
**Week Tier**: Displays special weekly awards, that reset every week. Highlighted award means it has been achieved. (More will be added in furture updates.).
**Month Tier**: Displays special monthly awards, that reset monthly. Highlighted award means it has been achieved (More will be added in future updates.)
**Rewards**: A gamified achievement system with 18 progressive milestones based on lifetime step totals—from "First Steps" at 1,000 steps to "Eternal Walker" at 100 million steps. Each achievement unlocks with a motivational name.
**History**: Chronological record of your daily step counts over time. Scroll through to review past activity and recognize long-term patterns in your fitness habits.
## Navigation & Scrolling
**View Navigation**: Navigate between the five views using swipe gestures or button controls. Swipe left to move to the next view or swipe right to return to the previous view. Views cycle: Daily → Weekly → Monthly → Rewards → History → Daily. You can also press the menu button to access a menu for direct view selection.
**Rewards View Scrolling**: The Rewards view displays all 18 achievements in a scrollable list. Use the up/down buttons to scroll through available and locked milestones. Press up/ESC to scroll up, or press enter to scroll down. When you reach the top or bottom of the list, the up/down buttons will navigate to the previous/next view instead.
**History View Scrolling**: The History view shows your daily milestone records in chronological order. All entries are displayed and viewable by scrolling through the list to browse your complete achievement history over time.
## Key Features
- Real-time step tracking via device's ActivityMonitor
- Persistent storage preserving your complete activity history
- Automatic saves triggered by significant activity changes
- Customizable color themes for different lighting conditions
- Distance calculations (kilometers/miles) based on average stride
- Smart data management for battery efficiency
- Intuitive multi-gesture navigation (swipes, button controls, menu)
- Scrollable achievement lists with smart scrolling boundaries
ICONS in this app came from the below sources:
Flaticon - Available on Flaticon: https://www.flaticon.com/
Md Tanvirul Haque - Icons by Md Tanvirul Haque on Flaticon: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/md-tanvirul-haque
Medal Icons - Medal icons created by Freepik on Flaticon: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/medal
Bahu Icons - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bahu-icons
bearicons - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bearicons
vectorsmarket15 - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/vectorsmarket15
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
PLease NOTE: To close the applcation, you should navigate to any view in the applcation, other than the rewards or history and hit the ESC button, OR by pressing ESC mutiple times from within Awards or History View.
What's new
V1.6 Update:
-Added Background process so steps stay updated withough App needing to be opened.
-Fixed Step Goal Format.
V1.5 Update:
- Added Version Label to Main View, More House Keepings Checks
V1.4.1:
-Additional fixes for persistent storage, making sure weekly and monthly steps don't stop updating.
V1.4 - Fix for Weekly and Monthly data not increasing and using stale data.
Version 1.3.1:
-Fix for day of week reset.
Version 1.3:
-Added Icons To The life Time Award List
ICON ATTRIBUTIONS
Icons made by Freepik
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
Step 1 icons created by bearicons
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bearicons
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/step-1
Start button icons created by Vectorslab
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/vectorslab
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/start-button
Mathematical sign icons created by Fathema Khanom
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/fathema-khanom
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/mathematical-sign
Goal icons created by VectorPortal
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/vectorportal
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/goal
Footstep icons created by Umeicon
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/umeicon
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/footstep
Warrior icons created by Eucalyp
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/eucalyp
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/warrior
50 icons created by Freepik
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/50
Crown icons created by Freepik
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/crown
Comet icons created by smalllikeart
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/smalllikeart
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/comet
UFO icons created by RIkas Dzihab
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/rikas-dzihab
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/ufo
Million icons created by Three Musketeers
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/three-musketeers
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/million
Legendary icons created by Three Musketeers
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/three-musketeers
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/legendary
God icons created by Flat Icons
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/flat-icons
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/god
Wizard icons created by max.icons
Author page: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/max-icons
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/wizard
Geometry icons created by Freepik
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
Category: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/geometry
All icons sourced from www.flaticon.com
Version 1.2 Update:
-Scolling Fix on Reward, Tier and History views.
- Added more Tier Reward with Icons
More Icon Shoutouts:
ICON CREDITS
Bahu Icons - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bahu-icons
https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik
bearicons - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bearicons
vectorsmarket15 - https://www.flaticon.com/authors/vectorsmarket15
All icons sourced from www.flaticon.com
Version 1.1.2: Update
- Fix for Km to Miles Calculation
- Serttings Menu Name Update
Version 1.1.1:
1. Removed Unused Code and variables.
Version 1.1.0
1. Added Week Teir View and Month Tier View
2. Added SOme basic Icons to Tier Rewards (More will be added in future updates) Icon sources can be seen in the description above.
Version 1.0.2:
1. Fixed app not exiting when esacpe button pressed on watch. Please note to exit the applcation, you should navigate to any view, other than the rewards or history view and prress the escape button. This will close the applcation.
Version 1.0.1:
1. Fix for Number Format on Monthly View.
2. Fix For Double Counting of Lifetime step value.
3. Fix for scrolling not working on history view.
Version 1.0.0 - Initial Release