Version 2.0 uploads directly to Garmin Connect

6/9/2012

Sportablet 2.0 can upload your activities directly to Garmin Connect. That means you never have to leave your Android tablet or do a manual upload. Here is how it works: open your activity, click on Share, then on Post to Garmin Connect:

Enter your Garmin Connect username and password (for convenience, they will be saved on your tablet). You can also choose to make the activity public, that is, to unlock the lock pad for you so that other people can see your activity. Sportablet will log in for you, upload your file, make it public if necessary. In the end, you'll get a screen like this:

The hyperlink is a real hyperlink :-), so if you click it, your browser will open up and show that page.

Next steps: share the Garmin Connect link on twitter and facebook directly from Sportablet, perhaps with a nice map preview as well :-).

38 Comments

clint scott

2/13/2013 08:06:49

Carlo
Great program, thanks. But it is asking me to purchase a program for $6.40 and give my credit card

carlo pescio

2/13/2013 08:32:40

Well Clint, that's called an in-app purchase. The app is free to try. When you first upload, one of the activities is unlocked so that you can see what the app can do. However, to unlock the app you have to purchase a license. That's done through google play as usual, so it's not really the app asking for a credit card, is google. Not every app is free.

It takes money and time to develop an app like this (it's not like Garmin is giving me their devices for free). Of course, it's ok if you don't want to buy it, but without support from the community, the app will never really grow.

Dan Reynolds

4/21/2013 00:59:12

Carlo, using a nexus 7 and trying to upload to garmin connect but the share button does not show, it is cropped from the right hand side of the screen. Any ideas?

carlo pescio

4/21/2013 01:14:44

Hi Dan,
as stated on google play and on this website, at this time Sportablet is for 10" tablets only, for smaller tablets and smartphones you have to use my Uploader for Garmin instead.

jamo link

6/3/2013 09:06:01

am I able to update more than 1 activity at a time to garmin connect? I want to buy the product but if I can't "bulk" upload to garmin connect, it's too time consuming.

carlo pescio

6/3/2013 09:18:29

sorry Jamo, it's one at a time.

Since the app runs on a mobile device, people usually upload at the end of each activity (unlike with the PC where they tend to accumulate stuff in the watch).

jamo link

6/3/2013 10:51:16

Unfortunately that doesn't fit my use case. I'm a 100% linux user and the garmin uploader is one of the rare things I have to use a windows VM for. I'd like to get rid of the windows requirement and do bulk uploads from your app.

Thanks for the response.

jamo

Luke

2/13/2015 09:44:30

I agree, a bulk upload feature would be awesome!

I've already purchased the app but beg you to add a button to bulk upload all new activities - please! :-)

Jon link

8/16/2013 23:12:20

Is it possible to import then upload .tcx or .gpx files to my Garmin Connect? I'm using a rooted motoactiv which automatically dumps the .tcx files to my phone. I can then upload them manually from my pc. I'd LOVE to be able to do that right from my phone!

carlo pescio

8/17/2013 06:28:17

Jon, not with the current version. The app is looking for a Garmin device, not for files. Still, this has been requested a few times before, and in practice, the app can do 98% of the work involved.
I'll give a shot at the remaining 2% this week, if I can manage to find some time. Please get in touch via email (or contact form here) and send me one of your tcx files, so that I can check for compatibility first (all tcx are not created equal :-)

Jon link

8/23/2013 10:27:19

PLEASE! I also run a rooted MotoActv and have been trying desperately for an automated solution to upload to Garmin Connect! I already have a MotoActv exporter running that publishes all my workouts as TCX's and a script running that pushes them to my phone and dropbox via bluetooth/wifi. Getting it to GarminConnect and Strava though... beyond my rudimentary code skills.

carlo pescio

8/24/2013 02:13:11

Jon, I've had no time so far to properly blog about this, but if you get the latest version of the app, you simply have to go in options, click on "force files path", set the path where your tcx are (case sensitive as usual in android) and you're set. The app will load all the tcx that you put there (only new files are loaded). You don't need to set any other option.

carlo pescio

8/27/2013 15:21:06

For a more comprehensive tutorial on the various flash drive options, see here: http://www.sportablet.com/1/post/2013/08/tweaking-file-options-why-and-how.html

Your case is # 4.

Davide

12/28/2013 09:37:16

Hello Carlo I trying to buy the application but from Italy it is not possible to use Google wallet. Is there any other option?
Many thanks
Davide

carlo pescio

12/28/2013 10:58:57

it's definitely possible to purchase the app from Italy through google play, people do it all the time. There is a general issue with google play when you use AMEX cards, you can't buy an app which is priced in euros with that kind of card. Don't know if that is your problem though.

Héctor

1/7/2014 10:33:04

Hi Carlos,

Still no intentions of bulk uploads (or automatic uploads) to garmin connect?

Thanks for this great app.

carlo pescio

1/8/2014 02:58:08

Hi Hector,
the roadmap is always here:
http://www.sportablet.com/contacts.html

if it's not in the roadmap, it's not around the corner.

In the end, the response by the community has been "we like the apps but we don't want to pay for software". Like everyone, I have limited spare time, and sometimes, the choice is between going out for a run or working on the apps. So yeah, progress is slow...

Laurence

2/5/2014 10:31:22

Hi, thank you for the great app and I am looking forward for all the updates!
As from today I am unable to send my activities to garminconnect... the error message is 'connection error'. I tried to input my username and password again on the app and gafminconnect but no change. Help!

carlo pescio

2/7/2014 08:39:14

See here: http://www.sportablet.com/1/post/2014/02/uploading-to-garmin-connect-is-broken.html

David

2/5/2014 23:38:15

I got this app to upload to GC from my Galaxt S4 a few times but recently it fails "unlocking the file", fails also uploading private

carlo pescio

2/7/2014 08:39:51

Same link: http://www.sportablet.com/1/post/2014/02/uploading-to-garmin-connect-is-broken.html

Giampiero

2/6/2014 10:01:53

From two days also for me upload to Garmin Connect fails with 'connection error'

carlo pescio

2/7/2014 08:40:18

See http://www.sportablet.com/1/post/2014/02/uploading-to-garmin-connect-is-broken.html

Doug

9/5/2014 10:58:42

Hi Carlo,

I agree with Jamo above, a bulk uploader would be much more useful as I tend to only connect and upload once a week or so, so having to upload each activity to Garmin connect is cumbersome. If there was a bulk uploader then I would purchase the app but for now it's easier for me to use my computer instead.

carlo pescio

9/6/2014 03:05:12

well it's a free world :-)

James

9/21/2014 05:11:10

+1 for the bulk upload option

Christian

10/6/2014 07:21:00

Thx for that great App! One of the most beneficial apps I ve ever purchased :-)

But is it possible to upload several acitivites (in my case 97) in one single step to garmin connect? Or do I have to upload each activity on its own?

Thanks for an answer, Christian!

Christian

10/6/2014 07:22:24

oh... sorry.... +1 for the bulk upload option :-)

Richard Plimmer

11/9/2015 22:38:41

Hi. I have an issue with uploading. When I have 2 activities waiting on my Edge 500 the uploader will only allow me to view and export the earliest one. In the report it sees 2 activities. I have a Samsung galaxy s6.

carlo pescio

11/9/2015 23:42:39

is the second activity locked or is not being read from the edge?

Mike

2/20/2016 02:43:18

Garmin uploader is great. A bulk upload - select all to upload is a significant missing feater. Despite tour ass umed use cases :)

I bought the app its great.

Ricardo

7/28/2016 12:03:38

I cannot export the activity log to garmin connect, there is a file transfer error after signing in. (appears connection error)
I have a BQ M5 mobile pone and a Forerunner 910XT. It is my first usage.

Carlo Pescio

7/28/2016 16:56:07

see the latest post: http://www.sportablet.com/blog/more-garmin-connect-isses

Phil Copp

7/29/2016 12:52:31

G'day Carlo. Publishing to Garmin Connect has stopped working for me. Everything was working fine a few days ago but now it just keeps coming up with a connection error. login details are good and I can login online ok. I can also publish direct to Strava and Training Peaks from the app no problem but not garmin connect. I am using your Garmin uploader on a Samsung Tab A 8" tablet. Download from watch is perfect just not that one export function...guess you will need a log file but cant work out how to do that, I have selected diagnostics etc...

Carlo Pescio

7/29/2016 18:08:03

see http://www.sportablet.com/blog/more-garmin-connect-isses

Phil Copp

7/29/2016 22:19:39

Thanks Carlo, I saw that blog after i sent my message. I updated the app and its all good now. Cheers mate, its a great product as i can download anywhere now.

Val

1/1/2017 13:23:07

Hi,
I just buy sportablet and i don't have the 'share' button tout send to gamin site.

Also, i have à 910xt. Could you tell me when it would be possible to send course to this de vice?

Carlo Pescio

1/1/2017 18:57:23

if you can't see the button, you bought the wrong app. sportablet is for 10", 4/3 tablets only, as explained here and in google play. If you have a different device, you need my uploader for garmin, which works with any screen size (the entire idea of "try before you buy" is that one can actually try before buying : )

So, please send me your order number using the contact form above, and I'll refund your purchase.

I do not have an estimate on that feature. At this time, given that the app is earning very little money, all I can do is maintenance, no new developments.

About me

I'm a decent runner, ex mountain biker, and a good swimmer. I created Sportablet to squeeze a little more fun out of my Forerunner.

In my everyday life, I design software-intensive systems at different scales, using a number of paradigms, languages and technologies.
You can read some of my thoughts at carlopescio.com

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