Not only are there few podcasts apps for Garmin ConnectIQ, the few that exist either require a payment, or lack integration with an Android app. Podcast Addict would be perfect here. Garmin ConnectIQ apps have simpler UI requirements, and can communicate with Android phones with Bluetooth and the Android Garmin Connect app. I know it's another code base for you to maintain but ConnectIQ apps tend to be small and not require as much effort.
As part of using this on a Garmin watch, ideally one would be able to download a few episodes to the watch itself - one of the use cases for Garmin watches is being able to go for a run without any other electronics. So the phone would push downloaded episodes to the watch, the watch would play them, and push timestamp or completion status back to the Android app.
Not only are there few podcasts apps for Garmin ConnectIQ, the few that exist either require a payment, or lack integration with an Android app. Podcast Addict would be perfect here. Garmin ConnectIQ apps have simpler UI requirements, and can communicate with Android phones with Bluetooth and the Android Garmin Connect app. I know it's another code base for you to maintain but ConnectIQ apps tend to be small and not require as much effort.
As part of using this on a Garmin watch, ideally one would be able to download a few episodes to the watch itself - one of the use cases for Garmin watches is being able to go for a run without any other electronics. So the phone would push downloaded episodes to the watch, the watch would play them, and push timestamp or completion status back to the Android app.