| See the on GitHub for example fitness apps | This API is not intended for background capture or workout tracking |
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| Note: Health Services is available on Wear OS API level 30 | A milestone is configured with both an initial trigger amount and a period amount, so it will trigger once when the initial condition is met, and again each time the period amount is achieved |
Health Services concepts Keep the following concepts in mind when developing with Health Services.
15| The trigger type determines whether the app is notified only on the next occurrence of the event with EventType | While an exercise is in progress, Health Services can collect metrics on selected DataTypes and report back to the app that is managing the exercise |
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| For example, to set a milestone every time the user runs 1 kilometer, use 1km as the initial threshold and 1km as the period amount | Your app can also receive rapid data updates through this API, as long as the exercise belongs to your app |
Conserve battery by using sensor configurations from Health Services that are optimized for power efficiency.
21| Take advantage of powerful algorithms running natively on the platform | |
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| An event is triggered when that data type meets the specified condition | All of these allow developers to focus on developing unique features and user experiences, while relying on the platform to provide robust and consistent metrics in a power-efficient manner |
Health Services automatically configure all fitness and health related sensors appropriately for the use-case, collect sensor data, and compute metrics like heart rate, distance, calories, elevation, floors, speed, pace, and more.
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