Workout location data should be exposed through Health Kit

Originator:hannes.verlinde
Number:rdar://29489850 Date Originated:2016-12-02
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS SDK Product Version:iOS 10
Classification:HealthKit (Health / Activity) Reproducible:YES
 
The HealthKit documentation states that HealthKit is designed to manage data from a wide range of sources, automatically merging the data from different sources based on user’s preferences. Apps can also access the raw data for each source, merging the data themselves. However, when users track their workout route using GPS, there is no way for another app to access and visualize this location data. If you track a workout using the Apple Workout app on the Watch, the route is visible in the Apple Activity app on the iPhone but not in the Nike+ app on the iPhone. If you track a workout using the Nike+ app on the Watch, the route is visible in the Nike+ app on the iPhone but not in the Apple Activity app on the iPhone. To improve this situation, the recorded location data associated with a workout should be exposed through the HealthKit API itself and a dedicated permission should be added for this. This would enable dedicated visualization apps to ask a user for permission to access workout location data and show the route.

Comments

YES PLEASE!

Want to be able to upload HKWorkouts to other social sites (strava) and solely rely on my Apple watch rather than other mediocre fitness apps.

By joshuarcher94 at Dec. 27, 2017, 11:43 p.m. (reply...)

Absolutely needed

We NEED this feature to build attractive fitness apps !!

By ticatag.dev at Nov. 20, 2017, 11:06 a.m. (reply...)

Absolutely needed

I cannot understand why this is missing - I'd love to use the built-in apps to record my workouts, but now I'm forced to use a mediocre app (Strava) to record my data to then push it into HealthKit. The other way round would make a whole lot more sense.

I feel your pain

By joshuarcher94 at Dec. 27, 2017, 11:44 p.m. (reply...)

Yes we NEED access and visualize GPS location data !!!

Yes we NEED access and visualize GPS location data in HealthKit!!!

By ekoisgpsy at Dec. 5, 2016, 5:10 p.m. (reply...)

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