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Development => Other features => Topic started by: studeimus on January 23, 2025, 05:52:44

Title: Connection to Google Health Connect?
Post by: studeimus on January 23, 2025, 05:52:44
Hi. Are there any plans to connect Locus Maps with Google's "Health Connect" service? On my phone, it only offered to connect GoogleFit, Fitbit (now by Google), and Samsung Health.

My current routine is to:

I'm very keen to find a way to bridge these all together, so I could see the data from any source, in any app. ie... standardising on Locus Maps more than I currently can.

Regards, Stu.
Title: Re: Connection to Google Health Connect?
Post by: Menion on January 23, 2025, 11:58:27
Hello Stu,
it is quite a new system so I do not know much about it yet. And, as you may see, not many apps currently support it. I wanted to add support for Google Fit a long time ago, but never did it. I hope I'll find a time this year to check what Google Health offers and how hard it is to implement it. But will rather not promise ...
Title: Re: Connection to Google Health Connect?
Post by: studeimus on January 24, 2025, 02:22:04
Thanks Menion. I like the concept of the Health Connect system, since it seems to want to be a centralised bridge between various health apps (and their data), rather than having to write directly for any particular 3p app.

Perhaps I'm dreaming on this, but it would be useful if one could record an activity in one app (or multiple, for multiple sources), and then see the same activity & data in any of one's other connected apps.
Title: Re: Connection to Google Health Connect?
Post by: Menion on January 24, 2025, 11:08:26
Yes, I think about it identically. Option to record with Locus Map and share over "Health Connect" to the whole system (connected apps) and opposite ... dream :). Hope it comes true and won't be technically too big pain ...
Title: Re: Connection to Google Health Connect?
Post by: 2012 on April 06, 2025, 14:36:25
This would be much appreciated!  :D

All my apps (exercise activity, sleeping, blood pressure and heart rate, Home Assistant etc) that used to connect with Google Fit have moved on to Google Health Connect, since Fit is closing down soon and Google recommends migrating. I would love to able to get Locus activity data in there too!