I made small test app which shows daily steps using Google Fit API. During testing, I was not getting any steps count. But later I realised that my Samsung S5 doesn't come's with Google Fit app so I downloaded it and after feeding some data then I tested my app again and Now I can see my steps count on my test app.
So Does this means that in order to use Google Fit API all my app users must have installed Google Fit App?
While the Google Fit app does automatically collect some information for you (such as steps, current activity) throughout the day, it should not be assumed that it is installed. In fact, for any kind of data you wish to show in your app using the Google Fit API, you should use the Recording API to record the data yourself.
In the background, the Google Fit API will dedup any identical requests across multiple apps (i.e., if your app and the Google Fit app are both installed and both record steps, it won't cost double the battery life).
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i want to know limitations of google fit API (Midnight reseting issue)
i want to develop android app which is include same as google fit using google fit's API it is possible?
I want details about Google Fit, When Day is changed(How it will manage)
Check these limitations. It will be helpful.
Activity Types and
Manage Google Fit's permissions
In the documentation about the access to Google Fit it appears that the interface to Google Fit is handled in a generic way that is not necessarily coupled to Google Fit as a data supplier only:
https://developers.google.com/fit/android/get-started
Is my assumption correct that therefore it does not necessarily lead to an error when Google Fit is not installed, because the Google Play services are an abstraction over the Fit API?
What does happen if I access Google Fit without Google Fit being installed?
There is no requirement for the Google Fit app to be installed to use Google Fit.
The Fit app is basically just a client of Google Play Services.
How do I get the amount of steps the user has taken outside of an android application? Preferably using the google fit api to get the steps.
All i know is that the steps would have to be fetched in a Service or a BroadcastReceiver, but i don't know how. Does anyone know of some documentation or code that could help?
If you know a way to accomplish this without google fit that would work to.
I don't think you can take out Android apps out of the equation because Google Fit API is part of Goolge Play Services which is found on Android devices. So to work with Google Fit, you need to develop apps for Android phones. This is found in the Get Started guide of the Google Fit API.
To know about counting steps, check this documentation and a related SO post Android 4.4 Step Detector and Counter talking about counting steps using sensor of the android device (w/o Google Fit).
I'm trying to make an Android app to count the steps using the Google Fit API. What I was able to do was getting the steps from the sensors, but only with the Google Fit app installed. If the Google Fit app isn't installed on the device, my application doesn't receive any data from the sensors. Is that intentional (to get data from Google Fit API sensors I need the app installed) or is something I did wrong?
Yes, it's possible to get Google Fit API sensors data.
You should use Google Fit Recording API to use Sensors API without installed Google Fit app.
https://developers.google.com/fit/android/record
The general point is next - your application should subscribe for some data types to collect the data without installed Google Fit app. In the case when Google Fit app is installed you don't need to use recording API because Google Fit app already uses it.
I am trying to build an Android application that relies on Google Maps for the mapping functionality. Google Maps API FAQ mentions that the maximum number of requests are 25000 map loads per day for each service.
As i have just one key for development and am hoping that the app will be used by at least a few hundred people i want to make sure that i understand the limits correctly.
Is the maximum limit associated with my key and hence the sum of all request made by all applications or is it for each app on every independent device.
It seems that it is for all applications that use your key combined, but per Google service:
FAQ Google
So if you have three apps that all have 200 users that use the apps two times a day, then it would be 2*200*3 = 1200 map loads per day on your API key. And this is the value that should not exceed the maximum number of map loads set by Google.