Last Updated | April 1, 2024
Unleashing the Potential of React Native Healthkit: Strengthening Health and Fitness Apps
Fitness and health are changing due to wearable technology, which provides real-time data about our well-being. Wearables transform healthcare by changing how diseases are managed, prevented, and treated. These health monitoring devices enable users to make better decisions by providing rapid access to critical indicators like heart rate and activity levels.
Furthermore, wearables are revolutionizing healthcare delivery by allowing telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, guaranteeing everyone’s access to care. In this blog, we’ll discuss React Native HealthKit. To communicate with Apple HealthKit for iOS, we will use React Native Health, a react native package that allows access to health and fitness data exposed by Apple HealthKit. The methods are available here.
We will go through using the Apple HealthKit APIs and gaining access to Apple HealthKit in detail.
Getting Started
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Installation
First and foremost, we can start by installing the react-native-health in our React-Native project.
Run the following command:
You can use either npm or yarn to install the package.
yarn add react-native-health
or
npm i react-native-health
- If you are using CocoaPods, you can run the following from the ios/ folder of your app.
pod install
- Or, if you need to link it manually, run
react-native link react-native-health
- Update the ios/<Project Name>/info.plist file in your project
<key>NSHealthShareUsageDescription</key>
<string>Read and understand health data.</string>
<key>NSHealthUpdateUsageDescription</key>
<string>Share workout data with other apps.</string>
<!– Below is only required if requesting clinical health data –>
<key>NSHealthClinicalHealthRecordsShareUsageDescription</key>
<string>Read and understand clinical health data.</string>
To add Healthkit support to your application’s Capabilities
- Launch Xcode and navigate to your project’s ios/ folder.
- Choose the project name from the sidebar on the left.
- Double click ‘HealthKit’ after selecting ‘+ Capability’ in the central pane.
- Check the box next to Clinical Health Records to allow access to certain types of clinical data.
Usage:
Before you can begin data collection or storage in HealthKit, you must ask the user for permission to collect or save the specified data types. There are several ways to do this.
import AppleHealthKit, {
HealthKitPermissions,
} from ‘react-native-health’
/* Permission options */
const permissions = {
permissions: {
read: [AppleHealthKit.Constants.Permissions.HeartRate],
write: [AppleHealthKit.Constants.Permissions.Steps],
},
} as HealthKitPermissions
Click here for additional permissions.
Background Processing
Apple permits developers to set up persistent observer queries for the required health kinds to have background capabilities.
Open your ios/AppDelegate.m file in XCode and add the following statements to configure that in your app:
#import “AppDelegate.h”
/* Add the library import at the top of AppDelegate.m */
#import “RCTAppleHealthKit.h”
@implementation AppDelegate
– (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
RCTBridge *bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithDelegate:self
launchOptions:launchOptions];
/* Add Background initializer for HealthKit */
[[RCTAppleHealthKit new] initializeBackgroundObservers:bridge];
return YES;
}
Subsequently, you can use the React Native client to listen for data updates. See background observers for additional details.
Initialize Apple HealthKit
AppleHealthKit.initHealthKit(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: string, results: boolean) => {
if (err) {
console.log(‘error initializing Healthkit: ‘, err)
return
}
// Healthkit is initialized…
//Now it is safe to read and write Healthkit data…
},
)
Check for HealthKit availability.
Import AppleHealthKit from ‘react-native-health’
AppleHealthKit.isAvailable((err: Object, available: boolean) => {
if (err) {
console.log(‘error initializing Healthkit: ‘, err)
return
}
})
Example output:
true
Implementation
We will now review various samples that may be obtained from the Apple HealthKit using the Apple HealthKit API’s.
- Weight
- Height
- BMI
- Biological Sex
- Energy Consumed
- Protein
- Insulin Delivery
- Daily Step Count
- Step Count
- Calories
- ActiveEnergyBurned
- BasalEnergyBurned
- DailyDistanceWalkingRunning
- DailyDistanceSwimming
- Sleep
- Blood Pressure
- Electrocardiogram
- Heart Rate
- Heart Rate Variability
- Heartbeat Series
- Oxygen Saturation
- Resting Heart Rate
- Vo2Max
- Respiratory Rate
- Walking Heart Rate
Weight:
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘pound’, // optional; default ‘pound’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getWeightSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“id”: “3d366e60-4f7c-4f72-b0ce-479ea19279b8”,
“value”: 160,
“startDate”: “2024-07-09T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-10T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
{
“id”: “cb7a2de6-f8d2-48cc-8cca-3d9f58a3601a”,
“value”: 161,
“startDate”: “2024-07-08T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-09T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
{
“id”: “4dddd4da-2adf-4d1c-a400-10790ffe2c0d”,
“value”: 165,
“startDate”: “2024-07-07T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-08T00:00:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Height
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘inch’, // optional; default ‘inch’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getHeightSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“id”: “3d366e60-4f7c-4f72-b0ce-479ea19279b8”,
“value”: 74.02,
“startDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: true,
}
},
{
“id”: “19a9910d-230a-437f-a830-353f6e61f676”,
“value”: 74,
“startDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: true,
}
}
]
BMI
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getBmiSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“endDate”: “2024-10-10T09:19:00.000+0000”,
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“id”: “73A653BA-4715-47BD-98FE-E9AA91DB33CA”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-10-19T09:19:00.000+0000”,
“value”: 18.5
},
{
“endDate”: “2024-08-23T08:50:00.000+0000”,
“id”: “B3D8B5BE-216C-4C10-A96E-3B2CF8EB646E”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-08-23T08:50:00.000+0000”,
“value”: 18.83
}
]
Biological Sex
Code Sample
AppleHealthKit.getBiologicalSex(null, (err: Object, results: Object) =>
{
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
})
Output
{
“value”: “female”
}
Energy Consumed
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
}
AppleHealthKit.getEnergyConsumedSamples(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: HealthValue) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“endDate”: “2024-04-01T22:00:00.000+0300”,
“startDate”: “2024-04-01T22:00:00.000+0300”,
“value”: 204.5,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: true,
}
}
]
Protein
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
}
AppleHealthKit.getProteinSamples(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: HealthValue) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”,
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-04-01T22:00:00.000+0300”,
“startDate”: “2024-04-01T22:00:00.000+0300”,
“value”: 39,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: true,
}
}
]
Insulin Delivery
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getInsulinDeliverySamples(
options,
(callbackError: string, results: HealthValue[]) => {
console.log(results)
},
);
Output
[
{
“id”: “8DE6A905-02B7-41D2-BB6E-67D1DD82DD6F”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T16:19:00.000-0300”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T16:19:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 5,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: true,
“HKInsulinDeliveryReason”: 2, // Basal = 1, Bolus = 2
}
}
]
Daily Step Count
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: (new Date(2024,1,1)).toISOString() // required
endDate: (new Date()).toISOString() // optional; default now
};
AppleHealthKit.getDailyStepCountSamples(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: Array<Object>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T17:00:00.000-0300”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T16:00:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 3978
}
]
Step Count
Code Sample
let options = {
date: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
includeManuallyAdded: false. // optional: default true
};
AppleHealthKit.getStepCount(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: HealthValue) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
{
“value”: 213
}
Active Energy Burned / Active Kilocalories
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: true, // optional
includeManuallyAdded: true, // optional
}
AppleHealthKit.getActiveEnergyBurned(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: HealthValue) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T16:00:00.000-0300”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T15:00:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 123
}
]
Basal Energy Burned / Resting Energy
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2018, 10, 1).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: true, // optional
includeManuallyAdded: true, // optional
}
AppleHealthKit.getBasalEnergyBurned(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: HealthValue) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T17:00:00.000-0300”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T16:00:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 42
}
]
Sleep
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
ascending: true, // optional; default false
}
AppleHealthKit.getSleepSamples(options, (err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return;
}
console.log(results).
});
Output
[
{
“id”: “3d366e60-4f7c-4f72-b0ce-479ea19279b8”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T16:34:00.000-0300”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T15:34:00.000-0300”,
“value”: “INBED”
}
]
Blood Pressure
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘mmhg’, // optional; default ‘mmhg’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getBloodPressureSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“bloodPressureSystolicValue”: 120,
“bloodPressureDiastolicValue”: 81,
“startDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”
},
{
“bloodPressureSystolicValue”: 119,
“bloodPressureDiastolicValue”: 77,
“startDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”
}
]
Electrocardiogram
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 1, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getElectrocardiogramSamples(
(options: HealthInputOptions),
(err: Object, results: ElectrocardiogramSampleValue[]) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5AF5F9E0-F27E-4BD7-8DBD-B7E00B9C68CF”,
“sourceName”: “ECG”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.NanoHeartRhythm”,
“startDate”: “2024-06-16T19:10:52.498-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-06-16T19:11:22.499-0400”,
“classification”: “SinusRhythm”,
// see ElectrocardiogramClassification enum
“averageHeartRate”: 62,
“samplingFrequency”: 512.6171875,
“device”: “Watch4,1”,
“algorithmVersion”: 2,
“voltageMeasurements”: [
// [timeSinceSampleStart (s), voltage (V)]
[0, -0.000007642375469207763],
[0.0019507734511925627, -0.000005802469730377197],
[0.0039015469023851255, -0.000003958822011947631],
[0.005852320353577688, -0.0000021150546073913572],
[0.007803093804770251, -2.747770547866821e-7],
// …
[29.991191038634458, -0.00003649459075927734],
[29.99314181208565, -0.000035267024993896485],
[29.995092585536845, -0.000033975482940673826],
[29.997043358988037, -0.00003262416076660156],
[29.99899413243923, -0.000031217338562011714]
]
}
]
Heart Rate
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘bpm’, // optional; default ‘bpm’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getHeartRateSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”,
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“value”: 74.02,
“startDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-06-29T17:55:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
{
“id”: “4ea9e479-86e2-4e82-8030-86a9a9b8e569”,
“value”: 74,
“startDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Heart Rate Variability
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘second’, // optional; default ‘second’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getHeartRateVariabilitySamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”,
// The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“value”: 0.4223,
“startDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Heartbeat Series
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getHeartbeatSeriesSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: HeartbeatSeriesSampleValue[]) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “9728168D-CFD4-4946-BF94-2789ECD39A72”,
“sourceName”: “Apple Watch”,
“startDate”: “2024-07-10T08:55:31.307-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-10T08:56:34.731-0400”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.health”,
“heartbeatSeries”: [
{
“timeSinceSeriesStart”: 0.97265625,
“precededByGap”: false
},
{
“timeSinceSeriesStart”: 1.55859375,
“precededByGap”: false
},
{
“timeSinceSeriesStart”: 2.16015625,
“precededByGap”: false
},
]
}
]
Oxygen Saturation
Code Sample
let options = {
startDate: new Date(2024, 1, 1).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getOxygenSaturationSamples(
options,
(callbackError: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (callbackError) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-03-04T10:56:00.000-0500”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-04T10:56:00.000-0500”,
“value”: 0.98,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
{
“id”: “86ff59e7-f393-4f32-95fb-b0bf7027374d”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-04T09:55:00.000-0500”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-04T09:55:00.000-0500”,
“value”: 0.97,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
]
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Resting Heart Rate
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘bpm’, // optional; default ‘bpm’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getRestingHeartRateSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“value”: 74,
“startDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-03-12T13:22:00.000-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Vo2Max
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘bpm’, // optional; default ‘ml/(kg * min)’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getVo2MaxSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T16:35:00.000-0300”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T16:35:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 2,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Respiratory Rate
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘bpm’, // optional; default ‘bpm’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getRespiratoryRateSamples(
options,
(err: Object, results: Array<HealthValue>) => {
if (err) {
return
}
console.log(results)
},
)
Output
[
{
“id”: “5013eca7-4aee-45af-83c1-dbe3696b2e51”, // The universally unique identifier (UUID) for this HealthKit object.
“endDate”: “2024-03-22T16:32:00.000-0300”,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.Health”,
“sourceName”: “Health”,
“startDate”: “2024-03-22T16:32:00.000-0300”,
“value”: 45,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Walking Heart Rate
Code Sample
let options = {
unit: ‘bpm’, // optional; default ‘bpm’
startDate: new Date(2024, 0, 0).toISOString(), // required
endDate: new Date().toISOString(), // optional; default now
ascending: false, // optional; default false
limit: 10, // optional; default no limit
}
AppleHealthKit.getWalkingHeartRateAverage(
options,
(err: Object, results: HealthValue[]) => {
if (err) {
return;
}
console.log(results);
},
)
Output
[
{
“value”: 77,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.health”,
“id”: “6AFB1A69-0165-4495-9B9A-7C594B63D88C”,
“sourceName”: “Source”,
“startDate”: “2024-07-05T12:53:58.870-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-05T15:14:23.413-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
},
{
“value”: 73,
“sourceId”: “com.apple.health”,
“id”: “A13D758C-DCD4-44FA-87A9-7DD63DED31F6”,
“sourceName”: “Source”,
“startDate”: “2024-07-04T00:00:25.881-0400”,
“endDate”: “2024-07-04T11:39:15.130-0400”,
“metadata”: {
“HKWasUserEntered”: false
}
}
]
Conclusion
To sum up, the React Native Health library provides developers with an extensive toolkit to design all-encompassing health and fitness applications. Developers may create scalable, user-friendly solutions, enabling people to track fitness objectives, keep an eye on their health, and make educated lifestyle decisions by utilizing the benefits of React Native with wearable technology.
The React Native Health library is leading the way in innovation as technology develops, advancing digital health and completely changing how we think about personal wellness. It is important that we accept wearable technology’s promise to unlock a healthy future right now! Find out more about wearable devices for health monitoring and the future of wearable technology in healthcare.
Detailed Example
For a more detailed example, check out the example from the library here:
References
FAQs
How Do I Enable HealthKit on My Watch? / How Do I Activate Health on Apple Watch?
Both questions have the same answer. If you have an iPhone with the HealthKit app, your Apple watch will sync all HealthKit data to it. All you need is an Apple watch and an iPhone with HealthKit enabled.
Is Healthkit the Same as Apple Health?
Yes, the HealthKit framework is built into Apple Watches and iPhones. This allows applications to access your health data consensually.
How to Enable HealthKit on Your App?
While enabling HealthKit happens on the user’s device, your React Native app can request permission to access specific health data types. Here are some popular libraries to help you integrate HealthKit React Native:
- react-native-health GitHub repository for react-native-health: https://github.com/agencyenterprise/react-native-health
- react-native-healthkit GitHub repository for react-native-healthkit: https://github.com/kingstinct/react-native-healthkit
How to Enable HealthKit on an iPhone?
There’s no single switch to enable HealthKit on an iPhone. It’s automatically enabled when you use the Health app. Granting permission to access HealthKit data happens within individual apps that request it.
Is Setting up HealthKit on Independent Apple Watch app possible?
Unfortunately, you cannot integrate HealthKit directly into a standalone Apple Watch app. HealthKit functionality is currently limited to apps running on an iPhone that can communicate with a paired Apple Watch.
About the Author
Ahmed Faraz Qaimkhani
With over 5 years of experience in software development, I am a skilled full-stack developer who specialises in both web and mobile application development. My expertise is in designing strong, scalable, and user-friendly applications using the MEAN/MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular/React.js, Node.js) and mobile technologies(React Native and Ionic).
