[HEALTH 9.0.0] askPermissions does not work

[softkot]

Device / Emulator and OS

• Device: [Mi 9T Pro]
• OS: [Android 11 RKQ1.200826.002 MIUI Global 12.5.1]

Describe the bug

Asking permissions for

[
    HealthDataType.HEART_RATE,
    HealthDataType.DISTANCE_WALKING_RUNNING,
    HealthDataType.STEPS,
    HealthDataType.DISTANCE_DELTA,
]

works fine, but once include HealthDataType.WORKOUT it stops working.

AndroidManifest.xml has following declarations:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_STEPS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_EXERCISE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_DISTANCE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_SPEED"/>

[ciriousjoker]

Same issue here, we also want to use the Workout data type.

[softkot]

I found that it is wrong assumption to assert that WORKOUT is always about distance and calories as well.

You should review the approaches here here and here.

I would recommend to leave it to developer and access TotalCaloriesBurnedRecord and DistanceRecord as any other data types, do not mix it along with ExerciseSessionRecord on a framework level.

[ciriousjoker]

Ah yes, in our case we have functional strength training workouts. There is no distance involved all exercises are stationary. We might add calories later but for now we don't need them either.

[hagen00]

I am using HealthDataType.WORKOUT and it's working fine. My AndroidManifest has:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_STEPS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_EXERCISE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_SPEED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_ACTIVE_CALORIES_BURNED" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.READ_DISTANCE" />

Further, you may want to make sure your MainActivity.kt and AndroidManifest.xml is as per the example app. This comment will help:

https://github.com/cph-cachet/flutter-plugins/issues/888#issuecomment-1931983263

[softkot]

The example app is just fine, but i am talking about real app that have approved by google the only required scopes and those are ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION without CALORIES_BURNED cause we do not need them. Your code does not work this case and you force to use excessive permissions, that's is wrong by design,