Following up on this, HealthKit isn’t ever happening at this point. Two primary issues:
- We only can read data from HealthKit when the device is unlocked. This would mean that the majority of the time when we are doing background updates, health data wouldn’t be accessible.
- Since the app first came out, Apple has published documentation about getting approval for HealthKit access and it is very unlikely the app would get approved. Approvable apps must make health and fitness the primary, not secondary, function of the app. More info is available here..
Sorry everyone, but this is dead for now. As always i’ll keep an eye on developments in the space but I don’t expect Apple to relax their privacy oriented policies anytime soon.