My team and I are working on an app for a private emergency helpline. Now as far as I understand the (sparse) API documentation for fall detection, given the appropriate entitlement, the following happens upon a detected fall: The Standard UI will be opened with the options to a) call SOS b) acknowledge the fall but state that you're fine though, c) deny the fall, and (implicitly after 60 seconds on inactivity) call SOS because you didn't react. All fall detection apps will then receive a bit of background time and get the func fallDetectionManager(CMFallDetectionManager, didDetect: CMFallDetectionEvent, completionHandler: () -> Void) called with the appropriate event value. Now that's all good and it sounds like the custom fall detection is additive to the standard system. But but why is there something like that in the entitlement request form sheet: For any emergency calling features that you do not provide, explain any mitigations you use to make sure the user receives emergency services support that’s as close as possible to what they’d receive had they placed an emergency call natively. This sounds like our app would rather be a drop-in to the standard SOS service ­– in contrast to being additive and also in contrast to what the API documentation infers. Am I misunderstanding something?

I noticed last night that workouts I have been recording on my main carry device running 17.6.x have not been syncing to my beta devices running iOS 18 RC, iPadOS 18 RC and watchOS 11 RC. All devices are using the same Apple Account and I have iCloud enabled for Health data. The iPad running the RC has the syncing enabled in Profile. Is anyone else experiencing health data not propagating to the 18.x devices? Some of data exists on all devices but not all. For good measure I left the device unlocked on the health app last night for a long period of time to let it do its thing. This morning the data still hadn't propagated. I disabled and reenabled the synchronization on my iPad having chosen to delete all samples when disabling it. Hopefully all of my data dating back to the first Apple Watch in 2014 restores. FWIW my data set according to iCloud settings my health dataset is just shy of 650 MB. FB15102443 - Health / HealthKit: Workouts, activity rings, sample data, and more not syncing via iCloud to 18 RC device

Good evening, when I use the automatic export feature from my iPhone, it successfully exports data. When reading the Export.xml file it is dispayed completely, with about 3 mio lines. When I check the file I see, that a lot of data is missing. E.g. the iPhone dispays the heart rates for several exercises (from last year), which don't have any correspondence in the export.xml file. Current exercises have. I am a developer myself and parsed all files without any error. My iPhone has enough free space (200GB or so) and iCloud has more than a TB free. Internet is connected via 1GBit line, WLAN with 800MBit and everything runs smooth. I would like to get a COMPLETE export of all the health data, without having to write a program on my own to accomplish this. Thank you. /C

Does watchOS 11 detect naps? Are these recorded as 'asleep' samples in Apple Health?

I am building an app that sends workout data to Apple Fitness. During development I noticed that my App Icon does not show up in Apple Fitness and it's just a blank space. The Icon seems to show just fine in Apple Health but not in Apple Fitness. I did the same test with the production version of my app and I can see the production icon just fine in Apple Fitness. I am trying to find information about which app Apple Fitness uses since it seems to differ from the one Apple Health uses. ChatGPT seems to think that Apple Fitness uses the App Store Connect icon (which I have for my prod app but not my dev app), but I cannot seem to verify that assumption with any kind of documentation. Can I please get information about which icon specifically Apple Fitness uses when displaying third party app integration information?

Hi there! I've using the betas for a month now, and 18.1 at the moment. I've always had my Health App crashing once I tap on "Treatments". Is it a know bug? Is it working properly on your phones? I've already sent a feedback, but got not answer yet. Thanks ^^ must add the same happens on my iPad using beta version as well

Hi! I've added the code of the multidevice workout app from Apple to my app and I found some issues that I cannot see on the sample app. In my app, to pause or end the workout from the watch, the iOS companion app has to be opened or at least on background, but never closed. What I'm doing wrong?

We have an app that takes data from the accelerometer of the iPhone and watchOS. Some updates ago we included the high-frequency accelerometer for the watchOS with the CMBatchedSensorManager framework. We didn't test our app on iOS 16 or 15 devices, where that framework is unavailable, because the update was just for watchOS. We refer to that class just on a shared class, and was wrapped with an #if os(watchOS) condition. In our iPhone app, we import the CoreMotion framework but CMBatchedSensorManager is not used. Now, when you run the app on a device with iOS 15 you find this issue: dyld[17071]: Symbol not found: (OBJC_CLASS$_CMBatchedSensorManager) Referenced from: '/private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/C3CC754F-1674-4CBD-AD83-93229DDCF38D/Spleeft.app/Spleeft' Expected in: '/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMotion.framework/CoreMotion' We need a solution to keep running our app on devices with iOS 15.0

My iOS app has a correctly configured HealthKit integration. It successfully delivers all samples and data to HealthKit. For every workout sent to HealthKit, I can see the duration, workout name, calories, and other details. However, the app icon is missing. My project uses the Single Size setting for the app icon in the XCAssets folder. The app is available in the App Store in some regions. What can I do to fix this issue? The problem persists regardless of whether the device is running iOS 17 or 18.

On watchOS 11 when starting a workout session a widget appears automatically on the smart stack showing the pause or resume button. It´s a great feature, but my problem is that the duration is not showed correctly because the prepare phase of the workout and the pause / resume events are not taken into account calculating the duration. In my project I don´t use the workout builder. I have made a sample project with workout builder and there the duration is shown correctly. It would be great if this automatically appearing widget would also show the time correctly in case the workout builder is not used (prepare phase and pause resume events considered, otherwise it looks like a bug). Is there any way to opt out of this automatically appearing widget or could this be fixed? Any comments from an Apple engineer on this?

Hello! My sleep process isn't recorded with iPhone only (without wearable device) on iOS 18. On previous iOS versions it was recorded but now it doesn't work. I compare iOS 17 and iOS 18 Beta and I see the difference that in Full Schedule was deleted tumbler "Track Time in Bed with iPhone" that helped to track sleep process without wearable device (I found it here: Health app -> Browse -> Sleep -> Your schedule block and tap on "Full Schedule & Options" -> Scroll to the bottom). I didn't find any information from Apple about this changes in change log. And one more time: I don't use Apple Watch or any wearable device. Do you have any information about sleep tracking with iPhone only? Can I track sleep process only with iPhone?

In my app im able to get the live heart rate when app is in foreground. When app is in background/ locked condition live heart rate is not fetched. How to get live heart rate frequently.

I have integrated HealthKit into my app to track and display step data. On my iPhone, the step data syncs and shows up immediately. However, when I try to fetch and display this data on my Vision Pro app, there's a noticeable delay before the data appears, even though I've given the necessary permissions and synced data through iCloud. Memory updated Here is your question in a similar format: Hi everyone, I'm developing a visionOS app using SwiftUI and RealityKit. I'm facing a challenge with fetching step data from HealthKit. Scenario: I have integrated HealthKit into my app to track and display step data. On my iPhone, the step data syncs and shows up immediately. However, when I try to fetch and display this data on my Vision Pro app, there's a noticeable delay before the data appears, even though I've given the necessary permissions and synced data through iCloud. Question: Why is there a delay in fetching step data from HealthKit on my Vision Pro app, and how can I reduce this delay to ensure real-time data display? Additional Information: I'm using HKStatisticsQuery to fetch the step data for the current day. The authorization for HealthKit is requested successfully. The data shows up after some time, but the initial delay is causing a poor user experience. Here is the relevant code snippet for fetching today's steps: class HealthManager: ObservableObject { let healthStore = HKHealthStore() @Published var activities: [String: Activity] = [:] init() { let steps = HKQuantityType(.stepCount) let healthTypes: Set = [steps] Task { do { try await healthStore.requestAuthorization(toShare: [], read: healthTypes) } catch { print("error fetching health data") } } } func fetchTodaySteps() { let steps = HKQuantityType(.stepCount) let predicate = HKQuery.predicateForSamples(withStart: .startOfDay, end: Date()) let query = HKStatisticsQuery(quantityType: steps, quantitySamplePredicate: predicate) { _, result, error in guard let quantity = result?.sumQuantity(), error == nil else { print("error fetching today's step data") return } let stepCount = quantity.doubleValue(for: .count()) print("stepCount \(stepCount)") } healthStore.execute(query) } } I'm open to alternative approaches if this method isn't the most efficient for real-time data fetching. Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions! Best, Siddharth

Are there any limitations on how long iOS will continue delivering background updates from HealthKit to the app? Will deliveries be suspended if the user stops opening the app for a few days, a month, or longer?

Hello, I am trying to build a features where I want to monitor a user's biking workout session metrics like the current speed, average speed and distance travelled. I want to get these metrics as the user is actively doing a workout session in the Workouts app of the apple watch. Is it possible? Or it is not possible to get data from an active workout session from the workouts app.

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I receive multiple resting heart rate readings throughout the day. I understand these readings are taken during the day while sedentary. However, if I query for: HKQuantityType.quantityType(forIdentifier: .restingHeartRate) I only receive ONE sample for the day, even though throughout the day multiple samples are observed. This is confirmed by looking at the Apple Health app and seeing only one recorded resting heart rate each day. Is there a way to get the individual resting heart rate readings for the .restingHeartRate type or am I stuck with querying the raw heart rate data for sedentary values (which don't always match Apples reported rhr)?

Hey folks, a couple of questions regarding WorkoutKit: What happened to validation errors? They are mentioned in the WWDC23 video, but no longer are present in the API. It seems a fatal error is thrown if the workout fails validation (for example setting a negative distance in a workout goal). What is the logic of the WorkoutScheduler, if we try to add more workouts than is allowed? If the limit is 50, what happens when we try to add a 51st? Are workouts de-queued based on date or anything? API documentation is very sparse Do completed workouts and workouts with a scheduled date in the past stay in the WorkoutScheduler? Are we responsible for removing these? I guess my overall question regarding the WorkoutScheduler is, what are we responsible for managing and what is handled gracefully for us. None of these answers seem to be openly available, but if anyone know anecdotally or even better from the WorkoutKit team, I'd be very grateful! Thanks!