requestPermission

Request permission for specified record types and access types.

Method

requestPermission(permissions: Permission[]): Promise<Permission[]>

Example

import { requestPermission } from 'react-native-health-connect';

const requestPermissions = () => {
  requestPermission([
    {
      accessType: 'read',
      recordType: 'ActiveCaloriesBurned',
    },
    {
      accessType: 'write',
      recordType: 'ActiveCaloriesBurned',
    },
  ]).then((permissions) => {
    console.log('Granted permissions ', { permissions });
  });
};

Special Permissions

Exercise Route Permission

If your app needs to write exercise routes, you can include it as a special permission:

import { requestPermission } from 'react-native-health-connect';

const requestPermissions = () => {
  requestPermission([
    {
      accessType: 'read',
      recordType: 'ExerciseSession',
    },
    {
      accessType: 'write',
      recordType: 'ExerciseSession',
    },
    {
      accessType: 'write',
      recordType: 'ExerciseRoute'
    }
  ]).then((permissions) => {
    console.log('Granted permissions ', { permissions });
  });
};

Background Access Permission

If your app needs to read health data in the background, you can request the background access permission:

import { requestPermission } from 'react-native-health-connect';

const requestBackgroundAccess = () => {
  requestPermission([
    {
      accessType: 'read',
      recordType: 'BackgroundAccessPermission',
    },
    // Other permissions you need...
    {
      accessType: 'read',
      recordType: 'Steps',
    },
    {
      accessType: 'read',
      recordType: 'HeartRate',
    }
  ]).then((permissions) => {
    console.log('Granted permissions ', { permissions });
  });
};