Developer app as an exercise sport activity

[agsurf5]

I created my app for sport, and I am testing for the different conditions.

I was wondering how I can use it to track my exercise and log it in the fitbit app, rather than a standalone one-time app.

- Can it be included in the exercise log for the fitbit app? If yes, can you point me to how.

- Is there a way to export the GPS log and map similar to the exercise apps?

- All the other data for the sport (distance, time, etc), should I write them out as a file?

[Gondwana]

I'm interested in this too. Did you manage to increase the sampling period of the heartrate sensor, or does it stay at the normal non-activity period of about five seconds?

I think you may be able to add entries to the exercise log via Oauth2 and the web API (but I haven't checked).

I suspect you're on your own when it comes to GPS data; you could export it using a companion app but what happens next is probably going to be up to you.

[JonFitbit · Accepted solution]

You can log activities using the Fitbit web api. 

https://dev.fitbit.com/reference/web-api/activity/#log-activity

You can checkout the OAuth sample app here https://github.com/Fitbit/sdk-oauth

We'll hopefully make this easier in the future.

[agsurf5]

Hey @JonFitbit. 

I was looking into the the whole logging activity, but it seems very limiting as for what you can post, as of activity data. Distance, duration, HR, and speed for the whole activity, with no breakdown of datas.

I need to post a log of all the different sprints/waves done. So for each sprint I would have distance, speed, time.

How do you suggest I approach it? Still using it the log activity, or should I write a file on the device with all the data and access it somewhere else somehow? If so, how? If you could point me to the right direction it would be great. 

[SunsetRunner]

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@JonFitbit wrote:

You can log activities using the Fitbit web api. 

https://dev.fitbit.com/reference/web-api/activity/#log-activity

You can checkout the OAuth sample app here https://github.com/Fitbit/sdk-oauth

We'll hopefully make this easier in the future.

@JonFitbit Are there any plans to make logging activity easier?

It would be nice if one could activate a tracking mode, still access GPS, heart rate and other data, but the exercise would be saved together with the other activities in the Fitbit app afterwards.

[Gondwana]

@SunsetRunnerWould this help? If so, please vote for it!

[SunsetRunner]

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@Gondwana wrote:

@SunsetRunnerWould this help? If so, please vote for it!

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Thanks!

[prvs]

@agsurf5  You already know something about this?

[agsurf5]

I abandoned developing this over a year ago and moved to Garmin ecosystem.