Get information about users taps in real time

[brian4342]

I would like to create an application where I can get information about when a user taps on their fitbit flex. From reading about the developer APIs you can only get user information.

Is it possible to record when a user taps on their fitbit flex?

e.g lets say I want to create a basic counter that records the amount of taps a user makes along with a time stamp.

Thanks in advance

Brian

[brian4342]

Or is it possible to send the fitbit a command to trigger either the LEDs or the vibrations?

[ibahdanau]

Hello,

the alswer to all your questions is no:
you can not subscribe to listen for user taps.

you can not trigger led or vibrations on tracker with fitbit API.

[brian4342]

Hi is there any reason why we cant do stuff like that?

How about trying to use the bluetooth as a form of localisation, such as trying to identify if a Fitbit is in proximity to another bluetooth device?

The Fitbit Flex is a great bit of hardware and I just want to know what I can do with the device 🙂

Thanks

Brian

[SunsetRunner]

Unfortunately this is just not supported (or developed for that matter). You are encouraged to submit a Feature Request (https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/idb-p/features) and if there are enough requests for a feature, it may be considered for future development.

[Doug]

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@brian4342 wrote:

Hi is there any reason why we cant do stuff like that?

How about trying to use the bluetooth as a form of localisation, such as trying to identify if a Fitbit is in proximity to another bluetooth device?

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From what I can glean from the forums, Fitbit devices use a proprietary protocal for exchanging data instead of published Bluetooth standards such as those for a stride sensor or whatever.  As a fellow user, we can only speculate on the reasons for that but a debate why does nothing to enable it so seems pointless.

In the specific case of proximity detection though, you can detect the presence of specific devices even without having full protocol integration.  For example, look at application such as LightBlue or BLE Scanner or similar apps that show lists of BLE devices within range and relative signal strength (which is a rough guide to distance too).