Add Google Play Services Sleep API?

[lacksfish]

I am wondering how this project relates to the Google Sleep API for Android SDK >=29. I plan to create a simple App which periodically checks the current sleep state of the user and am contemplating if developing it in Kotlin via the Google Sleep API or via Cordova/Ionic and the cordova-plugin-health.

Would you have any input on this? I'd prefer to go the Cordova/Ionic route, as I am more familiar with JavaScript. Also I see an added benefit in providing the functionality of my app to iOS users as well within one codebase. 😇

From what I've gathered, this plugin allows me to read the current "sleeping state" via the respective "Health" APIs for Android and iOS. Do you have any tips if this plugin is what I am looking for with regards to reading this data ? I've consulted the Readme and found the Warning section mentioning that functionality is undergoing changes which may not have been implemented in the codebase as of now. If you could provide any clarification it would be much appreciated ! 🙏

Sorry to bother you with this "issue", but I'd really appreciate your input during my research regarding the tech-stack of my fringe app idea :)

All the best!

[dariosalvi78]

I guess that the underlying data is the same, but the Fitness API is richer. Now the gotchas:

1. this plugin does not support asynchrnous data updates (like events being sent when something changes), only queries in the past.
2. the Google Fit APIs have introduced a new way for managing sleep (with a separate data type) and we are still using the old one (with the generic "activity" data type). My experience so far is that some apps still write the sleep data using the old API and other don't, but this is going to change at some point. I would be very glad if someone wanted to help on updating the plugin with the new API, the task is not particularly difficult and I can offer guidance.
3. accessing the Fit API is a pain in the **s, you need to comply with lots of rather arbirtray rules and go through a lengthy review with Google. You need to choose on what you want to lose you mental sanity: on coding (use the other API) or on bureaucracy (use the Fit API).

[dariosalvi78]

actually, after reading the documentation about this sleep API I am not sure that the underlying data is the same. The Fitness API uses external sources such as other apps or wearables, this new API uses the internal sensors.

Maybe we can add it to this plugin as well?

[maverickdude]

I am also unable to get the sleep data from Google Fit in the same way as Apple Health. Hoping that this issue would resolve soon 🙏