Data 1.5.1

• It works with Samsung Health v6.28 or later version.

[New]

• The following accessory types and APIs have been added.
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_BLOOD_GLUCOSE_METER
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_BLOOD_PRESSURE_MONITOR
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_HEART_RATE_MONITOR
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_THERMOMETER
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_WEIGHT_SCALE
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_BIKE_SPEED_SENSOR
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_BIKE_CADENCE
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_BIKE_POWER_METER
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_INDOOR_BIKE
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_ELLIPTICAL
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_STEP_CLIMBER
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_STAIR_CLIMBER
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_TREADMILL
  • HealthDevice.ACCESSORY_UNKNOWN
  • HealthDevice.getAccessory()
  • HealthDevice.Builder.setAccessory()

[Deprecation]

• The following interface and APIs related to health document have been deprecated.
  • HealthConstants.HealthDocument
  • HealthDataResolver.insertWithPermission()
  • HealthDataResolver.deleteWithPermission()
  • HealthDataResolver.readWithPermission()

Data 1.5.0

[Changes]

• Data library
  • The data library is provided with 'aar' from 1.5.0.
• Compatible Samsung Health version
  • Samsung Health 6.12 or above works with the Data package 1.5.0.
• Data Types
  • "com.samsung.shealth.step_daily_trend" is defined with a new interface. Use HealthConstants.StepDailyTrend instead of it.
    The new interface doesn't affect to existing apps that use "com.samsung.shealth.step_daily_trend".
  • VO2_MAX is added to HealthConstants.Exercise.
• Data Viewer Tool
  • Removing Electrocardiogram and HealthDocument from a data type list.

[Deprecation]

• HealthConstants.Electrocardiogram is deprecated.

[Changes]

• Developer Mode
  • From Samsung Health 6.11, the developer mode needs a dev access key.
    See developer mode guide.
• Data Viewer Tool
  • DataViewer is updated with reading data only.
• StepDiary sample app
  • It is provided with Kotlin.

Service package - Deprecated

• The Service package is deprecated. Do not use this feature any more.

Service 1.4.0

[Android 10 support]

• In Samsung Health 6.8, TrackerManager.startActivity() is updated for Android 10 to work well even Samsung Health is on the background.

[Deprecation]

• The following trackers are deprecated in TrackerManager.TrackerId.
  • SPO2
  • THERMO_HYGROMETER
  • UV

Data 1.4.0

[Important Notice]

• Data 1.4.0 library includes important changes. All partner app must use this version until July 2019. Otherwise, your app will do not work with Samsung Health properly.
  • It supports security enhancements in Android 8.0. Applications that target Android 9 or higher cannot share data with other applications using socket.
  • It works with Samsung Health 6.2 or above.
    HealthConnectionErrorResult.OLD_VERSION_PLATFORM must be handled to install the latest Samsung Health.
  • Update your app by applying all changes below to make a seamless service.

[New]

• HealthConstants.Nutrition
  • A Nutrition data type is added.
  • Replace HealthConstants.FoodInfo & HealthConstants.FoodIntake to HealthConstants.Nutrition. They will be removed in the next release.

[Deprecation & Behavior Changes]

• HealthDataService is deprecated.
  • Call just HealthDataStore.connectService() without after calling HealthDataService.initialize().
  • Remove sdk-v1.0.0.jar.
• HealthUserProfile’s some APIs are deprecated and have a behavior change.
  • getUserId() is not valid anymore. Its behavior is changed to return an empty string for privacy policy enhancement. It will be removed in the next release.
  • getImage() is not valid anymore. Its behavior is changed to return null for privacy policy enhancement. It will be removed in the next release.
• HealthDataResolver's inserting and updating data APIs have a behavior change:
  • HealthDataResolver.insert()
  • HealthDataResolver.update()
  • HealthDataResolver.insertWithPermission()
    • IllegalArgumentException is returned only if the request contains invalid instance type.
    • Check the result with getStatus() of HealthResultHolder.BaseResult. A data validation error is received as STATUS_INVALID_INPUT_DATA in HealthResultHolder.ResultListener.onResult().
      The data validation includes missing mandatory fields, wrong field type, out of the data value range and oversized BLOB.
    • See its example.

[Sample & Tool Update]

• Sample apps
  • FoodNote is updated as replacing HealthConstants.
    HealthConstants.FoodInfo and HealthConstants.FoodIntake to HealthConstants.Nutrition.
  • StepDiary's typo is fixed.
• DataViewer
  • A data type list is updated with HealthConstants.Nutrition.
    HealthConstants.FoodInfo and HealthConstants.FoodIntake is dropped out.

Service 1.3.1

• TrackerManager.Destination
  • REWARD destination is deprecated. It goes to an error page from Samsung Health 6.0.
• TrackerTile
  • Setting date and content color in a tracker tile is not available from Samsung Health 6.0.
  • setDate() is deprecated.
  • setContentColor() is deprecated.
• Tracker Design Guide is updated.

Data 1.3.0

• Daily Step Count Trend ("com.samsung.shealth.step_daily_trend")
  • "1" and "2" source type values that indicate wearable and activity trackers are deprecated.
  • The data library is same.

Data 1.3.0

• HealthConstants.FoodInfo
  • Deprecated as he data library is same. Do not use it any more. It will be removed.
• HealthConstants.FoodIntake
  • FOOD_INFO_ID is deprecated.

Service 1.3.0

• TrackerManager.TrackerId added.
  • The existing fields for Samsung Health's trackers are deprecated. Use the new class fields.
• Jumping to a tracker's specific destination like TRENDS is available.
  • TrackerManager.Destination added.
  • A new startActivity() API that has a destination param is added to TrackerManager.
• Sample app is updated to SampleService.
• For more detailed information, refer to here.

• The SDK name became "Samsung Health Android SDK".

• DataViewer tool is updated. A minor defect is patched.

Data 1.3.0

• New data types
  • Supported data types are added including floors climbed and health document.
• Instant permission
  • Instant permission APIs to handle health document are added.
• Some properties are added:
  • HealthConstants.Common: CUSTOM
  • HealthConstants.Exercise: ADDITIONAL, MAX_RPM
  • HealthConstants.HeartRate: MIN, MAX, BINNING_DATA
  • HealthConstants.Weight: BODY_FAT_MASS, FAT_FREE, FAT_FREE_MASS, SKELETAL_MUSCLE_MASS, TOTAL_BODY_WATER
• HealthData
  • APIs to handle InputStream are added.
• setLocalTimeRange() is added to handle the local time zone change easily.
  • HealthDataResolver.AggregateRequest.Builder
  • HealthDataResolver.ReadRequest.Builder
• iterator() and close() are added to HealthDataResolver.AggregateResult.
• More health data units are added.
• HealthDataUtil class is added.
• A new sample app StepDiary is added.
• The DataViewer tool is updated.
  • More supported data types are added.
  • The user interfaces are improved.
• For more detailed information, refer to here.

• Some terms are changed:
  • "S Health" app name is rebranded to "Samsung Health".
  • "Samsung Health SDK" is used for the SDK’s name instead of "Samsung Digital Health SDK".
  • Only the library names are changed according to the SDK naming. You don’t need to update your app.
• Sample apps are updated by the changed terms.
• Related documents are updated by the changed terms.

Service 1.2.0

• APIs for the feature availability check are added in the Shealth class.
  • FEATURE_TRACKER_LAUNCH
  • FEATURE_TRACKER_TILE
  • isFeatureEnabled(int...)
• Shealth.isFeatureEnabled(int) was the default implementation and didn't work. It is updated to check the feature availability.
• To launch the S Health’s specific tracker with TrackerInfo and TrackerManager, S Health 4.8 or above is needed.

Data 1.2.1

• A new meal type, MEAL_TYPE_BEFORE_SLEEP is added to HealthConstants.BloodGlucose.
• MEAN_RPM is added to HealthConstants.Exercise.
• In 1.2.0, HealthConnectionErrorResult.UNKNOWN had been retrieved when S Health prior to 4.6 is installed on the device. In this release, a bug for the wrong error value is fixed to give HealthConnectionErrorResult.OLD_VERSION_PLATFORM. You can solve the error situation by calling HealthConnectionErrorResult.resolve().
• The following APIs are deprecated:
  • HealthResultHolder.cancel()
  • HealthResultHolder.BaseResult.STATUS_CANCELED

Data 1.2.0

• HealthDevApp is removed. Use DataViewer to test your application.
  • "com.samsung.android.health.platform_type" in manifest to use HealthDevApp is not required.
• To make a clear operation after the Permission UI is popped up, the existing PermissionManager.requestPermissions() is deprecated. Use new API with the activity parameter instead of it.
• connectService() with the timeout parameter is added to HealthDataStore.
• HealthConstants.SleepStage to present detailed sleep data is added.
• Body fat, skeletal muscle, muscle mass, and basal metabolic rate properties are added to HealthConstants.Weight.
• The minimum heart rate property is added to HealthConstants.Exercise.
• The user name and user’s picture image can be retrieved through HealthUserProfile.
• For more detailed information, refer to here.

Service 1.1.0

• S Health Simulator is removed from the SDK tool because S Health’s available devices had been expanded.
• Shealth.initialize() doesn’t throw SsdkUnsupportedException and SecurityException.
• com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY permission is not required.
• The title of tile design guidelines is changed to Tracker Design Guidelines.

Data 1.1.0

• Sample application projects are updated to import them on Android Studio.
• HealthConnectionErrorResult
  • The device that supports S Health 4.x can be checked with hasResolution().
  • hasResolution() and resolve() require the android.permission.INTERNET permission.
• HealthConstants.BloodGlucose
  • MEAL_TYPE BEFORE_MEAL and MEAL_TYPE GENERAL are added.
  • MEAL_TYPE_AFTER_BEDTIME is deprecated.
• "Treadmill" and "Elliptical trainer" are added to the predefined type of HealthConstants.Exercise.
• putNull() to set a value of data property as null is added to HealthData.
• Available ranges or operations of some APIs are changed. For more detailed information, refer to here.

Data 1.0.0

• HealthConnectionErrorResult.resolve()'s operation is changed without a dialog.
• Some constants for unit are added and descriptions of HealthConstants interfaces are changed.
• If the handler parameter of the HealthDataObserver’s constructor is null, the looper of the current thread will be used for the callback.
• A permissible range of medical data for countries is expanded.
• For more detailed information, refer to here.

Service 1.0.0

• Guide for TrackerEventListener is supplemented. Check your application after referring to the API Reference and Programming Guide.
• Description of Tile Design Guideline for Tracker is supplemented.
• The icon size of TRACKER_TILE_TYPE_1 is changed to 60.