{"id":39921,"date":"2018-08-04T03:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T17:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=39921"},"modified":"2018-08-06T12:14:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T02:14:35","slug":"health-app-on-iphone-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/health-app-on-iphone-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title='Google Fonts Primer Tutorial' href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/health.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/health.jpg\" title=\"Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial\"  \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s not much doubt that FitBits, as presented with <a title='Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial' href='#fatbpt'>Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial<\/a> below, are great for purpose, that purpose being to monitor some aspects to our health &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>activity<\/li>\n<li>sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8230;. at the very least.   But did you know that there is an app that comes with an iPhone called &#8220;Health&#8221; that can help with the concepts above, in addition to &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mindfulness<\/li>\n<li>nutrition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>?  For instance, in the case of &#8220;activity&#8221; it can measure the number of steps you take on an hourly, daily or averaged over a week, basis.  Useful, huh?  Your iPhone could be in your pocket, and have seen people strap them to arms as well, for these purposes.  In the iPhone&#8217;s Settings app, check on the Privacy settings, and in the Motion and Fitness section make sure the Health subsection switch is turned on, and possibly any FitnessTracking subsection switch you see on the same screen.  Can&#8217;t remember whether I needed to allow Location Services to help out, but quite obviously if asked, and you need your steps to be counted, allow Location Services to do its <strike>thing<\/strike>thang.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, let the Health app record activity and see the results in Column Chart results, like you can see in today&#8217;s <a title='Google Fonts Primer Tutorial' href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPhone\/health.pdf\" title=\"Click picture\">PDF slideshow<\/a>.  Maybe it&#8217;s your way to getting fit?!<\/p>\n<p>You can also see this play out at WordPress 4.1.1&#8217;s <a target=_blank title='Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/health-app-on-iphone-primer-tutorial\/'>Health App on iPhone Primer Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p id='fatbpt'>Previous relevant <a target=_blank title='Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/fitbit-activity-tracker-bluetooth-primer-tutorial\/'>Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/fitbit.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/fitbit008.jpg\" title=\"Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial\"  \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=_blank title='Fitbit landing page' href='https:\/\/www.fitbit.com'>Fitbit<\/a> devices, in our case an <a target=_blank title='Fitbit device information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fitbit'>activity tracker<\/a>, feels, for me at least, like one of the most integrated bits of computer, or perhaps you&#8217;d say &#8220;leisure&#8221;, equipment around.  In helping set one up recently, it was really impressive to me the integration among &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fitbit device<\/li>\n<li>iPad Fitbit app<\/li>\n<li>iOS Notifications<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth<\/li>\n<li>WiFi<\/li>\n<li>Windows laptop<\/li>\n<li>Web reporting software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8230; and though we are so very fond of &#8220;ubiquitous&#8221; black and while leads around here, dealing with hardware and software not involving a lead of any sort, is quite pleasurable.  Mind you, with <i>leads<\/i>, we feel that &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/HTMLCSS\/generic_swinger.html?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rjmprogramming.com.au%2FHTMLCSS%2Flead.png&#038;blurb=You%20are%20getting%20mindful%20...&#038;pendulum=y' style='width:100%;height:400px;'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nor that idea, with a lot of software, that assumes you will be available almost 24\/7, and it giving the impression that this is a boon to your life.  Maybe to some, but our motto is &#8230; &#8220;forget the hype, unless it really has <i>added<\/i> to your life, rather than just putting on slightly more than it inconveniences&#8221; &#8230; pretty quirky adage, eh wot &#8230; guv&#8217;.  But seriously, am happy to say the Fitbit experience was so much better than we thought it would be.<\/p>\n<p>And the major reason for this is <a target=_blank title='Bluetooth information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bluetooth'>Bluetooth<\/a> technology, as well as the great iOS <a target=_blank title='Notifications on iOS' href='https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/ios\/human-interface-guidelines\/features\/notifications\/'>Notifications<\/a> functionality, which we&#8217;ve tried to talk about before &#8230; can remember sitting in the VW Golf with a DVD Player experimenting for hours &#8230; <a target=_blank title='?' href='http:\/\/mreplay.com\/transcript\/legally_blonde\/4284\/ABCFP\/Wednesday_February_09_2011\/559398\/#943920603'>&#8220;good times&#8221;<\/a>.  Let&#8217;s see a bit of what Wikipedia has to say about this technology &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz[4]) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs). Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994,[5] it was originally conceived as a wireless alternative to RS-232 data cables. It can connect several devices, overcoming problems of synchronization.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Take a look at this image courtesy of <a target=_blank title='Useful diagram - thanks' href='www.projecthealthdesign.org\/projects\/round-2-projects\/chronologymd'>Chronology.MD &#8211; Project HealthDesign<\/a> putting a Fitbit device into a health monitoring usage framework &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img title='Fitbit device network example' src='http:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/projecthealthdesign-technicalarchitecturediagrams-111019131614-phpapp01\/95\/project-healthdesign-technical-architecture-diagrams-5-728.jpg?cb=1319120372'><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Once heard about the proportion of the world&#8217;s data that Fitbit applications represent, and remember being staggered, and so having a feeling you would not be alone if you acquired your own <a target=_blank title='Fitbit landing page' href='https:\/\/www.fitbit.com'>Fitbit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll leave you today with a &#8220;stream of consciousness&#8221; PDF <a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/fitbit.pdf\" title='Click picture'>&#8220;slideshow&#8221;<\/a> view of some of the setup and early integration days of the Fitbit activity device communicating with an iPad and Windows laptop.<\/p>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d24737' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d24737\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/ajax\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d24737' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d39921' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d39921\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/iphone\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d39921' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s not much doubt that FitBits, as presented with Fitbit Activity Tracker Bluetooth Primer Tutorial below, are great for purpose, that purpose being to monitor some aspects to our health &#8230; activity sleep &#8230;. at the very least. 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