Thursday, October 16, 2014

iOS: Health App and HealthKit Part:- 1

Health App and HealthKit



In iOS 8 apple has added health related features which bring your personal measurements to your phone and your iPhone with iOS 8 is capable of monitor your personal health statistics.

For iOS 8 , Apple has created one application called "Health". This Health application will track you and store your health and fitness information.

This new feature announced in WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2014.


Health App:



Health application that collects your personal biometric data.In this app you can see all personal information about you in one place. You can share it with other health related apps.

By opening Health application you can view calories burned, cholesterol levels, heart rate and blood sugar.Health app can collects all this data.



As per example if you want to track your Sleep Analysis or Cycling Distance. You can do it by Health app and also see on dashboard.





By setting "Show on Dashboard" you can get it in Dashboard.



You can create an emergency card which stores health information life blood type , allergies , Medical Note, Medications. emergency contacts,weight, height, birthrate etc.






  

This emergency card is called Medical ID. This Medical id can be accessible from the Lock screen so it can accessed in an emergency.




                                             
Lets discuss about HealthKit in next part.


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