Pedometer API - Native Step Counter

i had the boolean printed and it says "True".
Do you need anything else to help me figure it out??

 

Nothing else comes to mind. I don't believe there is anything you can do on the current device you are testing. Have you tried testing on a different device?

 

Yes. THis is oneplus 7 pro, I have tested on samsung and huawei too. No progress. same issue

 

Something strange:
a build with target SDK 28 will work of any devices.
a build with target SDK 29 will NOT work of devices..
The problem is, google allowed new apps ONLY with SDK 29.. :-(

Tested an work with: Wiko, Honor 7, Samsung Tab A20, Huawai P20,Samsung, HTC U11, Nokia 7.2
Any ideas why?

 

i don't think this change will effect eh apps before 2nd november.

 

If the pedometer doesn't work on Samsung and Huawei devices, can you send the logs from those devices also? Any issues common to them could be a clue in solving whatever that issue might be.

 

Do you mind creating an issue for this on GitHub? It seems that Android 29+ requires a new permission.

 

i made a build with target 28 and it worked on all

 

of course: yes. It will not published in the store. I check the differnet between 28 &29:
https://developer.android.com/sdk/api_diff/29/changes
But I dreally don't know the point of relevant packages change that deaktivate or block the pedometer ...

 

I see, but how I can use this in your Code? Or do you change it on GitHub ?
And yes I use the GitHub package

I see on GitHub the ..\Pedometer-API-1.1-builds.zip\Pedometer-API-1.1-builds\Android\Pedometer\src\main\java\com\yusufolokoba\pedometer\Pedometer.java:

Code (JavaScript):

1. public class Pedometer implements SensorEventListener {
2.  
3.     private SensorManager manager;
4.     private final PedometerDelegate delegate;
5.  
6.     //region --Client API--
7.  
8.     public Pedometer (PedometerDelegate delegate) {
9.         this.delegate = delegate;
10.         this.manager = (SensorManager) UnityPlayer.currentActivity.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
11.     }
12.  
13.     public void initialize () {
14.         final Sensor sensor = manager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER);
15.         if (sensor == null) {
16.             Log.e("Unity", "Pedometer Error: Failed to acquire step counter sensor");
17.             return;
18.         }
19.         manager.registerListener(this, sensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_UI);
20.         Log.d("Unity", "Pedometer: Initialized Android backend");
21.     }
22.  
23.     public void release () {
24.         manager.unregisterListener(this);
25.         Log.d("Unity", "Pedometer: Released Android backend");
26.     }
27.  
28.     public boolean isSupported () {
29.         return UnityPlayer.currentActivity.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_COUNTER);
30.     }
31.     //endregion

 

I haven't read into this, but I believe it requires adding a permission to the manifest.

 

Yes. I see and I added this to my manifest:
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" android:value="true" />

because:

If your app targets Android 9 (API level 28) or lower, the system auto-grants the android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission to your app, as needed, if your app satisfies each of the following conditions:

• The manifest file includes the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission.
• The manifest file doesn't include the android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission.

or is this correct:

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION"/> ??

I dont realy understud, an now I read some manifest examples (android & unity)

 

I found this:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/location/transitions

To use the Transition API in your app, you must declare a dependency to the Google Location and Activity Recognition API version 12.0.0 or higher and specify the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission in the app manifest.

1. To declare a dependency to the API, add a reference to the Google maven repository and add an implementation entry to com.google.android.gmslay-services-location:12.0.0 to the dependencies section of your app build.gradle file. For more information, see Set Up Google Play Services.
   
   
2. To specify the com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permission, add a <uses-permission> element in the app manifest, as shown in the following example:
   

I NEED google play services? Realy? I'm completly confused and I^m not sure to implement the google play service.

 

I haven't looked into this yet, so I don't know. Google really doesn't seem to think through their changes sometimes, because this is all so confusing for something that should be very simple (compare how simple iOS is).

 

Do have any idea for the solution? See my message to you..

 

So it will works:

in the android manifest:

Code (CSharp):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <!-- GENERATED BY UNITY. REMOVE THIS COMMENT TO PREVENT OVERWRITING WHEN EXPORTING AGAIN-->
3. <manifest
4.     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
5.     package="com.unity3d.player"
6.     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
7.  
8.  
9. [B]  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" android:protectionLevel="dangerous" />[/B]
10.  
11.   <!-- <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer" /> -->
12.  
13.   <application>
14.  

Fo the request Window:
I use these FREE Asset Plugin:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/android-runtime-permissions-117803

then in my Awake Funtion in the APP:

Code (CSharp):

1.     private void Awake()
2.     {
3.         AndroidRuntimePermissions.Permission result = AndroidRuntimePermissions.RequestPermission("android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION");
4.         if (result == AndroidRuntimePermissions.Permission.Granted) {
5.             Debug.Log("We have permission to access the stepcounter");
6.         }
7.         else {
8.             Debug.Log("Permission state: " + result); // No permission
9. Application.Quit();
10. }

And it works fine with Android 10 SDK 29

 

Hi Lanre,

I have two questions:

1. Is it possible for this API to get the updated pedometer steps after closing and re-opening the app?
2. It does seem to track the steps properly if the app is in the background. However, I'm not sure whether the steps are still properly being updated in this scenario:

• The user leaves the app but keeps it in the background.
• After a few hours, the user decides to re-open the app.

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Do you have more information on this?

 

No, if the app is closed, you can't get any updates.

I'm not sure how long it tracks steps if the app is in the background, but for short periods of time you will get the steps when the app resumes. I believe it is up to the OS to decide how long to keep the pedometer sensor active when the app is suspended.

 

Im running Unity 2019.4.24f, with Android target of API 29. Initially, the pedometer API didnt work, it would simply not start as long as I was building for API level 29, I tested it with level 28, and it worked pretty well. Then changed the AndroidManifest (you need to enable custom android manifest in Player Settings/Publishing settings first) to this:

Code (CSharp):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <manifest
3.     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
4.     package="com.unity3d.player"
5.     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
6.     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION"/>
7.     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer" />
8.     <application>
9.         <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity"
10.                   android:theme="@style/UnityThemeSelector">
11.             <intent-filter>
12.                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
13.                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
14.             </intent-filter>
15.             <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
16.         </activity>
17.     </application>
18. </manifest>

In Unity, I would ask for the permission the same way you did:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  private void Awake()
3.          {
4.              AndroidRuntimePermissions.Permission result = AndroidRuntimePermissions.RequestPermission("android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION");
5.              if (result == AndroidRuntimePermissions.Permission.Granted)
6.              {
7.                  Debug.Log("We have permission to access the stepcounter");
8.                 Debug.LogError("PERMISSION GRANTED");
9.              }
10.              else
11.              {
12.                
13.                  Debug.LogError("NO PERMISSION");
14.          
15.                  Debug.Log("Permission state: " + result); // No permission
16.                
17.              }
18.          }
19.  

At the time I was building using Mono scripting backend, the build would be successful, but it still wouldnt ask for permission. Then I changed scripting backend to IL2CPP, but then the build would fail with an IL2CPP error. I solved the error by deleting libPedometer.a (iOS library for this API, I imagine). Finally the build was successful, and the application asked for permission to use Activity data, and the pedometer would start tracking steps. Hopefully someone can find this useful

 

I've added the `ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION` permission to the manifest. Thanks for pointing this out.

Ah, for this select libPedometer.a in the inspector and unselect all platforms except iOS.

Thank you so much for this information. I'm working on pushing out an update now.

 

Thank you for taking the time to update this API, it's pretty much the only proper solution I found for step counting currently. I couldn't get Unity's native step counter to work at all. Regarding iOS library giving me some issues, I did exactly what you proposed here.

 

Did you push the update to github? I tried to build an apk but it does not count any step.

 

Hello, I have question about working in the background. I noticed the app stops counting steps after 10~ minutes. I suppose android is turning off this background activity? In foreground and in less then 10 minutes in the background the app works perfect, but after 10 minutes in background it stops.
If anyone else noticed this?

 

I haven't noticed this before, but it might be a power-saving measure by the OS.

 

@Lanre can you please update Github with the changes. Thanks.

 

Hi @Lanre First of all thank you for this API and for making it open source really appreciate that!

I have taken your example project and built it for android successfully, however the count is stuck at 0,0.
I Tried logging

Code (CSharp):

1. Pedometer.Implementation.IsSupported

and it returns as True. Tried this on 3 different devices, all with built in pedometers and returning true on the debug.

Any ideas where I should look to solve this?

 

Hey there, sorry for the late response on this. I didn't get an email notification. I will update the package and have you re-test it. In the mean time, I recommend joining our community on Discord to track this. We're way more active on Discord.