Step Counter API

[nicolgit]

Description

Implements an API that allows to interact with integrated Step Counter when available in order to have:

• number of steps taken by the user since the last reboot while the sensor was activated

API

public class StepCounter
{
    bool IsMonitoring { get; private set; }
    void Start();
    void Stop();
    event StepCounterChangedEventHandler ReadingChanged;
}

Struct StepCounterChangedEventHandler

    public class StepCounterChangedEventHandler : EventArgs
    {
        DateTimeOffset Timestamp {get; private set}; // time of the most recent pedometer reading
        int TotalSteps {get; private set}; 
    }

Implementation

• Android: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/sensors_motion
• iOS: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmpedometer
• UWP: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.devices.sensors.pedometerreading

VS bug #735664

[jamesmontemagno]

Considerations here is that they would be only when the app is open and is not for background tracking. On Android that would require a service.

[SatyaRamprasad]

@jamesmontemagno Any updates on this feature request(background tracking)

[jrahma]

It will be great if you link it to the Location API in Xamarin Essentials to return the current location too

[Happypig375]

It would be great if Xamarin.Essentials has all sensors built-in, especially the pedometer.

[sanjeevmajgotra]

any update on this? if not then is there any logic using existing apis we can use to accurately detect motion?

[jamesmontemagno]

Take a look at Shiny -> https://github.com/shinyorg/shiny it is included in here.

[jfversluis]

I think at this point it's safe to say that this won't be making it's way into Xamarin.Essentials anymore. Keep your eye on .NET MAUI for all new development! Thanks for all input and efforts here.

[Happypig375]

@jfversluis Ok then will .NET MAUI essentials have it

[Happypig375]

I can't believe the MAUI team closes issues instead of transferring them but whatever. New issue here https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/16712