Launch RunKeeper on Android
Posted: November 20, 2012 Filed under: Android, Apps, Partners, Running | Tags: android, app, bestpractices, button, code, google+, googleplay, healthgraph, installation, intents, launching, partners, revisions, runkeeper, uri 5 Comments »In my last post, I showed you how to launch RunKeeper from your iOS mobile app using some Objective-C URI magic.
I also promised a similar capability when we released our next update to RunKeeper for Android. And now the time has come, RunKeeper is ready on Google Play, and away you can go a’launching it from your own Android apps!
To launch the RunKeeper app on Android:
- Present the user with a button in your app that they can click to launch RunKeeper.
- When the user clicks that RunKeeper button, start the RunKeeper activity using the Intent
com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.intent.action.MAIN - If the user has an up to date RunKeeper release installed, the RunKeeper app should launch and they can begin tracking immediately.
- If the user has an older copy of RunKeeper, or hasn’t installed the RunKeeper app yet, prompt them to install the latest RunKeeper release from Google Play and then they can begin tracking after installation.
We’d love to hear from you and see examples of how you will use this capability, on Android and/or iOS. Please contact us in the comments if you’re doing so.
We might even feature you in an upcoming blog post or our new Health Graph (@healthgraphapi) “Best Practices” guide. And we’d love to hear your feedback on that guide, too!
Bill Day (@billday) is Platform Evangelist for RunKeeper where he helps developers learn about and use the Health Graph.
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Is there any way to start a Runkeeper activity through an Intent?
I’ve been using Runkeeper for a while to track my runs and love the service, but I’ve been trying to figure out a way to start an activity through Tasker and NFC tags. It would be useful to start the activity this way, especially when running in the cold!
Thanks, in advance, for the response
-Art
Great request, thanks Art!
You can start the RunKeeper app via the Intent outlined above, but I believe you’re wanting is to start tracking a fitness activity using the RunKeeper app instead, and unfortunately we don’t currently expose that capability via an Android Intent.
However, we are considering it. If you’d like to send any additional ideas or details around this directly to me, you can via email to: bill@runkeeper.com
Thanks again,
Bill Day
RunKeeper Platform Evangelist & PM
It would be really nice feature to start/stop activity with some Intent. One tap onto NFC tag and done, you can go running
None of sport tracking apps has support for NFC tags or Tasker automation – why not to be first?
I would second that option – I think it’d be great to use Tasker to
1) set media volume to a safe level
2) start playing my podcast queue
3) start runkeeper
4) choose a specific activity type (e.g. walking)
5) turn off audio cues (because I don’t care about my pace when walking the dog)
6) begin the activity