[Health 12.0.1] Support for PERMISSION_READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY in Health Connect

[cachapa]

Description

Health Connect on Android now allows for downloading over 30 days worth of data, but that requires requesting a new permission: PERMISSION_READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY: Documentation.

Although this can be added manually by apps, it would be a nice addition to the Health plugin.

[henryla92]

Description

Health Connect on Android now allows for downloading over 30 days worth of data, but that requires requesting a new permission: PERMISSION_READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY: Documentation.

Although this can be added manually by apps, it would be a nice addition to the Health plugin.

Thank you for suggesting this addition and making the pull request!

I was hoping to add this on my app right now, can you please explain how I would add this manually? I added
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.health.PERMISSION_READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY"/> in my AndroidManifest, how would I update to implementation("androidx.health.connect:connect-client:1.1.0-alpha11") within my app?

Thank you!

[cachapa]

If you use my branch, the connect-client dependency is already updated. You might need to refresh your build with flutter clean.

Please note that you should first check if the feature is even available, or risk crashing your app when trying to use it:
isHealthDataHistoryAvailable().

Once you do that you will need to request that permission separately using requestHealthDataHistoryAuthorization(). It shows a separate permission screen, so it cannot be bundled with other permission requests.

[henryla92]

Thank you!