Cursor + health data
Fitness trackers, habit apps and coaching tools built with Cursor can show the user's real step count, heart rate or weight instead of asking them to type it in. WebViewGold reads and writes Apple Health (HealthKit) on iOS and Health Connect on Android with the same two URL schemes. The code is the easy part; the store rules for health data deserve most of your attention.
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Navigate to readhealthkit:// plus a type: an Apple identifier such as HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount on iOS, a record name such as StepsRecord on Android. The result is injected as a JavaScript variable with the same name, as a value-and-unit string (for example "8421.0 steps").
writehealthkit://Identifier//Value saves a value, for example writehealthkit://HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount//100 on iOS or writehealthkit://StepsRecord//1000 on Android. On Android the variable then reads WRITE_SUCCESS or the error text.
iOS: HealthKit is a WebViewGold plugin, activated with a plugin token in HealthKitEnabled (Config.swift) plus the HealthKit capability. Android: Health Connect needs Android 8.0 or newer, is built into Android 14 and later, returns today's totals, and injects "Health Connect not supported" where it is unavailable.
Paste this into Cursor to implement the web-app side. Review the result, publish, then test inside the WebViewGold app.
Prompt for the Cursor agent: Add HealthKit and Health Connect support for the WebViewGold wrapper. Create lib/health.ts with a mapping from steps, weight and heartRate to HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount, HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBodyMass and HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate (user agent contains WebViewGold-iOS) and to StepsRecord, WeightRecord and HeartRateRecord (WebViewGold-Android). Implement readHealth(kind) that clears window[key], navigates to "readhealthkit://" + key and polls for up to 5 seconds, plus a queue so reads never run in parallel. Add parseHealthValue("75.4 kg") returning number and unit. Treat "Health Connect not supported" and timeouts as null and show manual entry. Write unit tests with a mocked window and document the bridge in .cursor/rules.
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Plan a day, including the store paperwork.
Steps for a walking challenge, weight for a coaching program, water for a hydration tracker. Both stores want every requested type justified, so do not request everything "for later".
Request the plugin token through the contact address in the iOS docs, set HealthKitEnabled in Config.swift, add the HealthKit capability in Xcode and write both purpose strings in Info.plist: Privacy - Health Share Usage Description and Privacy - Health Update Usage Description.
Health Connect grants access per record type, and the app can only read or write the types it requests. Check the health permissions in the Android project's manifest, keep the ones you use, and prepare the Health apps declaration in the Play Console.
Set custom user agents with distinct tokens, for example one ending in WebViewGold-iOS (useragent_iphone, useragent_ipad) and one ending in WebViewGold-Android (USER_AGENT). Your code then picks the HealthKit identifier or the Health Connect record name.
Trigger the read inside the app only, wait briefly for the injected variable, and show the value with a clear source ("from Apple Health"). On iOS, run several reads one after another, not in the same script tick. In a browser, offer manual entry.
Write values the user actually produced or entered, such as a logged walk. Writing estimates or test data into Apple Health breaks Guideline 5.1.3(ii).
One helper, two type names. Values you decide to keep go to the server side of your stack: Your own API routes or services.
// Custom user agents: "... WebViewGold-iOS" (Config.swift), "... WebViewGold-Android" (Config.java)
var ua = navigator.userAgent;
var IN_APP = ua.indexOf("WebViewGold") !== -1;
var IS_IOS_APP = ua.indexOf("WebViewGold-iOS") !== -1;
function readSteps(callback) {
if (!IN_APP) { callback(null); return; } // browser: manual entry
var key = IS_IOS_APP ? "HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount" : "StepsRecord";
window[key] = undefined;
window.location.href = "readhealthkit://" + key;
var tries = 0;
var timer = setInterval(function () {
var v = window[key];
if (v !== undefined || ++tries > 20) { // wait up to ~5 seconds
clearInterval(timer);
if (v === "Health Connect not supported") { v = undefined; }
callback(v === undefined ? null : String(v)); // e.g. "8421.0 steps"
}
}, 250);
}Health data is the most sensitive category in both stores. Older articles cite section 27 of earlier versions of the App Store guidelines; those HealthKit rules now live mainly in 2.5.1 and 5.1.3. Read the current texts before you submit.
HealthKit should be used for health and fitness purposes and integrate with the Health app, and the integration should be indicated in your app description.
Health data may not be used or disclosed to third parties for advertising, marketing or use-based data mining. Disclose the specific health data you collect.
Do not write false or inaccurate data into HealthKit, and do not store personal health information in iCloud.
Sharing personal data with third parties, including third-party AI services, needs clear disclosure and explicit permission first.
Apps using Health Connect complete the Health apps declaration in the Play Console and justify each data type. Access is reviewed per package name, and changes to the data types need a new declaration.
The privacy policy on the store listing must be the same one users reach from the privacy link in Health Connect, and it must explain how you handle health data.
Not from Safari: HealthKit has no web API. Inside a native app it can. WebViewGold reads the value natively after a readhealthkit:// call and injects it into the web app as a JavaScript variable.
The URL schemes are the same (readhealthkit:// and writehealthkit://); only the type names differ: HealthKit identifiers such as HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount on iOS, record names such as StepsRecord on Android. Map them in one helper.
Not if health and fitness are a real part of the app. Rejections come from HealthKit used outside health and fitness, health data used for ads, false data written to Health, and integrations that are not explained. Mention Apple Health in your description and show the integration clearly in the UI.
Ideally nowhere: read, display, discard. If a feature needs history, store only what it needs (for example one daily total), protect it per user, describe it in the privacy policy and delete it with the account.
It needs Android 8.0 or newer. It is built into Android 14 and later; on older versions users install the Health Connect app. Where it is not available, WebViewGold injects "Health Connect not supported", so keep a manual-entry fallback.
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