How do I set the DataSource as Mi Band 2(or anything other than my phone) for finding the sensors for counting steps using Google Fit?

Question

I a noob in android.

I am able to get the step data from my phone, but i want the data of my fitness band ie mi Band 2. Till now I have been able to connect the Band using the conventional method of connecting the BLE devices. After connection I am not able to get the data from the Band.

Is it even possible to get the Band data using Google Fit API or shall I do it using the Mi-Band-SDK available on GitHub : https://github.com/pangliang/miband-sdk-android ??

Answer 1

If you want to use the Google Fit API, then you need to check this documentation on how to List available data sources.

It is explained here that to get information about the device for a data source, use the DataSource.getDevice method. The device information is useful to distinguish from similar sensors on different devices, show the device information from a sensor to the user, or process data differently depending on the device.

For the Github that you link, I'm not sure if this is still working. As you can see here they already stopped the maintenance in this Github, but you can still give a try here and check if it's still working.

I found here another Github that might help you.