public enum RecordingMethod

  1. Object
  2. Enum<RecordingMethod>
  3. RecordingMethod

ImplementsComparable<RecordingMethod>

How a sample came to exist. Health Connect records this explicitly; HealthKit infers it from sample metadata. Worth setting on writes – downstream apps use it to decide whether to trust a value.

Enum constants

UNKNOWNThe platform did not say.
MANUAL_ENTRYA human typed it in.
AUTOMATICRecorded passively in the background by a device or app, without the user starting anything.
ACTIVELY_RECORDEDRecorded while the user was deliberately tracking – during a workout they started, or a measurement they triggered.

Methods

public static RecordingMethod[] values()
public static RecordingMethod valueOf(String name)

Inherited methods

From Enum

clone, setEnumValues, getEnumValues, valueOf, equals, hashCode, toString, compareTo, name, ordinal, getDeclaringClass

From Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum constant details

UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN
The platform did not say.

MANUAL_ENTRY

MANUAL_ENTRY
A human typed it in.

AUTOMATIC

AUTOMATIC
Recorded passively in the background by a device or app, without the user starting anything.

ACTIVELY_RECORDED

ACTIVELY_RECORDED
Recorded while the user was deliberately tracking – during a workout they started, or a measurement they triggered.

Method details

values

public static RecordingMethod[] values()

valueOf

public static RecordingMethod valueOf(String name)