# HealthKit

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HealthKit is an Apple Framework that is available only on iPhones. No iPads or Android devices.
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### How to set up HealthKit?

1. **Enable HealthKit for your Bundle ID on** [**https://developer.apple.com**](https://developer.apple.com)

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   a) Go to [Bundle IDs page](https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/identifiers/bundleId)

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   b) Find your Bundle ID in a list and click on it

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   c) Scroll down, enable HealthKit, and click Save

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2. **Enable HealthKit in Natively**

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   Turn on the HealthKit feature and fill out the following information:

   * **Read permission description** - A message to the user that explains why the app requested permission to read samples from the HealthKit store. Refer to [**Apple's guidelines** ](https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/app-architecture/accessing-user-data/)to avoid potential **rejection**.
   * **Write permission description** - A message to the user that explains why the app requested permission to save samples to the HealthKit store. Refer to [**Apple's guidelines** ](https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/app-architecture/accessing-user-data/)to avoid potential **rejection**.

{% hint style="warning" %}
For now, Natively **supports only reading data** from HealthKit (We plan to add writing soon). But **Apple requires** apps that only read data to provide **both Read/Write permission text**. You can **use Read text for both Read & Write**.
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3. **Go to Natively and rebuild your app**

### How to use HealthKit?

{% content-ref url="../../guides/integration/healthkit" %}
[healthkit](https://docs.buildnatively.com/guides/integration/healthkit)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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