How to Check if HealthKit has been authorized

Question

I want to check if HeathKit has been authorized for me to read the user's data, if I'm authorized segue to the workouts, if not pop an alert. But requestAuthorizationToShareTypes always seems to return true? How can I get a reference to whether the user has authorized me or not?

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        //1. Set the types you want to read from HK Store
        let healthKitTypesToRead: [AnyObject?] = [
            HKObjectType.workoutType()
        ]


        //2. If the store is not available (for instance, iPad) return an error and don't go on.

        if !HKHealthStore.isHealthDataAvailable() {
            let error = NSError(domain: "com.myndarc.myrunz", code: 2, userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: "HealthKit is not available in this Device"])
                print(error)

            let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "HealthKit Not Available", message: "It doesn't look like HealthKit is available on your device.", preferredStyle: .Alert)
            presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
            let ok = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .Default, handler: { (action) -> Void in  })
            alertController.addAction(ok)
                    }

        //3. Request Healthkit Authorization

        let sampleTypes = Set(healthKitTypesToRead.flatMap { $0 as? HKSampleType })

        healthKitStore.requestAuthorizationToShareTypes(sampleTypes, readTypes: nil) {

            (success, error) -> Void in

            if success {
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
                                                        self.performSegueWithIdentifier("segueToWorkouts", sender: nil)
                                                    });
            } else {
                print(error)
                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
                                        self.showHKAuthRequestAlert()
                                    });
            }

        }
    }

Alternatively, I've tried authorizationStatusForType and switched on its enum values but had the same problem in that I'm always authorized.

Answer 1

You are misinterpreting what the success flag means in this context. When success is true, all that means is that iOS successfully asked the user about health kit access. It does NOT mean that they responded to that question with a 'yes'.

To determine if they said yes/no, you need to get more specific, and ask health kit if you have permission to read/write the particular type of data you're interested in. From the apple docs on HealthKit:

After requesting authorization, your app is ready to access the HealthKit store. If your app has permission to share a data type, it can create and save samples of that type. You should verify that your app has permission to share data by calling authorizationStatusForType: before attempting to save any samples.