Hello, I find the samsung health app really useful, BUT... It is inadequate to track my food intake because most of the local cuisine cannot be found. This is where myfitnesspal really shines. However, I would prefer to track my food with samsung health as well. Manually inputting is really annoying. Isn't there a way to use the sync function between samsung health and MFP for the food?
I have tried that numerous times. Force stopped both apps, cleared all data and cache, re-installed both, linked both again, fixed MFP bug by unlinking and relinking through the MFP website, which fixed the problem where MFP doesn't get the step count from samsung health, gave all permissions to MFP from samsung health... no result. And I have done this more than once, not sure what is broken.
The support section within MFP states this (copied from their website)
First, you need to try to sync the app to make sure you data has been backed up. Open the app and login. Then at the bottom of the menu on the left, tap the "Sync" option. If the app reports it has not synced recently, tap the Sync item to force a sync. Make sure that your phone is connected to the internet when you are trying to sync. If you are not able to get the app to completely sync, then unfortunately, when you uninstall the app you will lose any changes that you have not synced.
Next, remove the app by closing the app, then going to Settings, then Applications, then Manage Applications. Find the MyFitnessPal app and tap on it, then tap the Uninstall button.
Once the app has been uninstalled, open Google Play (formerly the Android Market) and search for "myfitnesspal", then reinstall the app.
Finally, once the app has been reinstalled, open the app and login using the same username and login you had been using previously. All of the data for your account will be synced from our website back to your phone.
Once completed, go into MyFitnessPal and find Apps & Devices under the Menu Bar. Search forSamsung Healthand then tapConnect. You should see a pop up for permissions regarding the Samsung Health integration.
In order for it to work properly,turn the integration On and then allow all permissions.Please note you will need to scroll down on this pop up to see all of the permissions.Finally, Tap Done to finish the set up.
After more digging, it is a known bug within the actual app, nothing to do from your end; I think the best thing is to wait until they send out an update for bugfixes. Sorry about the inconvenience.
