trails/docs/ideas/mobile-activity-recording/README.md
Ullrich Schäfer 621d91e14f
Park mobile-activity-recording + mobile-nearby-sync under docs/ideas
Both are blocked on the mobile-app foundation and on a user base that
actually records activities or needs offline peer sync. With 3 users
and 0 activities on prod today, these are engineering for a
hypothetical population.

Move the artifact sets out of openspec/changes/ (so openspec list
stays clean) and under docs/ideas/ where self-host-overpass already
lives. Each gets a short README documenting:

- current parked status
- revive triggers (when should we look at this again?)
- key constraints not to rediscover (background-GPS privacy review;
  BLE dev-build requirement; QR-only subset as a cheaper path)

Reviving is `git mv docs/ideas/<name> openspec/changes/<name>` and
running /opsx:apply, same pattern as self-host-overpass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-19 08:23:44 +02:00

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# mobile-activity-recording (parked)
OpenSpec change for recording GPS activities on-device in the mobile app
(ride/hike tracking, live stats, save as Journal activity, HealthKit /
Health Connect export). Moved here from `openspec/changes/` so it does not
clutter the active change list; revive by moving the directory back under
`openspec/changes/` when ready to implement.
## Status
**Parked.** Blocked on `mobile-app` (the foundation change) landing first,
and on there being enough Journal users actually logging activities to
justify the native-recording complexity. At the current user count (3) and
activity count (0), shipping this would be writing code for nobody.
## When to revive
Revisit once **any** of these is true:
- The mobile app is live and users are asking to record from the phone
instead of importing from Wahoo/Garmin/Komoot later
- The web Journal has a meaningful stream of imported activities, so the
feature lands into an existing behaviour rather than inventing one
- A specific user request justifies the iOS/Android background-location
privacy review (App Store's bar for background GPS is high)
## Key constraints to remember
- **Background GPS requires explicit user consent + justification** on iOS
and Android. App Store privacy review will scrutinise this.
- **Dependencies**: `expo-location` for the track, plus `expo-health` (or
equivalent) for HealthKit / Health Connect integration.
- **Battery**: continuous GPS at high accuracy is a power-hungry path;
recording UI needs clear on/off state and resumption.
## What's in the folder
- `proposal.md` — why / what / impact
- `specs/` — delta specs (would land against a new `mobile-activity-recording` capability)