Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.ConnectClient: record classes are not assignable to Record/IRecord interface

[tipa]

Android framework version

net10.0-android

Affected platform version

Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.ConnectClient 1.1.0.2

Description

The generated .NET bindings for Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.ConnectClient appear to expose the Health Connect record base/interface incorrectly.

The official AndroidX Health Connect docs show androidx.health.connect.client.records.Record as the common interface shared by Health Connect records:

https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/health/connect/client/records/Record

The package docs list concrete classes such as StepsRecord, SleepSessionRecord, DistanceRecord, TotalCaloriesBurnedRecord, RestingHeartRateRecord, and WeightRecord under the same androidx.health.connect.client.records package:

https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/health/connect/client/records/package-summary

In the .NET binding, there is an AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Records.IRecord, but concrete record classes such as SleepSessionRecord, RestingHeartRateRecord, and WeightRecord are not assignable to it from C#.

This prevents writing shared helper code against the common record abstraction, e.g. for accessing common metadata/data-origin fields.

Example that does not compile:

using AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Records;

static string GetPackageName(IRecord record) =>
    record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;

void Test(SleepSessionRecord record)
{
    var packageName = GetPackageName(record);
}

Compiler error:

error CS1503: Argument 1: cannot convert from
'AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Records.SleepSessionRecord'
to 'AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Records.IRecord'

The same issue occurs with other Health Connect record types.

Expected behavior:
Concrete Health Connect record classes should be assignable to the generated common record interface/base type, matching the AndroidX API model documented by Google.

Actual behavior:
Concrete record types expose common properties such as Metadata, but cannot be passed as IRecord.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a .NET Android project targeting net10.0-android36.0.
2. Add Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.ConnectClient version 1.1.0.2.
3. Add code like:

using AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Records;

static string GetPackageName(IRecord record) =>
    record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;

void Test(SleepSessionRecord record)
{
    var packageName = GetPackageName(record);
}

4. Build.

Did you find any workaround?

Yes. Use explicit overloads for each concrete Health Connect record type:

static string GetPackageName(StepsRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;
static string GetPackageName(SleepSessionRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;
static string GetPackageName(DistanceRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;
static string GetPackageName(TotalCaloriesBurnedRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;
static string GetPackageName(RestingHeartRateRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;
static string GetPackageName(WeightRecord record) => record.Metadata.DataOrigin.PackageName;

This works, but it is a binding workaround and does not match the official AndroidX API shape.

Relevant log output