Im trying build a step counter for android and im using expo and react-native-health-connect.

this is my code to request for permission:

 useEffect(() => {
    if (Platform.OS !== "android") {
      return;
    }

    const init = async () => {
      // initialize the client
        const isInitialized = await initialize();

        if (isInitialized) {
          const grantedPermissions = await requestPermission([
            { accessType: "read", recordType: "Steps" },
          ]);

          console.log({ grantedPermissions });

          setAndroidPermissions(grantedPermissions);
        }
    };
    init();
  }, []);

But the code above gives me this error:

 ERROR  Your app just crashed. See the error below.
kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException: lateinit property requestPermission has not been initialized
  dev.matinzd.healthconnect.permissions.HealthConnectPermissionDelegate.launch(HealthConnectPermissionDelegate.kt:32)
  dev.matinzd.healthconnect.HealthConnectManager$requestPermission$1$1.invokeSuspend(HealthConnectManager.kt:64)
  kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
  kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:104)
  kotlinx.coroutines.internal.LimitedDispatcher$Worker.run(LimitedDispatcher.kt:111)
  kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.TaskImpl.run(Tasks.kt:99)
  kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:585)
  kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:802)
  kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:706)
  kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:693)

What are the causes and fix for this issue?

I’ve been using this guides to implement this feature:

1. https://github.com/matinzd/react-native-health-connect?tab=readme-ov-file#expo-installation
2. https://www.notjust.dev/projects/step-counter/android-health-connect#react-native—android-health-connect-integration