--- title: "Tapping into native APIs in Monster Walk" url: https://daily.dev/posts/tapping-into-native-apis-in-monster-walk-8rnufsaoa source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4IDM1ZhF6M type: video:youtube source: "Unity" published: 2026-06-02T17:11:47.392Z updated: 2026-06-07T17:50:30.899Z tags: ["game-development", "unity"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tapping into native APIs in Monster Walk **[Unity](https://daily.dev/sources/unity)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Monster Walk is a mobile game that integrates real-world step tracking as core gameplay. The team built a three-layer step-counting solution in Unity to handle diverse data sources (Android Health Connect, Google Fit, Apple Health, Garmin, and a custom native plugin) while managing battery life, background processing constraints, and data deduplication across iOS and Android. Key technical challenges included consolidating redundant step data, maintaining the illusion of continuous gameplay while the app was closed, and carefully managing Unity lifecycle hooks (onApplicationFocus, onApplicationPause) to save player state without draining battery. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Building a cross-platform step tracker with Compose Multiplatform](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-cross-platform-step-tracker-with-compose-multiplatform-n5lfry6ls) · droidcon · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to build a resilient activity tracker with Expo — Expo blog](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-resilient-activity-tracker-with-expo-expo-blog-tscdigjcl) · Expo Blog · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps](https://daily.dev/posts/venus-williams-backed-weward-can-now-lock-your-apps-until-you-hit-your-steps-nz6ot9vqp) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [He Didn’t Want to Track Anything](https://daily.dev/posts/he-didn-t-want-to-track-anything-hc6zhxkqo) · Medium · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Step Counters Work in Wearables and Why Different Devices Give Different Results](https://daily.dev/posts/how-step-counters-work-in-wearables-and-why-different-devices-give-different-results-xh0nrcqru) · freeCodeCamp · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#unity](https://daily.dev/tags/unity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tapping-into-native-apis-in-monster-walk-8rnufsaoa)