How can I implement liveactiviy
Generated on 9/3/2024
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To implement Live Activities on Apple Watch, you can follow the guidance provided in the sessions from WWDC 2024. Here are some key points:
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Automatic Appearance: In iOS 18 and watchOS 11, your iOS Live Activity will automatically appear in the Smart Stack on Apple Watch. This means that users will see up-to-date information about an activity or event from your app in glanceable locations like the lock screen and the dynamic island on iPhone, and now on Apple Watch.
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Customization: You can customize your Live Activity view for the Smart Stack on Apple Watch. This involves using the Xcode preview to see how your view will appear and adding the supplemental activity families modifier to provide a custom view. If you have a watch app, you can opt to open it from a tap on the Live Activity in the Smart Stack.
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Update Synchronization: Live Activity updates are synchronized automatically to Apple Watch, and you don't need to manage separate push tokens. The update frequency and budget are similar to iOS, and Apple Watch supports high-frequency updates when requested in your iOS app.
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Design Considerations: When designing Live Activities for Apple Watch, it's important to show only the necessary information to communicate significant states, such as progress or actions required. Controls should be limited to one due to space constraints.
For more detailed guidance, you can refer to the sessions:
- Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch (Customize for Apple Watch)
- Design Live Activities for Apple Watch (Guidelines)
These sessions provide comprehensive information on how to implement and design Live Activities effectively for Apple Watch.
Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
Bring Live Activities into the Smart Stack on Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. We’ll cover how Live Activities are presented on Apple Watch, as well as how you can enhance their presentation for the Smart Stack. We’ll also explore additional considerations to ensure Live Activities on Apple Watch always present up-to-date information.
Design Live Activities for Apple Watch
Starting in watchOS 11, Live Activities from your iOS app will automatically appear in the Smart Stack on a connected Apple Watch. Learn how to optimize the layout of your Live Activity for the wrist, and provide the right level of information and interactivity at the right time.
Broadcast updates to your Live Activities
With broadcast push notifications, your app can send updates to thousands of Live Activities with a single request. We’ll discover how broadcast push notifications work between an app, a server, and the Apple Push Notification service, then we’ll walk through best practices for this capability and how to implement it.