I can successfully start a Live Activity using push-to-start token, but in order to update the Live Activity i need another token as stated in the docs: While the system starts the new Live Activity and wakes up your app, you receive the push token you use for updates. When the app is open, i can retrieve this update token and successfully update the Live Activity using this example code: func observeActivityPushToken() { Task { for await activityData in Activity<LiveActivityAttributes>.activityUpdates { Task { for await tokenData in activityData.pushTokenUpdates { let token = tokenData.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() print("Push token: \(token)") } } } } } But when the app is closed, how/where do i manage to get this update token and send it to the server "when the system wakes up the app"?

Somewhat rarely, but often enough to be a problem, our live activities will entirely lock up with a frozen progress spinner and a dimmed appearance. We cannot figure out what this spinner means nor how to avoid it as it is not documented anywhere. No logs appear in Xcode nor in Console.app. We have more frequent updates enabled and are sending an update maybe once every 2 minutes, nothing that should cause us to exceed our quota. We cannot reproduce in a debugger Can we get some guidance on how to avoid this?

Hello. I am working with the iOS 18b8 and Xcode 16b6 betas, updating a Live Activity Widget to adopt the new FormatStyle variants of the SwiftUI Text views. We used to use: Text(workoutStartDate, style: .relative) and it seems with iOS 18 we can replace it with: Text(workoutStartDate, format: .relative(presentation: .numeric, unitsStyle: .wide)) The former code would auto-increment, allowing a user to look at their Live Activity and see the duration of their workout so far ticking by. The new code does provide a nice relative duration string, but it doesn't auto-increment in the Live Activity's View – I need that functionality. I also updated other Texts in the Live Activity's View to adopt the .timer and .stopwatch FormatStyles. Those auto-increment and update no problem – once I realized I needed to provide a TimeDataSource<Date>.currentDate and not a simple Date. But in this .relative case, there is no auto-incrementing, and I'm guessing it may be due to providing a Date (workoutStartDate) and not a TimeDataSource<Date> as TimeDataSource seems to be the magic to make the Text auto-increment (or it's possible this format simply doesn't support auto-increment? bummer if so since the prior way did). How can I have a TimeDataSource<Date> that vends my arbitrary date (workoutStartDate)? I dug around, didn't find anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was overlooking something. PS: I have tried other approaches to solve this, such as simply using a .timer or .stopwatch format. That would change the under experience under iOS 18, and we think degrade it (the relative textual representation is nicer and provides distinction from the .timer also in the same View). We could keep the former approach, despite the minor layout issues under iOS 18. I have considered additional approaches as well – and am totally open to more! Here tho, I am truly curious how one might provide a custom TimeDataSource anchored at a date we provide (perhaps dynamically). Thank you.

Live Activity works only when the device is unlocked and open the app is the app live activity can start from remote via push notification

Hi, We’ve developed a workout app with a Live Activity feature to help users launch the mirroring view on iPhone, similar to the built-in workout app for biking activities. While Live Activities are now available on watchOS 11, the integration feels a bit off for our Workout app. Is there a way to disable or exclude our Live Activity from appearing on watchOS? Currently, when a user starts a workout, the Live Activity appears at the bottom of the screen, requiring users to tap the screen before they can use our app. The built-in Workout app doesn’t have this issue. Additionally, our Live Activity appears in the Smart Stack, duplicating content with the built-in Workout Live Activity. We’re unsure if we missed any keys or settings to exclude Live Activity from watchOS.

The Live Activity work well in my iPhone13 & iPhone14, but nothing happened in the lock screen after I activate the Live Activity in the iPhone12, ran iOS16.7.2, with all the permission are approved. Active @objc func onOpen() { guard ActivityAuthorizationInfo().areActivitiesEnabled else { return } do { let attributes = LiveActivityWidgetAttributes(location: "OF01 Apartments", machine: "DS 12") let content = actvityContent(progress: 0, washingTime: Int(self.runningTime), isDone: false) self.liveActivity = try Activity<LiveActivityWidgetAttributes>.request(attributes: attributes, content: content) self.initialTimeStamp = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970) self.activeTimer() self.lastTimeStamp = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970) } catch { debugPrint("failed open") } } Update @objc func onUpdate() { Task { let current = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970) let passed = current - self.initialTimeStamp let pgs = (Double(passed) / 60.0 / self.runningTime) > 1 ? 1 : Double(passed) / 60.0 / self.runningTime let remainingMnts = Int(ceil((self.runningTime * 60.0 - Double(passed)) / 60)) self.progress = ceil(Double(passed) / self.timerStep) let content = actvityContent(progress: pgs, washingTime: remainingMnts, isDone: (pgs == 1)) await liveActivity?.update(content) } }

OK, so I'm trying to share some utils classes for logging. The problem is a use-case where I want to create a debug notification. However, inside the app, I want to show a popup instead if the app is showing, but I can't share that code because it uses UIApplication.shared.ApplicationState. I've tried gating it off with all sorts of methods, @available etc. but I get compilation error "unavailable for application extensions" Example of me trying: static func doNotification(_ header: String, message: String) { //so I'm trying to gate off the code that only can be called in an extension , and in addition I have @available below if(isAppExtension()){ doNotificationFromExtension(header, message: message) }else{ doNotificationFromApp(header, message: message) } } @available(iOSApplicationExtension, unavailable) static func doNotificationFromApp(_ header: String, message: String) { let state = UIApplication.shared.applicationState if state != .active { //my dialog handler in-app popup }else{ NotifUtils.createLocalNotification(message, header: header, category: NOTIFICATION_CATEGORY_DEBUG, playSound: false) } } //here I know that I'm in an extension, so app isn't showing - always local notification static func doNotificationFromExtension(_ header: String, message: String) { NotifUtils.createLocalNotification(message, header: header, category: NOTIFICATION_CATEGORY_DEBUG, playSound: false) } static func isAppExtension() -> Bool { return Bundle.main.executablePath?.contains(".appex/") ?? false } Is there any way to share the code like this? The reason I want to do this is because I have various live activity code that I'd want to re-use, but this is a show.-stopper.

I am working on a live activity with a button that will do a network call when pressed on. I want to make sure that it can only be pressed once, and then ignored while the request is processed. This is what I did: Since it seems that a new intent object is created for each button press, I am using a static synchroniser like this: private var _isBusy: Bool = false private var _timestamp: Date? = nil private let queue: DispatchQueue private let resetInterval: TimeInterval init(resetInterval: TimeInterval = 60, queueLabel: String = "default.synchronizedBoolQueue") { self.resetInterval = resetInterval self.queue = DispatchQueue(label: queueLabel) } var isBusy: Bool { get { return queue.sync { return _isBusy } } set { queue.sync { _isBusy = newValue } } } func setIfNotBusy() -> Bool { return queue.sync { let now = Date() if let timestamp = _timestamp { if now.timeIntervalSince(timestamp) > resetInterval { // Reset if it was more than the specified interval ago _isBusy = false _timestamp = nil } } if !_isBusy { _isBusy = true _timestamp = now return true } return false } } func clearBusy() { queue.sync { _isBusy = false _timestamp = nil } } } Then, in my intent I have: private static let synchronizedBoolean = SynchronizedBoolean(queueLabel: "myIntent") ... func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { NSLog("---LIVE perform() called") if(!UserEventIntent.synchronizedBoolean.setIfNotBusy()){ NSLog("---LIVE Was already in progress!") }else{ //doing intent logic here UserEventIntent.synchronizedBoolean.clearBusy() } } I am pretty new to Swift, so my hope is that someone more experienced than me could tell me if this a reasonable approach or if I'm missing anything? A big question - let's say I go into the perform() method, and while I'm in there, the user presses the button and the intent is called again. I get the "already in progress", but the method must still provide a result. Will that effect the intent already in progress? Thoughts much appreciated.

Hello, I get this error: How can I fix it and hope you can help me. greetings Fabian SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c36e50 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2024-08-16 17:14:32 +0000"; } SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to show Widget 'de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}., NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c36e50 {Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace)., BSErrorCodeDescription=RequestDenied, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000c37150 {Error Domain=SBAvocadoDebuggingControllerErrorDomain Code=1 "Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Failed to get descriptors for extensionBundleID (de.polygondata.BikeComputer.BikeComputerWidget)}}, FBSOpenApplicationRequestID=0xbf3b, NSLocalizedDescription=The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed.}}} Domain: DTXMessage Code: 1

Hi, I'm trying to implement the iOS18 ControlWidget features. When i turn on a ControlWidgetToggle that action with a LiveActivityIntent, the toggle will turn off automatic. The toggle state is read from my sharemanger, but it state won't refresh even i use the ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls(). Here is my code. struct TimerLiveActivityControl: ControlWidget { var body: some ControlWidgetConfiguration { StaticControlConfiguration(kind: Self.kind) { ControlWidgetToggle(isOn: ShareManager.shared.isLiveActivityTimerOn, action: LiveActivityTimerIntent()) { isTurnedOn in Image(systemName: isTurnedOn ? "fan.fill":"fan") Text(isTurnedOn ? "Turned off" : "Turned On") } label: { Text("Live Activity Timer") } } } } struct LiveActivityTimerIntent: LiveActivityIntent, SetValueIntent { static var title: LocalizedStringResource { "Live Activity timer" } @Parameter(title: "is Turned On") var value: Bool @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { TimerLiveActivityTimer.shared.duration = 10 TimerLiveActivityTimer.shared.startTimer() return .result() } } func startTimer() { self.startActivity() self.isLiveActivityTimerOn = true Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: TimeInterval(self.duration), repeats: false) { timer in self.isLiveActivityTimerOn = false ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls() self.endActivity() } //The ControlWidgetToggle can't refresh even i refresh it all time Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: TimeInterval(0.1), repeats: true) { timer in ControlCenter.shared.reloadAllControls() } } However the code can work if I use a single SetValueIntent. My Xcode version is 16.0 beta, use iOS 18.0 simulator.

Hi everyone, I'm working on an app that uses the Screen Time API, and I'm encountering an issue with Live Activities. The app runs a timer (e.g., 10 minutes), after which the intervalDidEnd method in DeviceActivityMonitor is triggered. To improve the user experience, I've implemented Live Activities to display the remaining time. However, I'm having trouble stopping the Live Activity when the timer expires and intervalDidEnd is called. It seems that the Screen Time extensions cannot detect or interact with active Live Activities, even though both share the same App Group. My Question: Since the DeviceActivityMonitor extension does not seem to be able to detect Live Activities, does anyone know if there’s a way to end a Live Activity when the timer expires without relying on a server? Using Apple’s Push Notification service feels excessive given the lightweight nature of the app, which doesn’t use server-side components. Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I am trying to start a live activity via push token with the below headers and payload. I am using the 'fetch-http2' npm module to execute the APNS request in a deno/typescript environment, and am authenticating via token/p8. The device receives the alert portion of the payload, but the live activity does not appear on the device. I get a 200 OK response from APNS with the unique ID, and dashboard shows notification was successfully sent to the device. The odd thing, when backgrounding the app dismisses to the Dynamic Island with the animation as if there were a live activity happening, but there is not. When I check Activity<MyAttributes>.activities on app launch, it's empty. I don't see any errors in Xcode when I have the app running/foregrounded when sending the request. Quitting the app restores normal behavior. TL;DR: I have regular APNS alert push notification requests working without issue from the same environment. However when attempting to start a live activity via APNS, the alert is received but the live activity does not appear, despite the app/system seemingly thinking there is one. What could I be missing, or what else could I try? I have checked that: My generated JWT and device token are valid according to CloudKit dashboard (again, standard push alerts are working as expected) I can successfully start a live activity locally/from foreground via Activity.request I have added Supports Live Activities and Supports Live Activities Frequent Updates to my app's info.plist, and also have the required capabilities enabled (remote push, background processing, background fetch) I am using the current device push-to-start token (obtained from device via Activity.pushToStartTokenUpdates) for the device token in the APNS request (NOT the update token) My ActivityAttributes and ActivityAttributes.ContentState values and types are correct "headers": { "authorization": "bearer {jwt}", "apns-push-type": "liveactivity", "apns-topic": "{bundleId}.push-type.liveactivity" } "aps": { "attributes-type": "LiveActivityAttributes", "attributes": { "title": "Test Event" }, "content-state": { "status": 1 }, "event": "start", "alert": { "title": "Alert Title", "body": "Live Activity has started." }, "sound": "default", "timestamp": Math.round(Date.now() / 1000) }

On watchOS 11 when starting a workout session a widget appears automatically on the smart stack showing the pause or resume button. It´s a great feature, but my problem is that the duration is not showed correctly because the prepare phase of the workout and the pause / resume events are not taken into account calculating the duration. In my project I don´t use the workout builder. I have made a sample project with workout builder and there the duration is shown correctly. It would be great if this automatically appearing widget would also show the time correctly in case the workout builder is not used (prepare phase and pause resume events considered, otherwise it looks like a bug). Is there any way to opt out of this automatically appearing widget or could this be fixed? Any comments from an Apple engineer on this?

I'm trying to develop a Live Activity Extension. The problem is, I can't get pushToStartToken. I'm able to get it when I start a Live Activity, but I can't when I don't start a Live Activity. This function successfully generates the token: private func startNewLiveActivity() async { guard #available(iOS 16.2, *) else { return } let attributes = MyWidgetAttributes( homeTeam: "Badger", awayTeam: "Lion", date: "12/09/2023" ) let initialContentState = ActivityContent( state: MyWidgetAttributes.ContentState( homeTeamScore: 0, awayTeamScore: 0, lastEvent: "Match Start" ), staleDate: nil ) guard let activity = try? Activity.request( attributes: attributes, content: initialContentState, pushType: .token ) else { return } if #available(iOS 17.2, *) { Task { for await data in Activity< MyWidgetAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // THE DESIRED pushToStartToken TOKEN IS GENERATED HERE } } } for await data in activity.pushTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // I send token to server here. } } But when I try to get pushToStartToken separately, without creating a live activity, it doesn't return any value: private func getPushToStartToken() async { guard #available(iOS 17.2, *) else { return } Task { for await data in Activity<MyWidgetAttributes>.pushToStartTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() // THIS DOESN'T GENERATE ANY TOKENS SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS NOT CREATED } } }

I'm trying to build a Live Activity extension. I can successfully start my live activity via push notification. The problem is, when I start live activity from my app, I can get pushTokenUpdates since I control everything and run the for loop that gets pushTokenUpdates. But the code that gets pushTokenUpdates isn't called when I start live activity with push notification since system starts it automatically (maybe it is called, but I don't know when and where). Where am I supposed to get pushTokenUpdates when I start Live Activity using push notification to send them to my server? The relevant code is below: for await data in activity.pushTokenUpdates { let token = data.map { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined() Logger().log("Activity token: \(token)") // send token to the server }

Our watchOS App isn't opened when tapping on a Live Activity. Added the following to our Info.plist and still get the Open on iPhone option. <key>WKSupportsLiveActivityLaunchAttributeTypes</key> <array/> Is there something else we need to configure?

Our team has recently added support to our app for Live Activities where the source of the data is driven from the app itself (not push notifications). We've noticed a crash happening in our core data code caused by the following error thrown by the addPersistentStore function where it would attempt to recover and eventually crash. Here's an error we created to help us debug that contains the error details: Domain: CoreData Code: 1 NSLocalizedDescription: Error performing migration for databaseName=mydb.sqlite. Error details=The file couldn’t be saved because you don’t have permission. - userinfo: ["reason": No permissions to create file; code = 1] After some trouble shooting, we managed to reproduce the issue by doing a hard reboot while we're running a live activity. It appears that when the device starts back up, the Live Activity starts which triggers the app to hit didFinishLaunchingWithOptions which is where we get our Core Data store initialized. The problem is that our app uses Data Protection using NSFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication and we'd prefer to keep it that way. The Core Data db is present in the app sandbox and we're also seeing logs to suggest a failure trying to access NSUserDefaults as well. Is there an accepted solution for this? Is it expected that a Live Activity would cause an application to launch prior to the device being unlocked for the first time? Is there a way to change that?

How can I disable Dynamic Island interactions while using my app?

I'm trying to start a live activity that allows a user to see and control a recording from their lock screen. I have an AppIntent that uses a class to start recording the user. The intent is used in a home screen widget. Upon pressing the button in the widget, the intent is called, which then calls the startRecording function within its perform. This function then tries to start the live activity, but it is currently failing with a "Failed to start live activity: The operation couldn’t be completed. Target does not include NSSupportsLiveActivities plist key" error. The relevant code block is this: func startRecording() { print("[RecordingManager] start recording called") isRecording = true let activityAttributes = RecordingControlWidgetAttributes(name: "RecordingManagerActivity") let initialContentState = RecordingControlWidgetAttributes.ContentState(isRecording: true, startTime: Date()) let initialContent = ActivityContent(state: initialContentState, staleDate: nil) if ActivityAuthorizationInfo().areActivitiesEnabled { do { liveActivity = try Activity<RecordingControlWidgetAttributes>.request( attributes: activityAttributes, content: initialContent, pushType: nil ) } catch { print("Failed to start live activity: \(error.localizedDescription)") } } else { print("Live activities are not available") } // TODO: actually start the recording } When this function is run/the button is pressed, the following messages are printed: "[RecordingManager] start recording called Failed to start live activity: The operation couldn’t be completed. Target does not include NSSupportsLiveActivities plist key" However, I have included the NSSupportsLiveActivities key, with value YES, in the target Info in XCode for both the main app target and the WidgetExtension. The following line exists in both the Release and Debug parts of the project.pbxproj file: INFOPLIST_KEY_NSSupportsLiveActivities = YES; I also tried including this key and value directly in the Info.plist file of both targets, but that also didn't work. This issue is occurring both on device and in simulator. I also checked that both my device and the simulator has LiveActivities turned on in Settings for the app. What could be going wrong? Are there any other situations where this error may print?

Hi everyone, Like so many before me, i tried to install my app to test widgets, live activities & dynamic island implementation on a real device or on the simulator (neither works). The problem is that when I try to run the project I get this message : "SendProcessControlEvent:toPid: encountered an error: Error Domain=com.apple.dt.deviceprocesscontrolservice Code=8 "Failed to show Widget 'fr.example.LiveActivities.LiveWidget' error: Error Domain=FBSOpenApplicationServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "The request to open "com.apple.springboard" failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The request was denied by service delegate (SBMainWorkspace). [......]". The first thing I tried was looking on Apple's forum and StackOverflow for a solution but after 1hour trying almost eveyrthing, nothing seemed to resolve my problem. Does anyone has an idea of how I could try to fix it ? I would love to show this project in my portfolio in order to find an apprenticeship, but I can't until I find a way to fix this. Thanks a lot!