My canvas while working on a Live Activity for my logbook app. I usually try to avoid designing in Figma because I find myself spending too much time on little details, but sometimes it helps me create variants faster.

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In a #LiveActivity widget, it seems a subview is always re rendered even if the content doesn't change.

Normal?

This breaks my timer animation because I update the content regularly in the background. In an app, if the date variable doesn't change, the View is not re rendered.

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cc @_Davidsmith you have this kind of Text timer + background location services in your app iirc. Have you faced this?

For an unknown reason, I can't see again a #LiveActivity from my app after I allow them. It's working fine in Simulator. Rebooting my device doesn't help.

• No error when I create the activity
• Started in foreground
• Console shows: "Updating content"

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I want to update a Live Activity in my iOS 17+ app.

The Apple documentation tells to use the update(:) method.

Xcode can't build my app. Instead, it tells me to use the update(using:). Then informs me this method is now deprecated (iOS 16.2) and update(:) should be used 🫤...

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Does anyone know how to have the background color for a Live Activity full screen?

According to the "Design dynamic Live Activities" video from #WWDC23, it should be the case when we use a background to the View but it does not work for me.

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