@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity

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🚀 Expo Live Activity

A complete cross-platform native module that enables iOS Live Activity and Android Live Activity alternative features in Expo apps.

📋 Project Overview

This project provides a cross-platform Live Activity solution for apps requiring real-time status updates. It integrates iOS ActivityKit and Android Ongoing Notifications to provide a consistent developer experience.

✅ Current Status

🎉 Completed Features:

✅ iOS Live Activity: Complete implementation based on ActivityKit
✅ Android Live Activity: Complete implementation based on Ongoing Notifications
✅ Cross-platform API: Unified TypeScript API
✅ Clean Architecture: Scalable architecture
✅ Custom UI: Platform-optimized UI
✅ Real-time Updates: Real-time status updates
✅ Type Safety: Complete TypeScript support

🔄 iOS vs Android Compatibility

| Feature | iOS | Android | Description | |---------|-----|---------|-------------| | Live Activity | ✅ ActivityKit | ✅ Ongoing Notifications | Platform-optimized implementation | | Dynamic Island | ✅ Full Support | ❌ Not Supported | iOS-exclusive feature | | Real-time Updates | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | Full support on both platforms | | Action Buttons | ✅ Unlimited | ✅ Max 2 | Android notification limitations | | Custom UI | ✅ SwiftUI | ✅ RemoteViews | Platform-native UI | | Background Execution | ✅ ActivityKit | ✅ Foreground Service | Different implementation, same result | | Push Updates | ✅ ActivityKit Push | ❌ Local only | iOS remote, Android local | | Type-specific UI | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | All Activity types supported | | Permissions Required | ❌ Not needed | ✅ Notification permission | Android 13+ runtime permission |

🎯 Key Features

iOS - ActivityKit Based ✅

Live Activity: Complete iOS 16+ ActivityKit implementation
Dynamic Island: iPhone 14 Pro+ Dynamic Island support
Push Updates: Remote push-based real-time updates
Lock Screen Widget: Lock screen live widgets
SwiftUI Based: Native SwiftUI custom UI

Android - Ongoing Notifications Based ✅

Persistent Notifications: Live Activity simulation with persistent notifications
Custom RemoteViews: iOS-like custom layouts
Foreground Service: Background state maintenance and real-time updates
Action Buttons: Support for up to 2 action buttons
Notification Channels: Android O+ channel management
Type-specific UI: Emoji and status-optimized UI

Common Features ✅

Unified API: Unified TypeScript API abstracting platform differences
Type Safety: Complete TypeScript type safety
Real-time Sync: Bidirectional real-time status synchronization
Clean Architecture: Scalable architecture based on SOLID principles
Event System: Unified event system (user actions, status changes, etc.)

🏗️ Project Structure

Overall Structure

expo-live-activity/
├── src/                                    # TypeScript API Layer
│   ├── index.ts                           # Main entry point
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivity.types.ts          # Complete TypeScript type definitions
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivityInterface.ts       # Unified API interface
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivityInterface.android.ts # Android-specific extensions
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivityModule.ts          # Native module bridge
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivityModule.web.ts      # Web platform fallback
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivityView.tsx           # Cross-platform view component
│   └── ExpoLiveActivityView.web.tsx       # Web view component
├── ios/                                   # iOS Native Implementation (ActivityKit)
│   ├── Core/                              # Business Logic
│   │   ├── ActivityKit/
│   │   │   └── ActivityKitManager.swift  # ActivityKit manager
│   │   ├── Models/                        # Domain models
│   │   │   ├── DynamicIslandModel.swift
│   │   │   └── LiveActivityModel.swift
│   │   ├── Services/                      # Business services
│   │   │   ├── LiveActivityService.swift
│   │   │   └── LiveActivityServiceProtocol.swift
│   │   └── UseCases/                      # Use Cases
│   │       └── StartActivityUseCase.swift
│   ├── Infrastructure/                    # External dependencies
│   │   ├── ActivityKit/
│   │   ├── Audio/
│   │   └── Repositories/
│   ├── Presentation/                      # Presentation layer
│   │   └── ExpoLiveActivityModule.swift  # Expo module entry point
│   ├── ExpoLiveActivity.podspec          # CocoaPods spec
│   └── ExpoLiveActivityView.swift        # iOS native view
├── android/                               # Android Native Implementation (Ongoing Notifications)
│   └── src/main/java/expo/modules/liveactivity/
│       ├── core/                          # Business logic
│       │   ├── models/Models.kt           # Domain models
│       │   ├── services/LiveActivityService.kt # Service layer  
│       │   └── usecases/UseCases.kt       # Use Cases
│       ├── infrastructure/                # External dependencies
│       │   ├── repositories/              # Data repositories
│       │   │   └── InMemoryActivityRepository.kt
│       │   ├── notifications/             # Notification management
│       │   │   ├── NotificationActivityManager.kt
│       │   │   └── NotificationActionReceiver.kt
│       │   ├── services/                  # Platform services
│       │   │   └── AndroidNotificationService.kt
│       │   └── ui/                        # UI builders
│       │       └── NotificationLayoutBuilder.kt
│       ├── presentation/                  # Presentation layer
│       │   └── events/ActivityEventPublisher.kt
│       ├── ExpoLiveActivityModule.kt      # Android module entry point
│       └── ExpoLiveActivityView.kt        # Android view component
├── example/                               # Complete example app
│   ├── App.tsx                           # Example app main component
│   ├── ios/                              # iOS example project
│   └── android/                          # Android example project
├── expo-module.config.json               # Expo module configuration
├── package.json                          # Package dependencies and scripts
└── tsconfig.json                         # TypeScript configuration

Clean Architecture Structure

🍎 iOS Architecture

Core Layer (Business Logic)
├── Models/          # Domain entities
├── Services/        # Business services  
└── UseCases/        # Application logic

Infrastructure Layer (External Dependencies)
├── ActivityKit/     # ActivityKit wrapper
├── Repositories/    # Data repositories
└── Audio/          # Audio recording service

Presentation Layer (UI & External Interface)
└── ExpoLiveActivityModule.swift # Expo bridge

🤖 Android Architecture

Core Layer (Business Logic)
├── models/          # Domain entities
├── services/        # Business services
└── usecases/        # Application logic

Infrastructure Layer (External Dependencies)  
├── repositories/    # Data repositories
├── notifications/   # Notification system
├── services/        # Platform services
└── ui/             # UI builders

Presentation Layer (UI & External Interface)
├── events/          # Event publishers
├── ExpoLiveActivityModule.kt # Expo bridge
└── ExpoLiveActivityView.kt   # Preview view

🔧 Installation and Setup

Development Requirements

Bun 1.0+ (Package manager)
Biome (Linting and formatting)
Expo CLI
Xcode for iOS development
Android Studio for Android development

Module Build

# Install dependencies (using Bun)
bun install

# Build module
bun run build

# Code linting and formatting (using Biome)
bun run check        # Lint + format check
bun run check:fix    # Lint + format auto-fix
bun run lint         # Lint check only
bun run format       # Format check only

# Run tests
bun run test

Running Example App

# Run on iOS simulator
cd example
bun install
bunx expo run:ios

# Run on Android emulator
bunx expo run:android

📱 Usage Guide

Module Installation

# NPM
npm install @heojeongbo/expo-live-activity

# Yarn  
yarn add @heojeongbo/expo-live-activity

# Bun
bun add @heojeongbo/expo-live-activity

Required Permissions Setup

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This module requires specific permissions to work properly. You need to configure them separately:

iOS Permissions

Notifications: iOS Live Activities automatically handle notification permissions through ActivityKit
Microphone (for Audio Recording): If using audio recording activities, request microphone permission using expo-av

Android Permissions

Notifications: Required for displaying ongoing notifications (Android's Live Activity alternative)
Microphone (for Audio Recording): Required for audio recording activities

# Install required permission modules
npm install expo-notifications expo-av

# For audio recording activities only
npm install expo-permissions

// Request permissions before using Live Activities
import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications';
import { Audio } from 'expo-av';

// Request notification permission (required for all activities)
const { status } = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync();
if (status !== 'granted') {
  console.warn('Notification permission denied');
  return;
}

// Request microphone permission (only for audio recording activities)
const audioPermission = await Audio.requestPermissionsAsync();
if (audioPermission.status !== 'granted') {
  console.warn('Microphone permission denied');
  // Audio recording activities will not work
}

Basic Setup

// Import module in your Expo app
import {
  startActivity,
  updateActivity, 
  endActivity,
  addActivityUpdateListener,
  addUserActionListener,
  isSupported,
  isDynamicIslandSupported
} from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

🚀 Live Activity Lifecycle Management

1. Starting an Activity

// ⚠️ Make sure permissions are granted before starting activities
import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications';

async function startFoodDeliveryActivity() {
  // Check notification permission first
  const { status } = await Notifications.getPermissionsAsync();
  if (status !== 'granted') {
    const { status: newStatus } = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync();
    if (newStatus !== 'granted') {
      console.warn('Cannot start Live Activity without notification permission');
      return;
    }
  }
  
  // Start food delivery Live Activity
  const activity = await startActivity({
    id: 'food-delivery-123',
    type: 'foodDelivery',
    title: 'Delicious Restaurant Order',
    content: {
      status: 'Preparing',
      estimatedTime: 25,
      message: 'Your order has been received',
      customData: {
        restaurant: 'Delicious Restaurant',
        orderItems: ['Kimchi Stew', 'Rice']
      }
    },
    actions: [
      { id: 'cancel', title: 'Cancel Order', destructive: true },
      { id: 'call', title: 'Call Restaurant', icon: 'phone' }
    ],
    priority: 'high'
  });

  console.log('Activity started:', activity.id);
}

2. Real-time Activity Updates

// Status update - Cooking
await updateActivity('food-delivery-123', {
  status: 'Cooking',
  estimatedTime: 15,
  customData: {
    restaurant: 'Delicious Restaurant'
  }
});

// Status update - Out for delivery  
await updateActivity('food-delivery-123', {
  status: 'Out for delivery',
  estimatedTime: 5,
  progress: 0.8 // 80% complete
});

3. Ending an Activity

// End activity when delivery is complete
await endActivity('food-delivery-123', {
  finalContent: {
    status: 'Delivered',
    message: 'Enjoy your meal! 🎉'
  },
  dismissalPolicy: 'after' // Display until user manually dismisses
});

🎧 Real-time Event Handling

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { 
  addActivityUpdateListener,
  addUserActionListener,
  addActivityEndListener,
  addErrorListener
} from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

function DeliveryTracker() {
  const [currentStatus, setCurrentStatus] = useState('Preparing');
  const [estimatedTime, setEstimatedTime] = useState(0);

  useEffect(() => {
    // Subscribe to activity status change events
    const updateSubscription = addActivityUpdateListener((event) => {
      console.log('Activity update:', event);
      if (event.type === 'updated') {
        setCurrentStatus(event.content?.status || '');
        setEstimatedTime(event.content?.estimatedTime || 0);
      }
    });

    // Subscribe to user action events (button taps)
    const actionSubscription = addUserActionListener((event) => {
      console.log('User action:', event);
      switch (event.actionId) {
        case 'cancel':
          handleOrderCancel(event.activityId);
          break;
        case 'call':
          handleCallRestaurant(event.activityId);
          break;
      }
    });

    // Subscribe to activity end events
    const endSubscription = addActivityEndListener((event) => {
      console.log('Activity ended:', event);
      setCurrentStatus('Completed');
    });

    // Subscribe to error events
    const errorSubscription = addErrorListener((event) => {
      console.error('Live Activity error:', event);
    });

    // Unsubscribe when component unmounts
    return () => {
      updateSubscription.remove();
      actionSubscription.remove();
      endSubscription.remove();
      errorSubscription.remove();
    };
  }, []);

  const handleOrderCancel = async (activityId: string) => {
    try {
      await endActivity(activityId, {
        finalContent: {
          status: 'Order Cancelled',
          message: 'Your order has been cancelled'
        }
      });
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Failed to cancel order:', error);
    }
  };

  const handleCallRestaurant = (activityId: string) => {
    // Restaurant calling logic
    console.log('Calling restaurant:', activityId);
  };

  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Order Status: {currentStatus}</Text>
      <Text>Estimated Time: {estimatedTime} minutes</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

🎨 Pre-defined Activity Templates

import {
  createFoodDeliveryActivity,
  createRideshareActivity,
  createWorkoutActivity,
  createTimerActivity,
  createAudioRecordingActivity
} from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

// 1. Food Delivery Activity
const deliveryActivity = createFoodDeliveryActivity({
  id: 'delivery-123',
  restaurant: 'Delicious Restaurant',
  status: 'Preparing',
  estimatedTime: 20,
  orderItems: ['Kimchi Stew', 'Rice']
});

// 2. Rideshare Activity  
const rideActivity = createRideshareActivity({
  id: 'ride-456',
  destination: 'Gangnam Station',
  status: 'Looking for driver',
  eta: 5,
  driver: {
    name: 'Driver Kim',
    vehicle: 'Hyundai Sonata',
    rating: 4.8
  }
});

// 3. Workout Activity
const workoutActivity = createWorkoutActivity({
  id: 'workout-789',
  workoutType: 'Running',
  duration: 30,
  calories: 150,
  heartRate: 140
});

// 4. Timer Activity
const timerActivity = createTimerActivity({
  id: 'timer-101',
  name: 'Cooking Timer',
  totalTime: 600, // 10 minutes
  remainingTime: 420, // 7 minutes remaining
  isRunning: true
});

// 5. Audio Recording Activity
const recordingActivity = createAudioRecordingActivity({
  id: 'recording-202',
  title: 'Meeting Recording',
  duration: 180, // 3 minutes
  status: 'recording',
  quality: 'high',
  audioLevel: 0.7
});

🔧 Platform-specific Advanced Features

iOS-only Features

import { 
  updateDynamicIsland, 
  registerPushToken,
  isDynamicIslandSupported 
} from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

// 1. Dynamic Island Customization (iPhone 14 Pro+ only)
if (isDynamicIslandSupported) {
  await updateDynamicIsland('food-delivery-123', {
    compactLeading: { 
      type: 'emoji', 
      content: '🍕' 
    },
    compactTrailing: { 
      type: 'text', 
      content: '15 min',
      color: '#FF6B35'
    },
    minimal: { 
      type: 'emoji', 
      content: '🍕' 
    }
  });
}

// 2. Push-based Remote Updates (iOS only)
await registerPushToken('your-apns-token');
await requestRemoteUpdate('food-delivery-123', {
  status: 'Out for delivery',
  estimatedTime: 8
}, 'target-device-push-token');

Permission Management Best Practices

// Recommended: Create a permission helper
import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications';
import { Audio } from 'expo-av';
import { Platform } from 'react-native';

class LiveActivityPermissionManager {
  
  static async checkAndRequestNotificationPermission(): Promise<boolean> {
    const { status } = await Notifications.getPermissionsAsync();
    if (status === 'granted') return true;
    
    const { status: newStatus } = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync();
    return newStatus === 'granted';
  }
  
  static async checkAndRequestAudioPermission(): Promise<boolean> {
    try {
      const { status } = await Audio.getPermissionsAsync();
      if (status === 'granted') return true;
      
      const { status: newStatus } = await Audio.requestPermissionsAsync();
      return newStatus === 'granted';
    } catch (error) {
      console.warn('Audio permission not available:', error);
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  static async checkRequiredPermissions(activityType: string): Promise<{
    canStart: boolean;
    missingPermissions: string[];
  }> {
    const missingPermissions: string[] = [];
    
    // Check notification permission (required for all activities)
    const hasNotifications = await this.checkAndRequestNotificationPermission();
    if (!hasNotifications) {
      missingPermissions.push('Notifications');
    }
    
    // Check microphone permission (only for audio recording)
    if (activityType === 'audioRecording') {
      const hasAudio = await this.checkAndRequestAudioPermission();
      if (!hasAudio) {
        missingPermissions.push('Microphone');
      }
    }
    
    return {
      canStart: missingPermissions.length === 0,
      missingPermissions
    };
  }
}

// Usage example
async function startActivityWithPermissionCheck(config: LiveActivityConfig) {
  const permissionCheck = await LiveActivityPermissionManager
    .checkRequiredPermissions(config.type);
  
  if (!permissionCheck.canStart) {
    console.warn('Missing permissions:', permissionCheck.missingPermissions);
    // Show user-friendly permission request dialog
    return;
  }
  
  // Permissions granted, start the activity
  const activity = await startActivity(config);
  return activity;
}

Android Notification Limitations

// Android has specific limitations you should be aware of:

const androidLimitations = {
  maxActions: 2,              // Maximum 2 action buttons
  supportsDynamicIsland: false, // No Dynamic Island support
  requiresPermission: true,    // Notification permission required (Android 13+)
  persistentOnly: true        // Uses ongoing notifications
};

// Example: Handle Android limitations gracefully
function createCrossPlatformConfig(config: LiveActivityConfig) {
  if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
    // Limit actions to 2 for Android
    const actions = config.actions?.slice(0, 2) || [];
    
    return {
      ...config,
      actions,
      // Remove iOS-specific features
      dynamicIsland: undefined
    };
  }
  
  return config; // iOS supports all features
}

Cross-platform Compatibility Check

import { 
  isSupported, 
  isDynamicIslandSupported,
  validateActivityConfig 
} from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

// Check platform support
console.log('Live Activity support:', isSupported); // iOS: true, Android: true
console.log('Dynamic Island support:', isDynamicIslandSupported); // iOS: true, Android: false

// Configuration validation
const config = {
  id: 'test-activity',
  type: 'custom',
  title: 'Test Activity',
  content: { status: 'active' },
  actions: [
    { id: 'action1', title: 'Action 1' },
    { id: 'action2', title: 'Action 2' },
    { id: 'action3', title: 'Action 3' } // Warning on Android
  ]
};

const validation = validateActivityConfig(config);
if (!validation.isValid) {
  console.warn('Configuration errors:', validation.errors);
  // On Android: [{ field: 'actions', message: 'Maximum 2 actions allowed' }]
}

📱 Live Activity Preview Component

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View, Button } from 'react-native';
import ExpoLiveActivityView from '@heojeongbo/expo-live-activity';

function ActivityPreview() {
  const [config, setConfig] = useState({
    id: 'preview-123',
    type: 'foodDelivery',
    title: 'Delicious Restaurant Order',
    content: {
      status: 'Preparing',
      estimatedTime: 15,
      customData: { restaurant: 'Delicious Restaurant' }
    },
    actions: [
      { id: 'cancel', title: 'Cancel Order', destructive: true },
      { id: 'call', title: 'Call Restaurant' }
    ]
  });

  const handleActivityAction = (event) => {
    console.log('Action clicked:', event);
    // Handle the same action in actual Live Activity
  };

  const updatePreview = () => {
    setConfig(prev => ({
      ...prev,
      content: {
        ...prev.content,
        status: 'Out for delivery',
        estimatedTime: 8
      }
    }));
  };

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, padding: 20 }}>
      {/* Live Activity Preview - supports both iOS/Android */}
      <ExpoLiveActivityView
        config={config}
        onActivityAction={handleActivityAction}
        style={{ height: 120, marginBottom: 20 }}
      />
      
      <Button title="Update Status" onPress={updatePreview} />
    </View>
  );
}

🤖 Android Implementation Details

Android Live Activity Operating Principles

Since Android doesn't have the same functionality as iOS's ActivityKit, we combine Ongoing Notifications + Foreground Service to provide a user experience similar to Live Activities.

🔧 Core Components

Ongoing Notifications
- Persistent notifications that cannot be dismissed by user swipe using setOngoing(true)
- Custom RemoteViews for layouts similar to iOS Live Activities
- Action buttons for user interaction support
Custom RemoteViews
- Type-specific notification layouts (food delivery, rideshare, workout, etc.)
- Emoji and status-based UI optimization
- Progress indicators and real-time information updates
NotificationActionReceiver
- BroadcastReceiver for handling notification action button clicks
- Event forwarding to JavaScript
- Deep linking and app return support

📋 Type-specific UI Examples

| Activity Type | Android Notification UI | |-------------|----------------| | Food Delivery | 🍳 Preparing → 🚚 Out for delivery → 📦 Delivered | | Rideshare | 🔍 Looking for driver → 🚗 Arriving → 🚕 En route | | Workout | 💪 Working out + calories/time display | | Timer | ⏰ MM:SS format + progress | | Audio Recording | 🎙️ Ready → 🔴 Recording → ✅ Complete |

⚙️ Required Permissions Configuration

⚠️ IMPORTANT: These permissions are managed by Expo's permission modules, not by this Live Activity module directly.

// app.json - Expo configuration
{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-notifications",
        {
          "icon": "./local/assets/notification-icon.png",
          "color": "#ffffff",
          "defaultChannel": "default"
        }
      ],
      [
        "expo-av",
        {
          "microphonePermission": "This app uses the microphone to record audio for Live Activities."
        }
      ]
    ],
    "ios": {
      "infoPlist": {
        "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "This app uses the microphone for audio recording Live Activities."
      }
    },
    "android": {
      "permissions": [
        "android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS",
        "android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"
      ]
    }
  }
}

// ⚠️ Permission Check Pattern - Use this before starting any Live Activity

import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications';
import { Audio } from 'expo-av';

async function ensurePermissionsForLiveActivity(activityType: string): Promise<boolean> {
  // 1. Always check notification permission first
  const notificationStatus = await Notifications.getPermissionsAsync();
  if (notificationStatus.status !== 'granted') {
    const { status } = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync();
    if (status !== 'granted') {
      console.warn('Live Activities require notification permission');
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  // 2. Check microphone permission for audio recording activities
  if (activityType === 'audioRecording') {
    try {
      const audioStatus = await Audio.getPermissionsAsync();
      if (audioStatus.status !== 'granted') {
        const { status } = await Audio.requestPermissionsAsync();
        if (status !== 'granted') {
          console.warn('Audio recording activities require microphone permission');
          return false;
        }
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.warn('Could not check audio permission:', error);
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  return true;
}

// Usage
async function startActivitySafely(config: LiveActivityConfig) {
  const hasPermissions = await ensurePermissionsForLiveActivity(config.type);
  if (!hasPermissions) {
    // Show user a helpful message about required permissions
    throw new Error('Required permissions not granted');
  }
  
  return await startActivity(config);
}

💡 Android vs iOS User Experience

| Feature | iOS (Native) | Android (Implementation) | |-----|-----------|---------------| | Location | Lock screen + Dynamic Island | Notification panel + status bar | | Interaction | Tap, long press | Tap, action buttons | | Updates | ActivityKit API | Notification updates | | Persistence | Automatic management | Foreground Service | | Actions | Unlimited | Maximum 2 |

🔍 Complete Type Definitions

Core Types

// Live Activity configuration
export interface LiveActivityConfig {
  id: string;
  type: ActivityType;
  title: string;
  content: ActivityContent;
  actions?: ActivityAction[];
  expirationDate?: Date;
  priority?: 'low' | 'normal' | 'high';
}

// Activity content
export interface ActivityContent {
  [key: string]: any;
  status?: string;
  progress?: number;
  message?: string;
}

// Activity action (button)
export interface ActivityAction {
  id: string;
  title: string;
  icon?: string;
  destructive?: boolean;
  deepLink?: string;
}

// Activity type (extensible)
export type ActivityType = 
  | 'foodDelivery' 
  | 'rideshare' 
  | 'workout' 
  | 'timer'
  | 'custom';

Platform-Specific Types

// iOS Dynamic Island
export interface DynamicIslandContent {
  compactLeading?: DynamicIslandElement;
  compactTrailing?: DynamicIslandElement;
  minimal?: DynamicIslandElement;
  expanded?: {
    content: React.ComponentType;
    height?: number;
  };
}

// Android Notification  
export interface AndroidNotificationConfig {
  channelId: string;
  name: string;
  importance: 'low' | 'normal' | 'high' | 'max';
  showBadge?: boolean;
  vibration?: boolean;
  sound?: string;
  customLayout?: string; // Custom notification layout
}

Event Types

// Module events
export interface LiveActivityEvents {
  onActivityUpdate: (event: ActivityUpdateEvent) => void;
  onUserAction: (event: UserActionEvent) => void;
  onActivityEnd: (event: ActivityEndEvent) => void;
  onError: (event: ErrorEvent) => void;
}

// Event payloads
export interface ActivityUpdateEvent {
  activityId: string;
  content: ActivityContent;
  timestamp: Date;
}

export interface UserActionEvent {
  activityId: string;
  actionId: string;
  timestamp: Date;
}

🏗️ Architecture Design

Platform-specific Implementation Strategy

iOS Implementation - ActivityKit Based

Target Structure:

ios/
├── Core/
│   ├── ActivityKit/
│   │   ├── LiveActivityManager.swift      # ActivityKit manager
│   │   ├── ActivityAttributesFactory.swift # Activity attributes factory
│   │   └── DynamicIslandProvider.swift    # Dynamic Island provider
│   ├── Models/
│   │   ├── FoodDeliveryActivity.swift     # Food delivery Activity
│   │   ├── WorkoutActivity.swift          # Workout Activity
│   │   └── CustomActivity.swift           # Custom Activity
│   └── Services/
│       ├── PushNotificationService.swift # Push notification service
│       └── ActivityUpdateService.swift   # Activity update service
└── ExpoLiveActivityModule.swift           # Expo module entry point

Core Implementation:

import ActivityKit

@available(iOS 16.1, *)
class LiveActivityManager {
    func startActivity<T: ActivityAttributes>(
        attributes: T,
        contentState: T.ContentState
    ) async throws -> Activity<T> {
        return try Activity.request(
            attributes: attributes,
            contentState: contentState,
            pushType: .token
        )
    }
}

Android Implementation - Ongoing Notifications + Foreground Service

Implementation Strategy:

Persistent Notifications
- Create rich notifications using NotificationCompat.Builder
- Custom RemoteViews for UI similar to iOS Live Activity
- Action buttons for user interaction support
Foreground Service
- Maintain notifications even when app is terminated in background
- Enable real-time updates
- Difficult for system to force terminate

Target Structure:

android/
├── src/main/java/expo/modules/liveactivity/
│   ├── core/
│   │   ├── LiveActivityManager.kt          # Android Live Activity manager
│   │   ├── NotificationBuilder.kt          # Custom notification builder
│   │   └── ForegroundService.kt           # Foreground service
│   ├── models/
│   │   ├── ActivityConfig.kt              # Activity configuration model
│   │   └── NotificationLayout.kt          # Notification layout model
│   ├── services/
│   │   ├── LiveActivityService.kt         # Live Activity service
│   │   └── NotificationUpdateService.kt   # Notification update service
│   └── ExpoLiveActivityModule.kt          # Expo module entry point

Android Core Implementation:

class LiveActivityManager(private val context: Context) {
    
    fun startActivity(config: ActivityConfig): String {
        val notificationId = generateId()
        
        // 1. Start foreground service
        val serviceIntent = Intent(context, LiveActivityService::class.java).apply {
            putExtra("config", config)
            putExtra("notificationId", notificationId)
        }
        context.startForegroundService(serviceIntent)
        
        // 2. Create persistent notification
        createPersistentNotification(config, notificationId)
        
        return config.id
    }
    
    private fun createPersistentNotification(config: ActivityConfig, id: Int) {
        val notification = NotificationCompat.Builder(context, CHANNEL_ID)
            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_activity)
            .setContentTitle(config.title)
            .setCustomContentView(createCustomLayout(config))
            .setOngoing(true) // Cannot be dismissed by user swipe
            .setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
            .addActions(config.actions) // Add action buttons
            .build()
            
        NotificationManagerCompat.from(context).notify(id, notification)
    }
}

Platform Abstraction Layer

Unified API Design:

// Abstraction that hides platform differences
class LiveActivityAdapter {
  
  async startActivity(config: LiveActivityConfig): Promise<Activity> {
    if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
      return await this.iosActivityManager.start(config);
    } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
      return await this.androidActivityManager.start(config);
    }
    throw new Error('Platform not supported');
  }
  
  async updateActivity(id: string, content: ActivityContent): Promise<void> {
    if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
      await this.iosActivityManager.update(id, content);
    } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
      await this.androidActivityManager.updateNotification(id, content);
    }
  }
}

Android Live Activity Best Practices

1. Notification Channel Strategy

// Create notification channels by importance
fun createNotificationChannels() {
    val channels = listOf(
        NotificationChannel("delivery_high", "Delivery Notifications", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH),
        NotificationChannel("workout_normal", "Workout Notifications", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT),
        NotificationChannel("timer_max", "Timer Notifications", NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_MAX)
    )
    
    val manager = context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
    channels.forEach { manager.createNotificationChannel(it) }
}

2. Custom Notification Layout

<!-- custom_activity_layout.xml -->
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:padding="16dp">
    
    <!-- UI similar to iOS Live Activity -->
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/activity_icon"
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp" />
        
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="vertical">
        
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/activity_title"
            android:textSize="16sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />
            
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/activity_status"
            android:textSize="14sp" />
            
        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/activity_progress"
            style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal" />
            
    </LinearLayout>
    
</LinearLayout>

3. Background Update Optimization

class LiveActivityService : Service() {
    
    override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
        val config = intent?.getParcelableExtra<ActivityConfig>("config")
        
        // Run as foreground service
        startForeground(NOTIFICATION_ID, createNotification(config))
        
        // Connect to WebSocket/SSE for real-time updates
        connectToRealTimeUpdates(config?.id)
        
        return START_STICKY // Allow system to restart service
    }
}

Cross-Platform Development Considerations

API Consistency Maintenance

Abstract differences between iOS ActivityKit and Android Notifications
Minimize platform-specific conversions using common data models
Clearly document platform-specific constraints

Performance Optimization

iOS: Consider ActivityKit update frequency limitations
Android: Handle battery optimization and Doze mode
Common: Debouncing to prevent unnecessary updates

User Experience Unification

Follow platform-native UX patterns
Display same information in platform-appropriate formats
Ensure consistent action button behavior

🧪 Example Code

You can see examples showing the full functionality in example/App.tsx:

export default function App() {
  const onChangePayload = useEvent(ExpoLiveActivity, 'onChange');

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
      <ScrollView>
        {/* Using constants */}
        <Text>{ExpoLiveActivity.PI}</Text>
        
        {/* Function calls */}
        <Text>{ExpoLiveActivity.hello()}</Text>
        
        {/* Async functions */}
        <Button
          title="Set Value"
          onPress={() => ExpoLiveActivity.setValueAsync('Hello!')}
        />
        
        {/* Event listening */}
        <Text>{onChangePayload?.value}</Text>
        
        {/* Native view */}
        <ExpoLiveActivityView
          url="https://www.example.com"
          onLoad={({ nativeEvent: { url } }) => console.log(url)}
          style={{ height: 200 }}
        />
      </ScrollView>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}

🛠️ Development Scripts

# Build project
bun run build

# Clean project
bun run clean

# Code linting and formatting (Biome)
bun run check        # Full check (lint + format)
bun run check:fix    # Full fix (lint + format)
bun run lint         # Lint check only
bun run lint:fix     # Lint fix only
bun run format       # Format check only
bun run format:fix   # Format fix only

# Run tests
bun run test

# Prepare for deployment
bun run prepare

# Deploy using Release-it
bun run release:patch   # Patch version release
bun run release:minor   # Minor version release  
bun run release:major   # Major version release
bun run release:dry     # Preview release

# Open iOS project
bun run open:ios

# Open Android project
bun run open:android

📦 Dependencies

Main Dependencies

expo: Expo SDK
react: React library
react-native: React Native framework

Development Dependencies

@types/react: React TypeScript types
@biomejs/biome: High-performance linter and formatter
release-it: Automated release tool
@release-it/conventional-changelog: Automatic CHANGELOG generation
expo-module-scripts: Expo module build tools
typescript: TypeScript compiler

🚀 Deployment

Automated Deployment using Release-it

# Patch version release (0.1.0 → 0.1.1)
bun run release:patch

# Minor version release (0.1.0 → 0.2.0)  
bun run release:minor

# Major version release (0.1.0 → 1.0.0)
bun run release:major

# Interactive release (version selection)
bun run release

# Preview release (no actual deployment)
bun run release:dry

Deployment Process

Release-it automatically performs the following tasks:

Code inspection: Run bun run check:fix
Build: Run bun run build
Test: Run bun run test
Version update: Automatically increment package.json version
Git commit: Commit changes and create tags
GitHub release: Generate automatic release notes
npm deployment: Deploy package to npm registry
CHANGELOG: Generate automatic change log

Manual Deployment (Legacy method)

# Build and validate package
bun run prepublishOnly

# Deploy to npm
npm publish

📄 License

MIT License

👨‍💻 Author

heojeongbo - Initial work - HeoJeongBo

🔗 Links

🎯 Project Completion Status

✅ Completed Features

🍎 iOS Implementation (100% Complete)

✅ ActivityKit Integration: Full utilization of iOS 16+ ActivityKit
✅ Dynamic Island: iPhone 14 Pro+ Dynamic Island support
✅ Clean Architecture: Scalable structure based on SOLID principles
✅ Real-time Updates: Real-time status synchronization based on ActivityKit
✅ Push Updates: Remote push-based update support
✅ Audio Recording: Specialized Audio Recording Live Activity implementation

🤖 Android Implementation (100% Complete)

✅ Ongoing Notifications: Live Activity simulation based on persistent notifications
✅ Custom RemoteViews: Custom UI layouts similar to iOS
✅ Clean Architecture: Clean Architecture optimized for Android
✅ Type-specific UI: Specialized UI for 5 Activity types
✅ Foreground Service: Background state maintenance and real-time updates
✅ Permission Management: Full support for Android 13+ runtime permissions

🌐 Cross-platform API (100% Complete)

✅ Unified TypeScript API: Complete abstraction of platform differences
✅ Type Safety: Complete TypeScript type definitions
✅ Event System: Unified real-time event handling
✅ Preview Component: Live Activity preview supporting both iOS/Android
✅ Helper Functions: 5 pre-defined Activity templates

📊 Support Status

| Feature | iOS | Android | Completion | |-----|-----|---------|--------| | Live Activity | ✅ ActivityKit | ✅ Notifications | 100% | | Real-time Updates | ✅ Full support | ✅ Full support | 100% | | Action Buttons | ✅ Unlimited | ✅ Max 2 | 100% | | Custom UI | ✅ SwiftUI | ✅ RemoteViews | 100% | | Dynamic Island | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | 50% (iOS only) | | Push Updates | ✅ Supported | ❌ Local only | 50% (iOS only) | | Type Safety | ✅ Complete | ✅ Complete | 100% | | Event Handling | ✅ Complete | ✅ Complete | 100% |

🚀 Production Ready

This module is a complete cross-platform Live Activity solution ready for production use:

🎯 Practicality: Supports real use cases like food delivery, rideshare, workout, timer, audio recording
🔧 Extensibility: Easy to add new Activity types with Clean Architecture
🛡️ Stability: Complete type safety provided by TypeScript
📱 Compatibility: Supports iOS 16+ and Android 6+
⚡ Performance: Fast response with optimized native implementation

🔮 Future Plans

Phase 1: Additional Features (Optional)

[ ] Web Support: Web Live Activity based on browser notifications
[ ] Push Service: Integrated push notification service
[ ] Template Expansion: More pre-defined templates

Phase 2: Advanced Features (Optional)

[ ] Analytics: Live Activity interaction analysis
[ ] A/B Testing: Live Activity UI/UX experimentation support
[ ] Backend SDK: SDK for managing Live Activity from server

📋 Permission Requirements Summary

Required Dependencies

# Core Live Activity module
npm install @heojeongbo/expo-live-activity

# Required for all Live Activities (notification permission)
npm install expo-notifications

# Required for audio recording Live Activities only
npm install expo-av

Permission Matrix

| Activity Type | iOS Permissions | Android Permissions | |-------------|----------------|-------------------| | Food Delivery | ✅ Auto (ActivityKit) | ⚠️ Notifications (manual) | | Rideshare | ✅ Auto (ActivityKit) | ⚠️ Notifications (manual) | | Workout | ✅ Auto (ActivityKit) | ⚠️ Notifications (manual) | | Timer | ✅ Auto (ActivityKit) | ⚠️ Notifications (manual) | | Audio Recording | ⚠️ Microphone (manual) | ⚠️ Notifications + Microphone (manual) |

Permission Setup Steps

Install required Expo modules for permissions
Configure app.json with permission descriptions
Request permissions before starting Live Activities
Handle permission denials gracefully in your app

⚠️ This Live Activity module does NOT handle permissions automatically. You must use expo-notifications and expo-av to manage permissions properly.

📱 Complete Permission Management Example

For a complete working example with permission management, see the example/ folder:

example/src/utils/PermissionManager.ts: Complete permission management utility
example/App.tsx: App with integrated permission checks
example/README.md: Detailed setup and usage guide

Copy the PermissionManager class from the example to your project for production-ready permission handling.

🚀 Release Process

This project uses release-it for automated deployments.

Deployment Commands:

# Patch version release (0.6.2 → 0.6.3)
bun run release

# Minor version release (0.6.2 → 0.7.0)
bun run release:minor

# Major version release (0.6.2 → 1.0.0)
bun run release:major

# Dry run (test without actual deployment)
bun run release:dry

What Release-it Does Automatically:

✅ Version Bump: Updates package.json version
✅ Git Tag: Creates Git tag in v${version} format
✅ GitHub Release: Creates GitHub Release with notes
✅ NPM Publish: Publishes to npm registry
✅ CHANGELOG: Updates CHANGELOG.md with changes
✅ Git Commit: Creates proper release commit message

Just run bun run release and everything is handled automatically!

🔧 Tech Stack

This project uses the following tools:

Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime and package manager
Biome: Fast and modern linter/formatter (ESLint + Prettier replacement)
Expo Modules API: Native module development framework
expo-notifications: Permission management for notifications
expo-av: Permission management for audio recording
Release-it: Automated release management with GitHub Actions enforcement
TypeScript: Static type checking