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fix: Live Activity countdown ticks on its own (#1187) - #1406

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Closes #1187


Summary

The Live Activity lock-screen card was displaying a static countdown string ("\(minutes)m") baked in at push time. Because there is no process running behind a Live Activity, nothing re-rendered the archived snapshot on its own — the displayed time only advanced when obacloud sent the next push. This forced obacloud to send a keepalive push every 55 seconds purely to advance the clock, even when no arrival data had changed.

This PR replaces the static minute strings with SwiftUI's built-in date-relative Text(date, style: .relative), which the system renders and updates automatically on the lock screen without requiring any background process or a push to trigger a re-render.


What changed

File: OBAKitCore/UI/TripLiveActivityCardView.swift

countdownBadge(for:now:)

  • Replaced CountdownView(minutes: Int(...)) with an inline Text(arrival.departureDate, style: .relative) +RealtimeGlyph, matching the visual layout of the original badge.
  • Falls back to a static "NOW" string when departureDate is in the past (negative interval), since .relative would render "0 seconds ago" which is not the right UX.

departurePill(for:now:)

  • Replaced the manual Int(arrival.departureDate.timeIntervalSince(now) / 60.0) calculation and "\(minutes)m" string with Text(arrival.departureDate, style: .relative).
  • Same "NOW" fallback for past dates.

Why this approach

SwiftUI's Text(_:style:) with .relative is specifically designed for self-updating countdowns in Live Activities and Widgets. It is rendered by the system as a live timer with no app process involvement — exactly what this surface needs.

Both changed sites are internal @ViewBuilder methods, so no public API changed and no call sites outside the file are affected.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Live Activity countdowns now update automatically on the lock screen without requiring a refresh.
    • Departure times display a localized “NOW” label once the departure time has passed.
    • Countdown badges and departure chips use localized, date-aware formatting that stays synchronized with the current time.

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The live activity card now uses SwiftUI date-relative text for its countdown badge and departure pills. Both displays show “NOW” after departure and preserve their existing styling.

Changes

Live activity countdown display

Layer / File(s) Summary
Countdown and departure displays
OBAKitCore/UI/TripLiveActivityCardView.swift
The countdown badge and departure pills now use date-relative Text values instead of manually calculated minutes. Both displays show “NOW” after departure. The badge retains its realtime glyph and existing styling.

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The Live Activity countdown and departure displays now use date-relative rendering to update automatically, with no outstanding merge-readiness risk identified.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The PR implements self-updating countdown and departure chips [#1187]. However, it does not address the linked issue's other consistency requirements, including the deviation label, departed-bus filte… Update all time-dependent card content to self-refresh, add tests for update boundaries, and verify the always-on display behavior.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: the Live Activity countdown updates independently.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to the Live Activity card countdown and departure chip rendering, which are directly related to [#1187].
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The PR implements self-updating countdown and departure chips [#1187]. However, it does not address the linked issue's other consistency requirements, including the deviation label, departed-bus filtering, and boundary tests.

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In `@OBAKitCore/UI/TripLiveActivityCardView.swift`:
- Around line 123-124: Update TripLiveActivityCardView.body and
upcomingArrivals(now:) so an arrival remains available at the departure
boundary, then render "NOW" explicitly in both affected arrival branches instead
of relying only on Text(..., style: .relative). Add regression coverage proving
the transition to "NOW" occurs without a content-state update at both sites in
OBAKitCore/UI/TripLiveActivityCardView.swift (anchor lines 123-124 and sibling
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Comment thread OBAKitCore/UI/TripLiveActivityCardView.swift
Replace static '\(minutes)m' strings in countdownBadge and departurePill
with SwiftUI's date-relative Text(date, style: .relative), which updates
automatically on the lock screen without requiring a keepalive push to
re-render the snapshot.

- countdownBadge: replaces CountdownView(minutes:) with Text(.relative)
  + RealtimeGlyph inline, so the badge stays self-updating
- departurePill: replaces the manual minute calculation with Text(.relative)
- Both fall back to 'NOW' when departureDate is in the past

This eliminates the need for obacloud to send a keepalive push every 55s
purely to advance the displayed clock.
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prince-0408 force-pushed the fix/1187-live-activity-self-ticking-timer branch from 7119073 to 76c3d4a Compare September 7, 2026 13:31
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Live Activity countdown should tick on its own, not only when a push arrives

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