I'm implementing a Timer in my app and I want the countdown to show up as a Live Activity. It works, but I get a very weird expanding effect on the Text view. The screenshots below show the issue, I can't tell if it's a bug or if I'm doing something wrong.
My goal is to shrink the live activity black area so that it's a smaller, more reasonable size. There's no reason for it to be as large as it is on the trailing side.
The Live Activity code (very basic):
} dynamicIsland: { context in
} compactTrailing: {
// Important bit is here
Text(Date(), style: .timer)
}
}
Which renders like this, with a lot of space after the timer:
Adding a background color shows the view is expanding:
Text(Date(), style: .timer)
.background(.red)
And if I replace the timer with a standard text view, then no issue:
Text("Hello")
.background(.red)
Getting out of live activities and showing a standard timer view, there is no expansion issue:
struct TestView: View {
var body: some View {
Text(Date(), style: .timer)
.background(.red)
}
}
So... I'm stumped. Any advice is appreciated.
