Live Activities

A Live Activity is an iOS feature that shows live, glanceable information right on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and in StandBy — without the recipient ever opening an app. PushWard turns a single HTTP request into one.

Unlike a regular push notification — which appears once and then slips into the notification list — a Live Activity stays pinned and updates in real time, then ends and clears itself when the task finishes. You create, update, and end activities entirely through PushWard's REST API, choosing one of ten templates, each with a layout tuned to a different job.

Templates

Generic

Track any progress with a customizable bar, state label, and countdown timer.

Countdown

Auto-managed timer with server-side warning and completion pushes.

Steps

CI/CD step indicator with matrix job support and stage tracking.

Alert

Severity-based alerts with deep links to dashboards and alert rules.

Gauge

Monitor values within a range with auto-calculated progress and min/max labels.

Timeline

Real-time sparkline chart with multi-series support, thresholds, and auto-scaling.

Board

At-a-glance dashboard of up to four labeled tiles with values, units, icons, colors, and trend arrows.

Log

Streaming, newest-first feed of status lines with timestamps and severity levels.

MediaSoon

Remote media-player card: cover art, a scrubber that ticks on the device, and transport buttons that fire your own webhooks.

ApprovalSoon

Question card with 2-4 answer buttons — the server records the tapped option, pushes it to every device, and resolves the card.