ProjectLive Activity and App Clip
SurfacesDynamic Island, Lock Screen, StandBy, CarPlay, Smart Stack
SystemLumasis

One arrival, held from a pill to a full screen.

Dynamic Island compact, expanded and minimal presentations above a full-screen arrival and three route activities, each carrying its own gradient.
Core thesis

The arrival follows the rider across the Dynamic Island, the Lock Screen, and StandBy, so one activity has to hold from a compact pill to a full screen. The track, the position on it, and the time never drop, and the route's gradient carries line identity at every size.

Constraint

Apple requires a single Live Activity to support four presentations, and the compact one is split in two by the TrueDepth camera — a leading element and a trailing element that must still read as one piece of information.

Compact leading52.33 × 36.67 pt
Compact trailing52.33 × 36.67 pt
Expanded371 × 84–160 pt
Lock Screen371 × 84–160 pt
Island corner radius44 pt
Lock Screen margin14 pt
Reference
ValuesSpecifications, iOS dimensions, 393 × 852 pt
RetrievedAugust 19, 2026
Three values, or none

At 52 points wide there is room for a track, a position on it, and a time. Everything else was cut rather than abbreviated, because a value that only survives in the expanded presentation is a value the rider learns not to look for.

RejectedShrinking the full layout to fit. Abbreviation at 52 points produces text nobody reads at a glance.

ConsequenceThe same three values appear in every presentation, so the expanded view adds detail rather than replacing it.

Color carries identity

Apple does not allow a custom background in the compact, minimal, or expanded presentations — they render on black. Identity had to come from the content itself, so the route gradient became the one element that survives every size.

RejectedA tinted surface per route. Not available on three of the four required presentations.

Consequence​The line reads as itself in a 36 point pill and on a full screen, using the same applied light values as the rest of the system.

In motion

Every value below is a live token rather than a picture of one. The travelled line runs to the pill, and the blur sits just behind it, growing with speed.

Arriving in 6 min
San José International Airport (SJC)
route.gradientlum-ember-49 → lum-amber-61
position18%
trail.blur7px · behind the pill