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10/23/2025

5PM [CEST]

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Building Real-Time Live Activities in Expo

Date

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Time

5PM [CEST]

Location

Online

Building Real-Time Live Activities in Expo

Learn how to add real-time LiveActivity updates to your Expo app using Swift native modules. In this stream, we implemented Apple’s Live Activities with Evan Bacon’s library, explored ActivityKit, and discussed cross-platform development with Solito 5 and Expo UI.

Date

23 October 2025

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Time

5PM [CEST]

Location

Online

Building Real-Time Live Activities in Expo

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Kewin Wereszczyński

Software Engineer

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Oskar Kwaśniewski

Software Developer

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Featuring

Kewin Wereszczyński

Software Engineer

@

Callstack

Oskar Kwaśniewski

Software Developer

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Callstack

In this stream, we dived into Live Activities: iPhone’s interactive Lock Screen and Dynamic Island widgets that deliver real-time updates straight from your app.

We walked through the fundamentals of ActivityKit, built a working example in a fresh Expo project, and explored how native Swift modules connect seamlessly with React Native.

We also touched on:

The newly announced Solito 5 and what it means for cross-platform devs
A look at Expo UI and the future of unified native components
A quick highlight from Jan’s journey with Meta Quest

If you’re curious how to blend React Native flexibility with native iOS power, this stream’s for you.

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Building Real-Time Live Activities in Expo

Learn how to add real-time LiveActivity updates to your Expo app using Swift native modules. In this stream, we implemented Apple’s Live Activities with Evan Bacon’s library, explored ActivityKit, and discussed cross-platform development with Solito 5 and Expo UI.

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