GPS iOS Live Activity via Airship by GCyganek · Pull Request #83592 · Expensify/App

GCyganek · 2026-02-26T16:03:59Z

Explanation of Change

Fixed Issues

Adding GPS Live Activity on iOS using Airship.

$ #77226
PROPOSAL: N/A
MOBILE-EXPENSIFY: https://github.com/Expensify/Mobile-Expensify/pull/13874

Tests

Starting GPS trip and backgrounding the app:

Start GPS trip
Navigate to a different screen and background the app
Verify that there is a live activity shown in the dynamic island
Hold the dynamic island to open the expanded widget, verify that it looks and works fine (distance updates)
Tap on the widget
Verify that it opens the app and navigates to the GPS screen with ongoing GPS trip
Background the app again
Tap on the dynamic island
Verify that it opens the app on the GPS screen (there should be no unnecessary navigation animation or anything like that)

Logging out:

Start GPS trip
Background the app and verify that Live Activity has started
Log out
Verify that the GPS Live Activity ended

Switch to Expensify Classic:

Start GPS trip
Background the app and verify that Live Activity has started
Switch to Expensify Classic
Verify that the GPS Live Activity ended

App termination:

Start GPS trip
Background the app and verify that Live Activity has started
Terminate the app
Verify that the GPS Live Activity ended
Open the app again, it should show the Continue GPS trip recording? modal
Tap Continue trip
Background the app and verify that Live Activity is there

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

QA Steps

Same as tests

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

PR Author Checklist

Screenshots/Videos

iOS: Native

Screen.Recording.2026-02-26.at.17.05.15.mov

Screen.Recording.2026-02-27.at.12.41.12.mov

Screen.Recording.2026-02-27.at.12.42.25.mov

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github-actions · 2026-02-26T16:04:10Z

⚠️ This PR is possibly changing native code and/or updating libraries, it may cause problems with HybridApp. Please check if any patch updates are required in the HybridApp repo and run an AdHoc build to verify that HybridApp will not break. Ask Contributor Plus for help if you are not sure how to handle this. ⚠️

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❌ Looks like you've decreased code coverage for some files. Please write tests to increase, or at least maintain, the existing level of code coverage. See our documentation here for how to interpret this table.

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...tep/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/GPSButtons/index.tsx	`0.00% <ø> (ø)`
...ou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/const.ts	`100.00% <ø> (ø)`
src/pages/settings/InitialSettingsPage.tsx	`0.00% <ø> (ø)`
...tStepDistanceGPS/GPSNotifications/index.android.ts	`0.00% <0.00%> (ø)`
...st/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/index.native.tsx	`0.00% <0.00%> (ø)`
...rc/components/GPSTripStateChecker/index.native.tsx	`80.00% <0.00%> (-8.89%)`	⬇️
...OURequestStepDistanceGPS/GPSNotifications/index.ts	`0.00% <0.00%> (-33.34%)`	⬇️
src/libs/actions/GPSDraftDetails.ts	`0.00% <0.00%> (ø)`
...questStepDistanceGPS/GPSNotifications/index.ios.ts	`17.14% <17.14%> (ø)`
... and 9 files with indirect coverage changes

github-actions · 2026-02-27T03:20:09Z

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shawnborton · 2026-02-27T11:39:16Z

Dang, iOS failed...

JmillsExpensify · 2026-02-27T11:42:48Z

Yeah, once we get iOS up I can take this for a GPS bike ride and see how well it maps the route compared to Garmin...

GCyganek · 2026-02-27T11:59:42Z

@shawnborton @JmillsExpensify yes, I need to add new Provisioning Profiles for Live Activity to stop builds from failings, I asked Vit for that and I'm waiting for his response

GCyganek · 2026-02-27T12:17:41Z

@dukenv0307 could you do pre-review? Everything is ready I'll just need to update translations and Provisioning Profiles in Xcode to make sure it will build on ad hoc and production.

dukenv0307 · 2026-02-27T17:11:12Z

Sure @GCyganek, I just reviewed the Android PR, will check this one soon

mountiny · 2026-02-27T21:08:13Z

Looking into this, though I need some clarifications for what exactly is required

src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/GPSNotifications/index.ios.ts

dukenv0307 · 2026-03-02T02:23:56Z

@GCyganek Can you please update the translation files?

GCyganek · 2026-03-02T10:30:50Z

Can you please update the translation files?

Asked for translations, will do as soon as they are generated on this PR

GCyganek · 2026-03-02T10:35:48Z

Switching to Ready for review to get AI reviews

melvin-bot · 2026-03-02T10:35:59Z

@dukenv0307 Please copy/paste the Reviewer Checklist from here into a new comment on this PR and complete it. If you have the K2 extension, you can simply click: [this button]

GCyganek · 2026-03-06T09:06:18Z

Ok I mirrored the changes made by importing Dev profile to update AdHoc and Release profiles with proper names, let's try the build now. I wasn't sure if it would work without using the binary files of the profiles and importing them using XCode to update project.pbxproj file

github-actions · 2026-03-06T09:31:44Z

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github-actions · 2026-03-06T09:39:16Z

🧪🧪 Use the links below to test this adhoc build on Android, iOS, and Web. Happy testing! 🧪🧪
Built from App PR #83592 Mobile-Expensify PR Expensify/Mobile-Expensify#13874.

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🧪🧪 Use the links below to test this adhoc build on Android, iOS, and Web. Happy testing! 🧪🧪
Built from App PR #83592 Mobile-Expensify PR Expensify/Mobile-Expensify#13874.

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🧪🧪 Use the links below to test this adhoc build on Android, iOS, and Web. Happy testing! 🧪🧪
Built from App PR #83592 Mobile-Expensify PR Expensify/Mobile-Expensify#13874.

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🧪🧪 Use the links below to test this adhoc build on Android, iOS, and Web. Happy testing! 🧪🧪
Built from App PR #83592 Mobile-Expensify PR Expensify/Mobile-Expensify#13874.

Android 🤖	iOS 🍎
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AndrewGable · 2026-03-06T15:50:34Z

.github/workflows/buildIOS.yml

            op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc/OldApp_AdHoc.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc.mobileprovision
            op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc_Share_Extension/OldApp_AdHoc_Share_Extension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_Share_Extension.mobileprovision
            op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc_Notification_Service/OldApp_AdHoc_Notification_Service.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_Notification_Service.mobileprovision
+            op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision


I think you are missing a _ at the end, it's OldApp_Development_Live_Activity_Extension

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op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision

op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_Development_Live_Activity_Extension/OldApp_Development_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision

AndrewGable · 2026-03-06T17:32:25Z

Had to test over here: #84421 (comment)

But this is looking really good!

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OSBotify · 2026-03-06T19:06:51Z

✋ This PR was not deployed to staging yet because QA is ongoing. It will be automatically deployed to staging after the next production release.

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🧪🧪 Use the links below to test this adhoc build on Android, iOS, and Web. Happy testing! 🧪🧪
Built from App PR #83592.

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OSBotify · 2026-03-06T23:02:29Z

🚀 Deployed to staging by https://github.com/AndrewGable in version: 9.3.33-0 🚀

platform	result
🕸 web 🕸	success ✅
🤖 android 🤖	success ✅
🍎 iOS 🍎	failure ❌

mitarachim · 2026-03-09T02:17:18Z

Deploy Blocker #84518 was identified to be related to this PR.

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Deploy Blocker #84554 was identified to be related to this PR.

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🚀 Deployed to production by https://github.com/luacmartins in version: 9.3.33-5 🚀

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🕸 web 🕸	success ✅
🤖 android 🤖	success ✅
🍎 iOS 🍎	success ✅

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[Due for payment 2026-03-16] [GPS mileage expenses][Release 3] - Add a persistent notification on iOS #77226

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[No QA]Add live activity provisioning profile to release builds #84471

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[GPS] iOS - Distance - Live activity shows old unit when GPS distance tracking shows updated unit #84518

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[Due for payment 2026-03-19] [GPS] iOS - Unit is shown in different language on notification panel and dynamic island #84554

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	op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension/OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision
	op read "op://${{ vars.OP_VAULT }}/OldApp_Development_Live_Activity_Extension/OldApp_Development_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision" --force --out-file ./OldApp_AdHoc_LiveActivityExtension.mobileprovision

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