alarmkit

Schedule alarms that appear on the iOS Lock Screen and Dynamic Island by using AlarmKit to manage alarm scheduling and presentation via Live Activities. This framework surfaces your countdown timers and alarms directly in system-level UI elements.

Yes, you can add stop and snooze actions to an alarm using AlarmKit. It integrates with system-defined UI for stop and snooze actions, allowing users to interact with alerts directly from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island.

Handle user authorization for alarms in an iOS app by leveraging AlarmKit's built-in authorization flows. The framework manages the necessary user permissions required to schedule alarms and present Live Activities on the Lock Screen.

AlarmKit supports countdown timers with customizable pre-alert and post-alert durations. You can create timers that trigger system UI integrations and observe alarm state changes throughout the countdown lifecycle.

Implementing Live Activities for alarms using AlarmKit requires iOS 26+ or iPadOS 26+. These operating system versions provide the necessary framework support for scheduling alarms and presenting them on the Dynamic Island.

Scheduled alarms may not show up in the Dynamic Island if user authorization for alarms has not been granted. AlarmKit requires proper authorization flows to be completed before presenting Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.