Caregiver doesnt use background activity

[figgelus]

caregiver doesnt update BS in background and doesnt update watch BS, dev build done today 13-04-2024.
option of background actvity is not coming up in settings on app but does in loopfollow app.

[gestrich]

The Caregiver iOS app does not have any features that need to use background services. Loop Follow shows alerts when glucose is low, so that is why they use background permissions. Loop needs to "loop" in the background so it needs background permissions too. If we ever support active monitoring like Loop Follow, background permissions would need to be requested but we don't have that feature yet.

For the Watch complications and iOS Widgets, there are specific settings that need to be adjusted to ensure updates are timely. The background processing capability won't help from my reading of Apple documentation (that is for the app, not the widget or complication). The "Widget developer mode" needs to be activated. I suggest checking the following documents to make sure you have the proper Setting for quick updates. With all those settings activated, updates happen about every 5 minutes.

Caregiver Widgets Guide
Caregiver Watch App Guide