hig-components-system

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Apple HIG guidance for system experience components: widgets, live activities, notifications, complications, home screen quick actions, top shelf, watch faces, app clips, and app shortcuts. Use when asked about: "widget design", "live activity", "notification design", "complication", "home screen quick action", "top shelf", "watch face", "app clip", "app shortcut", "system experience". Also use when the user says "how do I design a widget," "what should my notification look like," "how do Live Activities work," "should I make an App Clip," or asks about surfaces outside the main app. Cross-references: hig-components-status for progress in widgets, hig-inputs for interaction patterns, hig-technologies for Siri and system integration.

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# Apple HIG: System Experiences Check for `.claude/apple-design-context.md` before asking questions. Use existing context and only ask for information not already covered. ## Key Principles ### General 1. **Glanceable, immediate value.** System experiences bring your app's most important content to surfaces the user sees without launching your app. Design for seconds of attention. 2. **Respect platform context.** A Lock Screen widget has different constraints than a Home Screen widget. A complication is far smaller than a top shelf item. ### Widgets 3. **Show relevant information, not everything.** Display the most useful subset, updated appropriately. 4. **Support multiple sizes with distinct layouts.** Each size should be a thoughtful design, not a scaled version of another. 5. **Deep-link on tap.** Take users to the relevant content, not the app's root screen. ### Live Activities 6. **Track events with a clear start and end.** Deliveries, scores, timers, rides. Design for both Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. 7. **Stay updated and timely.** Stale data undermines trust. End promptly when the event concludes. ### Notifications 8. **Respect user attention.** Only send notifications for information users genuinely care about. No promotional or low-value notifications. 9. **Actionable and self-contained.** Include enough context to understand and act without opening the app. Support notification actions. Use threading and grouping. ### Complications 10. **Focuse...

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