[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":392},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002F":3,"guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002F":374},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":349,"dateModified":350,"description":351,"draft":352,"extension":353,"faqs":350,"howTo":354,"keyTakeaways":361,"meta":366,"metaDescription":350,"navigation":367,"order":368,"path":369,"section":370,"seo":371,"stem":372,"__hash__":373},"guide\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets.md","Notifications & Widgets","1.0.0",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":338},"minimark",[10,28,50,55,66,75,86,89,93,96,132,171,175,186,191,198,204,209,217,220,243,250,253,260,265,270,274,280,285,292,296,302,306],[11,12,13,14,18,19,23,24,27],"p",{},"Pilot EFB is quiet by default. Nothing pings you until you switch it\non, and when something does, it is always the same kind of message: a\npersonal tap on the shoulder saying ",[15,16,17],"em",{},"something changed - come and\nlook",". This chapter covers the whole notification system - the bell\nand its feed, the alert types the app can raise, the switches that\ncontrol them - and the two surfaces that live outside the app\nentirely: the home and lock screen ",[20,21,22],"strong",{},"widgets"," and the duty\n",[20,25,26],{},"Live Activity",".",[29,30,33],"callout",{"title":31,"type":32},"An alert is a pointer, not the data","warning",[11,34,35,36,43,44,49],{},"No alert in Pilot EFB is a briefing, a clearance or an all-clear. It\ntells you the app noticed something - a new ",[37,38,42],"a",{"href":39,"className":40},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[41],"glossary-link","NOTAM"," at a watched field,\na forecast that slipped below ",[37,45,48],{"href":46,"className":47},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-vfr",[41],"VFR",", a currency window closing - so you\ncan open the real module and read the real report. The feed says this\nitself: an empty weather tab reads \"This is not a live weather\ncheck.\", and the NOTAM tab \"This is not a live NOTAM check.\"",[51,52,54],"h2",{"id":53},"the-bell-and-the-feed","The bell and the feed",[11,56,57,58,61,62,65],{},"Every screen in the app carries a ",[20,59,60],{},"bell"," in the top-right corner of\nits header, with a badge counting unread alerts. Tap it anywhere and\nyou land on ",[20,63,64],{},"Notifications"," - the feed of everything the app has\nraised, newest first, split into Today and Earlier.",[67,68],"guide-shot",{"alt":69,"caption":70,"height":71,"src":72,"variant":73,"width":74},"The Notifications feed: title Notifications with 4 unread and a Mark all read button, filter chips All, WX, NOTAMs, Duty and Ops, then a Today section holding an Offline map packs removed notice and an Earlier section with Offline map data ready and Home base offline map ready notices, each carrying an Open offline maps button","The feed behind the bell: every alert the app raised, filterable by type, each row a doorway.",2622,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Ffeed","iphone",1206,[11,76,77,78,81,82,85],{},"The feed is built for triage. ",[20,79,80],{},"Filter chips"," - All, WX, NOTAMs,\nDuty, Ops - narrow it by type, each with its own unread count. A row\nthat points somewhere carries an open button that deep-links straight\nto the thing it is about: a NOTAM alert opens that station's NOTAMs, a\ncurrency alert opens the rule, a duty reminder opens the Duty tab.\nSwipe a row for read\u002Funread and delete, use ",[20,83,84],{},"Mark all read"," to clear\nthe badge in one tap (with an Undo bar in case), and the overflow menu\ncan clear read alerts older than today. Everything in the feed lives\non your device.",[11,87,88],{},"You will also meet housekeeping notices here - the frame above shows\nthe app reporting offline map downloads finishing, and iOS reclaiming\none. Same contract: each is a pointer into the screen where you can\nact.",[51,90,92],{"id":91},"what-the-app-can-alert-you-about","What the app can alert you about",[11,94,95],{},"Two families, with different jobs:",[11,97,98,101,102,105,106,110,111,114,115,120,121,125,126,131],{},[20,99,100],{},"Location alerts"," watch the airports and FIRs you care about - your\nhome base, Brief stations, favourites, and alert-only watches. ",[20,103,104],{},"NOTAM\nalerts"," notify you when a new critical or high NOTAM appears at a\nwatched location, at your chosen severity level; the\n",[37,107,109],{"href":108},"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotams","NOTAMs"," chapter shows the screen where you configure\nthem and the keyword highlights. ",[20,112,113],{},"Weather alerts"," cover Below VFR,\n",[37,116,119],{"href":117,"className":118},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[41],"TAF"," amendments and corrections, Improved to VFR, and personal-minimum\nbreaches at watched airports; the ",[37,122,124],{"href":123},"\u002Fguide\u002Fweather","Weather"," chapter\ncovers that screen and the ",[37,127,130],{"href":128,"className":129},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-personal-minimums",[41],"personal minimums"," behind it.",[11,133,134,137,138,141,142,145,146,149,150,153,154,157,158,161,162,165,166,170],{},[20,135,136],{},"Reminders"," are about your own flying admin, scheduled on the\ndevice: ",[20,139,140],{},"Currency expiring"," (fires 30, 7 and 1 day before a rule\nexpires), ",[20,143,144],{},"Credential expiring"," (same rhythm for medicals, licences\nand ratings), ",[20,147,148],{},"Crew rest complete"," (when minimum rest ends after a\nduty), ",[20,151,152],{},"Pinned NOTAM expiry"," (a configurable number of hours before\na NOTAM you pinned lapses), and three briefing nudges - ",[20,155,156],{},"Finish your\nplan",", ",[20,159,160],{},"Brief your duty"," the evening before, and ",[20,163,164],{},"Complete your\nflight"," when a duty ends with a folder still active. There is also a\nper-duty report-time reminder you arm on the duty itself, in the\n",[37,167,169],{"href":168},"\u002Fguide\u002Fduty-and-ftl","Duty & FTL"," tab.",[51,172,174],{"id":173},"the-control-room","The control room",[11,176,177,178,181,182,185],{},"Everything above is driven from one screen: ",[20,179,180],{},"Settings >\nNotifications",". It opens with the iOS permission - its real status,\na button into iOS Settings when it is off, and a ",[20,183,184],{},"Send a test alert","\nbutton so you can prove the pipeline end to end before you rely on it.",[67,187],{"alt":188,"caption":189,"height":71,"src":190,"variant":73,"width":74},"The Settings Notifications screen: an iOS notification permission card marked Granted with a Send a test alert button, Location alerts rows reading NOTAM alerts, on for critical and high NOTAMs, and Weather alerts, off, a caption about watched airports and FIRs, then the top of the Reminders list with Currency expiring and Credential expiring toggles","The control room: permission status with a test button, location alerts, then the reminder switches.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Falert-settings",[11,192,193,194,197],{},"Every reminder is a plain switch with a caption saying exactly when it\nfires - and once it is on, a \"Next:\" line telling you the next\nscheduled time, so nothing is a mystery. A single ",[20,195,196],{},"Turn off all\nnotifications"," button at the bottom of the list switches every\nreminder and alert off and clears the history.",[11,199,200,203],{},[20,201,202],{},"Quiet hours"," holds back the non-urgent reminders - currency and\npinned-NOTAM - until the window ends. One deliberate exception, stated\non the screen: \"Crew rest fires even during quiet hours - it marks\nyour earliest report time after minimum rest.\"",[67,205],{"alt":206,"caption":207,"height":71,"src":208,"variant":73,"width":74},"Further down the Notifications screen: the Complete your flight reminder toggle, a Turn off all notifications button, the Quiet hours card with a Defer non-urgent reminders switch and start 22:00 and end 07:00 time fields, the note that crew rest fires even during quiet hours, and a closing caption explaining reminders are scheduled locally while NOTAM and weather alerts can also arrive as server push","Quiet hours defer the non-urgent reminders - and the foot of the screen says how delivery works.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Falert-settings-quiet",[11,210,211,212,216],{},"The foot of the screen states the delivery model verbatim: \"Reminders\nare scheduled locally on this device. NOTAM and weather alerts, when\nenabled, are also sent by our server as push notifications and can\narrive while the app is closed.\" That is the whole topology - your\nadmin reminders never leave the phone; the location alerts can follow\nyou when you are signed in with alerts on. On the free tier, alerts\ncover one watched location - the alert screens say so themselves, and\nadd that viewing NOTAMs or weather for any airport stays free and\nunlimited; ",[37,213,215],{"href":214},"\u002Fguide\u002Ffree-vs-pro","Pro"," alerts on every location you\nwatch.",[51,218,219],{"id":22},"Widgets",[11,221,222,223,226,227,230,231,236,237,242],{},"One widget, many faces. The ",[20,224,225],{},"Pilot EFB"," widget comes in small,\nmedium and large for the home screen, plus a rectangle for the lock\nscreen, and every copy you place is its own instance: touch and hold\nit, tap ",[20,228,229],{},"Edit Widget"," (iOS 17 or later), and pick which airport it\nfollows - your home base, the airports on today's duty, or a saved\nairport - and what each row shows. Rows can be a duty (",[37,232,235],{"href":233,"className":234},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-fdp",[41],"FDP",") countdown,\n",[37,238,241],{"href":239,"className":240},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[41],"METAR",", TAF, runway wind, sunrise and sunset, a Zulu clock, your most\nurgent currency item, your next flight - or Automatic, which shows the\nduty countdown while you are on duty and a Zulu clock otherwise.",[67,244],{"alt":245,"caption":246,"height":247,"src":248,"variant":73,"width":249},"The large Pilot EFB widget: header Pilot EFB with London Heathrow Airport and an EGLL chip, an FDP left row reading 5:09:10 and In limits over a used 4:00 of 10:00 progress bar, a Zulu row reading 21:03Z with home 22:03 BST, and a METAR row with a VFR badge, 13m ago freshness, the raw EGLL METAR text, a SADIS UK Met Office source and fetched line, and the footer Reference only, verify officially","The large widget mid-duty: FDP countdown, Zulu clock, and the raw METAR - source, freshness and framing included.",1098,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Fwidget-large",1032,[11,251,252],{},"The widget keeps the app's honesty rules at glance size: the raw METAR\ntext rides along with its source and fetched time, freshness is\nbadged, and every face ends in the same words the app uses -\n\"Reference only - verify officially.\" If a row's data surface is\nswitched off, the widget says so instead of showing a blank.",[11,254,255,256,259],{},"What widgets may show is controlled in ",[20,257,258],{},"Settings > Widgets & Live\nActivity"," - a switch per surface, and anything you turn off is never\nwritten outside the app.",[67,261],{"alt":262,"caption":263,"height":71,"src":264,"variant":73,"width":74},"The Widgets and Live Activity settings screen: subtitle Glance info outside the app, an Edit a widget card reading Touch and hold a widget, then tap Edit Widget with a caption about per-widget airports and rows, then Show on widgets toggles for Active duty FDP, METAR and TAF, all switched on","Widgets & Live Activity in Settings: how to edit a placed widget, and what may leave the app.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Fwidgets-settings",[67,266],{"alt":267,"caption":268,"height":71,"src":269,"variant":73,"width":74},"The foot of the Widgets and Live Activity screen: Sunrise and sunset, Zulu clock, Currency and Next flight toggles all on, a caption that anything switched off is never written outside the app, a Reset to defaults button, and the closing note that the Active duty countdown appears automatically while a duty is in progress, ending Reference only, verify officially","Per-surface switches, and the standing rule: switched off means never written outside the app.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Fwidgets-settings-foot",[51,271,273],{"id":272},"the-duty-live-activity","The duty Live Activity",[11,275,276,277,279],{},"There is nothing to add or configure for the Live Activity: while a\nduty is in progress, a countdown card appears on the lock screen and\nthe Dynamic Island on its own, and disappears when the duty ends. It\ncounts down to the earlier of your planned off-duty time and the FDP\nlimit the ",[37,278,169],{"href":168}," engine computed, with the\nused-versus-allowed bar, your hard-stop and next-report times, and the\ndestination's flight rules at a glance - and the same framing line as\neverywhere else, right on the card.",[67,281],{"alt":282,"caption":283,"height":71,"src":284,"variant":73,"width":74},"The iPhone lock screen on Thu 27 Aug at 00:42 with the duty Live Activity card: Pilot EFB, On duty, In limits, 21:12Z, a large 5:00 remaining countdown over a progress bar, chips reading Off by 02:13Z and Dest EGLL VFR, a used 4:07 of 10:00 line with next report 14:13Z, and the footer Reference only, verify officially","The duty Live Activity on the lock screen: the countdown, the budget bar, and the framing on the card itself.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets\u002Flive-activity",[11,286,287,288,291],{},"The card is honest about its own age too: if the app has not been able\nto refresh the figures, the Live Activity says the figures are not\ncurrent and to open the app, rather than quietly counting on. Its\nswitch is the ",[20,289,290],{},"Active duty (FDP)"," row in the widgets screen above -\nturn that off and the countdown never leaves the app.",[51,293,295],{"id":294},"free-and-quiet-by-default","Free, and quiet by default",[11,297,298,299,301],{},"The feed, every reminder, the widgets and the Live Activity are all\npart of the free app. The one thing ",[37,300,215],{"href":214}," changes\nhere is reach: free location alerts cover one watched location, Pro\nalerts on every airport and FIR you watch. And none of it makes a\nsound until you ask - every switch in this chapter starts with you.",[51,303,305],{"id":304},"where-next","Where next",[307,308,309,315,320,325,332],"ul",{},[310,311,312,314],"li",{},[37,313,109],{"href":108}," - the alerts' biggest customer: watched\nlocations, severity levels and keyword highlights.",[310,316,317,319],{},[37,318,124],{"href":123}," - the alert types and the personal\nminimums behind the breach alerts.",[310,321,322,324],{},[37,323,169],{"href":168}," - the engine the Live Activity\nand FDP widget rows count down against.",[310,326,327,331],{},[37,328,330],{"href":329},"\u002Fguide\u002Fhome","Home"," - the dashboard the bell rides on.",[310,333,334,337],{},[37,335,336],{"href":214},"Free vs Pro"," - the one-location alert\nallowance, and what Pro unlocks.",{"title":339,"searchDepth":340,"depth":340,"links":341},"",2,[342,343,344,345,346,347,348],{"id":53,"depth":340,"text":54},{"id":91,"depth":340,"text":92},{"id":173,"depth":340,"text":174},{"id":22,"depth":340,"text":219},{"id":272,"depth":340,"text":273},{"id":294,"depth":340,"text":295},{"id":304,"depth":340,"text":305},"2026-08-27",null,"The header bell and alerts feed, NOTAM and weather alerts, local reminders, quiet hours - and the widgets and duty Live Activity outside the app.",false,"md",{"name":355,"steps":356},"Turn on alerts in Pilot EFB",[357,358,359,360],"Open Settings > Notifications and grant the iOS notification permission - the screen shows its status and can send you a test alert.","Turn on NOTAM alerts and Weather alerts for the locations you watch, and flip on the reminders you want - each shows when it will next fire.","Set quiet hours if you do not want non-urgent reminders overnight.","Treat every alert as a pointer - open the module it names and verify against the raw data and official sources.",[362,363,364,365],"The bell on every header opens the alerts feed - every alert the app has raised, kept on your device and filterable by type.","An alert is a pointer to go look, never the data itself - open the module it names and read the real report before acting on anything.","NOTAM and weather alerts watch your locations; reminders for currency, credentials, rest and briefing are scheduled locally on the device.","The Pilot EFB widget and the duty Live Activity carry glance info to the home screen, lock screen and Dynamic Island - free, and framed \"Reference only\".",{},true,160,"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets","Toolkit",{"title":5,"description":351},"guide\u002Fnotifications-and-widgets","84T4BsTKgsAZz7hchjEQ64B2kyK7AjglpSV0uw0x32k",{"prev":375,"next":382,"position":390,"total":391},{"path":376,"title":377,"description":378,"section":370,"order":379,"appVersion":6,"draft":352,"minutes":380,"number":381},"\u002Fguide\u002Flearn-and-reference","Learn & Reference","The app's teaching shelf - narrative aviation guides, quick-reference lookups and the step-by-step tutorial hub, all bundled, offline and free.",150,5,"14",{"path":383,"title":384,"description":385,"section":386,"order":387,"appVersion":6,"draft":352,"minutes":388,"number":389},"\u002Fguide\u002Fsettings-and-sync","Settings, Backup & Sync","One hub for identity, preferences, data and help - accounts and cloud sync, backup files, your devices, honest deletion, and the About ledger.","Account and data",170,8,"16",15,17,1787929982918]