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# LiveActivityForwarding

A class for requesting permission to forward Live Activities to your accessory and handle them in your accessory’s data provider extension.

```
final class LiveActivityForwarding
```

## Overview

Use this class from your accessory’s data provider extension.

## Topics

### Requesting Live Activity forwarding

[`init(() -> any LiveActivityForwarding.AccessoryLiveActivitiesHandler)`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/init(_:))

Creates an object you use to manage Live Activity forwarding for your accessory.

[`static func authorization(forAccessory: ASAccessory) async throws -> AccessoryAuthorizationResult`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/authorization(forAccessory:))

Checks whether someone permits the system to forward Live Activities to the given accessory.

[`static func presentAuthorizationSheet(forAccessory: ASAccessory) async throws -> AccessoryAuthorizationResult`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/presentAuthorizationSheet(forAccessory:))

Presents the system UI that allows people to manage their permission to forward Live Activities to an accessory.

[`static let featureID: String`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/featureID)

A constant you use to configure your data provider extension’s capability to forward Live Activities to your accessory.

### Handling Live Activities

[`protocol AccessoryLiveActivitiesHandler`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/AccessoryLiveActivitiesHandler)

A protocol that defines methods for handling Live Activity life cycle events in your accessory’s data provider extension.

[`class Session`](/documentation/AccessoryLiveActivities/LiveActivityForwarding/Session)

An object that represents the active connection between your data provider extension and the system.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Identifiable`](/documentation/Swift/Identifiable)

[`Capability`](/documentation/ExtensionFoundation/AppExtensionPoint/Capability)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`AccessoryFeature`](/documentation/AccessoryTransportExtension/AccessoryFeature)

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