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by tkems 710 days ago
I just added a ticket to my Google Wallet for a concert last night and it was very similar to the Ticketmaster/LiveNation app. The PDF417 barcode changed and had an animation around it. My guess is that it is the same or very similar on Apple devices.
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So items inside google/apple wallet don't need to be 'static'?
No, I have flight tickets autoupdate when there is a delay.
I've only seen the flight data change, not the code itself.
Even that isn’t updated correctly very often. There is always at least a gate change that doesn’t update the tickets in my Apple wallet.
I like playing the game of which app has the most correct flight information. Sometimes it isn't the official airline app.
The barcode is just another field in there, so it can be updated the same as anything. Passkit is very simple. For the barcode part you just tell it type of code (from the available types) and value to encode.
With Google Wallet (the only one I have at the moment), it is not static for the ticket. It has a NFC and barcode option. The barcode changes every 15 seconds for me.