This is not how widgets work. The timeline is a series of snapshots of data, i.e. what should appear at the first date, then the second date, then the third etc. Your widget doesn't really run any code.
You do not need a .init() method in your Entry struct, and I suspect your issue with it immediately flashing to the next timeline entry is because your Entry struct sets the date to .now for every entry.
That struct should look something like this:
struct EventEntry: TimelineEntry {
public let date: Date
let configuration: DynamicIntentWidgetPersonIntent
let person: Person
let type: FriendType
}
Then in the timeline you create a series of entries that reflect what should happen at various times.
And note that you're limited to about 72 updates per day, and widgets aren't really deigned to update every few seconds, so adding 3 or 6 seconds to a date isn't going to guarantee that your widget gets updated when you think it will.
Once you have a timeline set up you can see it in the preview in Xcode with something like this:
#Preview(as: .systemSmall) {
WidgetExtension()
} timeline: {
let person = //some Person object
let currentDate: Date = Date.now
for minuteOffset in stride(from: 0, to: (24 * 60), by: 20) { // every 20 mins for one day = 72 entries
let entryDate = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .minute, value: minuteOffset, to: currentDate, wrappingComponents: false)!
EventEntry(date: entryDate, configuration: configuration, person: person, type: .whatever))
}
}
Scroll through the timeline at the bottom of the preview window to see how your widget changes over time.
I have no idea how you're using the .init method and this whole FriendType thing, but I don't think it's working how you think it's working.
