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Background Execution #8

Closed TFinateri closed 8 years ago

TFinateri commented 8 years ago

I have found some ways to let the app continue to execute while in the background (apparently the default is to kill the app and reallocate all of its memory back to the phone), and it seems relatively simple. The info.plist must be changed (slightly), and I am not sure how to specify which methods should execute while in the background.

Here are a couple of links for it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30426117/running-ios-application-in-the-background-new-developer

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/iPhoneOSKeys.html

I can try to edit and test it tomorrow afternoon at the Dude or BBB, but I figure the solution might be simple enough that if someone has the free time, they can check what exactly happens when that line is added tonight.

yufansun commented 8 years ago

I added the line "Application does not run in the background = "NO"" to info.plist, but it seems that it didn't work. When I let the app execute in the background, it will still lose connect with other phones. I cannot figure out why right now, maybe we can talk about this tomorrow afternoon.

TFinateri commented 8 years ago

I found another site, this time Apple developer, and I am reading up on the documentation of Background Execution. If anybody wants to take a look, it is here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/BackgroundExecution/BackgroundExecution.html

A concern right now is that if the app supports Bluetooth communication in peripheral mode through the Core Bluetooth framework, then using this during background execution requires user authorization. (found in table 3-1 in that link). If I am incorrect and the app doesn't use Bluetooth communication in peripheral mode, then I don't see a UIBackgroundMode that allows our app to work.