CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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r00lfool
r00lfool

Reputation: 11

Other ways besides push to wake up an iOS app?

Has anyone created an iOS app reacts to events or triggers from external sources other than push (APNS)? For example, could an iOS app subscribe to a remote topic or queue? Or listen for HTTP or socket requests?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 868

Answers (2)

Jen Leech
Jen Leech

Reputation: 136

In addition to user action and push/local notifications, an app can be woken by a significant location change, if the app has indicated that it wants to monitor such events.

See: CLLocationManager Docs

Look for a method called startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges. If a significant location change occurs while your app is not in the foreground or isn't running at all, your application will be launched in the background, allowing the app to perform background-only operations (e.g. no view code will run).

The app will not launch into the foreground, however, if it is launched due to a significant location change.

Upvotes: 0

Nekto
Nekto

Reputation: 17877

No.

Application could be launched if:

  1. User tapped the icon
  2. User selected the Push-notification/Local-notification
  3. Application supports url-schemes and is launched while opening URL
  4. Application supports view/edit of documents and user've selected your app to do this

If anyone has other ideas - feel free to edit or add comments.

App could run in background and have active http-connection/socket. But it couldn't be opened automatically.

Upvotes: 3

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