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malinjir
malinjir

Reputation: 1555

Xamarin.forms long running background work

I'm new to Xamarin platform. I'm developing an application for all three major platforms (WP,iOS,Android) using Xamarin.forms. How can I sync data with my server in the background -> I need something similar to Android Service. I want to sync the data even when the user goes to a different screen of the app. It would be great if I could continue syncing the data even when the user leaves the app.

Thank you

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5815

Answers (2)

MatPag
MatPag

Reputation: 44803

This is the only solution i have found http://arteksoftware.com/backgrounding-with-xamarin-forms/

in a few words: You can't abstract background tasks in Xamarin.Forms because iOS, Android and WP works in a different way. You have to use MessagingCenter to send and receive data from specific implementations in each platform

Upvotes: 6

Ramón Esteban
Ramón Esteban

Reputation: 936

Have look to this article: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/application_fundamentals/backgrounding/part_3_ios_backgrounding_techniques/ios_backgrounding_with_tasks/

You could provably be interested in the Transfer Background tasks.

Regards

Upvotes: 1

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