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Amit Bedarshi
Amit Bedarshi

Reputation: 145

IOS app without any UI

I have no knowledge of iOS. I need to know if it is possible to create an application without any views. The app should run a background service triggered by the app installation (or boot), and the service will run permanently.

If you click the app icon, nothing should happen.

Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1243

Answers (1)

Shamsudheen TK
Shamsudheen TK

Reputation: 31339

This is not possible. There is no such concept as a service type application or functionality in iOS.

The reason is, the UIApplication class provides a centralized point of control and coordination for apps running in iOS, which is a part of UIKit.

Also, there are restrictions to run the background service in iOS.See the below pic and this link to know more about background modes for apps.

BackgroundExecution iOS

Possible Method:

This is possible by writing exit(0); inside the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions after the iOS supporting background service is initiated. However, the App-Store will reject your app.

Upvotes: 2

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