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Timer: how to keep a timer in the background

In the iPhone Timer app,

In which the timer should work in the background.

So, I set the notification in appdelegate, it works fine ... In doing so, I call the methods from the view controller that enliven the timer.

Look at some code ...

Application delegate

- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    /*
     Use this method to release shared resources, save user data, invalidate timers, and store enough application state information to restore your application to its current state in case it is terminated later. 
     If your application supports background execution, this method is called instead of applicationWillTerminate: when the user quits.
     */

    NSLog(@"Time Remaining %d",(self.viewController.totalSeconds-self.viewController.totalCount));
    [self.viewController selectandnotify:(self.viewController.totalSeconds-self.viewController.totalCount)];
    [self.viewController stopTimer];
    [self.viewController startTimerAction];

}

Here I call the startTimerAction method , which is in my view controller ... take a look at this ...

-(void)startTimerAction
{
 timer_main = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(1.0) target:self    selector:@selector(ShowActicity) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}

What is NSTimer

Here every time

- The ShowActivity method will be called every second ... What's lower in my view controller ...

-(void)ShowActicity
{

    NSLog(@"Total Counts %d",totalCount);
    if (totalCount == totalSeconds) {
        if ([timer_main isValid]) {
            [timer_main invalidate];
            isTimeOver = YES;
            [self generateLog];
        }
    } else {
        totalCount++;

        seconds =seconds + 1;
        if(seconds > 59)
        {
            minutes = minutes + 1;
            seconds= 0;
        }

}

How to call every time This method from the view controller ...

  • How can I call the showActivity method from appdelegate every time ...

    • Should I use a delegate for this

    • showActivity Appdelegate..

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- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    UIApplication*    app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];

    bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
        [app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
        bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
    }];

    // Start the long-running task and return immediately.
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{

        // Do the work associated with the task.
        [self startTimerAction];
        [app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
        bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
    });
}

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072-CH4-SW3

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