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Backgrounding in iOS apps

Anonymous
2022-09-19T14:28:06.897+00:00

Hello

I am currently facing a problem. I am working on an mobile app made with Xamarin for Android and iOS. The app must work permanently even in background. But in the iOS version, the app is killed after 2 or 3 mins.

Previously, the app was using the Localisation API in order to run permanently. The problem is the battery consuming. Battery is down in 1 night which is not acceptable. And I can't use remote notifications because the devices will not be connected to Internet, only to local network

I have already done some researches and tests. I can't use background fetch (the app is still killed). I would like to avoid use of localisation. I saw a video about the local push connectivity feature made by Apple (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10113/) but I don't know if it has been implemented in Xamarin. I didn't find any information on that subject in Xamarin docs.

Do you know if it exist in Xamarin ? if not, do you have any other ideas ?

Thanks for your help

Developer technologies | .NET | Xamarin
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  1. Sreeju Nair 12,761 Reputation points
    2022-09-19T18:18:08.623+00:00

    You have the option to register the app as background neccessary application.

    Refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/app-fundamentals/backgrounding/ios-backgrounding-techniques/registering-applications-to-run-in-background

    Hope this helps

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