iOS App restarts when it comming from background

Question

Hi,

when my App is in the background and i tap on it, so it goes in the foreground, the App restart automatically.
I know Apple kill the session to clean the memory. But my has a timer, like a stoppwatch. And I need the running time when it comes in the foreground.
How can I fix this issue?

Thanks for your help :)

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

There is a strict time limit for background task , we only have less 10 minutes(from iOS7) to handle logic .

To register the app to run in the background , your app should be included in the following Categories .

Audio , VoIP ， External Accessories and Bluetooth ， Newsstand ，Location ，Fetch ，Remote Notifications .

Apple would never allow us to run a single Timer in the background .

As a workaround , I suggest you store the time(into file or something else) before going to background , and get the current time when opening it again , then you will easily get how many time it spent in background .

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