background task interval period in IOS 7

Question

I Have the following code in the appdidEnterBackground() and I see that in IOS 6 I see that the background time period is approx 10 mins and the same code in IOS 7 is printing 2 mins.

Here's the code:

-(void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{        

backgroundTaskIdentifier = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] endBackgroundTask:backgroundTaskIdentifier];
            backgroundTaskIdentifier = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;

         }];

        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{

            NSTimeInterval timeInterval = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] backgroundTimeRemaining];


            NSLog(@" time remaining in background = %f",timeInterval);
 });
}

Question is: How can I increase my background time period from 2 mins to approx 10 mins in IOS 7? Is there anything I am missing?

Read the iOS 7 release notes. This is the new behavior. You can't change it. — rmaddy, Sep 15 '13 at 17:38
Don't worry about this thing, App goes to sleep but It won't terminate the background process, it just awakes the process when the phone resume using :) — Chamira Fernando, Sep 19 '13 at 10:50
Where can I find the official documentation stated iOS 7 only gives 3 mins (aside from WWDC videos)? Thanks. — Rendy, Dec 03 '13 at 02:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Read the iOS 7 release notes. This is the new behavior. You can't change it. (rmaddy)
It's exactly 180s so 3min (and not 2min) :) (Gros)

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