long running task in ios7

Question

I add long running task in Capabilities like 'background fetch' and add this code. Will it ok and I will have updates during all background app life?

- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
    UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
    UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier bgTask = 0;
    bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
        [app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
    }];

    NSTimer *timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5 target:self selector:@selector(backgroundUpdate) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
    [timer fire];
}

possible duplicate of [how to run process in background in ios7](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22756480/how-to-run-process-in-background-in-ios7) — David Doyle, May 08 '14 at 16:44
That duplicate question's answer isn't very good, its misleading IMO — Gruntcakes, May 08 '14 at 16:47

Gruntcakes · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-08T17:23:41.467

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No it won't work.

You can't schedule a timer to repeatedly fire while the app is in the background, even if you have added a background fetch or similar capability. Adding a background mode capability DOES NOT enable your app to run freely in the background, the background modes have limitations and restrictions.

There's many many many previous questions on this topic, do some searching and read them.

edited May 08 '14 at 17:23

answered May 08 '14 at 16:38

Gruntcakes

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