iOS Background Modes: Applying and Taming Them in Practice
summary
Practical coverage of iOS Background Modes: what native APIs and platform quirks allow for keeping an app doing work while inactive, and how to design solutions that respect iOS energy limits (including the default 30‑second background task limit). Concrete cases include periodic background work, polling device sensors (BLE and GPS) in the background, and techniques to extend background execution and perform custom synchronization without using forbidden tricks; also evaluates relevant changes in iOS 13 and iOS 14.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:41iOS background modes
- 15:20Apple standard solutions
- 19:58Tracking edge cases
- 33:31Sensor tracking in background
- 41:00Bluetooth in background
- 53:14iOS 13-14 updates
- 1:00:21Q&A
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