I'm making a widget app that shows today's date and calendar.
I want the widget refresh every midnight, so I tried several methods.
But eventually I failed to figure out how to do it.
First try : give entries that update every midnight. But it doesn't update the widget every midnight exactly.
Second try : Dynamic Dates
I tried to use dynamic dates which was described here (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/widgetkit/displaying-dynamic-dates)
But it's not customizable, so I think I can't use it when making calendar widget.
Third try : Local notification
I tried to use local notification to reload widget every midnight.
But I found in iOS, I can't use silent local notification.
Fourth try : Background Tasks
I tried background tasks, but it won't refresh widget if the app is terminated.
I know that other popular widget app's widget updates exact every midnight. Even if I manually change device time, they work.
I think there is a way that can alert widget extension when date changes.
Any idea how to do it??
I want the widget refresh every midnight, so I tried several methods.
But eventually I failed to figure out how to do it.
First try : give entries that update every midnight. But it doesn't update the widget every midnight exactly.
Code Block struct Provider: TimelineProvider { func getTimeline(in context: Context, completion: @escaping (Timeline<Entry>) -> Void) { var entries: [SomeEntry] = [] let currentDate = Date() let currentEntry = SomeEntry(date: currentDate), content: content) entries.append(currentEntry) for offset in 1 ..< 5 { let day = Calendar.autoupdatingCurrent.date(byAdding: .day, value: offset, to: currentDate)! let midnight = Calendar.autoupdatingCurrent.startOfDay(for: day) let entry = SomeEntry(date: midnight, content: content) entries.append(entry) } completion(entries, .atEnd) } }
Second try : Dynamic Dates
I tried to use dynamic dates which was described here (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/widgetkit/displaying-dynamic-dates)
But it's not customizable, so I think I can't use it when making calendar widget.
Third try : Local notification
I tried to use local notification to reload widget every midnight.
But I found in iOS, I can't use silent local notification.
Fourth try : Background Tasks
I tried background tasks, but it won't refresh widget if the app is terminated.
I know that other popular widget app's widget updates exact every midnight. Even if I manually change device time, they work.
I think there is a way that can alert widget extension when date changes.
Any idea how to do it??