Popping application from background state

Question

Created Dec ’21

Replies 1

Boosts 0

Participants 2

I am working on an application for an alarm clock to publish that focuses on forcing the user to complete various tasks to stop the alarm for heavy sleepers. I am trying to get the functionality for popping the application to the foreground after the timer is called (active alarm clock) similar to how "Alarmy" does it, however I am running into issues figuring out exactly how to do it.

I see that with certain permissions enabled, I believe I can use event kit, however I do not see how to bring the application to foreground to start the actual tasks to turn off the alarm from the application. Am I missing something here or is this not allowed?

I have seen some references to keeping silent audio playing to maintain background functionality for as long as you want, but I feel like that is a very bad solution that will potentially cause issues later with Apple review, so I'd prefer to not go that route.

Boost

Answer 1

robnotyou OP

Dec ’21

Typically, you would use a Notification.
When the user responds to the notification, that can launch your app, and trigger an action.
(Note though, it is also possible for the user to dismiss the notification, and not launch your app.)

Other techniques (than Notification) might be possible, but as I understand it, Notification is the only "legal" one, and any other method would risk App Store rejection.

1