Is it possible to use a blank BGTaskRequest just to get the action of the app launching and then do your processing in the main app constructs instead , eg. AppDidFinishLaunching. This way you're not constrained to the tasks time limits set out by Apple. In general, I am confused about the purpose of using the BGTasks if the app will launch and you can start doing what you want in the main code body instead.
This way you're not constrained to the tasks time limits set out by Apple.
This comment shows a serious misunderstanding of how iOS background execution works. I touch on this in my UIApplication Background Task Notes, where I wrote:
The amount of background execution time you get is a property of your app, not a property of the background tasks themselves.
While that comment was about the old API, the same sort of logic applies here as well.
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