After watching wwdc2017/216, I have an idea for an App! An apple pie eating competition training app!
The rules:
- Need to finish an apple pie under 2 minutes
- The most number pies finished wins, the time between each "pie eating session" does not count.
The App:
- When the user starts the timer and put the wrist down.
- 2 minutes from the first action, the user will be notified. No other activities performed.
- Will perform an +1 in the cloud database after 2 minutes, with or without user input.
What I looked into so far
- Frontmost App State (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/wkextension)
- Wakes from the background to receive notifications. It seems to be only local notifications.
- Remote notification is a non-starter :/
- NSProcessInfo.performExpiringActivity
- Not enough time and the incorrect purpose for this task.
- Keeping the app running as a workout app for 2 minutes? (SMH)
- Any other suggestions are welcome 🙂
How do I get a reliably timed notification to run custom code without keeping the app active? (Can be short timespan)
Could I achieve this without writing it as a workout app? All I care is the timed session and getting notified at the correct time.
