Is there any equivalent of Services of Android in iOS?

Question

I want to check the database in my app every 12 hrs for rows with date column having corresponding date. This is accomplished by writing service in android. But is there any equ

Answer 1

In iOS7 and later you can use background fetch for this task. You can check this tutorial: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ios-7-sdk-working-with-background-fetch--mobile-20520