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

You can find the solution here. Background Execution does this.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iphoneosprogrammingguide/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow.html

Added: Apple does not allow apps to run in background for all the time. It provides some finite-length time to complete your app execution. You can increase that time depending on your execution need. But that is not recommended.