iOS background process similar to Android AlarmManager

Question

I\'ve to schedule a fixed task that check some info from internet at fixed interval timer.

Into Android, I use AlarmManager with setRepeating, but I\'m newbie to iOS. Th

Answer 1

I found that UILocalNotification was the best option for this. Unfortunately you cant trigger the app to open but you can get a notification to show up at a set interval.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/iPhone/Reference/UILocalNotification_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/UILocalNotification