iPhone: Detecting user inactivity/idle time since last screen touch

Question

Has anybody implemented a feature where if the user has not touched the screen for a certain time period, you take a certain action? I\'m trying to figure out the best way t

Answer 1

For swift v 3.1

dont't forget comment this line in AppDelegate //@UIApplicationMain

extension NSNotification.Name {
   public static let TimeOutUserInteraction: NSNotification.Name = NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "TimeOutUserInteraction")
}


class InterractionUIApplication: UIApplication {

static let ApplicationDidTimoutNotification = "AppTimout"

// The timeout in seconds for when to fire the idle timer.
let timeoutInSeconds: TimeInterval = 15 * 60

var idleTimer: Timer?

// Listen for any touch. If the screen receives a touch, the timer is reset.
override func sendEvent(_ event: UIEvent) {
    super.sendEvent(event)

    if idleTimer != nil {
        self.resetIdleTimer()
    }

    if let touches = event.allTouches {
        for touch in touches {
            if touch.phase == UITouchPhase.began {
                self.resetIdleTimer()
            }
        }
    }
}

// Resent the timer because there was user interaction.
func resetIdleTimer() {
    if let idleTimer = idleTimer {
        idleTimer.invalidate()
    }

    idleTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: timeoutInSeconds, target: self, selector: #selector(self.idleTimerExceeded), userInfo: nil, repeats: false)
}

// If the timer reaches the limit as defined in timeoutInSeconds, post this notification.
func idleTimerExceeded() {
    NotificationCenter.default.post(name:Notification.Name.TimeOutUserInteraction, object: nil)
   }
} 

create main.swif file and add this (name is important)

CommandLine.unsafeArgv.withMemoryRebound(to: UnsafeMutablePointer.self, capacity: Int(CommandLine.argc)) {argv in
_ = UIApplicationMain(CommandLine.argc, argv, NSStringFromClass(InterractionUIApplication.self), NSStringFromClass(AppDelegate.self))
}

Observing notification in an any other class

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(someFuncitonName), name: Notification.Name.TimeOutUserInteraction, object: nil)