background-task

Sorry I am stuck, but I am trying to start background task (XCode8, swift 3) Example from here: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/BackgroundExecution/BackgroundExecution.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072-CH4-SW3 In AppDelegate.swift: func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) { var bgTask: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier = 0; bgTask = application.beginBackgroundTask(withName:"MyBackgroundTask", expirationHandler: {() -> Void in print("The task has started") application.endBackgroundTask(bgTask) bgTask =

My background task takes a long time to complete, and the OS is just killing it. I'm trying to sync my contacts online, here's what I'm doing: Get all contacts from phonebook (takes ~1 second) Upload them to a server (~2 seconds) Retrieve all contacts from server (~2-3 seconds) Delete all contacts from ContactStore(ContactStore.DeleteAsync sometimes takes 1 minute to complete) Create a ContactStore and import all contacts )(~1-2 minutes for 1000 contacts) I have ~100 contacts and it's working well, but I wanted to test with ~1000 contacts and it doesn't complete every time. I'm using a

I have flight search feature in my application which is taking too long to get the data (more than 25 seconds). if application goes background or went to sleep mode, internet connection get disconnected. I have written below logic using apple example to make api request keep going even though if app goes to background but it's not working. self.session = [self backgroundSession]; self.mutableData = [NSMutableData data]; NSURL *downloadURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/photos"]; NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:downloadURL]; self.dataTask =

In my UWP app, how can I debug through the code in my UpdateTask? The ‘Lifecycle Events’ dropdown in VS 2017 doesn’t seem to offer a choice to trigger this type of background task. Is there a way to accomplish this? First some context on UWP's UpdateTask: It’s a background task your app can implement to get triggered by the system when your UWP has received an update. It runs your code from the updated app package in a background process, so you can take care of any maintenance related to the specific update (e.g. change in data structures). To set up an UpdateTask for your app you need to do

I am making a django application. To calculate the rank of the feeds based on lines and comment, I am trying to use django-background-tasks. the function I am using in nodes models is: @background(schedule=60) def get_score(self): p = self.likes+self.comments # popularity t = (now()-self.date).total_seconds()/3600 # age_in_hrs # last_activity = n = self.admin_score score = (p/pow((t+1), 1.2))*n self.score = score return score But I am not seeing any change in score. That means that I am doing it in a right way and i am missing the basic concept. Can somebody tell me how to use django

I'm working on a .Net core solution that takes backup of storage files from another microservice and because this process takes too long time, we decided to build this routine under a background task.By following this link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/hosted-services?view=aspnetcore-2.1 I have implemented the background by using Queued background tasks like the following : public interface IBackgroundTaskQueue { void QueueBackgroundWorkItem(Func<CancellationToken, Task> workItem); Task<Func<CancellationToken, Task>> DequeueAsync( CancellationToken