Can I force an 'applicationWillTerminate' after my background tasks finish?

[TheStuFactor]

Just a quick question to find out if this is even possible:

I want my app to run in the background for a given period of time (5-minutes). After which, I want to force a termination of the app.

Can I force an 'applicationWillTerminate' in the background or do I have to encapsulate my 'init' logic and do it manually when it comes back from the background?

[dljeffery]

Don't ever force termination of the app.

At any rate, applicationWillTerminate is simply a notification handler. It doesn't in any way cause the app to terminate. It's just a heads up from the OS.

[7twenty7]

Originally Posted by dljeffery

Don't ever force termination of the app.

At any rate, applicationWillTerminate is simply a notification handler. It doesn't in any way cause the app to terminate. It's just a heads up from the OS.

Right, and if the OP wants to just make sure the app appears to start from scratch when it comes back to the foreground if it's been more than 5 minutes, just save the time when you're backgrounded, and when you come back to being active, just do the right setup to start from the beginning.

[TheStuFactor]

Cool thanks! appreciate the help!