UIlocalNotification did now appear without starting background task - iphone

Question

I have a voip application.
I am using UILocalNotification in my application to alert notification for incoming call when application in background.
When application is in background, after getting an incoming call following function is called.
-(void)showLocalNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
NSDictionary *dic = notification.userInfo;
NSString *msg = [dic objectForKey:#"msg"];
NSString *sound = [dic objectForKey:#"sound"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] cancelAllLocalNotifications];
UILocalNotification *_localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc]init];
//setting the fire dat of the local notification
_localNotification.fireDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:1];
//setting the time zone
_localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
//setting the message to display
_localNotification.alertBody = msg;
//default notification sound
if ([sound length]==0) {
_localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
} else {
_localNotification.alertAction = NSLocalizedString(#"Receive", nil);
_localNotification.soundName = #"myringtone.aif";
}
//displaying the badge number
_localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = [[UIApplication sharedApplication]applicationIconBadgeNumber]+1;
//schedule a notification at its specified time with the help of the app delegate
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduleLocalNotification:_localNotification];
}
This function set a scheduleLocal notification to show an alert with two buttons Cancel and Receive which fires after a second.
Now the problem is:
This local notification appears to user only when a background task started as following
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
UIApplication* app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
[app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}];
}
But after 10 minutes background task stops. Then local notification does not appear to user though it fires (A log prints after firing)
I did modify the applicationDidEnterBackground function as following to restart background task for long running. But unable.
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
expirationHandler = ^{
[app endBackgroundTask:self.bgTask];
self.bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
self.bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:expirationHandler];
}
self.bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:expirationHandler];
}
Now the questions are:
Is there any way which will fire local notification and appear to user when application is in background?
If background task is mandatory, how could be it long run to show local notification to appear user after 10 minutes?
I am using iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.

Answer 1

Try This :
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
{
__block UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier bgTask ;
UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
bgTask = [app beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
[app endBackgroundTask:bgTask];
bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}];
pollingTimer2 = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:4.0f target:self selector:#selector(process) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}
-(void) process
{
[self didLocalNotification];
}
-(void)didLocalNotification
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]cancelAllLocalNotifications];
UILocalNotification *localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
if (localNotification == nil)
{
return;
}
NSLog(#"calling didLocalNotification");
localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber =0;
localNotification.alertBody =#"Message!";
localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
localNotification.fireDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:0];
localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:localNotification];
}