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Asked: 2026-05-24T21:50:34+00:00

I have a location based iOS app and I want to interact with a

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I have a location based iOS app and I want to interact with a server every x minutes.

I read this post: Send Data Every 10 minutes

But I have to send an empty header to my server even if there is no location update for a while because I have to read any pending commands from my server and it only writes back if you write first.

This has to work even if the app is running background.

What should be the best way to perform this? Using a timer?

I’ve already made this kind of stuff on Android but I’m a little stuck on how to do here.

Cheers,

Thierry

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use a NSTimer when the app is running, but you can’t do that when the app is in background. The iOS reference contains all the possible uses of multitasking: link

    As you can see, there’s a small amount of possible operations (voip, audio or location) that are able to wake up your app.

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