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Downloading in the background in iOS (Swift)
Hello, I'm using file download from Dropbox in my app. It works fine when app is active, but if my app goes into the background the download stops. How can I solve it? I use this code to download: ...
Hello, Greg!
I have new information regarding my question. On what do you run the code on a real device or on the Xcode simulator? I've always tested on a real device and was getting this issue. I decided to test it on the simulator and was very surprised that the download works fine on it. I also noticed that when I run the code on a real device - I get this issue, but if I then click to download another file, then I'll see that the first file is immediately downloaded, as if it had already been downloaded, but the completion handler didn't work.
What could be the issue? Why does it work fine on the simulator?
P.S. This issue happens only in case when device connected to the PC (Xcode), when I run app without connection to the PC the download works fine.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorOk, in that case we'll have to look into it further.
I do still recommend adding some more logging though. The comparison with Google Drive may not be exactly representative since that may use a different mechanism than the Dropbox SDK.
I tested my application a little more and realized that this problem only occurs when the device is connected to a PC (Xcode), if I disconnect the device from the PC, then the download works fine.
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