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Hongliang's avatar
Hongliang
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8 years ago

How to upload when app enter background in ios

I tried the upload request with the simpler one and the batch upload, and I found that when app enter the background, the upload work will stop and loss some data. So how to upload files when the app...
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chirstius's avatar
chirstius
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8 years ago

Hello Hongliang,

 

This isn't really a Dropbox API specific question, it's more related to iOS task scheduling. I can't give you a direct answer here as that's outside of the scope of what we support in these forums, but I'd suggest you look into background task scheduling on iOS, for example:

 

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsbackgroundactivityscheduler

 

And see if you can't find a way to solve your problem that way. Best of luck!

 

-Chuck

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