This however does not stop VS from recreating BackgoundDownload.exe in ‘random’ temp directories and trying again. There must be some other missed option. Perhaps disabling the scheduled task in ‘task scheduler’ would finalize the change. Through control panel, or other means, open ‘Task Scheduler’. in the navigation pane on the left side, navigate to “Task … Read more
You might want to have a look at flutter_background_service package. It helps executing Dart code in the background.
From ioS 7 onwards, there are newer ways for apps to run in background. Apple now recognizes that apps have to constantly download and process data constantly. Here is the new list of all the apps which can run in background. Apps that play audible content to the user while in the background, such as … Read more
As an update — GitHub have moved to Resque on Redis instead of Delayed job. However they still recommend delayed_job for smaller setups: https://github.com/resque/resque
As long as you are working on a POSIX OS you can use fork and exec. fork = Create a subprocess exec = Replace current process with another process You then need to inform that your main-process is not interested in the created subprocesses via Process.detach. job1 = fork do exec “/path/to/daemon01” end Process.detach(job1) …
Despite its name, beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler: does not actually “begin” a task. It might be better thought of as “register…” rather than “begin….” You’re just telling the system that you’re in the middle of doing something that would like to complete if that’s ok. Several points: In almost all cases, you want to call beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler: when you … Read more
I have an app which has a feature A which should run in background every minute. That will not happen on hundreds of millions of Android devices, those running Android 6.0 and higher, due to Doze mode (and, possibly, app standby, depending on the rest of your app). But AlarmManager seems to be a good … Read more
Just as a side note, Apple introduced the Notification Service extension point in iOS 10, which can be used to achieve this. The following applies only to iOS 9.x or earlier. No app in iOS can be long alive in background with a keep-alive socket, or guaranteed to wake by remote notifications except those using … Read more
For StopAsync(CancellationToken token), you could pass new System.Threading.CancellationToken(). In the defination of public CancellationToken(bool canceled), canceled indicates state for the token. For your scenario, there is no need to specify the canceled since you want to Stop the service. You could follow below step by step: Create IHostedService public class RecureHostedService : IHostedService, IDisposable { … Read more