三种方式使得iOS应用能够在后台进行数据更新和下载

Background Fetch

开启

首先在info plist文件中开启UIBackgroundModes的Background fetch。或者手动编辑这个值

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
<array>
     <string>fetch</string>
</array>

iOS默认不进行background fetch，需要设置一个时间的间隔

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
     //UIApplicationBackgroundFetchIntervalMinimum表示尽可能频繁去获取，如果需要指定至少多少时间更新一次就需要给定一个时间值
     [application setMinimumBackgroundFetchInterval:UIApplicationBackgroundFetchIntervalMinimum];
     return YES; }

最后在App Delegate里实现下面的方法，这个方法只能在30秒内完成。

- (void) application:(UIApplication *)application
performFetchWithCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler
{
     NSURLSessionConfiguration *sessionConfiguration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
     NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:sessionConfiguration]; NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://yourserver.com/data.json"]; NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [session dataTaskWithURL:url completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) { if (error) { completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultFailed); return; } // 解析响应/数据以决定新内容是否可用 BOOL hasNewData = ... if (hasNewData) { completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNewData); } else { completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNoData); } }]; // 开始任务 [task resume]; }

测试

通过查看UIApplication的applicationState

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
     NSLog(@"Launched in background %d", UIApplicationStateBackground == application.applicationState); return YES; }

Remote Notification

在普通的远程通知里带上content-available标志就可以在通知用户同时在后台进行更新。通知结构如下

{
     "aps" : {
          "content-available" : 1 }, "content-id" : 42 }

接收一条带有content-available的通知会调用下面的方法

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
          didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
          fetchCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler
{
     NSLog(@"Remote Notification userInfo is %@", userInfo); NSNumber *contentID = userInfo[@"content-id"]; // 根据 content ID 进行操作 completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNewData); }

利用NSURLSession进行background transfer task

使用[NSURLSessionConfiguration backgroundSessionConfiguration]创建一个后台任务，当应用退出后，崩溃或进程被关掉都还是会运行。

范例，先处理一条远程通知，并将NSURLSessionDownloadTask添加到后台传输服务队列。

- (NSURLSession *)backgroundURLSession
{
     static NSURLSession *session = nil;
     static dispatch_once_t onceToken; dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{ NSString *identifier = @"io.objc.backgroundTransferExample"; NSURLSessionConfiguration* sessionConfig = [NSURLSessionConfiguration backgroundSessionConfiguration:identifier]; session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:sessionConfig delegate:self delegateQueue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]]; }); return session; } - (void) application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler { NSLog(@"Received remote notification with userInfo %@", userInfo); NSNumber *contentID = userInfo[@"content-id"]; NSString *downloadURLString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://yourserver.com/downloads/%d.mp3", [contentID intValue]]; NSURL* downloadURL = [NSURL URLWithString:downloadURLString]; NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:downloadURL]; NSURLSessionDownloadTask *task = [[self backgroundURLSession] downloadTaskWithRequest:request]; task.taskDescription = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Podcast Episode %d", [contentID intValue]]; //执行resume保证开始了任务 [task resume]; completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNewData); }

下载完成后调用NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate的委托方法，这些委托方法全部是必须实现的。了解所有类型session task的生命周期可以参考官方文档：https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/cocoa/Conceptual/URLLoadingSystem/NSURLSessionConcepts/NSURLSessionConcepts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000165i-CH2-SW42

#Pragma Mark - NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate

- (void) URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session
     downloadTask:(NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask
     didFinishDownloadingToURL:(NSURL *)location
{
     NSLog(@"downloadTask:%@ didFinishDownloadingToURL:%@", downloadTask.taskDescription, location); // 必须用 NSFileManager 将文件复制到应用的存储中，因为临时文件在方法返回后会被删除 // ... // 通知 UI 刷新 } - (void) URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session downloadTask:(NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask didResumeAtOffset:(int64_t)fileOffset expectedTotalBytes:(int64_t)expectedTotalBytes { } - (void) URLSession:(NSURLSession *)session downloadTask:(NSURLSessionDownloadTask *)downloadTask didWriteData:(int64_t)bytesWritten totalBytesWritten:(int64_t)totalBytesWritten totalBytesExpectedToWrite:(int64_t)totalBytesExpectedToWrite { }

后台的任务完成后如果应用没有在前台运行，需要实现UIApplication的两个delegate让系统唤醒应用

- (void) application:(UIApplication *)application
     handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:(NSString *)identifier completionHandler:(void (^)())completionHandler
{
     // 你必须重新建立一个后台 seesiong 的参照
     // 否则 NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate 和 NSURLSessionDelegate 方法会因为
     // 没有 对 session 的 delegate 设定而不会被调用。参见上面的 backgroundURLSession NSURLSession *backgroundSession = [self backgroundURLSession]; NSLog(@"Rejoining session with identifier %@ %@", identifier, backgroundSession); // 保存 completion handler 以在处理 session 事件后更新 UI [self addCompletionHandler:completionHandler forSession:identifier]; } - (void)URLSessionDidFinishEventsForBackgroundURLSession:(NSURLSession *)session { NSLog(@"Background URL session %@ finished events. ", session); if (session.configuration.identifier) { // 调用在 -application:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession: 中保存的 handler [self callCompletionHandlerForSession:session.configuration.identifier]; } } - (void)addCompletionHandler:(CompletionHandlerType)handler forSession:(NSString *)identifier { if ([self.completionHandlerDictionary objectForKey:identifier]) { NSLog(@"Error: Got multiple handlers for a single session identifier. This should not happen. "); } [self.completionHandlerDictionary setObject:handler forKey:identifier]; } - (void)callCompletionHandlerForSession: (NSString *)identifier { CompletionHandlerType handler = [self.completionHandlerDictionary objectForKey: identifier]; if (handler) { [self.completionHandlerDictionary removeObjectForKey: identifier]; NSLog(@"Calling completion handler for session %@", identifier); handler(); } }