iOS Question Download files in Background

[Jpiti]

Hello,

i use in B4i httputils2 to download many small files from a http Server.

Here is a simple example:

Sub Button1_Click
downloaderror = False
downloadfile = 1
label1.Text = "Download Start"
downloadstart
End Sub

Sub downloadstart
Dim job1 As HttpJob
job1.Initialize("job1", Me)
job1.Download("somelink" & downloadfile & ".txt")
End Sub


Sub JobDone (job As HttpJob)
If job.Success Then
  Dim out As OutputStream
    out = File.OpenOutput(File.DirDocuments, downloadfile & ".txt",False)
    File.Copy2(job.GetInputStream, out)
  out.Close
  
Else
  label1.Text = "Error: " & job.ErrorMessage
    downloaderror = True
  
End If
job.Release
If downloaderror = False And downloadfile < 1000 Then
   downloadfile = downloadfile + 1
   downloadstart
End If

But how can i make that the download process run in background when (for example) the screen goes in "auto off"?



In B4a i use a service modul for this. Ther is a simple way to do this in B4i?

 

[Erel]

Please use [code]code here...[/code] tags when posting code.

The process will be killed when the app moves to the background. Currently it is not possible to continue the download once the process has been killed.

You can use the background fetch feature to download data every 15+ minutes.

 

[Jpiti]

Hello Erel,
thanks for your quick reply. The background fetch feaature is not
suitable for my plan. Maybe you could implement this feature (run downloads in background) soon? ;-)