Running my iPhone Application to run as a background application
I need to run my iPhone application as a background process with no user intervention. As per my analysis, Apple does not allow any third party application to run in background.
My question is :
1) Can we get some signed UID(Unique ID) for our application from Apple so that it allows my application to run in background?
2) If possible, what is the process followed for that like Apple will test my application and provide special privileges to my application?
3) Cost involved to get that UID?
4) Or any other alternative as per Apple's terms and conditions.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Hello Avneet26,
Welcome to the Discussions Boards.
This is primarily an User forum, and not the correct place to find programming/development information.
You are correct in your analysis that third party applications cannot be run in the background.
While it is unlikely that you'll be able to find any workaround to that rule or information on the screening process, your best avenue for finding information related to developing an APP is via the Developer's resources (you may need to register to access some of their resources):
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=164
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/
Good luck,
Charles H.
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