i'm new to iPhone dev ... i'm building an app that loads data from a local sqlite3 db in
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
When i tap iPhone button and put it in background and then i recall it i see (as normal) the app in the same way i leaved it. What i would like to do is, when it comes in foregroud, to reload data as if it was called from scratch.
Which is the correct way to do it?
Thanks in advance
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- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
}
Reload the data in the above function of the app delegate to refresh the data when ever the app comes to foreground.
So in the App Delegate class
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
will only be called at the first time you enter the app.Then it will call - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application
.
If your iphone iOS is 4.0 or later, when a user click on the home button, it will first invoke - (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application
, then - (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
.
Then the app will run in background till the user kill it. When the user enter the app again, it will first invoke - (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:(UIApplication *)application
, then - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application
.
So related to your question, you should call either applicationWillEnterForeground:
or applicationDidBecomeActive:
to reload your data. Though in the xcode's comment of these methods, Apple suggests use applicationDidBecomeActive:
to restart paused tasks and/or update user interface; while in the applicationWillEnterForeground:
, you can undo the changes you've made in entering the background.
So to make it easier to see, i put a number tag to each method. Here's when the method to be called.
0 application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
1 applicationDidBecomeActive:
2 applicationWillResignActive:
3 applicationDidEnterBackground:
4 applicationWillEnterForeground:
First enter the app: call 0, then 1;
Hit home button: call 2, then 3;
Double hit home button(multitasking): call 2;
Enter app again: call 4, then 1;
You can exit()
your application when iOS notifies it that it should run in the background like so:
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {
exit(0);
}
I think that is the delegate of UIApplication:
- (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:(UIApplication *)application
In iOS 4.0 and later, this method is
called as part of the transition from
the background to the active state.
You can use this method to undo many
of the changes you made to your
application upon entering the
background. The call to this method is
invariably followed by a call to the
applicationDidBecomeActive: method,
which then moves the application from
the inactive to the active state.