This is what push notifications are for. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Introduction/Introduction.html
Luke On Sep 9, 2010, at 5:47 AM, Dan Hopwood wrote: > Hi all, > > My iPhone application continuously pings a back-end server to check for new > documents. If a new document is found an alert is triggered which consists > of a dialogue and sound alert. If the phone is locked then neither of these > events occur, which is undesirable. With a bit of googling I have discovered > you can disable the standby timer, which helps but doesn't cover the use > case when a user locks the phone manually. > > Is there any way to allow the alerts to continue to fire even when the phone > is locked? Obviously Apple achieve this with calls/messages etc but perhaps > it is not possible with 3rd party applications? > > I also have a query about using Apple's alert sounds. Firstly how would I > get hold of for example the top three Apple alert tones (i.e. Tri-tone, > Chime and Glass). Secondly, are these sounds copyrighted or are you able to > use them in a 3rd party app. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/luketheh%40apple.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
