All of this - and please file a bug report requesting a way for a background app to have network keep alives (would be good for any app that needs to poll or keep a connection). I've filed a bug report. You should too. That's how Apple determines what's needed.
On May 17, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote: > On 17 May 2011, at 3:50 PM, Chris Markle wrote: > >> The "App Store Review Guidelines" state (2.16) that "Multitasking apps >> may only use background services for their intended purposes: VoIP, >> audio playback, location, task completion, local notifications, etc." >> >> There is a background mode plist key (UIBackgroundModes="voip") for >> apps that provide VOIP services, allowing the app to continue to >> handle listening and data sockets while in the background. In the >> discussion for UIBackgroundModes, the doc states that: "These keys >> should be used sparingly and only by applications providing the >> indicated services." >> >> All this taken together suggests that I shouldn't use this key for >> "voip" unless I am specifically a VOIP application, or else risk App >> Store rejection. > > The docs don't _suggest_ "voip" means VoIP, when you piece them together. > They _say_ "voip" means VoIP, twice. > >> Fwiw I would like to be able to run in the background enough to be >> able to send and receive SSH-level keepalives so that I can keep an >> SSH session open, given that it's costly to setup in the first place >> (imho). > > > The reviewer will read your description of your app. It will say nothing > about telephony. Next, he will examine your Info.plist. It will say "voip." > He may even have software that red-flags that your app claims to do VoIP. He > will not open a debate with senior management over what "only for its > intended purpose" means in your case. He will reject your app in 30 seconds > and move on to the next of the thousands of apps in the approval queue. > > The author of the excellent app "iSSH" devoted a lot of effort to what can be > done in the background to keep an SSH connection alive. iSSH registers for > the ten-minute grace period with beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:. > If the user doesn't come back in ten minutes, the connection is lost. > > — F > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/alex%40webis.net > > This email sent to [email protected] Alex Kac - President and Founder Web Information Solutions, Inc. "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge _______________________________________________ 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]
