iOS Application Does Not Run In Background = YES - how do I check when the user exits app

Question

In my info.plist file I have Application Does Not Run In Background = YES. This is an enterprise app and I am trying to log when a user exits (hits the home button). But in AppDelegate, I was logging to the console to see what method would be called and none of them were (applicationWillResignActive, applicationDidEnterBackground, applicationWillTerminate). Is there a way to determine when a user exits with the plist setting I have>?

Thanks

Here's the willTerminate method, it's right out of the box:

- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application
{
    NSLog(@"goodbye");
    // Called when the application is about to terminate. Save data if appropriate. See also applicationDidEnterBackground:.



}

I've changed the plist settings and can now log from applicationDidEnterBackground.

possible duplicate of [applicationWillTerminate when is it called and when not](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7818045/applicationwillterminate-when-is-it-called-and-when-not) — KevinDTimm, Feb 28 '13 at 19:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 27 '17 at 16:09

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So you don't want the app to run in the background but you want to know when the app terminates? Do this

UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(applicationWillTerminate:)
                                             name:UIApplicationWillTerminateNotification
                                            object:app];

Then fill in your own applicationWillTerminate method. You won't have much time to do stuff.

edited Nov 27 '17 at 16:09

Cœur

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 19:10

Greg Price

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There is no need for this. The app delegate already has its applicationWillTerminate method that is called in this case. – rmaddy Feb 28 '13 at 19:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 19:13

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if you have set ApplicationDoesNotRunInBackgound to YES, then this must work,

put this method in your appDelegate.m

-(void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application
{
    NSLog(@"user exits app");
}

In my app, with the same plist settings, this method fires

answered Feb 28 '13 at 19:13

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willTerminate was in there but nothing will log. – PruitIgoe Feb 28 '13 at 19:17
could you please post your willTerminate method here..?? Is that in the AppDeleate.m file ? – Thilina Chamath Hewagama Feb 28 '13 at 19:19

iOS Application Does Not Run In Background = YES - how do I check when the user exits app

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