iOS needs a new app delegate notification

Originator:simon
Number:rdar://10918700 Date Originated:23-02-2012
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iPhone SDK Product Version:5.0
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:NA
 
iOS could benefit from a new application notification for network states for suspended apps. Currently, when a device goes out of network range when an app is suspended, the app is never notified of network availability. 

I propose a new app delegate notification, something similar to:

- (void)applicationDidReceiveNetworkAvailability:(UIApplication *)application;

Which would be triggered by the OS when a device either reconnects to a mobile network or Wi-Fi from a previously not having any network availability.

Applications which sync — Reeder for iOS, for example: could update read items back to Google Reader without the user having to reopen the app and then return to a suspended state — would greatly benefit from such a delegate notification.

Comments

This is a duplicate of #10918697

By simon at Feb. 28, 2012, 10:03 a.m. (reply...)

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