iOS NSNotificationCenter to check whether the app came from background to foreground

Question

I have a situation in which i have to intialize an object everytime when it comes from background to foreground and that should be using the NSNotificationCenter not with appdelegate because iam building a static library so there wont be appdelegate with that so please help me in the same.

Solution 1

Have you tried UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification?

The app also posts a UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification notification shortly before calling applicationWillEnterForeground: to give interested objects a chance to respond to the transition.

Subscribe to notification:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(yourUpdateMethodGoesHere:)
                                             name:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification
                                           object:nil];

Implement a code, that need to be called:

- (void) yourUpdateMethodGoesHere:(NSNotification *) note {
// code
}

Don't forget to unsubscribe:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];

Solution 2

Swift 4.2

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(willEnterForeground), name: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification
            , object: nil)

Solution 3

Swift 5

Subscribe to Notification -

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
      self,
      selector: #selector(applicationWillEnterForeground(_:)),
      name: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification,
      object: nil)
}

Remove subscription -

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
} 

Function to be called -

@objc func applicationWillEnterForeground(_ notification: NSNotification) {
       self.volumeSlider.value = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().outputVolume
    }

Solution 4

Swift 3 version

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                           selector:#selector(applicationWillEnterForeground(_:)),
                                           name:NSNotification.Name.UIApplicationWillEnterForeground,
                                           object: nil)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

func applicationWillEnterForeground(_ notification: NSNotification) {
   ....
}

you can also use NSNotification.Name.UIApplicationDidBecomeActive

Solution 5

Swift 5 use: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification

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