Background service for Android and iOS

PietroMaps

Hi everyone,

for my use case, I need to periodically call an API REST endpoint in mobile applications. I was wondering if it's possible to create background services with Appstudio, targeting the Android and iOS platforms. Even better if Firebase Push Notifications could be integrated. I cannot find any specific document regarding this topic, for QT in general there is something, but that should not be directly applicable in my use case.

Thanks in advance!

JamesBallard1

Hi @PietroMaps. This falls outside the realm of the Maps SDK logic, but I have some general ideas that may help.

If you're using AppStudio, you are likely on Qt 5 still. With Qt 5, Qt does have support for Android background services, see here for details: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/android-services.html

I'm not sure if there's anything specific for iOS that will do the same thing. If you are comfortable writing some C++ code and integrating that into your app, you can likely have a QThread you create run in the background and do any polling and updates that you need.

I hope that helps.