Countdown being reseted due long time in background

[rafaismyname]

Hello there! How being doing?
Thanks for this awesome pod! :)

I'm currently having issues while running a countdown at background. If somehow the counter is more then 20 minutes or so, it resets when i get back to the app... How can i avoid this?

Best!
Rafa

[mineschan]

Hi Rafa, I'm glad you like it.

I've tried your situation, so far it's okay for me. What iOS version u using?

[rafaismyname]

Yep, its super cool, thanks for this pod!

I'm under 7.0....
I don't know if thats the issue, but i think its a memory warning issue... :(
Once it worked for half an hour in background, but not for an full hour... it also depends on the phone usage...

I think ill store when i started the timer, and when the app comes active again, it re-starts the timmer again...

What you think?

[mineschan]

Even in the example those timers only use like 25mb of memory. I am not sure if it's about the memory.

Is it only the timer reset or the others thing like views and view controllers?

[basememara]

I'm seeing strange things too when the timer goes in the background for 20+ mins. To get around this, I had to do this:

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        countdownTimer = MZTimerLabel(label: myLabel, andTimerType: MZTimerLabelTypeTimer)

        // When app becomes active, re-run to refresh timer
        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
            selector: "updateCountDownTimer",
            name: UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification,
            object: nil)
    }

    override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        timerDate = //some date
        countdownTimer.setCountDownToDate(timerDate)
        countdownTimer.start()
    }

    func updateCountDownTimer() {
        // Countdown looses its place after app leaves foreground for 20+ mins
        if timerDate > NSDate() {
            countdownTimer.reset()
            countdownTimer.setCountDownToDate(timerDate)
            countdownTimer.start()
        }
    }

[mineschan]

hey @basememara thanks first. But is that anyway i can bundle your workaround into MZTimerLabel that not requires any further custom implementation from user? otherwise i will try to put this into readme ;)