Swift version: 5.6
There are two ways to be notified when your app moves to the background: implement the applicationWillResignActive()
method in your app delegate, or register for the UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification
notification anywhere in your app. This particular notification is sent as soon as your app loses focus, meaning that it's triggered when the user taps the home button once (to return to the home screen) or double taps the home button (to enter multi-tasking).
If you want to go down the app delegate route, you'll find a stub for applicationWillResignActive()
already in your AppDelegate.swift file. If you want to look for the notification, use this:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let notificationCenter = NotificationCenter.default
notificationCenter.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(appMovedToBackground), name: UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification, object: nil)
}
@objc func appMovedToBackground() {
print("App moved to background!")
}
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