SOLVED: how do I tell when my app goes into the background or comes into the foreground?

@pdxplaid HWS+

Feb '21

I have a SwiftUI clock app that I'm writing from scratch with silly graphic numbers to make me giggle. I'm having an issue tho, when I launch the clock, if it has run before it shows what time it was when it passed into the background.

I have a Bool that if I can figure out how to set it to true when the app goes into or comes out of the background, all will be right with the world.

So my question is how do I tell when an app is doing that? going into the background or coming out of the background. either one would work for me, I just have one Bool that I need to set.

I've tried .onAppear and .onDisappear but they don't seem to work for me (maybe because my app only has 1 view?)

a screen shot of the happy digits

@sbeitzel HWS+

Feb '21

If you stick this on your view, that'll do the trick:

        .onReceive(NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification)) { _ in
            // app is going to the background, so do something
        }
        .onReceive(NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification)) { _ in
            // app is coming to the foreground, so do something else
        }

@pdxplaid HWS+

Feb '21

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for! it works like a charm!

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