Count while in background (NSTimer for more than 3 mins)

Question

Is there any way to run NSTimer for more than 3 mins in background?
I have to create simple app that uses

 `locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didRangeBeacons beacons: [CLBeacon], inRegion region: CLBeaconRegion)`

for scan my beacons. I have run into problem when I needed to check if user is exactly 10 seconds near closest beacon. I created

    var timer: NSTimer?

    var lastClosestBeacon: CLBeacon? {

        didSet {

            timer?.invalidate()

            timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(10, target: self, selector: "showLocalNotification", userInfo: nil, repeats: false)

//            NSRunLoop.mainRunLoop().addTimer(timer!, forMode: NSDefaultRunLoopMode)

        }

    }

When closest beacon changes lastClosestBeacon is set and timer is scheduled. It is working in App and for 3 mins when user enters background(locks phone etc.) with help from Scheduled NSTimer when app is in background?
Is there any possibility to check that for more than 3 mins ?

PS. I have already added Background Modes with location updates.

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Answer 1

You can do it by following way:

1) First include required background mode keys into your Info.plist

2) Check and add following line of code for adding background working of location manager in iOS 9

if ([self.locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(setAllowsBackgroundLocationUpdates:)]) {
    [self.locationManager setAllowsBackgroundLocationUpdates:YES];
}

3)Then create a new timer with repeated continuously with every 1 sec.

4)In that timer method add these two line of code.

[self.locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];
[self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

This make your app run in background more than 3 mins.

Count while in background (NSTimer for more than 3 mins)

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