Pausing timer when app is in background state Swift

Question

My ViewController.swift

func startTimer() {
    timer = NSTimer().scheduleTimerWithTimerInvterval(1.0,target: self,selctor: Selector(\"couting\"),userinfo: n         


        

Answer 1

You have to set an observer listening to when the application did enter background. Add the below line in your ViewController's viewDidLoad() method.

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("myObserverMethod:"), name:UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification, object: nil)

Add the below function to receive the notification.

func myObserverMethod(notification : NSNotification) {
    println("Observer method called")

    //You may call your action method here, when the application did enter background.
    //ie., self.pauseTimer() in your case.
}

Happy Coding !!!