iOS NSNotificationCenter to check whether the app came from background to foreground

Question

I have a situation in which i have to intialize an object everytime when it comes from background to foreground and that should be using the NSNotificationCenter not with ap

Answer 1

Swift 3 and 4 version

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: NSNotification.Name.UIApplicationWillEnterForeground, object: nil, queue: nil) { notification in
        ...
}

Answer 2

Swift 5 use: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification

Answer 3

swift 4.1

 override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(enterForeground), name: Notification.Name.UIApplicationWillEnterForeground, object: nil)
    }

    override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: Notification.Name.UIApplicationWillEnterForeground, object: nil)
    }

    @objc func enterForeground() {
       // Do stuff
   }

Answer 4

Swift 4.2

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(willEnterForeground), name: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification
            , object: nil)

Answer 5

Swift 5

Subscribe to Notification -

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
      self,
      selector: #selector(applicationWillEnterForeground(_:)),
      name: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification,
      object: nil)
}

Remove subscription -

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
} 

Function to be called -

@objc func applicationWillEnterForeground(_ notification: NSNotification) {
       self.volumeSlider.value = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().outputVolume
    }

Answer 6

Have you tried UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification?

The app also posts a UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification notification shortly before calling applicationWillEnterForeground: to give interested objects a chance to respond to the transition.

Subscribe to notification:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(yourUpdateMethodGoesHere:)
                                             name:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification
                                           object:nil];

Implement a code, that need to be called:

- (void) yourUpdateMethodGoesHere:(NSNotification *) note {
// code
}

Don't forget to unsubscribe:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];