Re: [PhoneGap] FileTransfer error when running in background

[Shazron]

What iOS version were you using when it worked?

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Leif Ullman <leif....@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been running into an issue using FileTransfer on iOS that cropped up as part of my upgrade to Cordova 2.2.  Previously I had been on PhoneGap 1.2 (a long time between upgrades I know).  When using the 1.2 version, I could start a filetransfer upload (using sample code from here: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.2.0/cordova_media_capture_capture.md.html#Capture) and it would continue to run if I returned to the home screen or if I locked the device.  Now it appears that suspending the app will cause a FileTransferError to occur with error code 3 and error message "The request timed out".  Is there a workaround for this or is background uploading no longer supported?  

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[Leif Ullman]

6.0.1, but it's been working on prior versions as it's been live since spring.  

[Shazron]

Not sure what's going on. Seems like an iOS issue to me since Cordova has no control of cutting off network access when an app is backgrounded -- it could be a iOS config issue possibly.

[Leif Ullman]

Do you have any suggestions where to look if it was an iOS config issue?  The way I started my project was with the urban airship template (https://github.com/urbanairship/phonegap-ua-push) so my settings are whatever those defaults are. 

[Shazron]

Probably something in here: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iphoneosprogrammingguide/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow/ManagingYourApplicationsFlow.html

Looks like the limit to finish up tasks is 5 seconds, the app has to request more time -- and come to think of it, FileTransfer does not do this currently (although the CDVLocalStorage plugin in onResignActive does: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/master/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVLocalStorage.m#L378

If you want to file an enhancement request, that would be great.

[Leif Ullman]

You got it!  

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2190

Thanks for providing the links as well.