I am using NSURLSessionDownloadTask with background sessions to achieve all my REST requests. This way I can use the same code without have to think about my application being in background or in f...

I have an app that's using background downloads with the new NSURLSession APIs. When a download cancels or fails in such a way that NSURLSessionDownloadTaskResumeData is provided, I store the data ...

Due to the customer can't implement just few downloads in his server in a short time and backgroundDownloadTaks were very inconsistent when there are so much files (500-1000 downloads) I decide to ...

I have implement NSURLSessionDownloadTask for downloading multiple video at a same time. In a normal scenario every thing is working fine. Also background fetch is also working. But when i close th...

I am using NSURLSessionDownloadTask objects on an NSURLSession to allow users to download documents while the app is in the background / device locked. I also want to inform the user that individua...

I have a NSURLSession and a NSURLSessionDownloadTask configured for downloading a file in background, if the download task in canceled by the user all the data is deleted and the storage space the ...

In a iOS 8.1 app I am using NSURLSessionDownloadTask to download an archive in the background which can sometimes get quite large. Everything works fine, but what will happen if the phone runs ou...

So I'm having hard time understanding something. This are the things I understand about NSURSession : Generally , I have 2 options for (as far as I know) DataTask(e.x dataTaskWithRequest) And Dow...

I have tried various samples from the web (the last one being this one) in order to get a better understanding of NSUrlSession. What I was hoping to see: file downloads will continue even if the a...

Here is the question: how to download a number of files one by one using the new Background Transfer Service (including the case when the app is suspended)? I read this awesome tutorial on objc.io ...

I have NSURLSession that is downloading multiple files. I'm updating an ios 7 application for ios 8. It works fine in ios 7, but when complied against ios 8 The delegate meathod URLSessionDidFini...

I have an app in which I have to download a large number of files, from 400 to 900 files that are about 1GB total. Which is the best approach to accomplish this? One NSURLSession and all task en...

If I create a NSURLSessionDownloadTask, and later cancel it before it finishes, the completion block still fires seemingly. let downloadTask = session.downloadTaskWithURL(URL, completionHandler: ...

When I force my device to go in sleep mode by pressing the power button, my background task stops by calling the delegate method didCompleteWithError with the error : The operation couldn’t be ...

I am trying to replace NSURLConnection with NSURLSession, but I found that with NSURLSession I couldn't read the intermediate data chunks like I did in NSURLConnection with the delegate method. -...

Download image from secure URL, behind a security wall. A URL like https://foo.com/bar.png Sometimes I'm getting a SSLHandshake error. Sometimes the error happens once, but sometimes the error is ...

I am using iOS 7 and I have a .mp4 video that I need to download in my app. The video is large (~ 1 GB) which is why it is not included as part of the app. I want the user to be able to start watch...