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I want to use CMSensorRecorder to continuously collect the Accelerometer data, also if user didn't open my app on watch\phone.
What I want to do is - "whenever possible" (i.e. watch is awake and I can execute code), do the following:
call recordAccelerometerForDuration to tell watch to keep collecting data for as long as possible
call accelerometerDataFromDate to get data collected so far (or from last time I got the data)
My question is - how to implement the "whenever possible", i.e. how can I cause my watch application to wake up and execute these apis whenever the watch itself wakes up ?
CMSensorRecorder- to recored data continuously use ExtentionDelegate to triger CMSensorRecorder to invoke start recording and reading data.
func applicationDidBecomeActive() {
print("Active")
// Restart any tasks that were paused (or not yet started) while the application was inactive. If the application was previously in the background, optionally refresh the user interface.
AccelorometerDataReader.sharedReader.sessionEndDate = Date()
AccelorometerDataReader.sharedReader.getRecordedData()
}
func applicationWillResignActive() {
// Sent when the application is about to move from active to inactive state. This can occur for certain types of temporary interruptions (such as an incoming phone call or SMS message) or when the user quits the application and it begins the transition to the background state.
// Use this method to pause ongoing tasks, disable timers, etc.
print("inactive")
AccelorometerDataReader.sharedReader.startReadingAccelorometerData()
AccelorometerDataReader.sharedReader.sessionStartDate = Date()
}
//AccelorometerReaderCode
func startReadingAccelorometerData()
{
if CMSensorRecorder.isAccelerometerRecordingAvailable()
{
if CMSensorRecorder.isAuthorizedForRecording()
{
print("Authorized.......")
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async
{
self.recorder?.recordAccelerometer(forDuration: 3 * 60) // Record for 3 minutes
}
}
else
{
print("not authorized")
}
}
else
{
print("NOt available for recording")
}
}
func getRecordedData()
{
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async
{
if self.sessionStartDate < self.sessionEndDate
{
if let list = self.recorder?.accelerometerData(from: self.sessionStartDate, to:self.sessionEndDate)
{
for record in list
{
let data = record as! CMRecordedAccelerometerData
print("x: \(data.acceleration.x) y: \(data.acceleration.y) z: \(data.acceleration.z) time :\(data.startDate.getFormattedDate())")
}
}
}
}
}
}
It doesn't seem you can. I have tried the following but none of these really work.
Register for backgroundApplicationRefresh (watchOS 3) and make sure the app is saved to the Dock. Dock apps can rely on getting one call an hour to update themselves.
On completion of the period query for the accelerometer data and archive the result to file and then transfer the file to the iOS companion app. The file transfer will occur in the background independent of the watch kit app assuming you get enough CPU time to write the accelerometer data to file.
Try using ProcessInfo API to keep the process running.
To date the only success I have had is in running an async thread to extract the data and keeping the watch kit app active by tapping on the screen each time the screen blanks.
Hope this helps and please post any better solution you find.
In my OSX application I'm using code below to show preview from camera.
[[self session] beginConfiguration];
NSError *error = nil;
AVCaptureDeviceInput *newVideoDeviceInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:captureDevice error:&error];
if (captureDevice != nil) {
[[self session] removeInput: [self videoDeviceInput]];
if([[self session] canAddInput: newVideoDeviceInput]) {
[[self session] addInput:newVideoDeviceInput];
[self setVideoDeviceInput:newVideoDeviceInput];
} else {
DLog(#"WTF?");
}
}
[[self session] commitConfiguration];
Yet, I need to detect the exact time when the preview from the camera becomes available.
In other words I'm trying to detect the same moment like in Facetime under OSX, where animation starts once the camera provides the preview.
What is the best way to achieve this?
I know this question is really old, but I stumbled upon it too when I was looking for this same question, and I have found answers so here goes.
For starters, AVFoundation is too high level, you'll need to drop down to a lower level, CoreMediaIO. There's not a lot of documentation on this, but basically you need to perform a couple queries.
To do this, we'll use a combination of calls. First, CMIOObjectGetPropertyDataSize lets us get the size of the data we'll query for next, which we can then use when we call CMIOObjectGetPropertyData. To set up the get property data size call, we need to start at the top, using this property address:
var opa = CMIOObjectPropertyAddress(
mSelector: CMIOObjectPropertySelector(kCMIOHardwarePropertyDevices),
mScope: CMIOObjectPropertyScope(kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeGlobal),
mElement: CMIOObjectPropertyElement(kCMIOObjectPropertyElementMaster)
)
Next, we'll set up some variables to keep the data we'll need:
var (dataSize, dataUsed) = (UInt32(0), UInt32(0))
var result = CMIOObjectGetPropertyDataSize(CMIOObjectID(kCMIOObjectSystemObject), &opa, 0, nil, &dataSize)
var devices: UnsafeMutableRawPointer? = nil
From this point on, we'll need to wait until we get some data out, so let's busy loop:
repeat {
if devices != nil {
free(devices)
devices = nil
}
devices = malloc(Int(dataSize))
result = CMIOObjectGetPropertyData(CMIOObjectID(kCMIOObjectSystemObject), &opa, 0, nil, dataSize, &dataUsed, devices);
} while result == OSStatus(kCMIOHardwareBadPropertySizeError)
Once we get past this point in our execution, devices will point to potentially many devices. We need to loop through them, somewhat like this:
if let devices = devices {
for offset in stride(from: 0, to: dataSize, by: MemoryLayout<CMIOObjectID>.size) {
let current = devices.advanced(by: Int(offset)).assumingMemoryBound(to: CMIOObjectID.self)
// current.pointee is your object ID you will want to keep track of somehow
}
}
Finally, clean up devices
free(devices)
Now at this point, you'll want to use that object ID you saved above to make another query. We need a new property address:
var CMIOObjectPropertyAddress(
mSelector: CMIOObjectPropertySelector(kCMIODevicePropertyDeviceIsRunningSomewhere),
mScope: CMIOObjectPropertyScope(kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeWildcard),
mElement: CMIOObjectPropertyElement(kCMIOObjectPropertyElementWildcard)
)
This tells CoreMediaIO that we want to know if the device is currently running somewhere (read: in any app), wildcarding the rest of the fields. Next we get to the meat of the query, camera below corresponds to the ID you saved before:
var (dataSize, dataUsed) = (UInt32(0), UInt32(0))
var result = CMIOObjectGetPropertyDataSize(camera, &opa, 0, nil, &dataSize)
if result == OSStatus(kCMIOHardwareNoError) {
if let data = malloc(Int(dataSize)) {
result = CMIOObjectGetPropertyData(camera, &opa, 0, nil, dataSize, &dataUsed, data)
let on = data.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
// on.pointee != 0 means that it's in use somewhere, 0 means not in use anywhere
}
}
With the above code samples you should have enough to test whether or not the camera is in use. You only need to get the device once (the first part of the answer); the check for if it's in use however, you'll have to do at any time you want this information. As an extra exercise, consider playing with CMIOObjectAddPropertyListenerBlock to be notified on event changes for the in use property address we used above.
While this answer is nearly 3 years too late for the OP, I hope it helps someone in the future. Examples here are given with Swift 3.0.
The previous answer from the user jer is definitely the correct answer, but I just wanted to add one additional important information.
If a listener block is registered with CMIOObjectAddPropertyListenerBlock, the current run loop must be run, otherwise no event will be received and the listener block will never fire.
I am attempting to communicate with a rather specific USB device and developing both Windows and Mac code to do so.
The device is a USB device with a HID interface (class 3) with two endpoints, an interrupt input and an interrupt output. The nature of the device is such that data is sent out from the device on the input endpoint only when data is requested from the host: the host sends it data which the device responds to on its input interrupt endpoint. Getting data to the device (a write) is much more simple...
The code for Windows is rather straight-forward: I get a handle to the device and then call either ReadFile or WriteFile. Apparently much of the underlying asynchronous behavior is abstracted out. It appears to work fine.
On Mac, however, it is a bit stickier. I have tried a number of things, none which have been fully successful, but here are the two things which seemed most promising...
1.) Attempt to get access to the device (as USB) via IOUSBInterfaceInterface, iterate through the endpoints to determine the input and output endpoints, and (hopefully) use ReadPipe and WritePipe to communicate. Unfortunately I am unable to open the interface once I have it, with the return value (kIOReturnExclusiveAccess) noting that something already has the device open exclusively. I have tried using IOUSBinterfaceInterface183, so that I could call USBInterfaceOpenSeize, but that results in the same return error value.
--- update 7/30/2010 ---
Apparently, the Apple IOUSBHIDDriver matches early to the device and this is what likely is preventing opening the IOUSBInterfaceInterface. From some digging about it seems that the common way to prevent the IOUSBHIDDriver from matching is to write a code-less kext (kernel extension) with a higher probe score. This would match early, preventing the IOUSBHIDDriver from opening the device, and should, in theory, permit me to open the interface and to write and read to endpoints directly. This is OK, but I would much prefer not having to install something additional on the user machine. If anyone knows of a solid alternative I would be thankful for the information.
2.) Open the device as an IOHIDDeviceInterface122 (or later). To read, I set up an async port, event source and callback method to be called when data is ready - when data is sent from the device on the input interrupt endpoint. However, to write the data — that the device needs — to initialize a response I can't find a way. I'm stumped. setReport typically writes to the control endpoint, plus I need a write that does not expect any direct response, no blocking.
I have looked around online and have tried many things, but none of them is giving me success. Any advice? I can not use much of the Apple HIDManager code since much of that is 10.5+ and my application must work on 10.4 as well.
I have now a working Mac driver to a USB device that requires communication through interrupt endpoints. Here is how I did it:
Ultimately the method that worked well for me was option 1 (noted above). As noted, I was having issues opening the COM-style IOUSBInterfaceInterface to the device. It became clear over time that this was due to the HIDManager capturing the device. I was unable to wrest control of the device from the HIDManager once it was captured (not even the USBInterfaceOpenSeize call or the USBDeviceOpenSeize calls would work).
To take control of the device I needed to grab it before the HIDManager. The solution to this was to write a codeless kext (kernel extension). A kext is essentially a bundle that sits in System/Library/Extensions that contains (usually) a plist (property list) and (occasionally) a kernel-level driver, among other items. In my case I wanted only the plist, which would give the instructions to the kernel on what devices it matches. If the data gives a higher probe score than the HIDManager then I could essentially capture the device and use a user-space driver to communicate with it.
The kext plist written, with some project-specific details modified, is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>OSBundleLibraries</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily</key>
<string>1.8</string>
<key>com.apple.kernel.libkern</key>
<string>6.0</string>
</dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>Demi USB Device</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.demiart.mydevice</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Demi USB Device</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.0.0</string>
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>Device Driver</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.kernel.iokit</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>IOService</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBInterface</string>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>12345</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>67890</integer>
<key>bConfigurationValue</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>bInterfaceNumber</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>OSBundleRequired</key>
<string>Local-Root</string>
</dict>
</plist>
The idVendor and idProduct values give the kext specificity and increase its probe score sufficiently.
In order to use the kext, the following things need to be done (which my installer will do for clients):
Change the owner to root:wheel (sudo chown root:wheel DemiUSBDevice.kext)
Copy the kext to Extensions (sudo cp DemiUSBDevice.kext /System/Library/Extensions)
Call the kextload utility to load the kext for immediate use without restart (sudo kextload -vt /System/Library/Extensions/DemiUSBDevice.kext)
Touch the Extensions folder so that the next restart will force a cache rebuild (sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions)
At this point the system should use the kext to keep the HIDManager from capturing my device. Now, what to do with it? How to write to and read from it?
Following are some simplified snippets of my code, minus any error handling, that illustrate the solution. Before being able to do anything with the device, the application needs to know when the device attaches (and detaches). Note that this is merely for purposes of illustration — some of the variables are class-level, some are global, etc. Here is the initialization code that sets the attach/detach events up:
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
#include <IOKit/IOCFPlugIn.h>
#include <IOKit/usb/IOUSBLib.h>
#include <mach/mach.h>
#define DEMI_VENDOR_ID 12345
#define DEMI_PRODUCT_ID 67890
void DemiUSBDriver::initialize(void)
{
IOReturn result;
Int32 vendor_id = DEMI_VENDOR_ID;
Int32 product_id = DEMI_PRODUCT_ID;
mach_port_t master_port;
CFMutableDictionaryRef matching_dict;
IONotificationPortRef notify_port;
CFRunLoopSourceRef run_loop_source;
//create a master port
result = IOMasterPort(bootstrap_port, &master_port);
//set up a matching dictionary for the device
matching_dict = IOServiceMatching(kIOUSBDeviceClassName);
//add matching parameters
CFDictionarySetValue(matching_dict, CFSTR(kUSBVendorID),
CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberInt32Type, &vendor_id));
CFDictionarySetValue(matching_dict, CFSTR(kUSBProductID),
CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberInt32Type, &product_id));
//create the notification port and event source
notify_port = IONotificationPortCreate(master_port);
run_loop_source = IONotificationPortGetRunLoopSource(notify_port);
CFRunLoopAddSource(CFRunLoopGetCurrent(), run_loop_source,
kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
//add an additional reference for a secondary event
// - each consumes a reference...
matching_dict = (CFMutableDictionaryRef)CFRetain(matching_dict);
//add a notification callback for detach event
//NOTE: removed_iter is a io_iterator_t, declared elsewhere
result = IOServiceAddMatchingNotification(notify_port,
kIOTerminatedNotification, matching_dict, device_detach_callback,
NULL, &removed_iter);
//call the callback to 'arm' the notification
device_detach_callback(NULL, removed_iter);
//add a notification callback for attach event
//NOTE: added_iter is a io_iterator_t, declared elsewhere
result = IOServiceAddMatchingNotification(notify_port,
kIOFirstMatchNotification, matching_dict, device_attach_callback,
NULL, &g_added_iter);
if (result)
{
throw Exception("Unable to add attach notification callback.");
}
//call the callback to 'arm' the notification
device_attach_callback(NULL, added_iter);
//'pump' the run loop to handle any previously added devices
service();
}
There are two methods that are used as callbacks in this initialization code: device_detach_callback and device_attach_callback (both declared at static methods). device_detach_callback is straightforward:
//implementation
void DemiUSBDevice::device_detach_callback(void* context, io_iterator_t iterator)
{
IOReturn result;
io_service_t obj;
while ((obj = IOIteratorNext(iterator)))
{
//close all open resources associated with this service/device...
//release the service
result = IOObjectRelease(obj);
}
}
device_attach_callback is where most of the magic happens. In my code I have this broken into multiple methods, but here I'll present it as a big monolithic method...:
void DemiUSBDevice::device_attach_callback(void * context,
io_iterator_t iterator)
{
IOReturn result;
io_service_t usb_service;
IOCFPlugInInterface** plugin;
HRESULT hres;
SInt32 score;
UInt16 vendor;
UInt16 product;
IOUSBFindInterfaceRequest request;
io_iterator_t intf_iterator;
io_service_t usb_interface;
UInt8 interface_endpoint_count = 0;
UInt8 pipe_ref = 0xff;
UInt8 direction;
UInt8 number;
UInt8 transfer_type;
UInt16 max_packet_size;
UInt8 interval;
CFRunLoopSourceRef m_event_source;
CFRunLoopSourceRef compl_event_source;
IOUSBDeviceInterface245** dev = NULL;
IOUSBInterfaceInterface245** intf = NULL;
while ((usb_service = IOIteratorNext(iterator)))
{
//create the intermediate plugin
result = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService(usb_service,
kIOUSBDeviceUserClientTypeID, kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID, &plugin,
&score);
//get the device interface
hres = (*plugin)->QueryInterface(plugin,
CFUUIDGetUUIDBytes(kIOUSBDeviceInterfaceID245), (void**)&dev);
//release the plugin - no further need for it
IODestroyPlugInInterface(plugin);
//double check ids for correctness
result = (*dev)->GetDeviceVendor(dev, &vendor);
result = (*dev)->GetDeviceProduct(dev, &product);
if ((vendor != DEMI_VENDOR_ID) || (product != DEMI_PRODUCT_ID))
{
continue;
}
//set up interface find request
request.bInterfaceClass = kIOUSBFindInterfaceDontCare;
request.bInterfaceSubClass = kIOUSBFindInterfaceDontCare;
request.bInterfaceProtocol = kIOUSBFindInterfaceDontCare;
request.bAlternateSetting = kIOUSBFindInterfaceDontCare;
result = (*dev)->CreateInterfaceIterator(dev, &request, &intf_iterator);
while ((usb_interface = IOIteratorNext(intf_iterator)))
{
//create intermediate plugin
result = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService(usb_interface,
kIOUSBInterfaceUserClientTypeID, kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID, &plugin,
&score);
//release the usb interface - not needed
result = IOObjectRelease(usb_interface);
//get the general interface interface
hres = (*plugin)->QueryInterface(plugin, CFUUIDGetUUIDBytes(
kIOUSBInterfaceInterfaceID245), (void**)&intf);
//release the plugin interface
IODestroyPlugInInterface(plugin);
//attempt to open the interface
result = (*intf)->USBInterfaceOpen(intf);
//check that the interrupt endpoints are available on this interface
//calling 0xff invalid...
m_input_pipe = 0xff; //UInt8, pipe from device to Mac
m_output_pipe = 0xff; //UInt8, pipe from Mac to device
result = (*intf)->GetNumEndpoints(intf, &interface_endpoint_count);
if (!result)
{
//check endpoints for direction, type, etc.
//note that pipe_ref == 0 is the control endpoint (we don't want it)
for (pipe_ref = 1; pipe_ref <= interface_endpoint_count; pipe_ref++)
{
result = (*intf)->GetPipeProperties(intf, pipe_ref, &direction,
&number, &transfer_type, &max_packet_size, &interval);
if (result)
{
break;
}
if (transfer_type == kUSBInterrupt)
{
if (direction == kUSBIn)
{
m_input_pipe = pipe_ref;
}
else if (direction == kUSBOut)
{
m_output_pipe = pipe_ref;
}
}
}
}
//set up async completion notifications
result = (*m_intf)->CreateInterfaceAsyncEventSource(m_intf,
&compl_event_source);
CFRunLoopAddSource(CFRunLoopGetCurrent(), compl_event_source,
kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
break;
}
break;
}
}
At this point we should have the numbers of the interrupt endpoints and an open IOUSBInterfaceInterface to the device. An asynchronous writing of data can be done by calling something like:
result = (intf)->WritePipeAsync(intf, m_output_pipe,
data, OUTPUT_DATA_BUF_SZ, device_write_completion,
NULL);
where data is a char buffer of data to write, the final parameter is an optional context object to pass into the callback, and device_write_completion is a static method with the following general form:
void DemiUSBDevice::device_write_completion(void* context,
IOReturn result, void* arg0)
{
//...
}
reading from the interrupt endpoint is similar:
result = (intf)->ReadPipeAsync(intf, m_input_pipe,
data, INPUT_DATA_BUF_SZ, device_read_completion,
NULL);
where device_read_completion is of the following form:
void DemiUSBDevice::device_read_completion(void* context,
IOReturn result, void* arg0)
{
//...
}
Note that to receive these callbacks the run loop must be running (see this link for more information about the CFRunLoop). One way to achieve this is to call CFRunLoopRun() after calling the async read or write methods at which point the main thread blocks while the run loop runs. After handling your callback you can call CFRunLoopStop(CFRunLoopGetCurrent()) to stop the run loop and hand execution back to the main thread.
Another alternative (which I do in my code) is to pass a context object (named 'request' in the following code sample) into the WritePipeAsync/ReadPipeAsync methods - this object contains a boolean completion flag (named 'is_done' in this example). After calling the read/write method, instead of calling CFRunLoopRun(), something like the following can be executed:
while (!(request->is_done))
{
//run for 1/10 second to handle events
Boolean returnAfterSourceHandled = false;
CFTimeInterval seconds = 0.1;
CFStringRef mode = kCFRunLoopDefaultMode;
CFRunLoopRunInMode(mode, seconds, returnAfterSourceHandled);
}
This has the benefit that if you have other threads that use the run loop you won't prematurely exit should another thread stop the run loop...
I hope that this is helpful to people. I had to pull from many incomplete sources to solve this problem and this required considerable work to get running well...
After reading this question a few times and thinking about it for a bit, I thought of another solution for emulating blocking read behavior, but using the HID manager instead of replacing it.
A blocking read function can register an input callback for the device, register the device on the current run loop, and then block by calling CFRunLoopRun(). The input callback can then copy the report into a shared buffer and call CFRunLoopStop(), which causes CFRunLoopRun() to return, thereby unblocking read(). Then, read() can return the report to the caller.
The first issue I can think of is the case where the device is already scheduled on a run loop. Scheduling and then unscheduling the device in the read function may have adverse affects. But that would only be a problem if the application is trying to use both synchronous and asynchronous calls on the same device.
The second thing that comes to mind is the case where the calling code already has a run loop running (Cocoa and Qt apps for example). But, the documentation for CFRunLoopStop() seems to indicate that nested calls to CFRunLoopRun() are handled properly. So, it should be ok.
Here's a bit of simplified code to go with that. I just implemented something similar in my HID Library and it seems to work, although I haven't tested it extensively.
/* An IN report callback that stops its run loop when called.
This is purely for emulating blocking behavior in the read() method */
static void input_oneshot(void* context,
IOReturn result,
void* deviceRef,
IOHIDReportType type,
uint32_t reportID,
uint8_t* report,
CFIndex length)
{
buffer_type *const buffer = static_cast<HID::buffer_type*>(context);
/* If the report is valid, copy it into the caller's buffer
The Report ID is prepended to the buffer so the caller can identify
the report */
if( buffer )
{
buffer->clear(); // Return an empty buffer on error
if( !result && report && deviceRef )
{
buffer->reserve(length+1);
buffer->push_back(reportID);
buffer->insert(buffer->end(), report, report+length);
}
}
CFRunLoopStop(CFRunLoopGetCurrent());
}
// Block while waiting for an IN interrupt report
bool read(buffer_type& buffer)
{
uint8_t _bufferInput[_lengthInputBuffer];
// Register a callback
IOHIDDeviceRegisterInputReportCallback(deviceRef, _bufferInput, _lengthInputBuffer, input_oneshot, &buffer);
// Schedule the device on the current run loop
IOHIDDeviceScheduleWithRunLoop(deviceRef, CFRunLoopGetCurrent(), kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
// Trap in the run loop until a report is received
CFRunLoopRun();
// The run loop has returned, so unschedule the device
IOHIDDeviceUnscheduleFromRunLoop(deviceRef, CFRunLoopGetCurrent(), kCFRunLoopDefaultMode);
if( buffer.size() )
return true;
return false;
}
I ran into this same kIOReturnExclusiveAccess. Instead of fighting it (building a kext, etc). I found the device and used the POSIX api's.
//My funcation was named differently, but I'm using this for continuity..
void DemiUSBDevice::device_attach_callback(void * context,
io_iterator_t iterator)
{
DeviceManager *deviceManager = (__bridge DADeviceManager *)context;
io_registry_entry_t device;
while ((device = IOIteratorNext(iterator))) {
CFTypeRef prop;
prop = IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty(device,
kIOServicePlane,
CFSTR(kIODialinDeviceKey),
kCFAllocatorDefault,
kIORegistryIterateRecursively);
if(prop){
deviceManager->devPath = (__bridge NSString *)prop;
[deviceManager performSelector:#selector(openDevice)];
}
}
}
once devPath is set you can call open and read/write..
int dfd;
dfd = open([devPath UTF8String], O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
if (dfd == -1) {
//Could not open the port.
NSLog(#"open_port: Unable to open %#", devPath);
return;
} else {
fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, 0);
}
I am developing a network monitor app that runs in background as a service. Is it possible to get a notification/call when the screen is turned on or off?
It exists in Android by using the following code:
private void registerScreenOnOffReceiver()
{
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON);
filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);
registerReceiver(screenOnOffReceiver, filter);
}
screenOnOffReceiver is then called when screen is turned on/off. Is there a similar solution for iOS?
Edit:
The best I've found so far is UIApplicationProtectedDataWillBecomeUnavailable ( Detect if iPhone screen is on/off ) but it require the user to enable Data Protection (password protection) on the device.
You can use Darwin notifications, to listen for the events. I'm not 100% sure, but it looks to me, from running on a jailbroken iOS 5.0.1 iPhone 4, that one of these events might be what you need:
com.apple.iokit.hid.displayStatus
com.apple.springboard.hasBlankedScreen
com.apple.springboard.lockstate
Update: also, the following notification is posted when the phone locks (but not when it unlocks):
com.apple.springboard.lockcomplete
To use this, register for the event like this (this registers for just one event, but if that doesn't work for you, try the others):
CFNotificationCenterAddObserver(CFNotificationCenterGetDarwinNotifyCenter(), //center
NULL, // observer
displayStatusChanged, // callback
CFSTR("com.apple.iokit.hid.displayStatus"), // event name
NULL, // object
CFNotificationSuspensionBehaviorDeliverImmediately);
where displayStatusChanged is your event callback:
static void displayStatusChanged(CFNotificationCenterRef center, void *observer, CFStringRef name, const void *object, CFDictionaryRef userInfo) {
NSLog(#"event received!");
// you might try inspecting the `userInfo` dictionary, to see
// if it contains any useful info
if (userInfo != nil) {
CFShow(userInfo);
}
}
If you really want this code to run in the background as a service, and you're jailbroken, I would recommend looking into iOS Launch Daemons. As opposed to an app that you simply let run in the background, a launch daemon can start automatically after a reboot, and you don't have to worry about iOS rules for apps running tasks in the background.
Let us know how this works!
Using the lower-level notify API you can query the lockstate when a notification is received:
#import <notify.h>
int notify_token;
notify_register_dispatch("com.apple.springboard.lockstate", ¬ify_token, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(int token) {
uint64_t state = UINT64_MAX;
notify_get_state(token, &state);
NSLog(#"com.apple.springboard.lockstate = %llu", state);
});
Of course your app will have to start a UIBackgroundTask in order to get the notifications, which limits the usefulness of this technique due to the limited runtime allowed by iOS.
While iPhone screen is locked appdelegate method
"- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application"
will be called you can check that. Hope it may help you.
My cocoa app runs background tasks, which I would like to stop when the user becomes idle (no keyboard/mouse input) and then resume when the user becomes active again. Is there a way to register for idle-state notifications?
In case you can't link to Carbon (ie. you want to compile x86_64 bit binary) you can wrap this function (which returns current idle time in seconds resolution as double - CFTimeInterval) in a timer:
#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
CFTimeInterval CFDateGetIdleTimeInterval() {
mach_port_t port;
io_iterator_t iter;
CFTypeRef value = kCFNull;
uint64_t idle = 0;
CFMutableDictionaryRef properties = NULL;
io_registry_entry_t entry;
IOMasterPort(MACH_PORT_NULL, &port);
IOServiceGetMatchingServices(port, IOServiceMatching("IOHIDSystem"), &iter);
if (iter) {
if ((entry = IOIteratorNext(iter))) {
if (IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperties(entry, &properties, kCFAllocatorDefault, 0) == KERN_SUCCESS && properties) {
if (CFDictionaryGetValueIfPresent(properties, CFSTR("HIDIdleTime"), &value)) {
if (CFGetTypeID(value) == CFDataGetTypeID()) {
CFDataGetBytes(value, CFRangeMake(0, sizeof(idle)), (UInt8 *) &idle);
} else if (CFGetTypeID(value) == CFNumberGetTypeID()) {
CFNumberGetValue(value, kCFNumberSInt64Type, &idle);
}
}
CFRelease(properties);
}
IOObjectRelease(entry);
}
IOObjectRelease(iter);
}
return idle / 1000000000.0;
}
You'll need to link your code to IOKit.framework
There's a Carbon API that will send a notification when there hasn't been a user event after a certain duration called EventLoopIdleTimer. Uli Kusterer has written a Cocoa wrapper for here (look for UKIdleTimer).
If you want something lower level, you may be able to implement the behavior you want with a combination of timers and the CoreGraphics function CGEventSourceSecondsSinceLastEventType (available in <CoreGraphics/CGEventSource.h>).
Apple's Technical Q&A QA1340 Registering and unregistering for sleep and wake notifications may be what you are looking for.
If you need more control than NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification (Listing 1), use I/O Kit and register to receive power notifications (Listing 3).
I used a different approach.
Subclassing UIApplication I override the sendEvent method filtering touches (actually you can filter any kind of event, acceleration, touches, etc.).
Using a shared variable and a background timer I managed the "idle".
Every time the user touch the screen the variable is set with current timeInterval (current time).
The timer fire method checks for the elapsed time since last touch, if greater than the threshold (in my case was around 90seconds) you can POST your own notification.
I used this simple approach to create a custom set of apps that after some idle time automatically call the "screensaver" app.
Nothing clever, it just do the job.
Hope that helps.