Uploads

[jyounus]

Hey,

Just wondering if you'd consider adding an upload functionality with most of the benefits you've currently got when downloading with Digger (resume even when the user quits the app etc)?

[ilyailya]

Hi, @jyounus!
I had a research about background uploading recently. It's more complicated than download.
For example you have large (i.e. 200 tasks) amount of background upload tasks. Some of them would complete, but time between start of each task would grow. And once next task wouldn't start at all. It's because the way iOS deal with networking.
Big guys like Dropbox use silent pushes and other hacks (like listening to user location change and firing new upload task on change) to upload large amount of data in background.

[jyounus]

How would this work if you only had a small amount of file uploads? Let's say max of 10? Would that still apply in that case? Or does this all depend on how large the files are that one would upload?

[ilyailya]

I believe it depends on amount of data in each task and maybe on type of connection (2ifi of cellular). Only way to be sure is to make a test app for this case.

Here some links about this:
Dropbox approach
My stackoverflow question
Some blogpost with general thoughts

[jyounus]

Ah okay, so unless there's better support for upload tasks from Apple, there's not much we can do. :(

Thanks for the info, will close this ticket.

[Rashesh-Bosamiya]

I appreciate your hard work for this open source library.
I just gave upvote on your stackoverflow question.

Thanks.

[cornerAnt]

@Rashesh-Bosamiya about uploads?

[cornerAnt]

@jyounus @ilyailya Is there a good solution about uploads?

[Rashesh-Bosamiya]

I am talking in general about this library. Your work, research & development and your efforts to create this library.

[cornerAnt]

@Rashesh-Bosamiya No sweat. :)