iOS background download stops on app close

[rinku-k]

When app goes to background, the content is still downloading. but when the app is closed in middle of download, the download also stops.

Is that bug in iOS or I am missing something?

[iwarner]

If the App is closed then there is no way that any app related code can run - so yes all actions would terminate. Unfortunately there is no AppClose event to listen to - only Pause
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/cordova/events/events.html

[rinku-k]

But in Android, we can hand over download to default download service after which the download will not stop even after closing the app. And it does work on Android. But similar thing does not work in iOS.

In this plugin it is mentioned in quirks that "If a download operation was completed when the application was closed, onSuccess callback is called right after the first startAsync() is called for the same uri, as if the file has been downloaded immediatly."

But in my case, the download is paused when app is in background and resumes only in when app is active. Hence, the download will never be completed in background when app is closed.