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I'm trying to get background tasks to work on IOS using c# and visual studio. I'm using the BGTaskScheduler framework. I first register a task when the app goes into background mode then it should hit after 2 minutes by setting:

EarliestBeginDate = (NSDate)DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(2)

The task is never triggered, so it's like the background tasks are not aware of the scheduled task. Has someone had a similar issue before? I'm using c# because I want most code to be the same on IOS and Android, if I do similar coding using SWIFT and xcode then it does work, just in Visual Studio using c# it does not work. Here is the code, its on github. : GitHub - sigthor/background.ping[^]

What I have tried:

This is my schedule proc:

private void ScheduleAppPing()
       {
           try
           {
               Analytics.TrackEvent("Scheduling location background task", new Dictionary<string, string> { { "user", App.User?.Id } });
               Debug.WriteLine("Scheduling location background task.");

               var request = new BGAppRefreshTaskRequest(PingTaskId)
               {
                   //EarliestBeginDate = (NSDate)DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(2) // Fetch no earlier than 10 minutes from now
                   //EarliestBeginDate = (NSDate)DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(30) // Fetch no earlier than 10 minutes from now
                   EarliestBeginDate = null
               };

               BGTaskScheduler.Shared.Submit(request, out NSError error);

               if (error != null)
               {
                   throw new Exception(error.LocalizedDescription);
               }
           }
           catch (Exception ex)
           {
               Crashes.TrackError(ex);
               Debug.WriteLine($"Error while trying to schedule a background task.: [{ex.Message}]");
           }
       }

and this is my handleapping event that should be called

private void HandleAppPing(BGAppRefreshTask task)
        {
            // Schedule the next task (Periodic scheduling)
            ScheduleAppPing();

            task.ExpirationHandler = () =>
            {
                task.SetTaskCompleted(false);
                urlSession.GetAllTasks((tasks) =>
                {
                    tasks.ForEach(t =>
                    {
                        t.Cancel();
                    });
                    urlSession.InvalidateAndCancel();
                });
                
            };

            Debug.WriteLine("Location ping started.");
            Analytics.TrackEvent("Location background task started", new Dictionary<string, string> { { "user", App.User?.Id } });

            try
            {
                var location = App.User?.LastLocation;
                if (location != null)
                {
                    var url = service.GenerateUpdateLocationUrl(App.User?.Id, location.Longitude, location.Latitude);

                    Analytics.TrackEvent("Location background url", new Dictionary<string, string> { { "user", App.User?.Id }, { "url", url } });
                                        
                    var urlRequest = NSUrlRequest.FromUrl(NSUrl.FromString(url));
                    urlSession.CreateDataTask(urlRequest, (data, response, error) => {
                        if (error != null)
                        {
                            var ex = new Exception(error.LocalizedDescription);
                            Crashes.TrackError(ex);
                            Debug.WriteLine($"Error while sending location in a background task.: [{ex.Message}]");

                            task.SetTaskCompleted(false);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            task.SetTaskCompleted(true);
                        }
                    });
                }
                else
                {
                    Analytics.TrackEvent("Location background task is missing the location!", new Dictionary<string, string> { { "user", App.User?.Id } });

                    task.SetTaskCompleted(false);
                }                
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Crashes.TrackError(ex);
                Debug.WriteLine("Error while updating location in scheduled background task.");

                task.SetTaskCompleted(false);
            }
        }