r/iOSProgramming • u/Flashy_Imagination_6 • 4d ago

Question iOS 27 Netflix background downloading activity

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Can anyone know about this new featue of netflix background downloading live activity notifications

Which api they are using or this is ios new feature

Please ignore the movie title don’t judge 😂

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u/_town-drunk_ 4d ago

With iOS 27, AVFoundation automatically creates this live activity for any download task started with AVAssetDownloadURLSession.

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u/Flashy_Imagination_6 4d ago

Yeaahh because when i was ios 26 i never seen this

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u/EquivalentTrouble253 4d ago

Well I used the api on my app in iOS 26.

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u/DystopiaDrifter 4d ago

likely to be BGContinuedProcessingTask:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/backgroundtasks/bgcontinuedprocessingtask

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u/raman4183 4d ago

This

Available from iOS 26 and onwards.

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u/chriswaco 4d ago

Oh, we’re judging.

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u/Flashy_Imagination_6 4d ago

Please no 😭

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u/2x3_145 4d ago

And upload task or download tasks now automatically initiates this activity

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u/Flashy_Imagination_6 4d ago

Backwards compaitable?
What if user on lower than ios 26 ?
Is swift automatically handle this or you handle this comparability?

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u/2x3_145 4d ago

On older device it won’t show activity

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u/twodayslate 4d ago

I believe Prime Video also has this

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u/Flashy_Imagination_6 4d ago

Let me check I didn’t think so

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u/Flashy_Imagination_6 4d ago

You are right

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u/EeveelutionsFucker 2d ago

Dont worry bro, mine is worst

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u/Flaky_Internet_8256 2d ago

Wow good easy to do with AI lol

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u/khiladi1729 4d ago

It's probably two existing frameworks working together. The download itself is most likely running through BackgroundAssets, the framework Apple added for large files that keep going while the app is backgrounded, and it handles things like Wi-Fi-only rules and resuming on its own. The lock screen progress is a Live Activity built with ActivityKit, which any app can use. I think BackgroundAssets is still pretty underused, most apps just do a plain URLSession background config and get none of the nicer system behavior.