My iPhone application establishes a TCP connection through wifi to a remote server. However, if there is no user activity for a certain time, the device closes wifi and drops the connection. Is it possible to prevent it? I need the connection to be persistent while the application is running. Setting setIdleTimerDisabled:YES doesn't help - it prevents the screen to go off, but still the wifi is closed.
Do you know if this is possible and how to achieve it?
Table 1-3 Important keys in the Info.plist file
UIRequiresPersistentWiFi:
A Boolean value that notifies the system that the application uses the Wi-Fi network for communication. Applications that use Wi-Fi for any period of time must set this key to true; otherwise, after 30 minutes, the device shuts down Wi-Fi connections to save power. Setting this flag also lets the system know that it should display the network selection dialog when Wi-Fi is available but not currently being used. The default value is false.