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How to detect user pressing HOME key in iOS?


It is very important to know when user is pressing home key as it puts the application to background, here we will be seeing how to identify or get a call when user presses home key.

In you AppDelegate.swift, there are delegates methods.

Open your AppDelegate.swift and in applicationWillResignActive(_ application: UIApplication) and applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication), write print statement and put a breakpoint as shown.

How to detect user pressing HOME key in iOS?

Run the application, once the app is launch tap the home button, applicationWillResignActive will be called and then applicationDidEnterBackground.