Test Background Task in Xcode

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:35:37 -0700

I am absolutely going to forget this (again) but if your app has a background task scheduled with BGTaskScheduler you can manually trigger it by pausing the app in the Xcode debugger and running the debug command

e -l objc -- (void)[[BGTaskScheduler sharedScheduler] _simulateLaunchForTaskWithIdentifier:@"com.your.domain.task-id"]

When you continue the app it will trigger your background task.

You have to do this on a real device since BGTaskScheduler is not present on simulators.

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Test Background Task in Xcode