How to use background task using Swift 3?

Question

I am new in background tasks. I have a small work that I am fetching tweets and If my app is in background mode then also it should fetch tweets, but I don't know how.

I am using simply Timer in Appdelegate didFinishLaunchOption Method. When I will close the app then it's not working. I am new in that so please any suggestion. Here below is my code:

Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 10, target: self, selector: #selector(getTweets), userInfo: nil, repeats: true). 

func getTweets() {

    let locationName = Helper.sharedInstance.userDefault.value(forKey: ModelKey.currentLocation) as? String

    let accessToken = Helper.sharedInstance.userDefault.value(forKey: ModelKey.twitterAccessToken) as? String

    if (locationName == "Bengaluru" && nil != accessToken) || (locationName == "Bangalore" && nil != accessToken){
        tweetModel.getTweets(accessToken: accessToken!, city: ModelKey.blrcitytraffic, cityName: "Bengaluru")
    }
}

Text to speech is also there but when I will close the app then it stops speaking. If I am not using app then also it can fetch tweets and text to speech should work using a background mode. How long does that work?

How to use background task using Swift 3?

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