How to exit an iOS app without it looking like a crash? - Swift

closeAppElegantly.swift

func showMessageResetApp(){
        let exitAppAlert = UIAlertController(title: "Restart is needed",
                                             message: "We need to restart the app on your first login to the app.\n Please reopen the app after this.",
                                             preferredStyle: .alert)
        
        let resetApp = UIAlertAction(title: "Close Now", style: .destructive) {
            (alert) -> Void in
                // home button pressed programmatically - to thorw app to background
                UIControl().sendAction(#selector(URLSessionTask.suspend), to: UIApplication.shared, for: nil)
                // terminaing app in background
                DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(1), execute: {
                    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS)
                })
        }
        
        let laterAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Later", style: .cancel) {
            (alert) -> Void in
            self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
        }
        
        exitAppAlert.addAction(resetApp)
        exitAppAlert.addAction(laterAction)
        present(exitAppAlert, animated: true, completion: nil)
	
}

I should note, apple will probably reject the app still. exiting the app (and presumably resetting) is straight up not allowed in the app store rules.

Don't use this.

This is bad practice and will definitely be rejected by Apple!