NSURLSession not working on tvOS?

Question

I have this method to get the contents of an URL on TV:

-(void)placeGetRequestForDeveloperID:(NSString *)developerID andRunOnCompletion:(void (^)(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error))ourBlock {

  NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=%@&entity=software", developerID];

  NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
  NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];

  NSURLSessionConfiguration *config = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
  NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sessionWithConfiguration:config];

  [session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:ourBlock];

}

The completion block is never called.

NSURLSession is allowed on tvOS. Is there something I have to set on the project, like entitlements or something on the Info.plist to make this work? Is this code OK?

Thanks!

Answer 1

By default, when you create the task, it's suspended. You have to start the task by calling resume.

[[session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:ourBlock] resume]