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[Christian Rupp <grissi.rupp@xxxxxxxxx>]

IOS and windows phone have a very similar approach to what Ubuntu touch
will have in 14.04 as far as I understood :
Apps will freeze when they loose focus which improves overall performance
and battery life. Apps can use services for some tasks like alerts,
downloads, sound and notifications.

Android has full multitasking. It quits apps only when the system runs out
of memory. Developers can write services which will start at boot and
cannot be killed by users easily

Christian
Am 29.09.2013 13:49 schrieb "Jodie Robinson" <jodiematthewrobinson@xxxxxxxxx
>:

> On my Android Whatsapp has a running program and a service. Does anyone
> know how this works on something like Windows phone or the iPhone where I
> hear there is no support for true multitasking?
> On 29 Sep 2013 13:44, "Christian Rupp" <grissi.rupp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 29.09.2013 13:17 schrieb "Florian Will" <florian.will@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >
>> > Am 29.09.2013 12:48 schrieb "Jodie Robinson" <
>> jodiematthewrobinson@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I seem to remember reading a thread in this list about no app being
>> able to run in the background, so how would WhatsApp get any messages when
>> you're doing something else?
>> > > I'm not familiar with any touch code, but I see this as a problem, or
>> am I missing something?
>> >
>> > I think you're right. The Ubuntu music app for example needs a special
>> whitelist exception so it keeps running if the user switches apps. So
>> whatsapp for 13.10 would be very limited I guess.
>> >
>>
>> I don't know whether whatsapp uses push notifications but AFAIK there
>> will be a push system service in Ubuntu touch which can be used by all
>> applications to receive messages even if the app is stopped or killed
>>
>> > > Also I would expect whatsapp to be ported over sometime anyway.
>> >
>> > If Ubuntu touch gains some decent market share, I believe whatsapp will
>> offer an official app soon. Gaining that market share might take some time
>> though..
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Florian
>> >
>> >
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