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[Simos Xenitellis <simos.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Krzysztof Tataradziński
<ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So why Ubuntu making the same mistakes? ;)
>

I view that as a rhetorical question ;-).

"Multitasking" (ability to run in the background) for installed apps
on a mobile device is quite tricky
and the main issue is how to deal with misbehaving apps.
Those misbehaving apps that make use of "running in the background"
can effectively
drain the battery, make you unhappy and give you a bad view of the phone OS.
It is difficult to debug issues if you have to factor in the
possibility of some app running in the background.
I think that even the early iOS did not allow apps to run the
background, until they could
figure out how to do properly.

If you are a power user and you need the ability to allow certain apps
to run in the background,
then you can install the OpenStore at https://open.uappexplorer.com/apps
get Ubuntu Touch Tweak Tool and toggle the ability for specific apps
to run in the background.

Simos

> 2015-08-17 8:28 GMT+02:00 Roman Shchekin <mrqtros@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Services are must-have feature in mobile OS. Just remember Windows Phone 7
>> - only music player can work in background, that was terrible for users and
>> even more terrible for programmers!
>>
>> 2015-08-17 3:48 GMT+03:00 James Henstridge
>> <james.henstridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> On 17 August 2015 at 03:15, Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > 2015-08-15 18:58 GMT+02:00 Николай Шатохин <n.shatokhin@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> When can I wait true multitasking?
>>> >>
>>> >> How was alarm realised? I need alarm in my app.
>>> >>
>>> >> суббота, 15 августа 2015 г. пользователь Roman Zonov написал:
>>> >>
>>> >> > Hello. Alarm  - is more exception, than a rule, there is no
>>> >> > opportunity
>>> >> > at the moment to make an app working in background.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I'm also little worried why only Clock alarm can work and ring even
>>> > when we
>>> > swipe down and close app. Why other apps can't do that? Is it security
>>> > issue
>>> > or something else? I think that blocks lot of cool features (and new
>>> > apps
>>> > that could be developed).
>>>
>>> The clock application closes just like any other application when you
>>> swipe it away.  The reason your alarms still function is because the
>>> application is essentially just acting as a front-end to configure the
>>> alarms: they are actually managed by a shell component
>>> (indicator-datetime, IIRC).
>>>
>>> It'd be nice to have some kind of general purpose background
>>> processing mode for applications, but it isn't available at this time.
>>>
>>> James.
>>>
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