Please tell me there is a way to activate and keep an app running if the phone screen is locked/minimized app?
I’ve seen android has this feature and it’s something I really need, surely apple has this feature it seems really simple I just can’t find how to do it.
Thanks!
iPhone X, iOS 14
Backgrounding is something that's up to the app itself.
For obvious power-saving reasons, Apple's developer notes recommend that apps either suspend or go idle when in the background, but of course that's not always appropriate, so the app developer needs to add hooks that tell the OS whether or not it will suspend.
The only user-level control you have over this is in Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh where you can enable/disable background processing if an app requests it. But the exact nature of what it will (or won't) do in the background is up to the developers themselves.
Backgrounding is something that's up to the app itself.
For obvious power-saving reasons, Apple's developer notes recommend that apps either suspend or go idle when in the background, but of course that's not always appropriate, so the app developer needs to add hooks that tell the OS whether or not it will suspend.
The only user-level control you have over this is in Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh where you can enable/disable background processing if an app requests it. But the exact nature of what it will (or won't) do in the background is up to the developers themselves.
"Surely the app is capable", do not assume that. The two apps are different running on Android and iOS. You would need to contact the developer to ask them if this is a feature of the iOS version. Only they could answer it.
What kind of app are you trying to run in the background that is not running. Minimizing an app does not always shut it down, it would depend if the app is designed to run in the background. Not all of them are.
Is just a game called osrs, I just assumed it would be possible because the screenshot from above is from a video showing somebody doing it successfully with the same app but on android, so surely the app is capable but need to figure out how on iOS
thanks
Continuously running app in background
