Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation

Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by soccerdave on Thursday October 22, 2015 @07:27PM (#10435875)

Doesn't an iOS app have to declare that it is going to do background audio? If so, what was their original legitimate use case for having background audio?

Edit: Here's a link to the apple docs that show apps have to declare what tasks they will perform in the background.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/iPhone...

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by eridius on Friday October 23, 2015 @01:10AM (#10436907)

Presumably so that way you can start playing a video, go into the background, and have the audio keep playing.

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by JoBrad on Thursday October 22, 2015 @09:40PM (#10436332)

It plays sounds when you interact with the app (liking a post, etc.)

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by soccerdave on Thursday October 22, 2015 @09:47PM (#10436363)

An app does not have to request the special permission to play background audio in order to play sounds.

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday October 22, 2015 @07:56PM (#10435995)

Audio calls, maybe?

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by i386 on Thursday October 22, 2015 @09:22PM (#10436282)

handled by the Messenger app these days. Not sure why they would need it in the Facebook app

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Re:Facebook iOS App Battery Explanation by mckiddy on Friday October 23, 2015 @02:34AM (#10437124)

Legacy code?

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