Android vendors, don’t kill my app

Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by tinus_hn on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:03AM (#18902400)

For some basic use cases, like notifications and downloads, there is a special system or api that allows your app to do that in the background without actually running.

If you want to play audio or track gps in the background you need to do things yourself though.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by simonh on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:55AM (#18902595)

OK, hence the Facebook issue where they played a silent audio track to keep their app active. I'd forgotten about that, thanks.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by vxNsr on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:38PM (#18905754)

Wow, that sucks is again super user hostile, I'm so happy I removed their app.

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