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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by lol768 on Monday January 14, 2019 @09:41AM (#18903268)
Getting messages requires an open TCP connection, hence it really is quite important (at least with IRC) that the app stays running in the background.
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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by JustSomeNobody on Monday January 14, 2019 @04:46PM (#18906839)
This is what the push message API in iOS is for. It wakes up the app when messages come in.
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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by lol768 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:46PM (#18926281)
> This is what the push message API in iOS is for. It wakes up the app when messages come in.

IRC isn't reliant on a proprietary push message API, though (be that provided by Apple or Google).

I'm sure there are long-lived bouncer plugins that will integrate with said APIs, but the core IRC protocol is not suited to or designed for devices that aren't capable of a long-lived connection.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by jabberthemutt on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:13PM (#18907473)
Which means there is a third party eavesdropping on chat.
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