Re:Ask HN: What Happened to iOS Widgets?
by toast0 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @01:00PM
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Can apps update the widgets when processing push notifications, in cases where they're allowed to run in response to pushes?
Re:Ask HN: What Happened to iOS Widgets?
by alin23 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @01:04PM
(#34468537)
Yes, they can. But the same 30s limit applies, they're not allowed to do a lot of work when being launched in the background.
Re:Ask HN: What Happened to iOS Widgets?
by sroussey on Saturday January 21, 2023 @01:33PM
(#34468839)
My crypto widget from Kraken is always 15m of less behind. At least that is what is says…
Re:Ask HN: What Happened to iOS Widgets?
by counttheforks on Saturday January 21, 2023 @02:19PM
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Meanwhile the purpose of widgets is that you dont have to open the app. So apple prevents successful widgets from working once you're used to them. Doomed to fail.
But other things come into play: if the app was not launched for a while, iOS schedules the tasks less and less often. Same thing happens if low power mode is used or if memory is needed for other apps.