Previously it was stated that the iPhone wouldn’t support tasks or apps running in the background, this was due to high battery and memory usage.
Some sources suspected that firmware build 5A258f does support apps running in the background.
However if we read the new SDK documentation well, this speculation gets rather quickly demolished.
When an application is inactive, it is executing but is not dispatching incoming events. This occurs when an overlay window pops up or when the device is locked.
Only one iPhone application can run at a time, and third-party applications never run in the background. This means that when users switch to another application, answer the phone, or check their email, the application they are using quits.
So far dreaming of a native chat or gps app :(
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