Background Processes Coming In 3.0 iPhone Software?

Michael Johnston · February 3rd, 2009, 12:25 PM

At WWDC, Apple announced that they would be providing developers with a "push notification" service, allowing them to notify users of new data without having to keep said app running. The solution would be a perfect fit for twitter, instant message, and other such applications. It was supposed to be available last September, although we haven't heard anything on the service since its announcement.

According to MacRumors, Apple may be considering background processes after all.

All third party applications are currently not allowed to run in the background. Once you return to the home screen, every third party application is required to be completely shut down. Apple made this choice to protect the phone from complications which could arise from a lack of memory in the device and poorly written code.

However as MacRumors points out, something is holding up push notifications. They're not sure what it might be, although they've heard that Apple may allow several third-party applications to run background processes. The processes would be user-selected and would likely come as a part of the rumored 3.0 software update. MacRumors also believes that the next generation iPhone would be less restrictive due to improved hardware capabilities.

chaddesignsndev · **Background proccesses** - February 3rd, 2009, 02:15 PM #2

Ain't that the iPhone needs for a copy and paste?

Stephen007 · February 3rd, 2009, 04:56 PM #3

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Originally Posted by chaddesignsndev

Ain't that the iPhone needs for a copy and paste?

True copy & paste should probably be implemented by Apple directly in the OS. But yes, you're right that copy & paste needs to IMO run as a background process. The problem is that even if you could download a legit app that ran in the background to copy & paste it would be taking data from other applications. I'm sure that's not allowed in the SDK.

hal128 · February 3rd, 2009, 09:59 PM #4

Exciting! I hope so. I'd bet the economy is holding up push notifications. Apple probably learned their lesson the hard way with MobileMe. They're not Google; they suck at online stuff like that. It's way cheaper and smarter to just let the iPhone check stuff itself, but I bet it'll KILL the battery

asmanthebell · **Sweet!** - March 7th, 2009, 06:13 AM #5

About time Apple wow apps finally will have some background freedom i.e messengers or GPS apps sweet go Apple!

NewGuy · March 17th, 2009, 01:34 PM #6

watching a live blog and this is the word on background processing

" How does it work? Notifications pass through an Apple server and are then passed to a phone. You can pass badges (letting users know if things are waiting for them, like IMs), audio alerts, or text-message alerts. "The reason we're doing this is because it scales." Forstall also says this is optimized for mobile networks, which was probably a concern on the part of Apple's carrier partners when they discussed true background processing."

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Michael Johnston This is my fricken site, durrrr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 2,692 Thanks: 11 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Background Processes Coming In 3.0 iPhone Software? - February 3rd, 2009, 12:25 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> At WWDC, Apple announced that they would be providing developers with a "push notification" service, allowing them to notify users of new data without having to keep said app running. The solution would be a perfect fit for twitter, instant message, and other such applications. It was supposed to be available last September, although we haven't heard anything on the service since its announcement. According to MacRumors, Apple may be considering background processes after all. All third party applications are currently not allowed to run in the background. Once you return to the home screen, every third party application is required to be completely shut down. Apple made this choice to protect the phone from complications which could arise from a lack of memory in the device and poorly written code. However as MacRumors points out, something is holding up push notifications. They're not sure what it might be, although they've heard that Apple may allow several third-party applications to run background processes. The processes would be user-selected and would likely come as a part of the rumored 3.0 software update. MacRumors also believes that the next generation iPhone would be less restrictive due to improved hardware capabilities. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: White 32GB iPhone 3GS iPhone Version: Whatever the latest is because I'm crazy like that. Computer & OS: 15" Unibody MacBook Pro + OS X Leopard 10.5 AIM: iPhoneAlley twitter: MichaelJohnston

chaddesignsndev Forum Lurker Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Background proccesses - February 3rd, 2009, 02:15 PM #2
	Ain't that the iPhone needs for a copy and paste?

hal128 iPA Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Discovery Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	February 3rd, 2009, 09:59 PM #4
	Exciting! I hope so. I'd bet the economy is holding up push notifications. Apple probably learned their lesson the hard way with MobileMe. They're not Google; they suck at online stuff like that. It's way cheaper and smarter to just let the iPhone check stuff itself, but I bet it'll KILL the battery __________________ 00110010 00110000 00110000 00110001 00111010 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010011 01110000 01100001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100100 01111001 01110011 01110011 01100101 01111001 Last edited by hal128; February 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 PM.

asmanthebell New Recruit Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Crossways Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sweet! - March 7th, 2009, 06:13 AM #5
	About time Apple wow apps finally will have some background freedom i.e messengers or GPS apps sweet go Apple! __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: Black 8GB iPhone 3G iPhone Version: 3.0 B3 Hacks: None Computer & OS: Windows 7.0 PC, Laptop iPhone Official OS 3.1 Beta Windows 7.0 Quad-Core PC Windows 7.0 Dual-Core Laptop

NewGuy iPA Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 79 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	March 17th, 2009, 01:34 PM #6
	watching a live blog and this is the word on background processing " How does it work? Notifications pass through an Apple server and are then passed to a phone. You can pass badges (letting users know if things are waiting for them, like IMs), audio alerts, or text-message alerts. "The reason we're doing this is because it scales." Forstall also says this is optimized for mobile networks, which was probably a concern on the part of Apple's carrier partners when they discussed true background processing."