And the "certain instances" when you can run things in the background are incredibly limited... You can finish network calls or set an alarm, for instance, but

And the "certain instances" when you can run things in the background are incredibly limited... You can finish network calls or set an alarm, for instance, but you can't actually run your app in the background. When Apple first announced multitasking, I was really excited, only to learn that it was more or less 4 new, very limited, API calls. IMO Apple pulled a bit of a bait and switch with the term "multitasking."