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It's ridiculous that iOS doesn't offer an API for scheduled background tasks. The clever tricks developers use to solve this problem (geofencing, silent audio[1
by conroy 14y ago
It's ridiculous that iOS doesn't offer an API for scheduled background tasks. The clever tricks developers use to solve this problem (geofencing, silent audio[1], etc.) shouldn't be necessary.
[1]: http://www.148apps.com/news/silence-golden-pastebot/ http://www.148apps.com/news/silence-golden-pastebot/
- aw3c2 14y agoI tried to get a friend to use XMPP/Jabber for free (private, secure) text messaging but it failed because of this. Improved my impression that iOS is not capable of much while being pretty good at what it can.