On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.da...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2014-06-05 at 20:03 +0200, Thomas Voß wrote: >> Good catch, the more important question is: Why are two apps running >> in parallel? >> Our lifecycle policy does not allow for that. > > Well, if my understanding of the policy and its implementation is > correct, then they are stopped/suspend, and simply waiting for the > signal to resume when the user taps on the app under "Recent" or > switches with the right-edge swipe. > > Also, the policy is very frustrating. It means it is not easy, if not > wholly impossible, to write certain classes of applications, that need > to continue running in the background for valid reasons; including > several apps that I was wanting to write. :( >
We have had in-depth discussions about this specific policy decision on this list. While it is strict it also allows us to guarantee great battery life no matter which applications are installed. And: we all agreed that we will factor out certain type of background tasks into system services to support common use-cases like navigation apps or Instant Messaging services. If you have concrete ideas for additional system services, I would propose kicking off a new thread on this list. Cheers, Thomas -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
