A new iPhone application called Backgrounder has brought the functionality we’ve all been waiting for to the iPhone: running apps in the background. It’s only available for jailbroken iPhones (via Cydia), but ironically Backgrounder only promises to work with official App Store applications.
The developer warns that other 3rd party apps may have fiddled with the backgrounding code, causing potential snafus: “If you wish to run a non-AppStore 3rd-party application in the background, it is suggested that you contact the author of the application and request that proper background support be added.”
Users must also configure a custom preference file to enable the backgrounding for specific apps (instructions HERE).
And lastly, prepare for some serious battery drainage and possible sluggish iPhone performance.
Still, leaving your chat client open while you listen to Pandora Radio while your favorite LBS network updates while playing Spore Origins sounds pretty appealing (if not exhausting!).
YES!
Finally!
Could this work with pedometer apps?
@Greg: I would assume so.. I’ll download tonight and report back tomorrow
@Greg: I tested it with StepTrak Lite. StepTrak looks like it saves and closes when it senses the home button pressed, so even throwing it in the background it closes when you try to go back to SpringBoard. I don’t own the other pedometer apps, so I can’t test those for you.
I am trying to use the tutorial in their website to make application to run on background by defult but I have trouble creating a .plist file. Does anybody know how to do that?
how r doing
Whats the repository sitr for it?
Hi,
Any reference for developing background application?
I thaught multi processing is not possible in iPhone. Is it really works or get stick with it??
No it’s not. User would be more than willing to deal with a shorter battery life if allowed to run apps in the background.