@YvesOfWinter Agreed. I actually do a bit of developing on Android. Let me tell you the Android OS actually does something very similar to this. Apps enter a state of "limbo" in which it's not guaranteed your app will return to a running state. So the book I'm learning from recommends you save your state before you go into that "limbo" state. Because if the systems deems it necessary your app will be killed.
@YvesOfWinter Yeah, I don't mind this so much either. Even Windows Mobile 6 had problems with background tasks swamping the processor so that streaming music while doing other things could lead to skips.
Full streaming while doing other things would be nice but I can't think of the last time I did anything that involved a background process that couldn't be "paused" while I was doing other things.
Still doesn't makeup for no Copy/Paste. Android it is.
@YvesOfWinter *phew* Glad you cleared that up. This is actually a RELIEF, guys. I'm so glad that I won't be able to multitask, what a weight off my shoulders. For a second there I thought it was a huge problem but I guess I was wrong.
@Ysleiro You can actually write your app as a service and that way it won't hit that limbo state and continue running in the background. BTW, loving that Dominican flag.
I guess the fact that the only smartphone I've used is an iPhone, which I hate, makes me, while saddened, think: "at least it's better than what I have now."
While it's not as good as the multitasking that I love on webos, it's better than nothing.
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This is actually a relief. As long as my progress is saved automatically, and I can easily get back to my app, I'm satisfied.
@YvesOfWinter Agreed. I actually do a bit of developing on Android. Let me tell you the Android OS actually does something very similar to this. Apps enter a state of "limbo" in which it's not guaranteed your app will return to a running state. So the book I'm learning from recommends you save your state before you go into that "limbo" state. Because if the systems deems it necessary your app will be killed.
@YvesOfWinter
Yeah, I don't mind this so much either. Even Windows Mobile 6 had problems with background tasks swamping the processor so that streaming music while doing other things could lead to skips.
Full streaming while doing other things would be nice but I can't think of the last time I did anything that involved a background process that couldn't be "paused" while I was doing other things.
Still doesn't makeup for no Copy/Paste. Android it is.
@YvesOfWinter
*phew* Glad you cleared that up. This is actually a RELIEF, guys. I'm so glad that I won't be able to multitask, what a weight off my shoulders. For a second there I thought it was a huge problem but I guess I was wrong.
@Ysleiro You can actually write your app as a service and that way it won't hit that limbo state and continue running in the background. BTW, loving that Dominican flag.
@tonicboy
I guess the fact that the only smartphone I've used is an iPhone, which I hate, makes me, while saddened, think: "at least it's better than what I have now."
While it's not as good as the multitasking that I love on webos, it's better than nothing.
@tonicboy
And I went into this with a sense of pessimism, so I thought there might be NOTHING like this at all.