XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Jim Whitby   
    wrote:   
      
   > > there are shitloads of obd apps for ios, some of which run in the   
   > > background without the need to launch an app every single time,   
   > > something not possible on android. i've written obd apps and am *very*   
   > > familiar with what can and cannot be done.   
   >   
   > Really? Where do you get your information/education?   
      
   from writing mobile apps that do exactly what i described.   
      
   > Wherever you got your information/education it needs updating to reality.   
      
   it's up to date.   
      
   > I have several apps on my Android phone that run in the background just   
   > fine. No intervention required by me.   
      
   you might be thinking about ordinary apps running in the background.   
      
   that's *not* what i'm talking about.   
      
   what i'm specifically referring to are apps that automatically connect   
   and communicate with bluetooth devices entirely in the background, in   
   particular, without the user needing to separately launch an app at   
   all. this isn't specific to obd either.   
      
   the moment the bluetooth device comes within range of the user's   
   iphone, ios will automatically auto-launch the app directly into the   
   background if needed with no user interaction whatsoever, at which   
   point the app starts doing whatever the app was designed to do.   
      
   this happens regardless of when the app was last launched, even if the   
   phone has been rebooted.   
      
   android can't do that.   
      
   some of the apps might need to be used in the foreground, such as an   
   obd app displaying fault codes, however the app is already linked and   
   communicating long before it's launched.   
      
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