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0 pointsst3fan11y ago0 comments

iOS apps do not (can not) "start a background process to receive notifications".

Notifications are globally handled by the OS over a single dedicated optimized connection. And then dispatched to the individual applications.

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And i think Google introduced an API in 5.0 that offers a opt in to something similar.

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0 pointsst3fan11y ago0 comments

iOS apps do not (can not) "start a background process to receive notifications".

Notifications are globally handled by the OS over a single dedicated optimized connection. And then dispatched to the individual applications.

And i think Google introduced an API in 5.0 that offers a opt in to something similar.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse