On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > * The fact that Google is hiring developers to whip up sexy apps is > > good for top developers, but could suggest that Android in and of > > itself has not been a sufficient lure. > > On the other hand, those developers would be on equal terms as 3'rd > part developers. Correct me if I am wrong, only Apple employees are > allowed to do real multi-threaded apps? (Which makes me wonder, how > will the next iPhone scale performance on multi-core A9 and A15 class > SoC's?) > > No only Apple is allowed to deliver background running capable apps. Everyone else must write foreground only apps, which are notified and eventually killed after a shutdown grace period whenever someone hits the home button or similar. Apple apps on the other hand dont die they just live in the background and keep executing if they want. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
