bonze wrote: 
> Doesn't appear to be a limitation, audio will play in the background
> including the lock screen.
> There are even player controls available with the phone still locked.
> 
> I quite often listen to music through headphones with my phone locked in
> my pocket.
> 
> It is also possible to browse the internet etc. with music playing in
> the background.

Music playing doesn't really count as an app working in the background
because it's not really the music app that's playing the music.  The
system provides a background music player that an app can pass a file
name or a url to.  The background music player only provides basic
playback controls and I think the app can also provide a callback object
for when the song ends.  The callback though has to be something called
a background agent and has severe limitations on what it can do and how
long it can run.

There is one exception to the background running rule and that is
location apps.



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