wt0 wrote: 
> 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.
> 
> Basically there's no way to for an app to maintain a network connection
> while in the background.
> 
> There is one exception to the background running rule and that is
> location apps, but turning on the location system just to play music is
> going to drain the battery very quickly.

Ah, I sort of understand - so the real limitation is the network
connection or communication.
Streaming of a radio station seems OK, but I suppose once the connection
is made there is no work for the app to do.



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