04-26-2012, 11:51 AM | #31 |
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read somewhere yesterday that Android is OS that benefits biggest from processor advances. windows mobile and ios run different.
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04-26-2012, 02:03 PM | #32 |
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Android has true multitasking. iOS has a half-baked multitasking solution (though it's obviously relative, what I call "half-baked" Apple calls "multitasking as it's supposed to be", which I interpret to mean "the way we want it to be"). I don't know about Windows. The Linux kernel in Android can certainly make use of all the CPU cores.
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04-26-2012, 02:32 PM | #34 | |
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I reckon a select few Android users care (mostly ones who can be found on enthusiast forums such as XDA - myself included ) but for majority of users, I don't think it matters one way or another. |
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04-27-2012, 02:22 AM | #35 | |
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There is this "Cornerstone" hack which is supposed to provide real multitasking with 3 open windows at the same time. I didn't give it a thorough test drive yet. Windows Mobile 5 and 6, those had real multitasking. Last edited by HansTWN; 04-27-2012 at 02:29 AM. |
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The behaviour you describe is probably intentional, to stop the video when you tab out of the app so you can resume at the same spot you were. |
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04-28-2012, 12:01 AM | #38 | |
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The logical thing would be to just let the video continue in the background (the user could always pause it himself, if he wanted to), just like in Windows or in WebOS. Only when you switch to take a phone call should there be an automatic pausing of background video. I have no detailed knowledge of the deeper workings of Android, but I have yet to see real multi-tasking being implemented (except for music players). Perhaps the system supports it but almost no application does? Which would leave us no better off, of course. |
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The services, as I described earlier, are not paused when the application loses focus. This is how you can have a download in the background, with the application (browser, or dropbox) not having focus. A music player works in the same way, it has a service running in the background to stream the music, which runs regardless of focus. Any activity can have one or multiple background services that would continue to run (if so chosen) after losing focus. A well designed app will listen for focus events and act accordingly - by pausing its services if needed. |
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Sadly, Android doesn't give us a choice here. |
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05-02-2012, 08:03 PM | #42 |
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Well, which browser lets me watch videos in the background? Do any of the video player apps have this capability, for on-device files or streaming? I see your point, but it is no good if nobody has implemented this capability and I am not able to override the developers' choices.
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Both iOS and Android have always had true multitasking ability, they just didn't allow it for 3rd party apps it was reserved for the OS apps. Recently both added a multi-tasking layer: iOS limited what can be multitasked to select services such as playing music(and I forget the others). Android open the gate to anything, the developer however is responsible for making their app multi-tasking. It's a deviation in philosophy form say PC desktop where the OS is responsible for the multitasking. As a result these mobile OS are much better at utilizing resources and conserving battery.
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Below are a few apps you might find useful. There is a browser that is suppose called Maxthon that allows multiple tabs Here are two apps that allow one to play Youtube video in the background so you can listen to the audio (QueueTube, pvstar) =X= |
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There are a lot of applications that do this. Most services hide themselves(just like they do in windows) if you want to see what tasks are running install a task manager you'll see quite a few apps.
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05-02-2012, 09:27 PM | #45 |
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I should have been more specific. Of course, some apps do this, most of them use minimal resources. I was referring to browsers and video players.
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