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Add keep running background

Open iamsmmh opened this issue 8 months ago • 9 comments

Feature Description

Add this feature if possible. It helps to download apps in background running.

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iamsmmh avatar Apr 14 '25 19:04 iamsmmh

ios apps are incapable of running in the background, they can only be suspended and reactivated.

castdrian avatar Apr 14 '25 20:04 castdrian

ios apps are incapable of running in the background, they can only be suspended and reactivated.

You could use a workaround that a lot of apps use and either use location tracking or play a silent audio file, so iOS doesn't suspend the app. But I don't see a need for this anyway, as .ipa files usually aren't that big, and shouldn't take that long to download...

yodaluca23 avatar Apr 14 '25 20:04 yodaluca23

But Esign and Gbox did it already.. These are run in background perfectly. I just request because I like the UI of feather app

iamsmmh avatar Apr 14 '25 20:04 iamsmmh

I'll reopen this issue until I decide (or not) to use that hacky workaround with the blank audio file

khcrysalis avatar Apr 14 '25 20:04 khcrysalis

I'll reopen this issue until I decide (or not) to use that hacky workaround with the blank audio file

Termius uses live activities to keep the connections alive. This also works great but idk if live activity works properly when sideloaded

binnichtaktiv avatar May 10 '25 23:05 binnichtaktiv

Live activities work fine indeed, audio approach however is less intrusive and there’s already a pr by someone that as far as I have tested works rather well

castdrian avatar May 11 '25 05:05 castdrian

Live activities work fine indeed, audio approach however is less intrusive and there’s already a pr by someone that as far as I have tested works rather well

Okay nice, I just wonder what happens if you already listen to music?

binnichtaktiv avatar May 12 '25 07:05 binnichtaktiv

nothing if you configure the audio engine properly and set it to ambient

castdrian avatar May 12 '25 07:05 castdrian

nothing if you configure the audio engine properly and set it to ambient

I didnt know that. This is even better than live activities because the user doesnt notice anything👍️

binnichtaktiv avatar May 12 '25 07:05 binnichtaktiv

Added at https://github.com/khcrysalis/Feather/commit/ece8c228b7aa889eb7d27232ba90780e205a8a76

Nyasami avatar Oct 13 '25 19:10 Nyasami