iOS Is suspending an application possible?

[tushart]

Hi,

I'd like to create an application which simply does this:

(1) Application is made to run after install
(2) Sends email to specified email-address
(3) Suspends itself
(4) Wakes up after x minutes
(5) Goto (2)

Is that possible? And can I use the other faculties of the iPhone while this goes on continuously?

Thank you.

 

[fishkorp]

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Nope, no background processes. App quits on exit.

 

[tushart]

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Nope, no background processes. App quits on exit.

Ah ok. Thanks.

Just been reading some blogs about this, a very hotly debated topic it would seem. I think it'll only be a matter of time before Apple allows this or some workaround. They've already done something similar in the shape of the push-notifications by web servers.