iPhone Outlook app keeps reloading?

[coffeeplease]

Anyone's Outlook app always getting killed? I would open Outlook, switch to Safari for a few seconds, go back to Outlook and it has to restart. Haven't had this issue with other apps and I'm on iOS 13.2.2.

 

[Blue Hawk]

Yes. Not only Outlook for me

 

[minimo3]

Yes outlook gets flushed from memory by iOS after about a minute in the background. Very irritating since I keep losing the mail I have open

 

[coffeeplease]

Yes outlook gets flushed from memory by iOS after about a minute in the background. Very irritating since I keep losing the mail I have open

I was referencing an email to fill something out. Really annoying it restarts so quickly (just a few seconds for me). Part of me wishes I didn't upgrade to iOS 13.2.

 

[minimo3]

I was referencing an email to fill something out. Really annoying it restarts so quickly (just a few seconds for me). Part of me wishes I didn't upgrade to iOS 13.2.

It’s been like this since 13.0. Not sure if it’ll ever be fixed. Pity since I have no choice but to use outlook since the native mail notifications is broken.

 

[1144557]

It's an iOS problem, something with RAM management. Really nothing Microsoft can do there, its not their app with the issue. I know Apple improved this a few updates back between 13.0 and now, but clearly not enough.

 

[ApfelKuchen]

It's an iOS problem, something with RAM management. Really nothing Microsoft can do there, its not their app with the issue. I know Apple improved this a few updates back between 13.0 and now, but clearly not enough.

It always takes two to tango. Developers need to optimize for the platform on which their apps run; they can't write for what they wish the platform provided.

You imply this is some sort of well-known, widespread problem. It is not. However much RAM some individuals wish Apple would provide, Apple has never thrown additional RAM at a problem simply to support what some people might consider to be sloppy coding practices. iOS runs RAM-lean, and runs very well. Large numbers of coders have learned to live with that. I have no sympathy for those who don't.

 

[minimo3]

You imply this is some sort of well-known, widespread problem. It is not. However much RAM some individuals wish Apple would provide, Apple has never thrown additional RAM at a problem simply to support what some people might consider to be sloppy coding practices. iOS runs RAM-lean, and runs very well. Large numbers of coders have learned to live with that. I have no sympathy for those who don't.

iOS 13 is killing background apps more frequently, iPhone owners report

Apps are getting killed in the background.

www.theverge.com

People are not asking for more RAM. They are asking for iOS not to unload apps from memory once they are put into the background.

 

[coffeeplease]

It’s been like this since 13.0. Not sure if it’ll ever be fixed. Pity since I have no choice but to use outlook since the native mail notifications is broken.

Interestingly I don't remember Outlook restarting often when I had iOS 13.0. I could be remembering wrong though. Gotta live with Outlook and Mail being broken..

 

[1144557]

It always takes two to tango. Developers need to optimize for the platform on which their apps run; they can't write for what they wish the platform provided.

You imply this is some sort of well-known, widespread problem. It is not. However much RAM some individuals wish Apple would provide, Apple has never thrown additional RAM at a problem simply to support what some people might consider to be sloppy coding practices. iOS runs RAM-lean, and runs very well. Large numbers of coders have learned to live with that. I have no sympathy for those who don't.

iOS 13 is killing background apps more frequently, iPhone owners report

Apps are getting killed in the background.

www.theverge.com

People are not asking for more RAM. They are asking for iOS not to unload apps from memory once they are put into the background.

Exactly. Not sure what you are even trying to say I never said the phone needs more RAM. I said there was a RAM management issue in iOS13 as the reply links you to. It is/was a known issue. It appears its not fully fixed.

This has nothing to do with how many GB of RAM. The "SHHHHHHPECS" dont mean anything. This didnt happen on last year's phones on iOS12 with the same amount of RAM.

 

[minimo3]

FWIW I deleted Outlook, hard rebooted the phone, reinstalled Outlook and then setup my accounts from scratch. So far (fingers crossed) Outlook has stayed in memory for about 2 hours. YMMV

 

[4492865]

It's not only Outlook. Excel too. And Numbers. Very frustrating. Makes me wonder what is Pro about the iPad if it can't keep 3 apps loaded in memory. IOS memory management is way too aggressive. That is not multitasking.

 

[minimo3]

FYI since I deleted, rebooted and then reinstalled Outlook it has stayed in memory for several days without reloading. It opens up where I last left off. Give it a try and see if it works for you.

 

[bradk50]

Anyone's Outlook app always getting killed?

Like minimo3, deleting and reinstalling outlook fixed it for me.(at least its been working now for a few days)
I'm thinking maybe the cache gets corrupted or something. Someone might want to try just deleting all there web history/cache and see if thats enough to fix it.
Anyways its nice to click on links and be able to get back to where I was in in outlook!
-Brad

 

[miherm]

FYI since I deleted, rebooted and then reinstalled Outlook it has stayed in memory for several days without reloading. It opens up where I last left off. Give it a try and see if it works for you.

Thanks! Also helped me to resolve this problem.

 

[Steve Hawk]

FYI since I deleted, rebooted and then reinstalled Outlook it has stayed in memory for several days without reloading. It opens up where I last left off. Give it a try and see if it works for you.

This worked for me, too! Thanks so much, it was so frustrating!