On: Android vendors, don’t kill my app

[lol768]

Getting messages requires an open TCP connection, hence it really is quite important (at least with IRC) that the app stays running in the background.

[JustSomeNobody → lol768]

This is what the push message API in iOS is for. It wakes up the app when messages come in.

[lol768 → JustSomeNobody]

> This is what the push message API in iOS is for. It wakes up the app when messages come in.

IRC isn't reliant on a proprietary push message API, though (be that provided by Apple or Google).

I'm sure there are long-lived bouncer plugins that will integrate with said APIs, but the core IRC protocol is not suited to or designed for devices that aren't capable of a long-lived connection.

[jabberthemutt → JustSomeNobody]

Which means there is a third party eavesdropping on chat.