I think the global setting under App Background Refresh which enables only “Off”, “WiFi only”, and “WiFi and Cellular” is kind of outdated, it could be more useful if it discriminated also upon the charger (and battery) status.
+1To be honest I’ve never known it to do anything different when enabled vs disabled.
To be honest I’ve never known it to do anything different when enabled vs disabled.
If I can’t speak about all apps, but about WA, which is the main IM app around the world, the difference is that it doesn’t update the contact list when it’s closed (which matters little to me), and doesn’t back-up to iCloud (which can be a tiny nuisance).+1
The apps still reload if you launch them again
To be honest I’ve never known it to do anything different when enabled vs disabled.
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The apps still reload if you launch them again
It's designed to allow suspended ("frozen") apps to periodically refresh some of its data. If an app has entered a suspended state, it's still going to appear to launch as if it had been fully closed, but background data will have updated so some content will be available faster than a cold start.After you switch to a different app, some apps run for a short period of time before they're set to a suspended state. Apps that are in a suspended state aren’t actively in use, open, or taking up system resources. With Background App Refresh, suspended apps can check for updates and new content.
But you can’t make the shortcut enable or disable BARYou can create a shortcut to activate when you plug in a charger or failing this one in accessibility that activates when you say a keyword.
That’s because notifications are essentially handled by the OS itself (that’s why you can get them sometimes even while the app is getting updated).the background refresh app is confusing on ios.. for example, try disabling whatsapp or facebook messenger background refresh... u can still get notifications for it, so i dont really know what it does..
i hope ios have setting like android where u can completely disable an app to run in background.. will be even better if theres a setting that allow the app to bypass it when charging
You can get accessibility to repeat a series of gestures on screen by itself though. You can program this to tap settings and then turn off the option.But you can’t make the shortcut enable or disable BAR