New Gmail app with background refresh

I presume you set it up for background refresh in Settings? Or is it turned on by default?

 

Do you have the app open? As in does it have a card in the multitasking view.

 

Background Refresh will not work if the app it is supposed to refresh is not in the task switcher list.

 

I have gmail in the task switcher. When I get a new message and switch to gmail it still takes forever to load. I think this app doesn't support background refresh. But it REALLY needs to.

 

I just forwarded my Gmail to Outlook.com and pick up mail through the native app that supports Push for outlook.com accounts.

 

Just forward your Gmail to iCloud or Outlook.com e-mail accounts (both support push)

 

Some have mentioned that for one reason or another, at least for them, not all emails get forwarded that way. That's probably not the case for everyone, but if some are affected by something like that, it might not be a good option unfortunately. I guess the best thing is to try and see (keeping all that in mind).

 

I hear ya. I'm a huge fan of the mail app changes in iOS 7. Specifically the ability to add whichever folder you want to the mail summary screen. I use this the most because of work. I have many folders in exchange.

 

There is a downside though for some as far as Apple getting rid of the option of how many messages to display.

 

1 month is plenty for me as a mobile mail solution. Anything older I can wait until I'm at my desktop