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Background execution
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Is it still the case that it is NOT possible to keep a pythonista script (that is waiting for data on a socket) running in the background (app not on screen or screen off)? I recall that there was a way to keep a script running for a short time before IOS would terminate it but I want something that runs persistently in the background waiting for a TCP event.
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This is not possible for technical reasons. It‘s just not allowed by Apple, though you could keep the app open while using another one on an iPad (using split screen).
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out of curiosity, how does the new python keyboard work? does it spawn a new interpreter each time the keyboard is shown?
On a related topic, @omz, I wonder if you might consider a system to hook custom scripts into widgetPerformUpdateWithCompletionHandler? IIRC that was some a method that get called periodically in the background...
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@ui.in_background def button_tapped(sender): alert_result = console.alert('Title', 'Message', 'Button 1', 'Button 2') sender.title = 'Button ' + str(alert_result)This is in the documentation for the ui module. Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it will run the function on a background thread instead of the regular interpreter thread.
