[Apple calls this “fast app switching”, but I called it state saving in the vid — oops] Patrick mentioned earlier that the first wave of iOS 4 compatibility updates have arrived, but I thought I’d try and show exactly what you can look forward to when the final version of the OS is released this […]
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Demo of Fast App Switching apps on iOS 4

Jun 20th 2010 by

[Apple calls this “fast app switching”, but I called it state saving in the vid — oops]

Patrick mentioned earlier that the first wave of iOS 4 compatibility updates have arrived, but I thought I’d try and show exactly what you can look forward to when the final version of the OS is released this Monday. Please note that this behaviour should not be expected by default. Default iPhone apps like Photos, Settings, and Calendar already support state saving, but we’ll have to wait for specific iOS 4 compatibility updates before other apps save their states. Pastebot and Evernote have already been updated, though.

It should also be noted that there are other forms of iOS 4 multitasking coming soon, but they don’t seem to work properly on the iOS 4 GM (final beta) I have installed. Evernote can now initiate background uploads and downloads, as well as record audio notes in the background, but I don’t see any of the indicators (flashing red bar) that are shown on this Evernote blog post. I’m guessing we’ll have to wait until Monday to see everything the way it should be.

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