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windows-phone-8
rozy
rozy

Reputation: 63

Run Windows Phone App in background without UI

I am developing a Windows phone 8 app that need to run only in background with UI. Is there any way I can run the app in the background, or without actually being open?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 237

Answers (1)

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 8281

It depends upon what you want to do in the background. Generally speaking you can't implement something like a Windows service that will startup automatically when the phone is launched.
That said you can run your app in the background within given limitations. Check out MSDN for detailed information.

Why all these limitations you might ask yourself? It's to provide a good battery life to the user.

Edit:

For the periodic agent to start running the app must be started once. Further the agent must update a live tile (user must pin it to the start screen) or the app has to be once opened every 14 days.
Another option might be using push notifications to trigger an update..

Upvotes: 1

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