What is the difference between closing an iOS app and force quitting/killing an app?

Asked Mar 19 '21 at 14:22

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I don't understand the difference between closing an app and killing it from the user point if view.

As far as I know if I want to close an app I will proceed like explained here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201330

But if I want to kill the app, how me, as a user, can do this? I know for android if you search in settings for that app there is a button called force stop.

I ask this because I want to use silent notifications and don't know what they mean here: If something force quits or kills the app, the system discards the held notification. It's taken from this page: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/setting_up_a_remote_notification_server/pushing_background_updates_to_your_app

asked Mar 19 '21 at 14:22

Claudiu

what's explained in that link is closing the app, same as killing it. – Teja Nandamuri Mar 19 '21 at 14:37
so there is no difference between closing and killing other than semantics of the words – Claudiu Mar 19 '21 at 14:55
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yes. There are only two states, either app lives in background or you kill it by swiping up, from that point, it will not be in background. – Teja Nandamuri Mar 19 '21 at 15:11

What is the difference between closing an iOS app and force quitting/killing an app?

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