background HTML5 WebApps on Android 2.3+

Question

iOS 4.2+ allows certain webapps to run in the background, without any special requirements.

How is it possible to run a webapp in the background on Android (to continue p

Answer 1

This is not really an answer, but wouldn't it be great though, if we could request a webpage to continue running in the background. Of course the page should need an explicit (and at all time revokable) consent from the user, but that doesn't seem like a completely impossible thing to handle for the (native) browsers? :( We already prompts the users for permission to use other APIs like the location API - why not also a run-as-a-service API?

It would be such a huge step forward for all webapps to be equal to native apps in my opinion! <3