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Is there a web browser that keeps websites loaded in background for android? (feddit.rocks)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use KoboldAI horde with TavrenAI and some AIs take a long time to get to me from the queue. I would like to use other apps while waiting but the site reloads when i enter the browser, which is native alpha and fennec

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I believe Android very aggressively swaps things out of memory, and just keeps a very memory efficient app bookmark to reload the app in the position you were at.

If you want to insure an app works in the background you might want to split screen, keeping your browser open while you do something else

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

There's a setting under Power/Battery on my phone to allow an app to run in the background, which makes it so it doesn't get stopped. @[email protected] maybe that would help you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ya. I wish my rom had freeform windows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It probably does! Android split screen has been built into AOSP for a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Turns out it does! Is there a way to autolaunch apps in freeform

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You used to be able to just create a fixed notification and Android would never kill the app. This is not the case anymore?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have apps running all the time that has a fixed notification

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If we talking about modern Android, good to know. I used to run a launcher on a modded Samsung Galaxy Young (CyanogenMod11) that had a fixed notification option to prevent Android from killing it (the device had 512MB of RAM).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Permanent notifications are not a thing since android 14. Every notification can be removed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I miss the days of Android 4.4 so much