# \[Solved\] Can I run Thunkable apps in the background when they’re not visible on the screen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [March 14, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451 "2021-03-14T01:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emad-ud-deen\_Leiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@Emad-ud-deen\_Leiman](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Emad-ud-deen_Leiman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/1 "2021-03-14T01:22:00Z")
Greetings, It’s been quite a while since I looked at Thunkable. Can you tell me if Thunkable apps can now run in the background? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/2 "2021-03-14T01:44:15Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Emad-ud-deen\_Leiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@Emad-ud-deen\_Leiman](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Emad-ud-deen_Leiman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/3 "2021-03-14T03:07:17Z")
Thanks for the reply. Hopefully in the future it will be available. ---
**Author:** ![rwplummer1yf4f](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@rwplummer1yf4f](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rwplummer1yf4f)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/4 "2021-04-05T17:01:15Z")
Are there any plans to add this feature. It seems a lot of people are looking for it. ---
**Author:** ![hdawc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/hdawc/32/119068_2.png) [@hdawc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/hdawc)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/5 "2021-08-10T23:15:41Z")
Yes I’d like to know about this, are there any plans? ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/6 "2021-08-10T23:25:22Z")
Most apps don’t actually run in the background, they just hang out I believe having an app run in the background requires extra certification (at least for Apple apps). AFAIK this ability isn’t on the roadmap for now. ---
**Author:** ![hdawc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/hdawc/32/119068_2.png) [@hdawc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/hdawc)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/7 "2021-08-11T00:41:54Z")
Okay thank you, good to know about the iOS apps. ---
**Author:** ![vjcambridge01o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/59ef9b/32.png) [@vjcambridge01o](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vjcambridge01o)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/9 "2022-03-16T16:40:27Z")
The closest you will get is local storage and retrieval of variables to keep a virtually constant instance of an app. But the user still has to open and close the app. I would love to see this as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mice1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Mice1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mice1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/10 "2022-05-10T17:15:45Z")
Hi Jared, Any update on this? The ability to run in the background would be a key component for my project and I’m sure many others as well. It would be an excellent feature. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/11 "2022-05-10T23:23:54Z")
No. Same as my last post this is not on our road map. Usually this requires custom coding and extra permissions provided by Apple per app. The way that we build our apps within require everybody to have to do that. So at this time we don’t have the resources to add that as a feature. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-can-i-run-thunkable-apps-in-the-background-when-they-re-not-visible-on-the-screen/1165451/12 "2024-11-08T13:28:50Z")