You will experience a few app states while using the application. There are five states in the ios application as follows.
- Not Running
The application is in the Not running state, if the app is not launched yet or if the application is not visible on the screen or also there is the possibility that the application is terminated by the user or by OS.
- Inactive
An inactive state occurs when the application is not receiving events but the app is running in the background. An app transitions to a different state. when the user locks the screen or the system prompts the user to respond to some event such as a phone call or SMS message is the only time it stays inactive.
- Active
In an ios application, Active State is the main executive state. In this state, the app is running in the foreground and the UI is accessible.
- Background
Before being suspended most of all apps enter this state. If an app requests extra execution time then that will remain in this state for some more time. Also, an application will be launched directly into the background enters this background state instead of the inactive state
- Suspended
In a suspended state the application does not execute any code. The system purges suspended apps without any notice to make more space for the foreground app when a low-memory condition occurs.