Pre-launching an application using interprocess communication

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• executing a first application as a foreground process of an operating system of a computing device;
• displaying, by the first application, in a user interface of the first application, content associated with an action executable by a second application;
• and
• transmitting, by the first application, an initialization request to an initialization application programming interface of the second application in advance of a user action taken with respect to the content displayed in the user interface,
• the initialization request configured to:
• cause the operating system to launch the second application as a background process,
• establish an interprocess communication connection with the second application, wherein the interprocess communication connection causes the operating system to assign a memory priority to the background process that corresponds to a memory priority of the foreground process, wherein the memory priority assigned to the background process maintains the background process in an active state throughout a duration of the interprocess communication connection, and
• in response to the content being removed from the user interface, transmit, by the first application, a termination request to the initialization application programming interface of the second application via the interprocess communication connection, the termination request configured to cause the background process that is executing the second application to be terminated.

An apparatus for pre-launching an application using interprocess communication, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, at an initialization application programming interface of a first application, an initialization request from a second application that is executing as a foreground process of an operating system of a computing device in advance of a user action taken with respect to content displayed in a user interface of the second application;
• establish, by the second application, an interprocess communication connection with the first application, wherein the interprocess communication connection causes the operating system to assign a memory priority to a background process executing the first application that corresponds to a memory priority of the foreground process for managing hardware resources of the computing device, wherein the memory priority assigned to the background process maintains the background process in an active state throughout a duration of the interprocess communication connection;
• launch, in response to the initialization request, the first application as the background process of the operating system of the computing device;
• and
• in response to the content being removed from the user interface, receive, at the initialization application programming interface of the first application, a termination request from the second application via the interprocess communication connection, the termination request configured to cause the background process that is executing the first application to be terminated.