How to force an app to run in background? ie a media player?

Hello everyone/anyone lol.

I use myPlayer to stream BBC iplayer content, and it works brilliantly, but if i lock the phone the app closes, or if i switch to another app it also closes. this is annoying as i want to stream radio in the background. on my old symbian phone i could do this easily.

The reason for this, as anyone with a HTC desire wil know, is the fmtuner is crap and on a large number of desires, doesnt work at all.

please help!

cheers

 

Nah the locking is not really a problem as i put it in a case. But if i want to send a message or check my mail or anything, i have to close the app and then go through all the options to get it opened again. Very annoying. Oh well will have to wait for someone to fix this then.