A METHOD OF PROVIDING NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS WITH A NAVIGATION APPLICATION IN THE BACKGROUND

A method of displaying navigation instructions when a navigation application is executing as a background application of an electronic device, the method comprising:presenting an output display of a non-navigation application that is executing as a foreground application on a display screen of the electronic device; anddisplaying a navigation status bar on the display screen that overlays a portion of the output display of the non-navigation application;determining that the device is approaching a navigation point along a navigated route; andin response to the determination, presenting, on the navigation status bar, a navigation instruction for the navigation point.