Alternative way of using runAppInBackground

Hi Folks,
as there is a serious issue https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/5737 when runAppInBackground() methods doesn’t work correctly on iOS 9.1, I would like to ask you for some alternative way how I can simulated runAppInBackground methods

Is there any ?
This topic is related only to iOS 9.1

If you testing local devise on same machine you can run adb command and do whatever like in test.

e.g. tap home button

As I wrote above, I need solution for iOS not for Android.