Thanks for the suggestions. The pList option could work, but what message is sent when launching the stack from the backgrounded state? Resume?
Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 2/2/16, 1:19 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Mike Kerner" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: >I haven't played with this, but thinking aloud: >1) Set the plist so the app doesn't exit on suspend >2) Therefore, you won't get an exit message unless the app is quit. Set a >flag >3) on preOpenStack check for the flag. > >On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >wrote: > >> Hi All: >> >> I'm wondering if there are different messages sent on mobile (iOS) when >>an >> app is backgrounded versus when the app is swipe-dismissed (removed from >> the list of backgrounded apps). >> >> I'm trying to set up a sort of "reset" behavior in an app that allows >> starting from screen 1 instead of starting from the last saved point. >>I'm >> saving user settings normally in a on shutDown handler, but I can't >>figure >> out it there's some way to detect when the app has been "fully closed" >> (removed), so when the user relaunches the app it knows to start fresh >> from screen 1. >> >> The only thing that comes to mind is a time stamp and setting an >>arbitrary >> session time threshold, like 10 minutes: if the user relaunches within >>the >> time limit they go back to where they left off, but if relaunching >>outside >> the time limit, they start over. Obviously this isn't ideal as it >>forces >> a 10 minute wait to really start over. Is there another message besides >> shutDown that I'm missing? >> >> I'd prefer not to use a reset button as this is never done on iOS -- >>when >> apps are removed from the backgrounded apps list, they usually "know" to >> start over. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > >-- >On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth >On the second day, God created the oceans. >On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. >And God said, "This is good." >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
