OK, it looks like the "startup" message is indeed the way to go: sent when launching fresh, not sent when launching after suspended.
Thanks guys. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 2/2/16, 2:25 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >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 _______________________________________________ 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
