You might also be interested to know that the whole issue with background apps/suspend/resume will be much improved in LC 8. All this time working on the various architecture projects is letting us address all kinds of longstanding issues! There will still be some work to do on the part of the developer to use this properly, we'll document what you need to do and think about when this is ready.
Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps On 02/02/2016 23:18, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >Actually, openStack seems to work the same -- not sent after resuming from >being backgrounded. So several options to be had :-) > >Thanks again, > >Scott Rossi >Creative Director >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > >On 2/2/16, 3:11 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of >sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >>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 _______________________________________________ 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
