AFAIK, you can't do this on iOS for just a timer. I was told from someone high up in Apple that the phone will automatically end or reset a backgrounded app after roughly 10 minutes or so (at most). Audio is a different story, because Apple allows music-playing apps to run when backgrounded, but I imagine you'd need to make use of Apple's native music player for this to work. I'm not sure if the native LC player qualifies -- have you already tried backgrounding an LC app with the native player running?
Don't expect to fool Apple by enabling a non-music-playing app to keep itself active by playing sound. I was told this story: Apparently several versions back, Facebook came out with a version of their mobile app which included a player that played silence when backgrounded, as a means to keep itself active. Apple discovered the behavior and slapped Facebook on the wrist, after which Facebook claimed it was a bug that was introduced by mistake. It's possible the Apple has changed it policy on this over the last year or so, but I doubt it. Google may be more forgiving with Android. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/29/16, 5:16 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of William Prothero" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: >Folks: >I have an app that plays sounds and I don¹t want the iPhone to stop >playing them when the phone hibernates. I also have a timer that runs and >I don¹t want it to stop after a minute or so. > >So, how can I keep an app up front and running without constantly >touching the screen? > >I know there is a way to do this, but how? >Thanks, >Bill > > > >William Prothero, Ph.D. >University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >proth...@earthednet.org > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
